action steps

So my action steps for our final project are to:
*Touch base with my team members on what information we want to share for the presentation and make a updated outline.
* Then I am going to make the powerpoint so my team members can be prepared for the presentation.

I wanted to bring up from Chapter 13 the Service & Meaning on page 264. As I have said before I work at a big company and see manager and employee issues on a daily basis, but this one model really stuck out to me because its showing that it is in our own hands to make our jobs a better place. That we control our motivation or our non-motivation. The Plan, Do, Evaluate model was also interesting because it makes more sense to be a constant cycle rather than a moving up a scale. We constantly are learning and gaining and that can change our plans, our attitudes, and our overall surroundings which we must evaluate, plan and do, over and over again.
Also the paragraph on page 265 was really interesting to me saying that duty, love, and meaning are the highest sources of human motivation and are the qualities of a leader, but when we are "managing" people it reduces us to our lowest instincts. So in other words, being a leader can bring out the best of us, it gets us excited, motivated, and we give it all our commitment, but when we are managing people, it is like babysitting and we are not being at our best attitude or selves.
On the top of page 265 it says that only 45% of the respondents of their example company say they feel they are recognized and appreciated. I thought that number was high because the result at my own company is 20% :(
So I plan to be more of a leader rather then a manager in work, with my peers, and in everyday life! It is important to spread that to everyone I know, to set an example and to motivate others so they feel they can motivate themselves and be leaders of their own.

Jennifer Panehal-Global Oneness Post

I chose the video, Living Service, from the Global Oneness Project Video Library. I chose the video because of the little boy in the picture with the flower, and I wanted to know more I guess...
The video was about the poverty and living conditions in a slum of India, and how as a Indian culture they still hold their values and want to make better living conditions by helping one another. The main focus in Indian philosophy is to connect the people as one, and to serve one another and become closer in that aspect. That relates a lot to what we are talking about in our leadership theories in that teaching one person can lead to them teaching, and so on, almost like a paying it forward. Leadership is all about bringing your group together and leading them to their goal. In the video their goal was to teacher others to serve and become kind and helpful to each other to survive their situation.
The video also encompasses that the focus was on spirituality not on religion. They wanted to share and spread compassion and love, not so much religious rules,etc. They focus on service and help, which brings compassion and care, which eventually spreads through the people they help, which in turn inspires them to serve, share, and help. I thought it was an amazing show of leadership and what a way to live, although they are in probably the worst living experience one can have, they still make a way to survive as a community and for everyone to truly "live" through the compassion and care of those around them, being as one.

Jennifer Panehal-Hope in the Dark

I chose to write about Alphonso Lingis from our book (pg 107). He is an American Philosopher and Writer who was born November 23, 1933, and grew up outside of Chicago on a farm, and is now a retired Professor from Penn State. He is known for many works about the history of philosophy and traveling the world and translating complex writings from other countries. He also is known for his lectures as being captivating and almost giving a performance when he speaks. For example he dresses in costume and face paint and does his speeches to music. He then turned from Philosophy and translating to writing works of his own, and now has more than several books that have been published. He says he gets his inspiration from traveling and researching ancient civilizations. He is considered a leader because of his communication with his students and readers by moving them, making them think outside the box, and introducing them to a new experience with his lectures and books. He is one of the only Western Philosophers who studies and writes about other civilizations and ancient cultures in depth. One of his lines from his book Love Junkies: "Love is awakened only by chance. It flares up at the merest coincidence. . . . Nothing is more contrary to love than to exercise the reckoning mind so as to exclude adverse chances...Shit happens."

project proposal revision

On April 6th, at about 5:30pm in UCB 112, a group consisting of Chenoa Castro, Jennifer Panehal, and Rebekah Bernard will present a 45 minute discussion on the vital importance of communication in the practice of psychology. A rough outline of our presentation is:

I. Introduction of Topic
a. How communication is so important to psychology
b. Bring in the Covey Book as a prop for the topic
c. Give goal for the topic to our group
1. Suggest the 8th Habit is a useful tool in attending to clients

II. Share some insight into how psychology and communication interconnect
a. Why it's important
b. How we can practice uniting both disciplines
1. Nonverbal and verbal communication
2. Group and individual communication
3. Multicultural communication
4. Building trust
c. Integrating the practices together
1. How can someone learn about this?
2. How it can make a difference?
d. Ask group of attendees to share their thought

III. The 8th Habit
a. Pass out handout
b. Share some ideas found in Covey book
c. Share why it relates to our topic

IV. Examples
a. Do a role-play
1. Psychology without communication
2. Psychology with communication
3. Using the 8th Habit
b. Give various useful examples (s/a with supervisors, grant writing, family, clients etc.)
c. Ask questions

V. Conclusion
a. Overview of what we talked about
b. Re-state our goal and extend invitation to consciously practice the 8th Habit

We are meeting several times via internet and in person to give this outline greater detail and planning. After the presentation is complete, we will also submit a more detailed synopsis of our presentation and what we each did to contribute to its success. Chenoa and Rebekah will be giving the presentation in person and Jennifer (who is on the mainland) will contribute with outlines, research, handouts, and papers. In addition, we plan to document our personal experiences. We may ask those who view our presentation to fill out a response survey, though this is still in the planning process. Any feedback/suggestions you may have regarding our project would be greatly appreciated!