May 2011
2 posts
Never say never
I was thinking about how successful people became successful. I thought that a successful person is the well known person, but I discovered that this is not true. Many people are successful and have many successful stories to tell about and no one know them. I have many stories in this kind of stories and here is one of them. After I finished my primary school, I entered the IG system and finished...
Blog post # 10
I think that IQ test results is the main factor that leads to success is a controversial issue. Glawell claims that IQ results are not the main reason behind success, but it do help. He gave three examples in his book. First example is in chapter three, of Chris Langan who scored one hundren ninety five in an IQ test. He was a genius; however, he did not succeed in his life. On the other hand, in...
April 2011
4 posts
Blog post #9
PDI or Power Distance Index is a theory that measures the attitude of people toward the chain of command. It differs from one person to another, so what about countries. Most of Western Counties appear at the end of scale of PDI which mean that these countries have low PDI. Egypt was appeared at the begging of the scale. Anyone can easily recognize how high position people thrust low people. For...
Blog Post #8
There are many factors that could have an effect on person’s personality two of which are the ancestors and society. These two factors can be combined together and form one word which is cultural legacies. To illustrate, the family creates the personality of the person. Furthermore, the ancestors are the source of virtuous skills that any person needs them. Moreover, the society continues the...
Blog post #7
Gladwell said that because of autonomy, complexity, and the connection between effort and reward, the work is satisfying. Autonomy reveals to people have to have independence in their work. They should work by their own creativity and without help. Moreover, people have to have Virtues qualities and special skills in order to reach the complexity requirement. Furthermore, the harder people work...
March 2011
6 posts
There is always hope :)
In spite of the Egyptian economic growth rate is positive, it is not fixed and fluctuating. According to the Egyptian Gross Domestic Product growth rate, the growth rate starts its decreasing since two thousand and five. However, the economic growth rate reaches its tough point in two thousand and eleven during the Egyptian revolution due to the instable environment. This reveals that the...
BLog post #5
Because of my own believes, I think that I am a successful person. I believe in myself. I believe that I am precious and peculiar person, even though I grow up in a poor family. I believe that I deserve to be famous man. I became a fair president because believe in human rights even when I was arrested because I was always asking for people and my rights. I believe in nonviolence, so I accept the...
Extra credit blog #2
my finest hour (single)
Artist(Band):Sundays
when the world, it shows me up my clothes, they show me up I never knew this before the finest hour that I’ve ever known was finding a pound on the Underground when my words came stumbling out then I went tumbling out I’ve never been hit before the finest hour that I’ve ever known was finding a pound on the Underground and I keep...
Yes we can and never say its late !
Life is a mystery, and the best way to solve it is to understand its chances. Life gives us many opportunities but we missed it. People define opportunity in many ways, such as investment, relationship, and luck. I remember a definition of luck Mark twain who said that luck is when preparation matches opportunity. For example, I had an opportunity to join UCLA University; however, one of the...
Before and after revoultion
Because of people cannot extract or finish any paper that is related to governmental institutions without bribery, people have ignited the revolution. I agree with them that the Egyptian people deserve to live in a meritocracy system. For example, to get a driving license you have to have contact with someone who works there and if you do not, then you have to deal with this tumultuous traffic...
February 2011
4 posts
Sadat
Name: Muhammad Anwar Sadat
Date of birth: 25 December 1918
Place of birth: Mit Abu al-Kum, al-Minufiyah, Egypt
Living or deceased: deceased
Website/Blog/Twitter page (if living): -
Profession/Field in which person was successful: political field Because of his achievements, I considered Sadat to be an outlier. I admire Sadat because he became an Egyptian hero, in just ten years. Sadat succeeded to...
“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”
– Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Winder-mere’s Fan, 1892, Act III
“I grow more intense as I age.”
– Florida Scott-Maxwell,O Magazine, October 2003
The new Egyptian definition for successful person
Because of change in people mind after the revolution, the definition of word success has changed .Many Egyptian people classify successful person from his/her the fame, wealth, and intelligence. However, these classifications have slightly changed after the revolution. People begin to label successful characters by personal fulfillment, well known figures that help marginalized people to conducts...
