Week #2 Ch.1

Strategy1:  Never lose sight of the ultimate goal, and focus on short-term objectives.

from “Leading at the edge ” p15

 

Firstly, I cannot imagine the world of minus 128.6 degrees Fahrenheit. I will give up all hope and feel miserable if I were left in that situation.
I thought decision of Shackleton was great: everyone to back home alive.

In order to complete that shifted mission, Shackleton devote himself.
From that I thought leader should be the one who can scarify him/herself if the team face problem. Otherwise no one will follow the leader. If the parson just order to people, it is just a boss, not a leader.

In addition, coping with changeable situation is one factor of leader. Even though I am not good at planning, once I decide schedule, I used to stay the original plan even the situation changed because I am afraid of encountering new thing.  
Flexibility is key word not only for leader but also for my future.

Week #1 Smiling:)

 

We have been learning how to make good first impression. So far we were talking about hand shaking, power posing and smiling.

From those topics, I am especially interested in smiling. Regarding first video, TED, it was surprising for me that children laugh more than 400 times per a day whereas some adults do less than 5 times in one day. About second video, I thought “smile chain” could often happen to everyone. Actually, I had a friend who is always provoking laughter by people around as her laughing voice was infectious. I remember there is always laughter around her. In addition, I thought that smiling can be a great tool for resonance. Laughing together makes people feel sharing something interesting even if they do not speaks same language. So, I thought smile chain can bring a kind of unity.

I am also interested in the power of smiling. According to an article which is given in the class, smiling can reduce the level of stress. In fact, there are therapy and yoga using this efficiency of smiling. For example, Laughter Yoga is mixture of laughter and breathing techniques of yoga. Since our brain cannot understand difference of fake of real smile, still power of smiling is effective to our health.

Video of laughter yoga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXEfjVnYkqM

From the videos and my experience, I believed smiling and laughter can change the mood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just for fun, I post picture of man who makes me laugh. My favorite and respectable comedian. If you are interested in, plese google Shigezou ji-san and watch " Yoshimoto Shinkigeki"!!

About my self

Hello and nice to mee you all in LILTDY class:)
I'm Kaori Yoneyama from section 3F.
You can call me Kaori, Yone or give me a new nick name.
Since this is my first post, I would like to write a bit about myself.

I was born and had been raised in Kyoto for 18 years, except 1 year studying abroad in U.K when I was a high students. Now I live in 4^th Women’s Dorm on campus. I feel 4WD is kind of second home.

A picture of Arashiyama, Kyoto where my house is near.

 

 

 

Regarding club activity, I belong to Smooth Steppers which is Street Dance club, thought I took time-out last semester. 

 

I like eating, traveling, watching movie and comedy and meeting new people. So, I would like to get to know all of you.
YoroshikuneJ