Summary-Response" Beauty Is Not Just Smaller Than Life "

Leonard Pitis Jr, in her article, “Beauty Is Not Just Smaller than Life,” claims that sometimes beauty can be faked by a little “digital wizardry”. The author further mentions Kate Winslet as an example. When British edition of GQ magazine took a picture of her without permission, and gave her a more slender look, it made her angry because she likes the way she is. Pitis then states that our perception of beauty has changed because of the influence of the media. This perception is dangerous if not deadly to body and spirit. Moreover, Pitis mentions the feminist solution where men should stop objectifying women. On the other hand, the author thinks that this is not practicable, but instead, people who control what shows on the media should be more thoughtful about depicting the beauty of women.

In sum, the author writes an argument about beauty. She believes that people nowadays have a different understanding about beauty than they did before, which are totally right.  I do agree with her that this happens because of the media. Additionally, Pitis states that people who control the media should be more thoughtful and inclusive about depicting women’s beauty. I totally agree with her point of view because if the gatekeepers of media were more conscientious, girls especially the teenagers who are crazy about what they are watching, and they want to be like the models that appeared on media. This can be really dangerous because they do not think about their health or the side effects of it; they just want to meet the standard of beauty as shown in media. In addition, the title of the article grabbed my attention, and encouraged me to read this article. Also, I really like the way that the author writes her article, and the way she uses several examples to clarify the idea of beauty. The vocabulary that has been used in the article is really simple so that I can understand it easily.  I really enjoyed reading this article and I totally agree with the author’s point of view.   

To Have a Better Life

The author writes an inspiring story called “The Important Things in Life.” Unfortunately, the story has an unknown author, but it has a valuable message that we can learn from it.” Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand,” a philosophy professor said once to his students. The story focuses on what the most important things are in your life that you should spend more time on them.

The story first begins with the professor who brings a jar and fills it with rocks, and he asks the student if the jar is fill. The students say that it is. After that, he pours pebbles into the jar, between the larger rocks. Then he asks the students again if the jar is full, and they agree. Next, he pours sand into the jar and asks them the same question, and they respond that it’s full. “Now” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your health, and your children – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.” Furthermore, the pebbles are the other things that matter, such as a job, a house, and a car, while the sand is everything else, the small stuff. The truth in this is quite clear to see; important things, for example, family, must be on the top of your list.

The professor further mentions” If you put the sand into the jar first there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks”. Similarly, your life if you spend most of your time with less important stuff, you will not have time for things that are more important, such as your family. Therefore, you should pay attention to the things that represents the basic for your life rather than the less important stuff because people sometimes forget the differences between the rocks, pebbles, and sand. As an illustration, work and family are both important, but family is much more important than work. This does not mean that you should not have a job, but you should spend more time with your family and take care of them.

“The Important Things in Life” gives a valuable lesson, which helps you control your life in order to have a happy and successful life. It encourages you to become more responsible in your life to have a better life.

Book Report

 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen R. Covey was first published in 1989, and until now over 15 million copies have been sold all over the world, which encouraged me to read it. It is a great well-written personal development book that gives powerful lessons in personal change.

I really enjoyed reading this book for several reasons. Fist of all, the book was well organized so that you can understand the idea of it easily. As an illustration, in the beginning Covey describes three different stages of personal growth that we move through as we develop the seven habits, which are dependence, independence and interdependence by showing the differences between them. Secondly, Covey further states the seven habits which are: Be Proactive, Begin with the End in Mind, Put First things first, Think Win-Win, Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood, Synergize, and "Sharpen the Saw”. As you can see, he used a really good vocabulary to describe the seven habits. In addition, he was addressing the mind in a convincing manner in the way he was explaining each habit. Lastly, Covey used graphs, tables, and pictures to clarify the content. For instance, he used a nice diagram to show the influence of the three stages, which I mentioned before, on each habit. Obviously, using the visual graphics will simplifies the idea of each habit and makes it easier to understand covey’s point of view. For example, if you don’t understand the way that the author explains one of the seven habits, graphs, table, and the diagram will definitely make you understand the main point of the paragraph.  I highly recommend Steven Covey's Seven Habits, which will help you develop personally and become more effective in your workplace and the way you communicate with other people. In other words, developing these habits will have a lasting effect on your personal effectiveness.

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“Live and Work,” by Stephen

Stephen, in “Live and Work” mentions a story about a hard working father who delivered bread as a support for his wife and three children. He spent most of his time in his work and attending classes in order to provide his family with money for living. Beside this, his family always complained, “You don’t spend enough time with us,” but he reasoned that he was doing all this for them. As a result, all of his hard work paid off, and he became a senior supervisor; therefore, he could afford to provide his family with life’s little luxuries like nice clothing and vacation abroad. However, Stephen further states that the father continued to work very hard, hoping to be promoted to the position of manager and he did. Consequently, he bought a beautiful condominium overlooking the coast of Singapore. On the first Sunday evening at their new home, he was going to devote more time to his family, but he didn’t wake up the next day.

In sum, the author describes the actions very well, which makes the story more interesting. It is a touching story, which gives us a clear idea that we should balance our life and career. In addition, we should be happy with what we have and enjoy every single moment in our lives. However, I did not like the ending of the story. It is too sad; I always prefer happy ending. Furthermore, he didn’t mention what happened to the family after the father passed away. In conclusion, I recommend this nice-moral story that teaches us great lessons in order to have better life.

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