My presentation

 I recommend this book "how to save your own life"

I picked up 4 points on a my presentation.
First, To your heart to find true happiness
He said we have to listen to our hearts to follow it.
Put your hand on your heart wherever you are at home or on the way to a train.
Ask your heart :Am I Happy?
Your heart know answer and your heart will help you create a life.

Second, Leap... with Faith
We have some fears of the future, but he said negative thought can fill our heads and freeze our motion so we must replace with a confident faith.
If you faced hardships, you should take some action.
Any action is better than inaction.
Move forward confidently, and your faith will help you create a better future.


Third, Laugh... with New insight.
He said laughter is a gift of mental health we can give ourselves at any time in our lives, but it is especially important to laugh when things are not going the way we imagined they would.
when you get a chance, spend as much time with the young as you can. Their delight in life is a reminder of the wonder we can all feel at every age.


Finally, Love...the ride and let your light shine
He said you can learn to enjoy life as an adventure that is always fresh and new if you let yourself be taken where you wants to go. everyone leads a very different life. and also he suggested you have to start keeping a journal in order to look back on one's behavior . Every night before you go to sleep.　After a few month, take a look back at those pages. You might decide you have a story worth sharing with others. Whatever talent you have, whatever you like to do that truly defines you, don't wait to do so!!!!


This book had big effect on me, so I want to carry on the process of it.


Thank you everyone, I am glad I met up with everyone!!! Please get in touch with each other!
Thank you soooooo much!!!

My mission statement!!!!

"When I face hardship, I remind myself constantly that even if you are facing hardship now, there’s no hardship that it will last forever"


It's my mission statement. If I face difficulty, I try to remind myself, because I tend to get negative. Negative thought would not have helped the situation.
Also, I try to voice positive words...
"You only live one life, so keep smiling no matter what you encounter, try your best everything to do."

Having these thought, I can see bright outlook on life and optimistic projection.
Imagining some bright future, I can spend enjoyable at every moment of a day.


As Michael Gates Gill said, "If you faced difficult situation and don't know what to do, you should take some action!!!"
challenging is so important, so I want to make effort everything, not run away from any hardships.

Chapter16 Leading to Lead at The Edge

This Chapter introduce about personal attitude in life and way of thinking as leader.
I would like to touching "Come to Teams with Fear" of chapter16.


Fear... people seek to escape and avoid it.

However, it is impossible to escape from fear and the author said "fear seems to be an integral part of life."  and "If fear is that much a part of life at The Edge."
 Even if I faced threat situation, I seek to escape fear, and I voice negative words like "I can't do it."It's bad thing. As the author was saying, fear is so important in life because I can know my capacity and coming to terms with it, I think I can spread opportunity that I am able to challenge.

Fear≒Ｒｉｓｋ


everything are inseparable from risk. Sometimes, it result in severe for someone.
We are afraid of having risks attached.
But My mother said me that risk stands to reason in living so if you faced difficulty, It's natural, you can survive. you have many opportunity so you have to challenge as well as you can when you are young. Don't be  afraid anything!!!!!!

I want to do my best anything and I try to accept fear, and don't want to throw up chance.

Chapter10

Tenacious Creativity

"Never give up-there's always another move"

 I would like to response question of Expedition Log.

1. How would you characterize your core beliefs about problems and obstacles?

I am so negative so if I faced problem, I lose the ability to move active and refuse to face the reality.

However, I just noticed something. Stay on these thought, I never grow up and I can't get pleasure out of life. Therefore, I tend to voice only positive words even if I faced difficult problems.

I guess positive word have big power so I can aromatically think positive like I am all right!

my core beliefs → All I effort will be rewarded!

                     work hard and my dream will surely come true! 

                     I can do anything, if I work hard!

I want to introduce my favorite Japanese idiom:)

臥薪嘗胆...It's means endure hard obstacles in order to achieve the goal and if someone work hard, they can come true their goal.

As Mr. Kitashiro was saying, In life, positive think and optimism are necessarily and I think continuing to make effort in order to make one's dream reality, we can get method of thinking such as optimism. 

Mr,Kitashiro impressions

The lecture was very valuable for me and also it was a great motivator to head toward the goal !!

He is so positive and optimism therefore I could automatically alter in a positive way.

It was interesting for me to think the team first.=Modesty

It's so difficult because many people are the first to think oneself and we tend to view thing in a practical way.

Mr.Kitashiro said First, thinking of customers. Second, team or organization. Finally, own benefit.

I was incredibly impressed with this thought and I hope to think others than own.

Also, it was good to learn method of thinking such as "Don't shoot the messenger"

=Don't get angry with bad news 

*Mr.Kitashiro' thought*

accept bad news →　think...what cause of problems?

a conflict between people and people,

think.. why people have different views??→talk each other!

Communication is important and always be positive, have to think positive way.

Most important point, must not forget thought

Don't give up!!!

great lesson of his lecture, I want to reflect my life.

 

Chapter8

Lighten Up !

       

"Find something to celebrate and something to laugh about."

Ｈumor is important ability to human relations.

as wrote in "Leading at the edge", Humor makes a soft of relation, and also A joke can break wearisome time. By the same taken, humor can create soft atmosphere. 

 I was much in agreement this thought, because I try to behave in a cheerful when the team or organization encounter stressful circumstances.

reason why I behave like this, I think playful attitude loosen up the atmosphere and by brighten things up, problem clear up smoothly.

It is hard for me to sustain playful attitude, but I anxious to avoid bad mood in the team so I tend to tone down my voice, keep smiling and commit myself to listen to the opinion of the team.

However, I guess it is important for reader to make mention therefore, Both of necessary speak out and listening other member's opinions.

It's very very hard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But I want to say my opinion for the others so Now, I am making effort to say my opinion in dorm meeting!!  I will continue to say at my own pace:))

  

Chapter5

The Team Message

"Reinforce the team message constantly:"We are one-we live or die together."

As indicated in the following this chapter, I think it is important for team to make stronger with the team message. Based on the acknowledgement, most essential thing is shared identity!!!!

If within the team would not shard identity, team message have no meaning thus team message require all member in the team have same value and same thought about team message meanings.

I think team message is only one meaning in order to increase team's solidarity. 

 so....What we should do...?? What do leader need??

I guess Important thing → as possible as spend long time in the team!!

spending long time harmonize well with nature and talking with team can shard the value.

I don't know whether my experience fit comfortable or not but I want to introduce my team message when I was high school.

my team message is"いつもどうり”. In English " as always" .

 we were so stress before convention, we talk oneself into "いつもどうり”. this meaning is we can do it because we are practice 120% so real stage can act performance 100%. 

value→ 練習は裏切らない！ this value is unified my team. 

It is necessary to have same meaning and value.  team message will only make sense if team members have same value. 

This message have been related with my life and it influential to my thinking.

Chapter3

Optimism and Reality

"Instill optimism and self-confidence, but stay grounded in reality."
I took a considerable interest in this sentence.
"the role of the leader demands that personal fears are best controlled or dampened until negative information is digested."

I believe the power of words so negative words and negative image spreed other people and own self.
therefore if I should not have negative thought or image, I try to say positive words.
Bringing out positive word and thought provide a better atmosphere and warm up the member by using it.
I think it is important to remind oneself constantly that I can do it.
Thus I guess one's word come true in spite of a positive and negative way.
 I am soooo negative thinking, so it was difficult for me to think positive：（
But I knew that there aren't good thing to get negative
so I try to use positive words then little by little, I can think positive image and I can bring out one's own initiative.
I practice more and more, I want to be positive thinker so I want to send off positive message for the others.

My Sentence

My Sentence
She was always smiling, her smiling made everyone happy:)


I intend to be smiling because smiling have power which bring someone happiness.
I demand make the world which everyone are filled with smiling!!
Therefore, I want to act as a pioneer of smile creator.

Chapter2: Symbolism and personal Example

 " Set a personal example with visible, memorable symbols and behaviors."

I would like to make remarks through my experience when I belonged to brass band club.

I had respect people who is same club with me, she wasn't leader but I was taken with her 

because she always practice than anyone else and she didn't show her weakness for everyone regardless practicing hard. She didn't try to urge someone such as please get more practice.

However, everyone and I desired and respect her.

By practicing than everyone else, she became a symbol of our club. 

I don't know say its memorable symbol but I think she is influential person for us. 

Therefore, I wish to be like her. It is difficult for me to explain leader's definition, but maybe I think leader have to give precise instructions on rule as important as leader have to act like people are motivated to act. You know the saying " A picture's worth a thousand words," 

Next, I would like to respond question 3 of Expedition Log.

Have you given "the right speech" to mobilize the power of the team? Do you need to address your team members again, to reenergize the organization?

In the text, shackleton gives points about right speech. points are" right tone-calm, confidence and reassuring."I guess it very hard for everyone thus this ability isn't inherent in many people.

and I don't have this ability. I am shy and I don't like give my opinion at putting oneself on show.

so I have never given the speech for my team. however, as I took this class, I think I am given the chance which is break down my characteristic especially shy so I want to try to express my opinion by little and little. I mentioned earlier "ability", I guess it cannot get if we would not practice but if everyone will practice and try to give theirs opinions I think we can get this ability. 

Negotiation skill

We learned Negotiation skills from Monday and Wednesday!!!

I was very interested in this classes because it is difficult to build a relationship with the others

such as Win-Win.

Win-Win→Both parties satisfied with theirs needs.
Important thing is what each other feel happy and they are pleased with result.
avoid the potential for relations such as Win-Lose and Lose-Win

we have to give own information like needs and hope and in a similar way, we have to hear theirs needs and hope.

start reading!

We start reading "Leading at the EDGE"!!!!

It too fat book:( so I want to try harder with everyone.

I am interested in this book than ELP reader because It is not hard for me to understand the contents.

However, I think we are simple to understand yet difficult to practice. It is not necessarily appropriate to suggest it.

I would like to touch the content of Preface and The Shackleton Saga.

Preface is written introduction and transition about this book and there are some questions last section of preface. Therefore, I would like to respond it though my experience.

When I was high school student, I was in brass band club. I played the role of part leader. 

I could learn though it. 

 First, On leadership, I think leaders need to sustain a balance both own needs and team. It is important to having own opinion and value but I think leader have to give opportunity to hear someone's thoughts. Thus one person cannot do anything by own self and one person cannot move the team. 

I tend to think I try to harder than everyone and I have to make effort than them but it is wrong. 

My friend told me that this part is not yours, so you have to rely on everyone and you have to hear members opinion. It is too difficult to maintain a balance own needs and team needs but I think it is important thing.

 Second, It is necessary to play good performance so  I had lunch with everyone even if we were busy.

everyone tend to think only performance it's important but we are not only team but also friend therefore I want to establish a trust relationship with my friends and I want to share the value though having conversation. Therefore I respected lunch time. Important thing is not spending long time but gathering together.

 Next, I would like to focus on "The Shackleton Saga".
I cannot believe it!!!!!!! Shakleton and his crew can survive and I respect him because he didn't try to lose his enthusiasm. Even if Shakleton anｄ his crew faced difficulty, they  tried to find other method.
They didn't give up so I want to use in my life.  

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First Impressions

 We learned about interpersonal communication. when we meet someone for the first time, correspondences differ in the Japanese society and Western society.

Japanese people definitely bow. For example, I would like to talking about my part-time. 

I work in the book shop. I was always said that you have to make a good first impression at customer.

Therefore I have to learn the bow and smiling. There are certain levels of bowing and each angle of bowing a different impression.For instance,  When they are making a apology, angle of bowing is 45°.

Similarly, smiling is very important  to give good impressions. because it give a warm smile, They happen automatically smiling . I am told by store manager to keep smile because smile is the most important thing on service. I think  it is hard to change a first impression so I want to be careful about it and I want to gain the way to be given someone good impression.

On the other hand, In western society, when we meet someone for the first time, they shake someone by the hand.In this point important thing is brief, warm, firm and also smiling and eye contact is necessary.Both smiling and eye contact are essential at all time.

Self Introduction!

Hello, I'm Miho Nishihara!!

I would like to introduce about me. I'm from Osaka and now I live in 3WD. 

My hobby is playing the flute and watching the recipe book. I was in a brass band for 6 years and I have been playing to do solo. Also I like watching the recipe book because I　love to eat but I'm not good at cooking :(( I want to improve my cooking ability and I want to cook a delicious meal! I would like to ask them to do me a favor.. Please tell me the shop tasting good in Tokyo. I think delicious food will make them happy:) 

The reason why I chose this class is that I cannot express my feeling because I am shy. So I want to be able to socialize with everyone and I want to use of having learned in my life.

I want to get friendly with everyone!!! 

Nice to meet you!