A week after the ICU festival, it seemed like almost everyone was worn out and stressed about their upcoming finals and reports. Throughout the week, we focused on the final essay and how to make it as perfect as possible. The paraphrasing exercises we did last week and the citations exercise we did this week both helped me out very much when brushing up on my essay before turning it in yesterday.
Take presented first about how intrinsic motivation would make work more efficient and life better for the salary men in Japan. I really liked how he started off his presentation with pictures of men in suits sleeping on the train. I see people like this on the train very often and was even lucky enough to see a person using up three seats to sleep comfortably on his way home.
Takumi's presentation about Jeffrey Bezos was interesting as well and I noticed a similarity between Bezos and Shackleton in that they both had short term goals for their company/ team but still never set their eyes off of the final goal. It's amazing how Amazon.com has become such a popular shopping website for many people around the world, and it was great getting to know the details behind the company's success.
I heard that Kristi would be writing about Umeko Tsuda when we first gathered up into random groups to talk about our research proposals. Even at that time, I could really tell that she looked up to Tsuda as a role model. I didn't even know who she was when Kristi first introduced her but now that I do know, I feel that Umeko Tsuda is someone that both genders can look up to.
Hitomi went last on Friday and she talked about psychotherapy. This topic was of interest to me because I am taking a psychology class right now and because one of my relatives is a musical therapist in the States.
I was up third and was really nervous about presenting, but once I finished and turned in my essay, I felt so relieved and stress free!
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