I, ENTREPRENEUR

Ellen Degeneres most definitely is an entrepreneur, after our class discussion there is no doubt in my mind. She provides a huge service to the whole world with her television talk show. Her show has made a difference in so many different people's lives. Just watching her one hour show each day can turn someone's whole day around. People watch her throughout hard times to provide a little bit of light in what may be dark days. She helps so many others and is always giving back. She worked her whole life to build what is now one of the most popular and admired television shows. I however would not say that I, myself, am an entrepreneur... at least not yet anyways. I haven't provided a product or an idea or service desired by others. Hopefully one day, I will be able to say that I have. When you hear the word entrepreneurship you think of large, successful, well-known businesses and that is not always the case. Anyone who takes an idea and turns it into something greater, something to benefit others is an entrepreneur and I believe that is what needs to change in how our culture perceives it.

10 QUESTIONS

My expert is Ellen Degeneres and I would ask her:

1. How did you get to where you are today in your career? 

2. Did you always know that this is what you wanted to do for a living?

3.  How did you find the balance between comedy, helping others, and entertainment?

4.  Having fun seems like second nature to you, Do you ever find it difficult to stay so positive and optimistic all of the time?

5. Despite what it may look like, you're career can't just be fun and games. What are some of the difficulties that come along with your successful show and career?

6. What's your biggest advice for balancing work and fun?

7. Do you agree that laughing is one of the most effective "medicines"?

8. What do you do to take time out of your busy schedule to relax and just have fun?

9. How does it feel knowing you make such a huge difference in so many people's lives?

10. Explain the importance of having fun to you. 

BENCHMARK

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VOCAB #6

Abjure: to reject
Diffident: Lacking in self-confidence; shy
Sanguine: Cheerful
Circumlocution: An indirect way of expressing something
Endorphins: Mood enhancers that send confidence and satisfaction to the brain
Irrational: without reason or sound judgement
Rational:having exercised reason and sound judgement
Ambiguity: doubtfulness
Intuitive: perceiving by intuition
Assimilate: to incorporate as one's own
Causation: the act of producing
Frivolous: self-indulgently care-free
Adversity: an unfortunate event or circumstance
Stipulate: to specify in terms of agreement
Optimistic: practicing the expectation of a positive outcome
Simulations: imitation
Normative: pertaining to a norm
Interrelated: mutually related
Optimal:best or most favorable
Quantitative: may be estimated by quantity

LAUNCH

I really want to study the psychology of having fun and being happy by tying it into works of The Ellen Show. I also want to take a closer look at the psychology of decision making and how that affects one's ability to be happy and have fun. I believe working for the Ellen show would be the funnest thing in the whole world, her show makes so many people so happy and she helps so many people all around the world by just making them laugh for an hour a day. Being happy should be everyone's ultimate goal in life and I think most of us forget about that by the overwhelming urge to be successful in terms of careers and money, we forget to actually take time to figure out what really would make us happy. Studying these topics will help me focus on what I really want by learning about something that I think is very important.

VOCAB #5

Cognitive:pertaining to the act or process of knowing, perceiving, remembering
Mundane: common or ordinary
Merriment: cheerful
Etymology: word origin
Evanescent: vanishing or fading away
Novelty: state of being new or unique
Reconciliation:to bring into agreement
Scant: limited
Unscrupulous: unprincipled
Tentative: unsure or uncertain
Inception:the beginning
Brevity:shortness of time, briefness
Empirical:derived from experience or experiment
Seminal:original, influencing the development of future events
Dissemination: spreading widely
Exemplify:to show by example
Valence: the capacity of one person or thing to react with or affect another in some special way
Impediment: obstacle
Vagary: an unpredictable event
Transitivity: transitional

Literature Analysis : THE FIFTH CHILD BY DORIS LESSING

1.- Exposition: The beginning of the story explains how Harriet and David first met one another and how quickly they fell in love. It showed them during their happiest of times plan the life the both of them had always wanted. They talked about their future with a house full of kids and they very quickly made that dream come true.