With the Core Studies taught at Dev Academy I think it’s most important to keep an open mind. You only get as much as you give. Personally, I’ve found I can only take on the lessons taught when I relinquish a little of my natural scepticism to the learnings and allow for the possibility of positive progress.
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I’m going to start by quoting myself, 12 days ago: “I solved another [problem] by going outside on the Interislander. I had been going nowhere with a .header selector for nearly three hours when the captain announced there was a fire in the main engine. We were evacuated to the balcony. Whilst nervous about my ability to swim I realised my ID tags were the problem. We made it to Picton and I made a resolution. Take breaks.”
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Hit The Road Jack. And don’t you come back. Until you’ve embraced your capacity for intellectual development. Neuroplasticity is the capacity to change neural networks in your brain through growth and reorganisation.
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In the most general sense, it is a sensitivity to one’s mood and the moods of others. A person with a high emotional intelligence might recognise when a fiery outburst might actually contain a plee for help. They might have a healthy scepticism or pessimism of common strong emotions such as: love, desire, anger, empathy, envy, or anxiety.
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After 19 years working in hospitality and reaching the highest achievements within the occupation, I have become disenfranchised with the industry at large. The sector only thrives through rampant abuse of workers, spontaneous but constant harm to local communities, and promotion of alcohol - the most harmful drug widely available in Aotearoa/New Zealand. I opened my first restaurant, Civil & Naval, at 21. I am proud of my accomplishments as a young entrepreneur – and my reputation in the community as someone who cares deeply about employee well-being – but after selling my business last year I could not see a way to make significant positive change chasing further success in the field.
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I used to run a small restaurant. In a field where every challenge is hard fought and seldom rewarded, we bucked the trend. Whilst I put my initial success down to a relentless personal dedication, I am proud that the company truly became an anomaly when we developed a whanaungatanga and embraced a different management style, what I called at the time “full Communism”.
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