Homework

February 3 2009, 12:00 AM  by Caleb Eggensperger
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Homework assignment for Engineering Practice is Reading Assessment Test 1 (take home). Question #1:

“Any vision worth pursuing will demand sacrifice and risk. You will (likely)...”
A. Be called upon to give up the actual good for the potential best.
B. Find it necessary to leave what is comfortable and familiar in order to embrace that which is uncomfortable and unfamiliar
C. Spend the rest of your life wondering “what if”.
D. A and B, but not C

I open the PDF which we were supposed to read to get the answers to this. The answer seems to be D, although inclusion of A makes me uncomfortable. Bird in the hand and what not. So I begin skimming. Then I realize -- no, it's too easy.... But I try it. Ctrl+F, "Any vision worth..."

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Quote from text: "Any vision worth pursuing will demand sacrifice and risk. You will be called upon to give up the actual good for the potential best. You will find it necessary to leave what is comfortable and familiar in order to embrace that which is uncomfortable and unfamiliar. And all the while, you will be haunted by the fear that this thing you are investing so much of yourself in may not work out at all."

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  • Feb 3 2009, 12:00 AM
    ithinkin3d responded:
    OH GOD NO

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  • Feb 3 2009, 12:00 AM
    calebegg responded:
    OH GOD IT GETS WORSE:
    Question 12: According to Andy Stanley in Visioneering, “Vision weaves four things into the fabric of our daily experience, including Passion and each of the following, EXCEPT which of the following:

    A. Motivation
    B. Direction
    C. Communication
    D. Purpose
    The answer, of course, is C.

    MY RESTATEMENT OF THE QUESTION:
    Which of these is a concrete and useful skill that can be taught and learned and used at your job?


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  • Feb 3 2009, 12:00 AM
    calebegg responded:
    AHHHHHHHHH
    ENVISION THE FUTURE BY IMAGINING EXCITING AND ENNOBLING POSSIBILITIES
    • Read a biography of a visionary leader
    • Think about your past.
    • Determine the “something” you want to do.
    • Write an article about how you’ve made a difference.
    • Write your vision statement.
    • Become a futurist.
    • Test your assumptions.
    • Rehearse with visualizations and affirmations.


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  • Feb 3 2009, 12:00 AM
    calebegg responded:
    AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH:
    Visions are born in the soul of a man or woman who is consumed with the tension between what is and what could be.

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  • Feb 3 2009, 12:00 AM
    ithinkin3d responded:
    Okay, now... now you're just trying to scare me. I'm onto your game.

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  • Feb 3 2009, 12:00 AM
    unseeliefrost responded:
    OMG run away....it's trying to brainwash you, luckily you're on to it, but still run away. That's prolly the safest form of action.

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