Essays on Industriousness

Wooden on Leadership

A famous basketball coach John Wooden developed his Pyramid of success nearly 70 years ago. Nevertheless, it is still relevant nowadays. Moreover, this model can be accepted not only in sports but also for business environment. The main reason why this pyramid became so popular in different spheres of life and has not lost its relevance yet is that it does not focus primary on the results (victories) but on identification and implementation of the maximum capacities. Thus, Wooden likes to say “"success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the ...

Every business aspires to achieve its goals and objectives. Attainment of success is an involving matter that requires the commitment of all those tasked with various activities within the enterprise. Failure or underperformance from any individual presents harmful impacts on the stability and financial capability of an establishment (Whitten, Giesecke & Ogunnaike, 2015). This paper explains John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success; the model’s relevance to the modern business environment and the validity of the models aspect. John Wooden’s pyramid of success plays a significant role in enhancing the success of businesses in the contemporary times. The model ...

Question 1

John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success is still applicable to the current business environment. The pyramid named loyalty, team spirit, condition and skill present in the team. These attributes are essential to today’s business environment as they help nurture the relationship between the firm and its clients. The Pyramid of Success is applicable not only to basketball where Wooden was a coach but also in our day to day live. Through Wooden, we learned that the end is always a result of our doings and misdoings. Therefore, businesses that want to prosper in the long term should not ...

Analysis of Hypothesis Testing

Analysis of Hypothesis Testing This paper will analyze hypothesis testing in the article titled “A Test of Learned Industriousness in the Physical Activity Domain” which appears in the International Journal of Psychological Studies. This article explores the relationship between the level of industriousness in an individual and the degree to which the individual was rewarded for intense effort before the activity (Bustamante et al. 2014). The key research question for this study is as follows: What is the relationship between reward of intense effort and persistence at a subsequent physical or mental task? Based on this research question, the ...

Psychology:

I am industrious, humble, loyal, intelligent and hot tempered. These are the five words that best describe me, as I have consistently heard from family, friends and colleagues. Cardinal traits are those that permeate an individual’s personality largely, to the extent that they influence virtually every act. According to Allport’s trait theory, very few individuals have cardinal traits. I couldn’t say any of the five above mentioned traits is my cardinal trait. On the other hand, central traits are less pervasive than the cardinal traits; my central traits are loyalty, humility, industriousness and intelligence. I consider ...

Benjamin Franklin, in many ways, represented the essential American character that the newly founded nation was to acquire over the succeeding centuries. From the epoch-making years of the American War of Independence marked by an all-pervading sense of great destiny that awaited us, emerged great personalities like George Washington, the astute general and irresistible leader of men, Thomas Jefferson, a man of over-riding principles and grand concepts, John Quincy Adams, sagacious strategist and many others who together gave voice to the collective aspirations of the thirteen colonies who threw off the yoke of British domination. If they were all building ...