How to evaluate success

Tell me about yourself.
I am Cassandra Francisco, a punctual, dependable, hardworking individual with great leadership skills and . I am currently receiving a Price Scholarship to attend San Diego City college.

Describe a difficult work situation/project and how you overcame it.
When I was in high school, I volunteered with my school's JROTC at Qualcomm Stadium to work as traffic directors for Charger games. As I was working, I had to direct incoming traffic to drive a certain way to park their cars. Unfortunately, there were angry drivers who always wanted their way and wanted to drive the opposite direction where we weren't allowed to have cars pass through. There was one driver who literally stepped outside of his car and ran up to me screaming at me. I told him I was sorry I could not let him pass through, then my adviser came and handled the rest of the situation.

How do you evaluate success?I believe success is the quality of work an individual has performed. It isn't about how fast or in what time frame an activity was taken. Success is how well the individual took the task and performed way above his or her expectations. Success is about how far the individual was willing to go in order to make the task almost perfect.

You Got Serviced Pt. 2

Quality customer service is difficult to find these days. I don't know if there was ever a time where I had perfect customer service.

Before I received my driver's license, I signed up for a driving school that was offered at my school for $189 for both the driving school, and the Behind the Wheel. At first, it was a great idea considering that BTW is pretty expensive and it offered both services.

When I passed my permit test I then called the driving school to schedule BTW dates; little did I know that they had horrible customer service. When my mom called the school,  they put her on hold for ONE HOUR. One hour! I eventually received a schedule for my BTW, but the customer service was horrible. They seriously did not know what they were doing, and their schedules were all over the place. When I had my actual BTW, I ended up having two sessions with my instructor; but the school filled me up for having all my driving hours, when in reality, I only have four hours. I hated my experience with this driving school, and never recommended it to anybody I knew.

We have a problem

Watching the video by Ryan Higa and The Miniature Earths video reminded me of this video I came across when I watch on the internet.

Many people struggle more than we do in our everyday lives. Many of us complain about our First World Problems that we forget about those who are less fortunate.

We have a problem. But it isn't FWP. It's our mentality that we think that we have our lives bad, but we don't. We should all be grateful that we eat everyday, we have a bed to sleep in, a house to call our own, and an education to strive for.

Kid President: You Need A Pep Talk

Soulpancakes work together to create another great video! Just awhile before I watched Kid President, I saw one of their other creative videos: Take A Seat? Make A Friend.

Kid President: You Need A Pep Talk was an inspiring video to watch. I was in dire of a pep talk, and this video just did it! I love the enthusiasm and mindset of this kid right here. It is his thinking and judgment that makes me appreciative of the kind words. 

Kid President's style of pep talk was where I wanted to listen. Nowadays when I am upset or angry, I don't usually go talk to anyone about my situation. But watching this video cheered me up. It motivated me. When do you ever hear a kid talk just like an adult would? Not only to mention the humor and silliness of Kid President's!

Not everyday can an individual get a pep talk. But now when I feel down or undetermined, I can just go on youtube and search this video up.

Do it like you own it

Being able to be in front of an audience and giving a presentation is more than just confidence and knowing what you're talking about. It is being able to be clear of words, talking like you mean what you say, and connecting with your audience. 

In the two video clips,  "Top Ten Presentation Mistakes," and "Make a Presentation Like Steve Jobs," we are taught various ways to improve ourselves when presenting to an audience

A few of the things that caught my attention is how we prepare ourselves before a presentation. Is there too little or too much information? We want our audience to learn something. One thing the guy said was "what's in it for me?" The audience has to be involved and into the presentation. Presentations like Steve Jobs is how what we say to our audience and how enthusiastic we feel when presenting. I really liked the part when the guy explains how Steve Jobs puts less bullet points and more creativity into it by using pictures and video clips.

Overall I enjoyed the clips because it is all useful information we can incorporate into our presentations in a few weeks.