Homework #2 (Chapter 2)

 "He said that the more you know about different disciplines and are able to to see the connections between those disciplines, the more you are able to create innovative solutions to problems." (21)

I think this quote really caught my attention because I felt like I can connect to what the author was saying here. During my fall semester, I had taken 3 business classes (Principles to Marketing, Principles to Management, and Business Law) and 1 English class. While taking these classes i found a number of connections between them, through these connections I was able to connect and apply things I had learned in one class to another class. I was able to apply the knowledge of business law terms such as whistle blower, embezzlement, and bonds to applications, examples, and chapters in my marketing and management classes. Also, in my English class, I had to read the short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" by Herman Melville. This short story described in great detail the working environment and atmosphere of a lawyer's office and work which i was able to connect and compare and contrast to my business law class and my professor who has his own lawyer firm. So in this way, I do agree with this quote.

"Jim's Wandering Map illustrates what chaos theory calls pendulum attractors: his two main interests seem to oppose each other. He enjoys helping others in time of crisis, and he enjoys work related to money and finance." (37)

I found this example to be really interesting because it is really hard to develop a career choice and the career itself if both of your interests seem to be a contradiction to one another. The person who is used in this example seemed to have an interest in helping others such as volunteering at local shelters, supporting and counseling victims in the police department, and other non-profit activities. But in the other hand, he was also interested in activities that was related to money and finance such as working in banks, studying economics, and he also had a strong desire to work on Wall Street. I think that these interests conflict one another and are not compatible. But what i found most interesting of all was that this person was able to find common ground between these two interests. In other words, he was able to find similarities between these two interests such as at times both of these interests can help people who are in a crisis. By using this information as tools he would be able to find a job that suits his personality and interests leading to satisfaction.

"Your parents and other relatives can be influential sources of information and attitudes about careers...it's not uncommon for family traditions to develop around careers." (46)

I think I really liked this quote because i could agree with it, usually the careers your family has can be a great influence in what career you might want to take up in the future. Sometimes if your family and relatives feel positive or negative about a career, there are high chances that you might take up those same attitudes and preferences regarding those careers. I could really agree with this quote on a personal level.