The Listener

     

    The responsibility for listening well is on the listener. To be a good listener you must understand and interpret sound in a meaningful way. Responsible listening is used to give both the speaker and the listener opportunities to explore their feelings and thoughts. A speaker also feels special when someone is listening. When listening, the listener must  maintain silence,focus and should clarify or confirm statements.


    Even if the message is not clear or interesting it is still the job of the listener to listen well and to understand the message fully. When becoming an active listener you will be able to avoid misunderstandings. You will also do things right the first time you hear them when you listen effectively. Problems are solved quicker by being an active listener.

    Listening is an essential part of communication. When you listen, you are absorbing the messages though your mind. Through it, you can see or imagine the world through the eyes of other people.  It is also a way of accepting responsibility for understanding what the other people are trying say and it creates an atmosphere of trust, honor and respect. Good listeners have a positive energy that makes you want to be in their company.To become an effective communicators, we must listen well to each other.

Self-fulfilling Prophecy

    I have read a part of the book "The Secret" it was about the "Law of Attraction". It states that when you are thinking of positive or negative will also result to positive or negative. It is like the "Self-fulfilling Prophecy", this states that "what you predict will happen will happen; what you expect to be wrong will be done wrong.

    This law really helped me to become an optimistic person. In doing such things, I always expect to have a positive outcomes and results. So i really strive hard to do things in the right way and manner for me to get that outcome that I've expected. We also need to Focus at the Ends and forget about the Means, the more focused we are on what we want, is more faster to get what we want. We need to check our thoughts and attractions and it should be related on what we want or need.

    Even without this Laws and Prophecies we really need to be responsible enough to do our  obligations and responsibilities on our own. Always make your decisions right and truthful.

I Dreamed a Dream

Susan Boyle of Britain's Got Talent

   Susan Boyle, a 47 year old Scottish woman joined the Britain's Got Talent 2009. At first, when she was being introduced, the people obviously didn't like and even respect her. She dreamed of becoming a professional singer. She sang "I dreamed the dream" of Elaine Paige, who is her favorite singer.

   When she started singing, all were shocked and were really amazed by her powerful voice. She had a plain appearance during that audition but her performance was very amazing and wonderful.When she said that she wants to be like Elaine Paige, everyone was laughing at her but after that surprising and stunning performance everyone gave her a standing ovation. Judges also gave her three 'yes' during that magical audition.

   This is just a wake up call to everybody that we must not judge a person by its appearance.We must really need to know what is inside of that person and must not only judge on what we just see on the outside. All of us have hidden talents that we just need to develop and enhance it. We must also not be ashamed of what we look and how people thinks about us. There is nothing to be ashamed of, we are all equal, we are all humans. Just be true, be you!

True Beauty

We must learn to accept what we are and what we look like. We are all beautiful and no one in this world is ugly. All of us are made by the image and likeness of God, all of us are equal no matter how tall or short, white or black & skinny or fat you are.

   Some people think that they are being judged by society of what they look. It's so sad that young girls are comparing themselves to others and they are trying to follow what they see in televisions and magazines. On their age, they must enjoy their life as a kid and must not be already busy trying to transform their looks and body as what they see in others people especially those who are older than them. Those are some of the effects of false advertising.

   We are all unique in our differences because God made us all special and unique.Be an inspiration not an illusion.












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Photoshop

Photoshop in Advertising

   Today, most printed advertisements are being altered through Photoshop. “Airbrushing” is a technique used in Photoshop to liquefy and reconstruct, which also allows you to mold and shape figures as well as remove imperfections in the skin. This technique is mostly used in making the models look perfect as goddess.

   I think its not fair to fool consumers that the image they see in advertising are real images.In my opinion, I think it's okay if it has only small retouches, but changing the structure of the face and the body is a very different change especially when advertising a product. In fact, what we see in advertising is not actually what they really appear. That's why most women strive for perfection. What they see in the magazines is what they also want to be and look like. The point of advertising is this, when you use this product, you will look like or be like this.No wonder that our perception of beauty is distorted.