Here are some ways to remember names and make new friends 

1) Ask the name again if you hear it incorrectly

2) Repeat the name

3) Relate the names to other things

4) Write it down 

5) Visualize the name

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                                           Upcoming Basketball Season 

The first basketball game will be in less than two months! This makes me excited but nervous at the same time, I feel like we have a lot to show, and also gain a good reputation for the team. I am someway I feel like we have been working for almost everyday and that should help. But in other way I feel like we still have much to learn, especially the new team. I have played on other teams before, but never for the school's team. Many people are counting on this team to do better then the teams the previous years. I know that I am a person that gets very nervous, which is something that I must learn to control. We still have some time but in that time we have a lot to learn and improve. I know that the only way to win and get better is to put heart into what we do.

How To Make Friends and Influence People

Rule 1 Six Ways To Make People Like You
. If you Want people To Like You...

Become genuinely Interested In Other People
1) Do this and you will be welcomed anywhere
2)Yo can make more friends in two moths by becoming interested in other people than you can by trying to get other people interested in you.
3)Ask questions to other people questions that they will enjoy answering

It is important to be interested in other people and care about them. It does not always have to be about us but in can be about others. We can show them interest in many ways. Sometimes people just need to feel that you are there. When people see that you are interested in them they will consider you more of a friend. 
Rule 2 Smile

1) "Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, "I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you."

2) "You don't feel like smiling? Then force yourself to smile."

3) "It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign (witness or indication) of friends."

A welcoming smile is a good way to greet someone without even having to talk to them. Sometimes a smile can say more then words can. When you smile at someone they feel comfortable and welcomed to start a conversation. When you give people a serious face they might think you do not like them, even if you do. By smiling you can make other people smile as well.  By smiling you can also clear up any misconceptions that people may have of you not liking them. Sometimes if you smile you even make yourself feel better inside.  We should try to smile at everyone even if they are not a friends. Smiling is good and it makes people also look good. Even if people do not smile back we should set the example.

I will apply this by trying to smile more. I can be very serious sometime and some people might take it the wrong way. So I will try to smile more.

Rule #3 Remember Names 
" A man's name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in my language"
"If you do not remember names you are headed for trouble"
Remembering names makes a person feel like you are actually interested in them. Sometimes when someone does not remember our names it can make us feel like we are irrelevant. Or it can just makes us feel like we don't matter enough to them. If you remember someone's name, then they most likely want to remember your name as well. A name is important to us, and if we hear someone saying are name friendly it will make us feel good. This is a way to make somebody feel good and relevant. It may not be out intention, but sometimes we might offend someone if we do not remember names. The same way we would feel bad too. Also the person might already know are name and it would make us look bad if we don't know theirs. We must try to remember or write them down.

I will apply this by trying to remember people's name because I tend to forget.

Rule #4 Be  good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves
"If you aspire to be a good conversationalist, be an attentive listener"
"Remember that the man you are talking to is a hundred times more interested in himself and his wants and his problems than he is in you and your problems"

Sometimes people just talk too much about themselves. But we must be patient and think why they do it. Maybe they just cannot take it themselves and need someone to talk to about it. It may not mean a lot to us, but it can mean a lot to other people to us to just sit back and listen. Also we personally do not like it when when we open up to some people and they are not listening to us. This can make us feel bad. We never know how much it will mean to the person and how much they will value it. This is a good way to show someone our care and our interest. After this a person will remember us and will know we care. This to consider someone a valuable friend.

I will apply this by trying to be comprehensive toward others and listening to them.





5) Talk In Terms of the other man's interest
" The royal need to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he

To make a better conversation we can talk about the things that other people have interested on. In this way they will feel more comfortable when talking. This will show that we have interest in them as well. We have many interests as individuals to talk about. As we talk about the interests of others we possibly will find common interests. This is a great way to make a special bonding. Even if it is not about ourselves we can try to be good listeners. This will likely make the other person interested in us. Also this is a good way to make the other person like us. Its a good way into their heart, People  have a natural need to talk and interact with others.

I will apply this by talking to other people, and as I do talk about their interests

6) Make the other person feel important- and do it sincerely
"The desire to be important is the deepest urge in human nature" ( John Devey) " helping people feel important and appreciated works"

We can all do small simple things that will help someone feel important. We ourselves like to feel important that is why we should understand if others like to feel important as well. By just listening to someone we can show them that they matter. When someone is shown no importance they can  feel bad and irrelevant. Which is not true because everyone matters. When we get sad we want someone to be there for us. That person can make us feel a little better and somehow more important. Some people have a very low self esteem and that is why why can show them importance. We can focus on them and their interests. We don't have to give materials to make someone feel important, it can be something as simple as our attention.

I will apply this by knowing that we like to feel important and trying to make other people feel so.

Final Reflection: I think that these six attitudes are very useful. Socializing and making friends is a part of life. Showing that you care about other people is an important part of this process. It is also good to positively influence them the way someone else has done to us. We can show interest by remembering minor details. Also, it is important to remember people's names.  When we want someone to feel important we must  do it in an honest manner. knowing within ourselves that everyone is important. Also, it this is for you to sit back and listen to the things that others have to say                                                                                                                                                                           say By doing this we can show genuine .i nterest on other people that are not ourselves.

1) Columbia University Collage of Physicians and surgeons , New York U.S 

3) Estimated about $87,000 a year

4) MD degree and PhD degrees 

5) Nutrition, therapy, biomedical science

6)

I do not think that I would like to attend this school. The school is okay but i personally do not like it.

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Why I follow Jesus

I think that every day spent doing what is right, and His teachings is a day well spent. Life has many things that can make us happy , but at the end all those things will pass because they are all vain. Money or fame and popularity will not be forever. But the happiness and the fulfillment one gets when we dedicate life to the right things will be uncomparable. Sometimes we do not have to see things to believe in them, things come by feeling and joy as well. I know that I am never alone and  His love never leaves my side. He strengthens me and inspires me everyday and every second. He is my teacher my friend my all.

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I think that this week will be a great week. I am very exited about many upcoming things. On the weekend I will get to rest and go to church, which is always exciting, because time spent serving God is the best time spent. In addition, I will also get to learn more about the scriptures and the teachings of Jesus which are beautiful. There is also Bible club on Thursday. Throughout the week I plan to go to practice and also to practice at home. I will try to make extra time to practice after practice. I plan to start this new week with a good attitude, and not let bad things drag me down. I also am planning to join a new club today during lunch, to share time and get to know new kids. During this week I plan to improve spiritually, physically, and mentally. I feel blessed and good. Although not everything goes as I want it to go, it is good because it is part of life. It is better to trust God's plan, and not trust my own understanding,

peak performance principles


"The Six Attitudes Of High Achievers"

 Make no small plans

People that make small plans achieve small accomplishments. You will work as hard as you planned, so if u make big plans you will work big tome and achieve big. For example, athletes that work hard make big plans for training. When they train hard, then they are more likely to win. Also, we do not want to make small plans on other things. We can make big plans on our everyday things. It is also important that we have a good and positive attitude on the plans that we make. We must continue and not work to be better than everyone else, but instead to be a better version of ourselves everyday. We should make big plans to win big. Our dreams are just as big as our plans to achieve them.

"Your dreams are just as big as your plans"




2) Do What They Fear

Fear can stop us from doing many things. We all have fears. Some of the fears which we should conquer. We should not learn from other people's fears and fear the same thing. Even if we are afraid we should be brave and do something that we or others are afraid of. Fear will stop us from goals if we do not learn to conquer it. Then we will look back and be disappointed because we were afraid to do something we should have done. For example if someone is afraid to go to basketball practice because it is to hard then we must not be scared ourselves and we should go face the challenge. The practice will eventually make you better and later you will not regret it. To achieve our goals we must first overcome many obstacles. One of those obstacles is fear. We should understand that fear cannot hols us back forever.

" Fear is just as fierce as you let it be"

  "The way we prepare will determine performance"

3.) Are willing to prepare
Preparation is very important because you cant just rush to something expecting to be the best. We must be determined to accomplish something and prepare for it. Preparation is planning ahead. For example, if you want to be a basketball player you have to train ahead. We train to get better every time and improve ourselves. That is preparation. Preparing is not really the most exiting part of something, but it is very crucial. The way you prepared for something can determine how we do on whatever we were expecting to do.  It is good to prepare as soon as we can and not leave things for later, It  is better to prepare when we can so we don't have to worry about it later. 

4)Are Willing to Risk Failure
Failure is most of the times in the process of winning. It is something that we must not fear because it will make us better.Sometime when we fail we will be inspired to face even bigger challenges and to improve our selves. By failing we will see our weaknesses and improve on them. We must not let failure bring us down, but inspire us to do better. Many of the people that we see succeed such as athletes have failed before. We will not always win at everything we do. 
Failure can be a teacher. We can use our failures in a positive way to win and improve. For example, if a team looses a basketball game, and they do not let that drag them down. Instead they review what they did wrong and work on it to improve it. They put effort to practice so they can be better prepared the next time around.


  I will apply this because I admit that many times I let failure drag me down and mess with my attitude. Now, I will understand that failure is also a part of winning.I will have a good attitude.   "We can loose a battle, but win the war"

5) Are Teachable 

We can always have something to learn. It is not okay to think that we already know everything and to refuse to learn. Some people might know something we do not. When someone tries to help us we must not be rude and cut them off. For example, if your coach tells you that you are doing something wrong, then you should not get mad and walk away. Instead, we must listen to them explain how to do it correctly.The thing that you were corrected on and you learned might
make the difference later on between winning or losing a game.We can show people that we are willing to learn by paying attention and showing effort. By learning new things we can simply get better. That is why we need to be teachable, by staying humble. We can also help someone once we know how to do something. So we should be willing and exited to learn. We must not under estimate a person and think that they cannot teach us anything.



"A day without learning is a day wasted"

 I will apply this to myself by humbly accepting to learn. By not getting angry and listening.







6) Have heart 
To be extra good at something you must have heart. The passion to improve everyday at something you like. If you do something just because you are forced then you will most likely not be the best you can be. Also if you have heart it will not feel like a duty anymore but the time spending getting better at something will start to be enjoyable. It is important to have heart and put our minds on a certain goal. Even if we do not enjoy the process of meeting a goal we can have heart and put effort towards the goal. We must not only have heart to want something but to work hard for it. For example many of the athletes we see today have heart for what they do. That leads them to practice harder and get better. But it is not only sports we should have heart in, but in other things. Such as personal things.

I will apply this personally by putting hear in the things I like doing.

 "Without heart the passion for something disappears"

High achievers must overcome many obstacles. To overcome the many obstacles there are certain attitudes that we need to have. In order to meet our goals we must have plans and work on them everyday to improve. We must not be afraid of what others fear but instead take the initiative to do better. Also, we must be willing to prepare and put on hard work. We must be ready and have the willingness to accept, overcome, and learn from failure. In addition we must be willing to learn and have the desire to improve. Lastly, we must have heart and passion for our goals.