Brooks challenges the notation between finding your self and loosing yourself. Finding your self is when you are just going through your work and not understanding what you are either missing in life or what doesn't occur 100% of the time. Like Brooks comment on "Most successful young people don't look inside and then just plan a life". As in having a family or just starting a career after learning little information. He is basically saying that there is always a problem or a solution to everything. It might take time but it will occur to you and the best part is to go back and discover a problem and make the solution better than it was before you saw the problem. When brooks is talking about loosing yourself he is explaining not that you are lost but cheating yourself. In order to find yourself you have to lose yourself in the process. Not using your power to the full satisfaction but taking short cuts. This is important not to do, you want to strive to your best and achieve goals in a successful way. This is a special way to find success in life. One problem will lead to another if you are not careful.
Brooks explain the saying "Ill served by the elders" this is Brooks way of saying other people are not being told the right way about goals. They are being told just to go for them and get there was quick as possible. This is not the correct way. What is missing is that you will just go through everything and get things done. Rushing is not the smart way on anything. You would be more happier if you fix all your problems and things that can hold you back from being successful and achieve goals that you might not be thinking about. Brooks does not only talk about achieving but also about doing it the correct way. I would strongly agree with brooks on this topic. Brooks does come on as a "Strong" or aggressive way of explain things but it will give you a lot of thoughts you might not of thought about.
Josh, Thank you for posting your blog by the due date. By doing so, you're eligible to receive full credit for this assignment. However, I'm afraid your interpretations of Brooks' ideas are a bit weak, and I ask that you reengage his article again to deepen your critical understanding of his thesis. Before CLASS ON MONDAY, rewrite these two paragraphs with your fresh understanding and I will award you the credit you are due. Please email me when you have made these corrections. Thanks again for your hard work.
ReplyDeleteJosh, Thanks for making changes to this. Your first paragraph is still quite difficult for me, as you reader, to navigate. You are juggling a lot of abstract ideas, and it's difficult to determine what exactly you are getting at here. Let's consider this blog post complete, but, in the future, I will want to see your rough drafts before you post them online. I think you have good ideas. And I think you want to communicate solid, well-structured thoughts. We need to work on matching your written language with your intentions. Thanks again for the hard work.
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