N5 Entrepreneurship


Activity 2 (Contd) Obama’s inauguration, on the steps of the US Capitol which was partially built with slave labour, broke the highest racial barrier in the United States, and goes some way to reconciling Martin Luther King’s dream of racial unity. Obama vowed to reclaim America’s place at the head of global powers, and signaled he would reject anti-terror tactics used by the Bush administration which critics say have compromised US ideals and the constitution.


“We reject as false, the choice between our safety and our ideals,” Obama said. “We are ready to lead once more.”


Several estimates put the crowd on the Mall at two-million, and many in the throng wept as the new president spoke.


Questions: 1. What gave President Barack Obama’s election as President of the United States such historic significance?


2. Who was his main challenger within his own party and what was so significant or would have been significant if the challenger won instead of Mr Obama?


3. What very famous award did he win in 2009? 4. What were the reasons for him winning this award only 9 months after his election? 5. Who was the other main contender for this award? 6. From his speech list five phrases that you consider to be “acts of leadership”. 7. What do you think was the “essence” of his speech and why was it so important to get this message across?


3. Personal management 3.1 The role of habits in a person


Our schedule often doesn’t differ much from day to day. People call it routine and then complain about the deadly routine of doing the same thing every day. But it would seem that most people prefer to do the same things day after day, because they don’t like change. Doing the same things repeatedly or in the same way, can also be called habits. Habits are consistent and often unconscious patterns of behaviour that express our character and determine our effectiveness.


Smoking, for example, is a habit and a bad one too. It is an addiction. Smokers will normally agree with this, and if they really want to, they can break the habit. Most of them will tell you that they don’t want to do this. The important message is that habits are learned behaviour and we can change our habits.


Elements of habits


The formation of a habit consist of three important elements. They are: Knowledge:


“know what to do and why” Skill:


“how to do it” Desire:


“motivation, the want to do it” 4 New habit Source: iAfrica.com


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88  |  Page 89  |  Page 90  |  Page 91  |  Page 92  |  Page 93  |  Page 94  |  Page 95  |  Page 96  |  Page 97  |  Page 98  |  Page 99  |  Page 100  |  Page 101  |  Page 102  |  Page 103  |  Page 104  |  Page 105  |  Page 106  |  Page 107  |  Page 108  |  Page 109  |  Page 110  |  Page 111  |  Page 112  |  Page 113  |  Page 114  |  Page 115  |  Page 116  |  Page 117  |  Page 118  |  Page 119  |  Page 120  |  Page 121  |  Page 122  |  Page 123  |  Page 124  |  Page 125  |  Page 126  |  Page 127  |  Page 128  |  Page 129  |  Page 130  |  Page 131  |  Page 132  |  Page 133  |  Page 134  |  Page 135  |  Page 136  |  Page 137  |  Page 138  |  Page 139  |  Page 140  |  Page 141  |  Page 142  |  Page 143  |  Page 144  |  Page 145  |  Page 146  |  Page 147  |  Page 148  |  Page 149  |  Page 150  |  Page 151  |  Page 152  |  Page 153  |  Page 154  |  Page 155  |  Page 156  |  Page 157  |  Page 158  |  Page 159  |  Page 160  |  Page 161  |  Page 162  |  Page 163  |  Page 164  |  Page 165  |  Page 166  |  Page 167  |  Page 168  |  Page 169  |  Page 170  |  Page 171  |  Page 172