How to Take A Second Look

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How to take A Second Look

“A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he gives up.” This is the motto I have been living my life with and I really believe it. I like to keep a positive mind about everything. Keeping a positive mind can help your health. What I like doing is encouraging, inspiring, and motivating people. I feel that is my mission and purpose in life.

Let me tell you about myself. My name is Mr. Eric Anderson. I was born with cerebral palsy, and lived my entire life in a wheelchair. There is one thing that I dedicated my life to, and that is to teach people how to communicate with each other more; especially to physical impediments. When we speak to people and find out more about them. Then, we feel more comfortable with them.

In May, 1999 I graduated from Long, Beach State, and have a Bachelor of Arts in

Communication Studies; and with a minor in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication. To me, it is much more satisfying to sit and talk to someone, rather then using the Internet. When we actually speak and communicate to someone; it just makes us feel better about ourselves.

There is one thing that I like to do, and that is meeting people at a coffee shop or a restaurant. To sit and talk to someone really relaxes me. I actually enjoy talking to them and listening to them face to face. Communication means more to me then anything else. Go ahead, and invite a friend out for coffee, and leave the Internet and the computer at home.

I feel compassionate about the way we communicate to each other. It was in 1984 when I first met with the Chaplin from Fairview Developmental Center. Dr. Frances MacOlash. We go back twenty-five years. He and I would meet for coffee every Saturday Interpersonal communication is much easier for me. It is much more simple to me, it is much more easier to meet someone, in person, rather then online. Asking questions is a good way to know someone; you learn their feelings and understand them . I feel very strongly that through the electronic age, we are losing our interpersonal communication skills. I think its preferable to speak face-to-face, or on the phone to someone.

When I graduated from university I knew I wanted to contribute and help society. , I decided to open a business called A Second Look, to help and motivate people, in the community, to include and accept people with physical impairments in their lives and make friends with them. Our goal is to teach people how to converse and relate to people with physical impairments. It is important get to know these people as individuals. For people to ask questions, and not judge them solely on their looks. We need to integrate and assimilate our impaired friends in our daily lives. That is my “Manifest Destiny”.

Asking questions is very important. Do not assume things about the person. It is crucial to talk to the person. We need to integrate and mainstream people with physical impediments more in

the community with everybody else. The reason why I named my company, A Second Look, is to show when a person looks at an individual with a disability; they usually make a preconceived misconception about the individual. There is a problem with “the first look” as it only presents the person a narrow view of our physically impaired friends, what you see on the outside is not the whole person.

If you get to know them, personally, you will feel more comfortable with them. A Second Look’s primary goal is to break down the misconceptions and misunderstandings of our physically

impaired people, and to make it easier to interact and relate with them. When you get to know the individual as a person, then you will feel a lot more comfortable.

I have some suggestions: 1. Talk to the person and ask them questions, and find out about them. You will feel a lot more comfortable with the person if you would talk to them. Everybody likes to talk and be spoken too. This is a common human condition. 2. Everybody needs to be listened to. Listening to people is just as important as speaking. 3. When you sit down and converse with someone; you get to

know them faster and quicker. .

In my self-published book, Yes I Can, and You can Too, I wrote this book to promote interpersonal communication. The basis for this literary work is to encourage,

inspire, and motive, people to communicate on a personal level with one another; to establish a relationship.

In my college days, some of my college instructors did not take the time and effort to understand who I was and what I could do. They decided to drop me from their

classes, and did not give me a chance. My drive and motivation would not let me take no for an answer. I received another teacher and worked hard to get the job done.

The Second Look is the realization that they can and will live their lives to their

own expectations. When people take the time to get to know a person as an individual

and to develop a relationship with them; you will realize how much the person can live a life, and succeed at everything they do.

Through the years, many caregivers came in and out my door, and they

were from other countries Some of them needed to be motivated, because they sometimes had poor attitudes. If the caregiver cannot understand the person who they are caring for then that spells trouble. The personal caregiver must be able to understand the client. Communication is very important.

In this article, I am going to talk about the word “understanding” something or

people. When someone does not understand something; the person gets confused

and frustrated. When people understand it makes them feel more comfortable.

Understanding things is important.

I am a businessman at heart. One thing I like is meeting other people. I work from about five in the morning until five at night. I am always working on getting

speaking engagements. It is important to teach people how to communicate and relate to a person with a disability.

In this world, people usually go by what they see, and that can be deceiving. One day, I received a phone call from a man in Sacramento. This man was whispering. At this

time I felt it was a crank call. Then, the gentleman explained to me that he was working on getting a telephone relay service going for persons with speech impediments.

For example, I look at myself as everybody else does. I have needs and wants just like the next person. I need to work to pay my bills and overhead, and I need to support A Second Look. It is important to work and save money; especially in today’s economy. You don’t know what is going to happen in the future.

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How to take A Second Look

“A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he gives up.” This is the motto I have been living my life with and I really believe it. I like to keep a positive mind about everything. Keeping a positive mind can help your health. What I like doing is encouraging, inspiring, and motivating people. I feel that is my mission and purpose in life.

Let me tell you about myself. My name is Mr. Eric Anderson. I was born with cerebral palsy, and lived my entire life in a wheelchair. There is one thing that I dedicated my life to, and that is to teach people how to communicate with each other more; especially to physical impediments. When we speak to people and find out more about them. Then, we feel more comfortable with them.

In May, 1999 I graduated from Long, Beach State, and have a Bachelor of Arts in

Communication Studies; and with a minor in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication. To me, it is much more satisfying to sit and talk to someone, rather then using the Internet. When we actually speak and communicate to someone; it just makes us feel better about ourselves.

There is one thing that I like to do, and that is meeting people at a coffee shop or a restaurant. To sit and talk to someone really relaxes me. I actually enjoy talking to them and listening to them face to face. Communication means more to me then anything else. Go ahead, and invite a friend out for coffee, and leave the Internet and the computer at home.

I feel compassionate about the way we communicate to each other. It was in 1984 when I first met with the Chaplin from Fairview Developmental Center. Dr. Frances MacOlash. We go back twenty-five years. He and I would meet for coffee every SaturdayInterpersonal communication is much easier for me. It is much more simple to me, it is much more easier to meet someone, in person, rather then online. Asking questions is a good way to know someone; you learn their feelings and understand them . I feel very strongly that through the electronic age, we are losing our interpersonal communication skills. I think its preferable to speak face-to-face, or on the phone to someone.

When I graduated from university I knew I wanted to contribute and help society. , I decided to open a business called A Second Look, to help and motivate people, in the community, to include and accept people with physical impairments in their lives and make friends with them. Our goal is to teach people how to converse and relate to people with physical impairments. It is important get to know these people as individuals. For people to ask questions, and not judge them solely on their looks. We need to integrate and assimilate our impaired friends in our daily lives. That is my “Manifest Destiny”.

Asking questions is very important. Do not assume things about the person. It is crucial to talk to the person. We need to integrate and mainstream people with physical impediments more in

the community with everybody else. The reason why I named my company, A Second Look, is to show when a person looks at an individual with a disability; they usually make a preconceived misconception about the individual. There is a problem with “the first look” as it only presents the person a narrow view of our physically impaired friends, what you see on the outside is not the whole person.

If you get to know them, personally, you will feel more comfortable with them. A Second Look’s primary goal is to break down the misconceptions and misunderstandings of our physically

impaired people, and to make it easier to interact and relate with them. When you get to know the individual as a person, then you will feel a lot more comfortable.

I have some suggestions: 1. Talk to the person and ask them questions, and find out about them. You will feel a lot more comfortable with the person if you would talk to them. Everybody likes to talk and be spoken too. This is a common human condition. 2. Everybody needs to be listened to. Listening to people is just as important as speaking. 3. When you sit down and converse with someone; you get to

know them faster and quicker. .

In my self-published book, Yes I Can, and You can Too, I wrote this book to promote interpersonal communication. The basis for this literary work is to encourage,

inspire, and motive, people to communicate on a personal level with one another; to establish a relationship.

In my college days, some of my college instructors did not take the time and effort to understand who I was and what I could do. They decided to drop me from their

classes, and did not give me a chance. My drive and motivation would not let me take no for an answer. I received another teacher and worked hard to get the job done.

The Second Look is the realization that they can and will live their lives to their

own expectations. When people take the time to get to know a person as an individual

and to develop a relationship with them; you will realize how much the person can live a life, and succeed at everything they do.

Through the years, many caregivers came in and out my door, and they

were from other countries Some of them needed to be motivated, because they sometimes had poor attitudes. If the caregiver cannot understand the person who they are caring for then that spells trouble. The personal caregiver must be able to understand the client. Communication is very important.

In this article, I am going to talk about the word “understanding” something or

people. When someone does not understand something; the person gets confused

and frustrated. When people understand it makes them feel more comfortable.

Understanding things is important.

I am a businessman at heart. One thing I like is meeting other people. I work from about five in the morning until five at night. I am always working on getting

speaking engagements. It is important to teach people how to communicate and relate to a person with a disability.

In this world, people usually go by what they see, and that can be deceiving. One day, I received a phone call from a man in Sacramento. This man was whispering. At this

time I felt it was a crank call. Then, the gentleman explained to me that he was working on getting a telephone relay service going for persons with speech impediments.

For example, I look at myself as everybody else does. I have needs and wants just like the next person. I need to work to pay my bills and overhead, and I need to support A Second Look. It is important to work and save money; especially in today’s economy. You don’t know what is going to happen in the future.

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