This post will be talking about Yao’s blog.

In Yao’s post she compares the value of class in comparison to her friends. There values are on different sides of the spectrum when I came down to studying for there mid-term exam. Yao’s friend valued the short term pleasure more than the long term satisfaction of getting a good grade on the midterm. Where as Yao valued her long term success in school more than her short term pleasure of non-curricular activities.

To answer the question of how she can be motivated for me is easy. Yao values the satisfaction of being rewarded when it comes down to school so if Yao focuses on the reward she will get from being successful in school she will be motivated to continue working for her long term goal of being successful. So for Yao to be motivated she should focus on the reward she gains from completing school work.

For Yao’s friend it would be hard for him/her to be motivated in the same way as Yao because she values the importance of her present actions for future. Where as her friend values the short-term pleasures of non-curricular activities and Yao values curricular activities. So the two friends can not be compared in the same way when it comes to motivation.

Yao feels that “should be clear that OB can be applied to every aspect of our lives.” I also agree with Yao’s statement because OB is strictly based of our B(behaviour).

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Date: February 5, 2017

This blog post is commenting on Joshua Hun blog post on My worst job.

Joshua talks about one of his work experiences when he volunteered at a community recreation center and his management was very pore.

In Joshua’s first point he expresses the difference in values that his management had compared to his volunteered workers. The value that the volunteer workers had made them want to help and make it easier for the workers and management to do there jobs but when management would not help the volunteers make there job easier it would make them less motivated to work and in the end effect the way Joshua worked.

For Joshua second point he illustrates Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory. The management at Joshua’s work was unable to secure Joshua within the physiological stage of Maslow’s theory which in return was unable to successfully provide him with the correct needs to motivate.

The third point Joshua talks about expresses managements inability to allow workers to create a environment that they would want to work in because they did not take the advice that workers had. As well as expressing the difference in values that management had compared to the workers themselves. Management wanted to just get the job done where as the workers wanted to create a more efficient and effective way of setting things up.

Joshua jobs environment definitely was an environment that was unsuccessful and would not be a good environment for getting work done.

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Date: February 5, 2017

This blog post is in connection to Brian Clark post on content marketing.

The blog post starts off talking about the award winning movie Groundhog day and how Phil the character in the movie who gets trapped in a time-warp starts off hating the day because he keeps waking up and having to repeat the day over and over again. Then it transition into Phil’s attempts at trying to get this women Rita to the early advances in marketing.

“The word seduction can certainly have a manipulative connotation. But when you truly know your prospect, and your core values truly do align with theirs, and you truly do communicate based on their needs first, well … They get what they want, and you get what you want. That’s not manipulation; that’s just good business”

This reflects on the class topic of values. Expressing the importance it has on other people; when you have the same values as them you will be able to connect in more detail to that person. In the end it will allow you to be able to know what people want to hear and it allows you to be able to market your products to them in a way that can appeal to want your product more. You find a way in which you empower the seller to move his product to any person who shares his values.

Brian Clarks Article on Marketing reflects most heavily on Values.

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Date: February 5, 2017