Explain a central idea of "The Importance of Imagination." Use details from
text to show how that idea is communicated throughout the text.
b) Provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or
indaments

Answer:

The ability to imagine things pervades our entire existence. It influences everything we do, think about and create. It leads to elaborate theories, dreams and inventions in any profession from the realms of academia to engineering and the arts. Ultimately, imagination influences everything we do regardless of our profession.

Imagination is the key to innovation. So think for a moment and reflect on how you could use your imagination more effectively and deliberately.

Are you aware of the Neurobiology of Imagination?

How would your life be personally and professionally improved if you were to activate your brain in ways you have not done before? Imagine if you could bring this higher intelligence into your daily conscious awareness? How much more satisfying and enriched your life would be? Just imagine.

There is nothing childish or shameful about making imagination a vital part of your leadership competencies. The more you use your imagination, the stronger your ‘imagination muscle’ will become. You will be pleasantly surprised as you use this ability and tap into this rich source of infinite possibilities.

Yesterday’s knowledge alone will not suffice. Imagination is essential for anyone, especially for leaders, who not only have to lead people into the future but have to foresee the challenges not yet known that awaits mankind.

One secret ingredient that nearly all successful people share is how to use imagination in their favor. Both Bill Gates and Steve Jobs used their imagination, envisaging how personal computers could change the world, the way we work, how we could educate our children, and how we would entertain ourselves. They were certainly right!

1. Start with the end in mind:

As a leader, you first need to know your goal and have a vision of what you want to achieve. As previously mentioned, this is the same path you need to take when you build a house.

It is important to have a clear vision of what the end result looks like unless you are happy to just throw materials together and see what happens. It is vital to apply creative imagination as described earlier, especially the upside-down principle.

While it might sound rather obvious, to begin with the end in mind, you would be surprised how many people don’t have a clear vision of what they would like to achieve, let alone how to get there. Instead, they are held back from what they want to achieve by focusing on the obstacles that get in the way. You need to have a strong, clear vision and most importantly, know why your vision is so important to you.

2. Apply the creative and empathic imagination:

Creative imagination together with empathic imagination is a very powerful combination. If you look back at some of the great leaders of the past, most of them had a purpose; something bigger than what they wanted to achieve for themselves.

Great leaders often have a passion that addresses the plight of people other than what they want for themselves. Even if they have experienced hardship, they are able to imagine what it would be like for people in worse conditions. Just think of people like Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa – they were very much driven by their empathic imagination.

3. Engage the imagination of others:

It is much easier to discourage than to encourage people’s imagination, especially if it is not part of the work culture. Sometimes it might take some courage to go against a restrictive way of thinking. As someone said to me recently, “I’d rather have my idea shot down than not say anything and a lesser idea be put forward.”

Edward de Bono’s Six Hat Thinking Methodology has been effective and popular in encouraging people in the workplace to activate their imagination. The Red hat represents intuition, feelings, and hunches and the Green hat represents creative ideas and possibilities.

As a leader of a team, it may be a good idea to read or become trained in the Six Hat Thinking process. In the business world where reason, reality, facts, and pragmatism prevail, I have seen people looking worried and even embarrassed when asked to use their imagination – as if imagining things was something only children or creative people can do.

The belief that imagination is somehow inferior to logical reasoning often kills, stifles, or smothers potential great ideas. Not only can this belief hinder great ideas but it also shows a lack of understanding of the important role that imagination plays in human life.

How do you deal with situations where there is tension between you and a colleague

7.
Which of these is an example of formal speech?

“I kind of liked the last book he wrote.”

“Mr. Lee, your presentation was both informative and enjoyable.”

“Elizabeth, I can’t believe you missed that goal!”

“Ben, I thought you could come over after practice.”

Complete the sentence with the appropriate word from the spelling list.

The teacher reminded the students to check their essays for ___ errors.


curiosity
deceive
definite
desperate
dinosaurs
discipline
dissatisfied
doesn't
embarrass
environment
exaggerate
grammatical
misspelled
necessary
niece
ninth
nowadays
occurrence
omission
optimistic
parallel
perceive
sophomore
strength
tendency
unnecessary
usually
vacuum

The organizing function of management is characterized by

Read the following sentence:
All students who are not registered will be sent to the back of the elective course line.
Identify the relative clause, whether it is essential to the meaning of the sentence, and if it requires commas.
The clause is "to the back of the elective course line."
OIt is non-essential.
It does require a comma.
The clause is "to the back of the elective course line."
OIt is essential.
It does not require a comma.
The clause is "who are not registered."
It does require a comma.
The clause is "who are not registered."
It is essential.
It does not require a comma.
O It is non-essential.

Examine Centers for Disease Control (CDC) advertising campaign that promotes the influenza (flu)
vaccination. Analyze the campaigr
to discover the target audience and the advertising techniques used. Then, evaluate the effectiveness of these advertising techniques. of
Wnite a five-paragraph essay in which you explain how the advertising campaign effectively promotes the influenza vaccination to a
range of audiences.
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Read the video transcript from Dr. X and the Quest for Food Safety. How effective is Dr. X at communicating the dangers of cross contamination?

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Identify which of the following uses sensory language in a narrative.
"I am not going to allow her to treat me like a slave," I said to myself.
As I walked towards the car, the humidity after the rain clung to my skin.
O Grabbing the keys, she stormed out, slamming the door behind her.
"I will not believe you," Ruby protested.

In which of the following careers must one learn and use programming languages?
Systems Analyst
Software Engineer
Database Administrator
Computer Support Specialist

Fresh water supplies essential for agriculture production for drinking and for the maintain

Which grammar is correct?…I’m getting that in 3 more hours or in 3 hours. ?

Writing:
What would you do if you ruled the world for one
day? (15 points)

10. Read these lines from Siegfried Sassoon's "Dreamers."

“And mocked by hopeless longing to regain/Bank holidays, and picture shows, and
spats, And going to the office in the train."
Which of these can be found in this excerpt?
O parallelism
O repetition
O an epiphany
O an allusion

Which of the following aspects describe the genuine feedback to students after a good performance?



a.
“I knew you could do it”



b.
“That is a really great start, but perhaps you could…”



c.
“Good job, that is a great mark”



d.
“Nice work, you did better than others”

using adjectives in sentences

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What final message does the Chorus deliver, and how could you interpret this as the theme of the play? (from Antigone)

you are not accountable for your time t or f for true or false

How do you paraphrase a passage?

expressing, in your own words, the main ideas of the passage
restating, in your own words, a section of text from the source
borrowing the exact words from the source
restating at least five facts in your own words

Events that take the conflict to its highest point to develop

write a comparison and contrast essay using either subject by subject point format. topic: face to face classes or online classes? what students prefer?​

Which grammar is correct?..In 3 hours or in 3 more hours?

How do externalities affect our lives?

what is the profession .provide a afficent ans​

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(1) Defoe narrates the day-by-day adventures of a castaway who passes half a lifetime on a desert island. (2) Fielding spins a complicated plot about Tom Jones, whose difficulties resolve themselves in the final chapters like the parts of a mechanism falling into place. (3) Jane Austen keeps the reader interested in the quiet life of a village where nothing more exciting than a dance or an elopement occurs. (4) James Joyce relates, at great length, the adventures and thoughts of several people in Dublin through a single day. (5) What we call the novel is thus an immensely varied literary form.


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Select the correct answer.

Which numbered sentence is the topic sentence?

A.

1

B.

2

C.

3

D.

4

E.

5




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How does our environment help create emotion ?

You are driving very fast. Would you please drive ..........?(slowly/a bit)​

How can you tell what text is the interviewers question

As you approach graduation, what are you most proud of as a student?

Match the technology with the appropriate task.

1. graphics software
design a building
2. word processor
type a report
3. CAD
get directions to a customer's office
4. laptop
create a company logo
5. GPS
complete many types of tasks on a computer away from the office