Chris paul and his grandfather were really closes they were mostly always together. His grandfather would always close up the shop early just so he could see his games. He was there when chris sighed the papers for his college scholarship and he ways always at this games. When he was killed chris shot 61 points for hi, and he was one shot away for breaking the stare recorded but it didn't matter to him all that mattered was those 61 one shots and he missed the shot and ran to his father to hug him. This story shows how loyal Chris was to his grandfather and how much they loved each other.     

Pyramid of Success 

Block 1: Industriousness

"In plain and simple English this means hard work. Very hard work. There is no substitute for very hard work when it comes to success." 

Working hard for one's goal is the only way to get to it. Without hard work you can not get closer to one's goal and so to succeed you have to give it your all. Yes it's hard but in the end once you get to your goal it will all be for the better but hard work sometimes doesn't  always get you to your goal there will be failing along the way but never give up just keep working hard to get to the goal you have in mine.

Block 2: Enthusiasm
"It is the engine that powers all blocks of the Pyramid. It is why I chose Industriousness and Enthusiasm as the cornerstones of my Pyramid of Success. It is where everything begins."
In everything we do there is always a starting point and in the Pyramid of Success we start with this enthusiasm. To get to a goal we have to start somewhere either it being just out of random or planning it rondom a long time we always begin somewhere. If you have the passion to do something then trust me you will be able to work at it till you get there. I myself have this and if you think about your goal almost everyday you will remember why you are doing what you're doing and that will fill you with the passion do keep going

Block 3: Friendship
"Comes from mutual, respect and devotion. Like marriage it must not be taken for granted but requires a joint effort."
 Friendships are something I always had a problem with I had problems with keeping the friendship happy. It's true when they say that friendship is hard work you both have to keep it strong and not loss each other it's a joint effort. Sadly I took my best friend for granted and I still hate myself for what I did so dont be like me who took their friendship for granted love your friendships for you might miss them when they're gone.


Block 4: Loyalty
"To yourself and to all those depending upon you. Keep your self-respect."
Loyalty something any good person needs weather it being for friendship or a relationship loyalty is always needed. Knowing that someone has loyalty to you is something great but one little mess up and you could lose it and once you loss someone's loyalty you can pretty much never get it back fully. So if someone had given their loyalty to you dont over do it because it's a great thing to have. Loyalty is a gift so injoy it and dont overuse it because soon you won't be able to have it and people will have less self-respect for you.  
 



Block 5: Cooperation
"With all levels of your co-worker. Listen if you want to be heard. Be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way." 
When it comes down to teamwork you have to hear other peoples out see what they have to say so you can work together. You can't just say your way and do it that way teamwork is about working together so the group has to hear each other out. Problem solving is better and easier when you work together. So don't just go by your way hear everyone out and help each other out.





Block 6: Ambition
For noble goals
Getting to a goal will take lots of ambition for it. Goals are something we all have little or small we all have one but make those goals become real will take lots of work. I myself have a goal and to get to that goal i'll have to give it my all. I'll have to push myself while I keep my goal in mind. Ambitions can get you a long way in to your goal all that drive of determination helps you get closer to whatever goal you have in mine. I have ambition for my goal that I had in mind and i'll keep working to that goal for ambition drives me to keep going and i'll try my best to make that goal come true.

Block 7: Self-Control
"Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgement and common sense are essential."
When trying to get to a goal there will always be something or someone that will make you want to do something that will set you off to not getting to your goal. There will always be that one little thing that will want to make you do something else rather then doing something to help your goal. An example would be let's say that one day your friend tells you to just go over to there house and relax one day but you need to finish something before going but they really want you to just drop it these are things that will stop you from getting to your goal you need to know when to have self-control.


Block 8: Alertness
"Be observing constantly. Stay open-minded. Be eager to learn and improve."

Alertness it's something that helps us know about new things. It helps us know things around us and want to learn and improve on other skills. Being observed about many things constantly helps you know what's going on around you keeps you opened minded on may things that will come your way. Alertness can keep on your way to get to your goal.








Block 9: Initiative 
"Cultivate the ability to make decisions and think alone. Don't be afraid of failure, but learn from it." 
Failure it's all something we fear. It's something all of  us never what to happen but even if we try our best we will always fail on something and failing even if it doesn't seem like it can be a good thing. Failing helps us grow it helps us see are mistakes and learn from them if we never fail we can never learn from our past mistakes. So when a chance comes up and failure is what scares you from doing it don't be scared because even if you fail learning from it can help you in the far future.


Block 10: Intentness 
"Set a realistic goal. Concentrate on its achievement by resisting all temptations. Be determined and persistent." 

 Having a goal is one thing but setting your mind to it and always keeping at it in mind is another. Setting your mind to it is always a good help when heading to your goal. When a temptation heads your way and you know it will affect the goal you have in mind then resisting it while keeping the end goal in mind always helps I for one do this and it helps me everyday get closer to my main goal. Temptations will always be something that will get in the way of a goal and sometimes it will be pretty hard to resist them sometimes we may even fall for them but having the goal you really want to come true will help keep resisting.




Block 11: Sincerity 
Keep friends 

Having friends that are honest and truthful to you is something very important because sometimes we need to hear the truth we cant always think we can do something had have friends say "yes you can do it" we need those friends to tell us the truth and tell us the truth keep us down on earth and tell us what we need to hear not what we want to hear. Friends like those are hard to find but when we have them you will be thankful on having them I myself have one friend like that and am thankful on having them yes we might fight sometimes but in the end we are both thankful on having each other and keeping each other down on earth.



Block 12: Adaptability 
To any situation 
Adaptability is something important and something not many people have. This skill is highly important for when you have something that has to be done but it must be moved around for another day and you week is full being adaptability makes you ok with this and you find a way to make this happen. Another example is when a plan is changed and you couldn't do anything this skill is really usefull. When it comes to a goal let's say a meeting has to take place and this will help you get closer to your goal but something happened that had to change to meeting time and it's out of your hands being adaptability to this will help out.



Block 13: Condition
"Mental-Moral-Physical. Rest, exercise and diet must be consider. Moderation must be practiced. Moderation must be practiced. Dissipation must be eliminated" 
  Condition something we all need to learn. When it comes down to a goal we always have to be in good condition so we can get it. If we were in bad condition we wouldn't be able to work to are goal we won't be able to get anything done to get us closer to are goal. Its very important to have our bodies be healthy not only for our goals but also for are well being we can't just be sick and work ourselves to the bone we won't be able to stand that am pretty sure we would pass out or something else.


Block 14: Skill
"A knowledge of the ability to properly and quickly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared and cover every little detail"

 We all have a skill and we all need some skills get us through a problem. Some of us have skill that help us better than other people's skills. When it comes to group work those people each have a skill and they can either help the the team or not help the team with the skills they have. Some are helpful while other are not but one way or another skills are what we all need to get to a goal or to just finish off something we work on is skill and not give up on anything which is a skill.

Block 15: Team Spirit 
"A genuine consideration for others. An eagerness to sacrifice personal interests of glory for the welfare of all"

Team spirit something not everyone has but can do good if you do have it. It's better to get along with your teammates then fighting you will get things faster other than just yelling each other to get stuff done. If we try to outshine each other fighting will happen and one person could be working on everything or nothing at all. So when you have team spirit try to have other show theirs as well so together you can work on whatever you can and get it done together. 



 

Block 16: Honesty 
In thought and action

Being honest is very important not only to other but to yourself has well. Honesty will help you in a goal either it being on a question someone asks you or planning out a day and being honest and going it's important. Lying is one of the things many people do and if you say you dont lie well am pretty sure you justed lied to me because everybody lies. Learning to be honest is something that takes time because it's so easy to slip up and just flat out lie to someone and once you lie to someone and they find out you will never get the same trust like you had before even if you never lie to them again it will never be the same.


Block 17: Resourcefulness
proper judgement  
When it comes down to unexpected problems having resourcefulness is a big help. For example you planned to meet up and finish a project with a group but someone gets stuck in traffic having resourcefulness would be a good help here thinking up a plan so you can wait for the person to get there. This skill can help in many different ways that listing them all would take forever so it's better to just show some examples of this skill in work. When getting to a goal many unexpected things can happen and at this time using this skill can help things go better in the meantime.


Block 18: Poise 
"Just being yourself. Being at ease in any situation." Graceful and elegant bearing in person. 
When you're in a situation just be yourself you'll be calmer that way. Sure sometimes depending on the situation you can't always being fully yourself but sometimes just being yourself can calm you down then other things trust me i've done it and I feel better after words. Poise is a great way to destress because when fully yourself it helps you calm down it helps you feel better take it from a person who has done it before and still does it to this day.



Block 19: Confidence 
"Respect without fear. May come from being prepared and keeping all things in proper perspective" 

 Confidence a very powerful tool one that not many people have one that many people wish they had and those who do have this skill have good things looking their way. Some people have more confidence than others do heck I have confidence to do somethings but not all the things that would make people want to go home and hide under their bed. A skill like this will always need to work on just because you have it doesn't mean that you have it forever sometimes people lose this skill or they never work on it but this skill should always be worked on and will always have room to grow so dont just stop things that help grow your confidence because there is always room to grow your confidence.


Block 20:
Creates respect 
Giving reliability to other people in yourself can make respect on you. Being reliable is a good skill to have when others need you then it won"t be a problem because you have their back on whatever they need. This skill can help you in many ways for example gaining trust, building bonds and many other things. Not only will this skill help with getting people to trust you but it can also help you to get to a goal. Now I know being reliable is hard sometimes you want to go off and do something else or you forget about whatever you promise well it takes time to build it up and it also takes time for someone to trust you and once someone trust you never never destroy that trust because once broken it will never be the same even if you do get their trust back but it will never be the same again    


Block 21:Fight
Determined effort
Fighting for something you know has to be done is not always easy sometimes you fail sometimes bad things can come to be but in hard times there will always be some light work hard for the thing you want stay determined and whatever comes your way fight for the goal. I have a goal I fight fir everyday and what keeps me going is knowing that once that goal comes true I will be able to prove the those who did not believe in me wrong and show them in their face that I could do anything when I set my mind to it. So I would say find that thing that determines you so when you feel like their quitting you just think back on why you are really doing this and get back into fight for it.



Block 22: Competitive Greatness
"Be at your best when you best is needed. Enjoyment of a difficult challenge." 
When going out on an important date you have to make sure that you are your best. You can't go out and act like you're out with your friends when you are talking about important things. Being at your best when it's needed is important people will needed you and if you're off and about being a fool then no one will be happy the work they need you for will never get done and everyone will be mad at each other and maybe people will lose respect in you so when being at your best is needed do it because no one likes when one person slacks off.


Block 23: Integrity 
"Purity of intention" 

Having integrity and sticking to it no matter what is something lots of peoples these days don't have. Either they change their integrity because of what people think or they give up on it. Many people these days change their thinking because of what others might think. To those people who have the guts to stay on their path and not change their mind on things just because others think differently about it I clap to you because more people should be like you.





Block 24: Faith 
"Believe and Achieve" 
Giving faith in someone and trusting that they will do what they need to do is a big chance because that person may not do it or do it wrong but yet we still need to try and give people faith. It very easy to lose faith in people and it really hard to trust people with that faith because you don't want the same outcome as before but that's something you have to do if you ever want to give in faith to someone every again. To the people who are given faith don't take it lightly because when you ever need help or something like that if you lost that faith then it will take forever to get that faith back.


Block 25: Patience 
Good things take time 
 Many people these days have little to no patience I myself sometimes don't have patience which I find sad because when we stop and wait for things we can see things other don't see from all the rush they are in. People these days are in such a rush to get there things done that they don't take time to stop and look at the world. Patience is a very big stress reliever because when you stop and wait you can take that time and think about yourself or other things that could help you relax. When I have remember to stop and have patience I reflect on things and try to think out some problems I've been having or plan out how im going to finish work that is due soon.

Final Reflection 

1. The building block can benefit me by helping me in life chooses when I need help in something example faith I could look back on what I said or what the building block said and try to put that into work in my life
2.  I'm applying lots of blocks in my life right now but the one I think im applying the most right now is "Friendship"
3. This block helps me remember how important my friendships are and that I also have to put in the effort to keep it together 
4. I will try to put as many blocks in my daily life when I need them
5. If people ever need help on something that the blocks have showed me I will just tell them the same thing the blocks told me and hope it helps 

Winter Break

During the break I didn’t do much I just sleeped in most of the time. When I was awake I would just be on my phone and see YouTube and texts people. We did go out to walk the dog sometimes but that pretty much all I did. I did make two new friends online and am happy I got to meet them we like the same things and talk about them all the time and there both pretty funny. I didn’t see any new movies but I have been seeing Ncis which is a show about Navy killings and a few other things here and there. I didn’t get any homework though which I wonder why? I would have loved to done some during the break so I had something to do while I was home bored. That’s all I did really no big story’s to tell I just sleeped in most of the time and was on my phone. 

Class Evaluation 

  

1. Things that I liked about this class are how we learn about code which is something that not much people get to learn these days 
2. I didn't like how boring this class it it can get really boring to the point were people fall asleep 
3. Make a little more effort on trying to make it so people don't end up falling asleep 
4. A highlight of this class is when we do the ctr card check because lots of people are on the eage of there seat to see who gets picked 
5. Yes yes I did some days I did better then other but yes I did try mt best in the class 
6. Not all the times sometimes I dont read it because I forget but other times I remember and read and write on it things come put sometimes so I cant always be on it that why its a yes and no on this question 
7. I dont think ill be able to be a ctr because its pretty hard to stay one once you promise to be on and am sure some people fine it easy but it will get to you so that's why I dont think ill be a good ctr

The 10 Keys to Personal Power

Brian Tracy 

briantracy.com

Key 1: Clarity

"Have vision, Determine what you want to be, do or have in life. Have a sense of direction and know where you're going. If you do not have clear specific goals in life, you are doomed forever to work for others who do"

Once we get near the end of high school most students must choose were they are heading next. We all have a goal in life that we are working hard to get at. The more we see that dream and the more we work for it the closer we are to having the dream become real. Not having a goal yet is OK maybe you dont have something in mind to do yet that's fine but open your eyes before it's too late for if you dont find you goal you will be doomed to have a job you hate.

Key 2: Competence 

"If you commit to excellence, opportunities will always come your way. The harder you work, the better you get."

Working hard always opens up doors for people which is why lots for kids work hard from the start for there first day of school. Working hard pays off in the end because more and more opportunities open up and choosing one is all you have to do. Bigger and better opportunities come when you work harder and soon you wont have to work as hard.

Key 3: Concentration

"Make the best use of your time. Ask yourself "Is this the best use of my time?" before you start anything."

When having something to do plan out how much time you think it will take for you to finish it. Sometimes things come up and you want to or have to those things that come up this is why you plan out free time. When am at home and I want to do something but I have lots of homework to do I plan out what I can do in a few hours how long it will take me and then set my plan. I know sometimes things don't work out and things back fire this can happen so once that happens stop and plan out again so it wont back fire. 

Key 4: Common Sense 

• Train your mind
• Think things through
• Listen to your intuition
• Learn from setbacks 

When choosing things we always have to use are common sense. We have to make the smart dissensions by using are common sense. Common sense is a big part of our daily life for we always have to make dissensions be it big or small we make them. Common sense is the reason people pick wrong dissensions or right dissensions.     

Key 5: Creativity 
"Except the fact that every human being is a genius. The hallmark of creativity is asking questions. The people who are most creative ask the most questions."

Creativity is something that people always forget about. Creativity always helps make the person with it question more things about life helps them come up with ideas. Without creativity we wouldn't have things we use today. Without someone thinking outside the box we wouldn't have computers we wouldn't have smart phones or cars and many other we use in daily life. Creativity can be overlooked sometimes just look at Steve jobs everyone thought that he was crazy with his ideas but never gave up and if he did we wouldn't have iphones and all that other stuff he made  

Key 6: Consideration
"The quality of your relationships with other people will determine your success in life"
"Develop the people skills you need to become a better communicator. Take courses in listening, speaking, etc."
"If you were to learn one new word a day, within 5 years, you'll be the best educated person in history."   

Consideration is something lots of us do I myself consider many things daily examples for these things are should I do my how and if not what would happen. That is just one example of the things that I consider on the daily.  Consideration can help make people's lives better we can consider to do things in life like learn a new language and if we follow through with it we can have a better life in a way. We always consider what's to come or what path to follow everyday consideration is a good thing and we should use it more.

Key 7: Consistency
"Dependable, steady predictable work is always superior to fast spurts of work."
"Be consistent in your relationship,your family,friend,your boss,your work. Be the person that people can depend upon. That if you say you'll do something you do it.." 

Being consistency is when people can rely on you when they need help. Weather it be a friend or your family you should be consistency about them because you may never know who needs your help. This can also go the other way around the people you know should be consistency with you because like they always say what goes around comes around.  

Key 8: Commitment

"No success is possible without commitment. The ability to commit yourself whole heartily is the  basis of achieving all success.

"Become totally absorbed in your work. Be totally committed"

Being committed to something in life will help you success in that one thing but it will be hard and you might want to give up but dont being committed to something helps you get it done. It's a good idea to be committed to not only one thing but many other things not only big ones but small ones as well. Any commitment is a good one so dont be scared to have some but remember it's going to be hard to keep them so always push it to get them done.    

Key 9: Courage

"The fear of failure is the single greatest reason for failure in life"

Courage is something lots of people lack when it comes to goals. If i'm honest it's something that I lack for my goal because my goal has to do with going up to a person and just say hi. The lack of courage could end up killing the goal I have. So this is why courage is something people should have lots of it will help you with a goal you have trust me if I can do it am sure you can do it. Don't let you goals pass you by because you never know when that chance will happen again 

Key 10: Confidence 

"You only get confidence by doing things over and over again"

Confidence some people could see it like courage but really they are two different. Confidence is when you believe in what you're doing and you do it without second guessing yourself while courage is kind of like trying to do something for example go up to someone you look up to and talk to them. Confidence is really hard to have most people these days lack is because they always second guess themselves. You always have to have confidence in what you do yes it's hard but if you do it like that you will feel the difference in whatever work you do when you have confidence    

Reflection

All 10 keys can help you throughout your life one way or another even if you don't think so they will. A keys am useing that helps me is Commitment,Confidence, and Courage. Each of these are helping me get to a goal I have in mine and they keep me going because I remember why am commitment to this goal and I no matter what people tell me will be confidence in the goal because I have the courage to keep believing I myself. I will keep using these keys for other things as well and I hope that they will help me get to my goal. 

Halloween 

This year Halloween was OK not one of my best Halloweens but it was pretty good. I was Jack skellington form the movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas". People keeped asking if i was Sia a singer which bugged me lots but I was cool with it. I had on a white wig and some face paint for school not much because the school said no face paint so I just painted a black smile on my face and once I got home I tool a rest and then painted my face all while. I was pretty happy with what I did this year maybe I'll cosplay once I start working who knows only time can tell. I have a plan already on who I might be for next year but ill just have to wait and see. 

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 

Habit 1: Be Proactive 

"Habit 1 is the key to unlocking all the other habits and that's why it comes first. It says, "I am the captain of my life. I can choose my attitude. I'm responsible for my own happiness or unhappiness. I am in the driver's seat of my destiny, not just a passenger." 

It is true we do have the power to make are own destiny we choose what we want to do we choose what we make of are life. The power is in us that make are destiny fun and to make it a happy one but sometimes things happen in life and we can't help but be a little sad but its up to us to get out of it. Really we all have the power to do something we just need to find it and stay on are path to are destiny. We are on the driver seat so we get to go where we want to go.

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind 

"Control your own destiny or someone else will." (Jack Welch)

"When you know where you intend to end up,you know where you are now" (Covey)

Think about where you are now and what your goal is and keep it in mind all the time. Having it in mine helps you keep going and the tasks you do along the way while you do them having it in mine helps you no go on the wrong path. I have a goal in mine and I have a plan in my mine on how am going to do it. I keep doing what I do knowing and remembering my goal helps me keep going. This is a good way to keep motivated on what we do everyday it works for me so maybe it could work for other people

Habit 3: Put First Things First 

"Organize and execute around priorities"

Taking control on your life is something you really have to do because if you let others take control for you then you could end up somewhere you don't want to be. Are life should be left in are hands
not others we know where we want to be and it should be up to us to head the way we want. The things we want to do should be what we aim for while the things we want to do now should be put on hold if it hurts the things we put for first. Everyday we will choose things that might hurt what we put up first so we have to make sure that we choose what helps the first thing.

Habit 4: Think win-win

 "Think win-win or no deal"

 We always have to keep are first goal in mine when we do something. If what we do is not a win for are goal then we shouldn't be doing it. If it is a win for are goal then we should. Its are to keep a goal in mine while we choose things in are daily life but in the end when we get to are goal we put first we would maybe do that
same for another goal we have in mine.

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood 

"Diagnose before you prescribe" 

You have to understand yourself and what your doing so people could understand you. With understanding yourself and finding your way people would see what you want to do and it would become clear to them that you know what your trying to do. They will understand you and they wont just see you and think this kid doesn't know what there  doing with there life or where there heading. 

Habit 6: Synergism

"The whole is greater then the sum of its parts (1+1=3)"

Doing something alone is a bit harder to do then doing something with someone else. Yes sometimes people want to work alone and they fine it easier but when it comes down to a big project having a helping hand can work out in the end. Doing something so big like that by themselves can make the person stress out but knowing that you have a helping hand doing some of the work for you takes some of the stress of from whatever your working on.

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

The Four Dimensions of Self-Renewal Physical, Mental, Spiritual, Social/Emotional

We all need a refill on ares in life but sometimes we forget a place to refill on and we never really have all of them full. We have to refresh are self's to have all of are energy do the things we do 100%. We can still do things with some of the ares unfilled but we wont feel are best. Its also unheathly sometimes for these areas to be week an example would be the mind area. This area to be very low could be unheathly because maybe your stress out other things this is why you should take sometime to refill it so you can be less stress out.