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Volunteerism: Prepare. Prepare. Prepare.
It is common to find people who are intelligent, and talented, however, what is rare is finding people who have the will to work hard, and apply themselves to succeed. I learned that I am not intellectually gifted, but it has not stopped me from being successful. The reason for this is that I am a hard worker, and I prepare adequately for the challenges that I am about to face in any setting.
I have had the opportunity to work with some of the most talented people I know. For instance, I had this friend who could run a 100 meters dash at approximately 10 seconds on a good day. We saw him as the next Usain Bolt. However, he even failed to get a university scholarship. The reason for this was that he believed his hype, and never trained. After all, for many years he had beaten opponents and he hardly trained. In the end, students who put time and effort in their craft started defeating him, and he gave up without testing his limits. He was not used to working hard, and when it became clear that he needed to work hard to become competitive he was unable to do it.
It has been proven that in most situations, hard work beats talent. This does not mean that it is wrong to apply one’s natural intelligence to gain an advantage in a situation such as retaining information quickly and efficiently when learning. However, by only relying on such talents, it will not guarantee success. In addition to that, students who mainly rely on only using their talents end up getting used to coming up with shortcuts to deal with any challenge. Woe unto them if they meet a challenge that cannot be tackled using their shortcuts, they automatically end up failing. This means that it is important to teach students from a young age to value hard work and apply it in everything that they do. It will create a positive mentality whereby they know that they have to work hard to succeed. Hard work can lead to achievement of set goals.
Talent: Listen First
For a majority of people, they have no problem talking, the challenge that they have is that they do not know how to listen. The reason for this is that listening is a skill that has to be effectively developed through patience and time. I have learned that to effectively listen to what other people are saying, I have to create an environment where they can naturally express themselves. It provides me with the opportunity to interpret their verbal and non-verbal cues and get their actual message. I credit this to basketball.
People assume that to be a great basketball player one has to be tall, be an athletic freak and shoot three and two-pointers at will. While that helps, only a few people can be that lucky. For the rest of us to be a good player you have to respond to what the opponent gives you. For instance, when I am passed the ball, I will assess how a defender is approaching me, the side that is being favored for me to attack them. As a defender I look at the pose of the opponent to determine whether they want to shoot, dribble and drive, or pass to determine my defensive stance.
I have applied the physical lessons that I have learned in basketball to my everyday life, and that is why I have become a great listener. Just as is the case in basketball whereby my opponent makes a move, and I respond, I apply it in listening. I let the other party communicate as I listen to their words, observe their facial expressions, body posture, and body movement. All these cues are providing me with the actual message that the other person is communicating. I then respond accordingly. I have learned that to become a great communicator or to facilitate a conversation, it is important to suppress my needs, and provide other people with the opportunity, and the right environment to express themselves. By creating a comfortable situation, people can become more articulate, and this helps me understand what they want to improve our communication.
Unique: My Emotive Power
Most people use different techniques to win the approval of people. For some they will act in a manner that they will feel will be impressive to the people that they want to please, and for others, they will pretend in a manner that makes them sound sentimental. Do not get me wrong, things such as public presentation skills are important, however, going out of your way to please others is what I detest. I feel that if people cannot love, or like you for the person that you are, then you are in the wrong crowd.
I feel that the best approach is being honest, and genuinely expressing these feelings to others. I do not have to suppress the way I feel, or fake the way I feel in order to please other people. The reason for this is that if I am not honest with myself, I cannot be in a good position to understand them. Instead of focusing on what they intend to communicate to me, I will concentrate on how they expect me to respond, and in the end, it will contribute to a miscommunication. I have found that being yourself can be unique, and this is what attracts the right people to you.
To put this into perspective, ever since I was young, I have always loved to read books, novels, and journals. Whenever I was free be it in a bus, at the park, and even in the school cafeteria I would be reading a book. One day as I was reading Lord of the Rings, one of the coolest guys in our school approached me and we started conversating. He told me how he enjoyed reading instead of watching movies, but he initially did not want to do it publicly because he did not want to be labeled as a nerd. However, after seeing me doing it so confidently on a regular basis he wanted, and started doing it. We started sharing books, and I became part of the clique. I was able to win the approval of people because of being myself.
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It has remained supposed that the provision of one’s time to others is the greatest gift someone can offer. I believe that life is so short, and we will all die, so time is of the quintessence. Time and some sort of concern can be considered, to some individuals, as being more cherished and worthy than anything else. This concept outspreads to volunteering of an organization, or for whatsoever, devoid of being remunerated. Individuals and organizations volunteer in several ways – at their local church, at community events, at community events, in hospitals, nursing, and retirement homes, at community events, art museums, and libraries (Campbell, 2017). All over the board, organizations or individuals offer their time to others in various ways – and in a number of methods and forms, in addition.
The United Nations is an international organization that purposes to achieve international cooperation, establish friendly relationships among nations, sustain intercontinental security and peace, and be a center for coordinating the actions of nations. The United Nations volunteers support human rights, development, and peace in communities that are most in need. By taking part in a United Nations Volunteering program, one may aid societies is moving towards a brighter future and enact positive change. A lot of host states have recently gone through the suffering of conflict and war (Daldida et al., 2016). Their volunteerism is an influential way of engaging individuals in taking part in development problems, and it can transmute the nature and pace of growth. The United Nations volunteerism benefits both the individual volunteer and the society at large by strengthening solidarity, trust, and reciprocity among populaces and by resolutely generating openings for participation.
The United Nations Volunteer package was established to function as an effective partner in global expansion. The United Nations volunteerism is the central point for volunteerism in their system. It follows idiosyncratic donations to operative growth by supporting the benefits and roles of volunteerism, assimilating public commitment into development programs, and aiding to mobilize volunteers worldwide. The UNV volunteers maintain supportable human development internationally in fundamental areas such as democratic governance, energy, the environment, poverty reduction, crisis prevention, health, and recovery. UNV aids in starting inventive and revolutionary volunteer activities cultivate nationwide volunteer systems and establish research ability on volunteerism in evolving countries.
Founded in Bonn, Germany, The United Nations Volunteer is functioning in approximat130 nations each year. UNV, with six field units and regional offices in several countries, is managed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and reports to the United Nations Development Program Executive Board. With the United Nations Volunteering program, persons can volunteer in a nation different from their nation of origin (international volunteers), in their personal country (national volunteers), or through the Internet (online volunteers). The United Nations Volunteering donates to development and peace through a twofold mandate: supporting the recognition of volunteers as a method to attain the sustainable development goals and mobilizing UN Volunteers for the United Nations (Daldida et al., 2016). The organization embraces volunteerism as inclusive and universal and identifies volunteerism in its multiplicity in addition to the standards that maintain it: commitment, free will, solidarity, and engagement. In 2019 the organization volunteerism deployed above 8,000 United Nations Volunteers to over 40 United Nations partners in all areas of the universe.
This organization volunteers program directly mobilizes typically 7,000 individuals as UN Volunteers every single year internationally and nationally, with 80 percent originating from Global South, in addition to, as of 2020, 50 percent volunteering within their individual nations. UN Volunteers gets a volunteer living allowance. This financial payment is envisioned to cover rudimentary living expenditures every month. The supposed minimum age for United Nations volunteers is 25 years; however, there is no upper age limit. UN Volunteers aid in supporting a great number of humanitarian and peacekeeping projects and organize and run national and local elections. This organization volunteers encompass one-third of all intercontinental citizens operating in UN peacekeeping tasks. Furthermore, UNV functions as the Online Volunteering Service. It’s a web-built computer-generated volunteering podium for United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs, governments, or other public institutions, civil society organizations, or other intergovernmental foundations to include online volunteers in several tasks. The service was established in 2000 as a part of Net Aid, which co-managed and hosted the service up to 2005. The online service functions in French, English, and Spanish. In the year 2019, above 13,000 individuals volunteers with the Online Volunteering platform enticed submissions from several qualified volunteers.
Online volunteers mobilizing through the virtual volunteering platform are volunteers for the United Nations organization with which they work together. These volunteers do not follow the similar conditions of service than UN Volunteers; for example, they do not get a contract from UNV by itself and do not obtain a volunteer living allowance. Every one of the 193 member countries of the United Nations organization is an associate of the General Assembly. Countries are accepted to membership in the United Nations by a verdict of the General Assembly upon the approval of the Security Assembly (Mollura et al, 2017). The major organs of the United Nations are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the UN Secretariat. All these organs were established in 1945 when the UN was founded.
The majority of the volunteering organizations find it hard to gather continuous and sufficient funding for their work. If I had $ 1000000 to spend on improvement of the UN volunteering program, I would fund all their activities and establish strategies for effective functioning. I would be an appropriate donor is a major component of the funding challenge. Additionally, it will be essential to boost volunteer opportunities in this organization by having that amount of money. It will be a vital step in stimulating engagement and in strengthening the connection between the organization and the community. Finally, it will be essential to create the organization partnerships, demand quality in service provision, not the lowest budget possible, provide technical support, and require a sustainability plan.
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Dalmida, S. G., Amerson, R., Foster, J., McWhinney‐Dehaney, L., Magowe, M., Nicholas, P. K., & Leffers, J. (2016) Volunteer service and service learning: opportunities, partnerships, and United Nations millennium development goals. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48(5), 517-526.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12226Mollura, D. J., Soroosh, G., Culp, M. P., Averill, S., Axelrod, D., Baheti, A., … & Desperito, E. (2017). 2016 RAD-AID conference on international radiology for developing countries: gaps, growth, and United Nations sustainable development goals. Journal of the American College of Radiology, 14(6), 841-847.
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UV Rewording 2021-1
Volunteer:
The only thing the impoverished have in plenty is the deficiency that is freely available in their lives. The impoverished are often perceived to be deprived without anything of value attached to their worth. I always thought this perception to be a reality. However, a life changing volunteerism experienced I participated in the last summer changed this mindset. I am now in a better position to explain that the needy and the disadvantaged have their dignity as the most valued possession.
I found Charles to be very intelligent. Nevertheless, his school was very disadvantaged, lacking the materials, such as books, and other resources that are required to advance his education. His teachers were not motivated and also faced challenges with minimal resources for any effective learning to occur. He stuck to the notions passed down from his father and friends that college was not a good fit for him and that he should remain at home to take care of his family and the responsibilities therein. I immediately realized that this traditional point of view would be detrimental to Charles. I began sharing with him poetry and literature focusing on creating an individual perspective on life. At a certain point, I directed him to establish a personal journal to document his own life. “The time you realize the most valuable thing to your own life,” I explained, “you will gain power to positively alter the direction of your life.”
Our actions directly impact who we are. While working with Charles, our interaction and cooperation as I helped him to get the concept of self-respect and defining personal values led to a positive outcomes. He became accountable and an example of the personal philosophy he had created for his life, making it hard for anyone else to destroy what he had built in his psychology. Presently, Charles is conscious of his actions because of the impact they have on his life, with the full knowledge that his background, including family wealth or his environment, should not shape who he becomes later in life. He has learnt to create his own dignity through his own life experiences.
Unique:
I am the individual that is always conscious of when to begin or stop. Years of honing my expertise in the field of Photoshop have enabled me to understand the finer details including the knowledge of when imperfections destroy a beautifully crafted pattern. Trust me, I have spoilt several patterns owing to a poor understanding of when to stop.
In the school setting, I have the ability to know when to begin work with unfettered focus and ways to effectively and satisfactorily achieve objectives. I do not postpone tasks because I value my time and my time management capabilities are exceptional. However, I do not work all the time. I take breaks in between to extend effectiveness and efficiency for all tasks, or I pause to assess my performance and gauge if there are corrections needed to gain better outcomes. In the school grounds, interactions within different social circles such as club activities, seminars, or events are a learning environment for me because I know where to ask questions, and the need to accept tasks even when others reject the same. I push myself until I excel in whatever I engage in, ensuring that others are pleased with my work. When I complete a task, I always self-evaluate and internally probe of the lessons I have learnt and ways of being of assistance to more people when opportunities come up.
In the course of my internship program, I was careful to first understand the repercussions of any task before I engaged, considered where to seek help, and crafting the best strategy to evade impediments to positive outcomes. I tend to slow down or stop wherever I am too self-assured, a point where I make sure to humbly turn to my workmates or supervisors, seeking clarifications or feedback.
To pursue my goals, I always incorporate passion, commitment, and persistence. I stop wherever issues such as fear, over-confidence, and insecurities emerge, which could destroy a good project. I am well capable of expressing myself, since a smile can brighten up someone’s day and excessive words may destroy a good conversation.
Talent:
Everyone excels at something. Before fully converting it into a talent, training and hardships are a part of the journey. Even then, more is required. To really excel or be skillful in something, grit is required. Otherwise, what one has is just prospects.
American football training in a military school opened up my eyes to see how expansively physical obligation and enthusiasm are required for one to attain success. A majority of the drills and physical workouts were so difficult on my body to a point where I began to question whether I had what was needed to remain committed to football and develop to be an athlete that I envisioned myself to be. On a daily basis, I was required to take a 3-hurdle drill, do the box blast, squat jumps, ankle jumps, single-leg hurdle hops, trigger points, lateral bounds, foam rolling, and 90-90 stretch. Injuries including bruises, swollen face, sprained ankles, and muscle pains and swore eyes were common to me. These pains and bruises told a silent story of the work and inner struggles and insecurities that marked my journey. All in all, I never gave in. at the start, my reason for not quitting was because I was ashamed considering the commitment of others around me. Eventually, I started to notice that my decision of staying had become my personal routine. As a routine, I learnt to live with the frustrations, fatigue, and endless pain and internalized them as a culture. Gradually, the routine and custom became my talent. I grew stronger in terms of my own mental and physical capabilities and endurance. I found out that I had the capacity to run longer, bend more, was becoming faster in movement, and I could apply a number of techniques in a field with skillful creativity on the football filed. Currently, football is my talent. Training for football is a part of my routine. I still perform various trainings and workouts on a daily basis and I have owned my skills. People in my sphere believe football to be my talent but I perceive it in another angle. Despite leading my team to numerous victories, I perceive my grit to be my greatest talent. Although unseen, it is always present. It is an ever-present skill in all that I do.