Team Work

"You have a far better chance in life winning as part of a team than as an individual." this quote was by Bill Bowerman this is one of the most inspirational quotes i've ever read, i can relate to this because i play sports.... Being part of team and having the same objectives to reach goals, is a good thing 1 person cannot make a team win, you have to win together. Teamwork is very important me because it makes things alot easier to accomplish. Teamwork has become an important part of the working culture and many businesses now look at teamwork skills when evaluating a person for employment. Most companies realize that teamwork is important because either the product is sufficiently complex that it requires a team with multiple skills to produce, and/or a better product will result when a team approach is taken. Therefore, it is important that students learn to function in a team environment so that they will have teamwork skill when they enter the workforce. Also, research tells us that students learn best from tasks that involve doing tasks and involve social interactions......

History Of Nike

Just Learned about the history of Nike, i was suprised to know that Nike is a greek mythology God who is the Goddess of Victory. Nike was Co founded by Bill Bowerman & Phil Knight. Portland Oregon is the homeland of Nike where it all begin...Nike plays a major role in sports and fitness, basketball,football,soccer,tennis, track & field. Nike continues to seek new and innovative ways to develop superior athletic products, and creative methods to communicate directly with our consumers.Bill Bowerman was a nationally respected track and field coach at the University of Oregon, who was constantly seeking ways to give his athletes a competitive advantage. He experimented with different track surfaces, re-hydration drinks and most importantly innovations in running shoes. Phil Knight was a talented middle-distance runner from Portland, who enrolled at Oregon in the fall of 1955 and competed for Bowerman’s track program. Upon graduating from Oregon,he earned his MBA in finance from Stanford University, where he wrote a paper that proposed quality running shoes could be manufactured in Japan that would compete with more established German brands. But his letters to manufacturers in Japan and Asia went unanswered, so Knight took a chance. After that they made history! Im very glad to apart of this company hopefully i can help this company grow and be the employee i could be....

I MisUnderstood U

Damn... looks can be deceiving, when i first saw you, something told me to speak to you. When i did it was cool, little did i know to take it slow wit you... conversating with you each day drew me closer to you.. I never felt this way before, thought i was losing my mind for a moment.. U kept it 100, never held anything back 4rm me, said whateva wuz on ur mind... You and I had somewhat in common, went through the same struggles ,trying to adjust to somewhere new... It was kinda hard 4 me to express my feelings to you because we were just friends. It ran through my mind everytime i saw you. Knowing the situation you were in i didnt want to jeopardize our friendship. So I kept it to myself, its been a year since we've known each other and kept my feelings inside for so long.... I had to let it out. I was afraid telling you would change our friendship with each other. In which it did....