Day 3
The morning started of the same as the previous, we all woke and gathered at 7am for personal training with Honour, but this time she delegated 2 people to be the ones to organize the exercises. Our group was with Demi who had a great warm up idea where we had to run around in a circle and when she said a command we had to do the appropriate animation. Then when she introduced a new command she would interchange them and eventually interchange their corresponding action. For breakfast I had an apple and a banana.
Our first speaker of the day was a lady from brainwave who gave great insight into the basics of the brain structure. There are 3 phases of brain development; brainstem, limbic system, and the (pre-frontal) cortex. The brainstem is the first to develop (when your an infant) and is the part of the brain responsible for survival reflexs. The second part to develop (when your 12-16) is the limbic system which is responsible for emotional and social aspects. The final part to develop (from 16 onwards) is the cortex which is responsible for reasoning and thought.
There were a couple questions I wrote down to ask.
“What is the current state of alzheimers?” That is not their area of research
“What is the most significant discovery (recently)?” Hard to say
“Has there been any breakthroughs or discoveries around the phaneron?” Didn’t end up asking this one
“Could I get lilnks to the research used for the exercise?” On the brainwave website
The next speaker was Steve Pomeroy the owner/operator of pomeroys of kilmore. He was born in the early 60’s, started an apprenticeship in 1970, then moved to Sydney in 1975. Steve started out with an apprentice then began to grow. 18 years ago he invested into a pub, then from there he created a brewery, a cafe, and accomadation. He employ’s 42 full time staff and is also currently building a yoga studio.
A couple questions came to mind which were as follows
“What mistakes did you make as a business owner?” Haven’t thought things through and didn’t nip things in the butt before it became a problem
“Do you invest into startups?” Potentially, ask me for my email
Go with your gut/feeling
Respect must go both ways
At pomeroy’s pub they give away bread and cheese at the end of the day.
Don’t make spur of the moment decisions ~ *(dont always)
Take a break
Look at the toilet before eating at a resturant
After Steve was Liz Bermingham. She was 15 when she left home and had 2 cleaning jobs during that time. Now she does a variety of things which include, but are not limited to; risk management, health & safety regulations, and workplace health & safety. Her first degree was in commerce, now has 2 companies, and “could not have done all of this if she got pregnant at an early age like her peers.” It was actually quite shocking to hear about how many girls she talked about got pregnant at such a young age. As someone who believes that one should secure their own life mask before assisting others, it bothers me the rate at which young kids-adults are having kids.
A couple questions came to mind which are as follows …
“Have you had sexist experiences (in the workplace), if so what?” Didn’t end up asking this one
“What is the worst situation you’ve seen?” There are a lot of bad situations, it’s hard to say
Her grandfather worked in a bread factory at night and eventually became a teacher.
Liz asked us to take 2 minutes to write 2 interests, 2 values, and 2 skills
My list is as follows …
Interests
- Social engineering
- Deep learning
Values
- honesty
- integrity
Skills
- programming
- adaptive
Allow yourself to adapt/grow into something
Allow yourself to fail
Its not the destination, its the journey
Attention to detail
Never compromise values
Liz worked at a metal smelting factory, while working for free at a gym. This is an amazing example of how to break into a new field. Although she worked for free she was not working for nothing, she was working for experience. She also suggested shadowing people, which I strongly agree with.
A question that came to mind was “who was the most influential person in your life?” but I didn’t end up asking it.
The speaker after Liz was a person from the local prison, who’s name I can’t remember at this time and will have to re-iterate later. He is 35 years old, has been in corrections 10 1⁄2 years, and manages 63 staff/250 prisoners. The prisoners consist of gang leaders to high security prisoners.
A couple questions that came to mind were as follows …
“What is the current re-offender rate?” I asked this question but can’t remember if he said it was super high or super low
“What is the demographic?” Didn’t end up asking this question
“What is the most common offence?” Drug related or violence
The prison works with the christchurch district health board. He went on to talk about how “christchurch is the cheapest place to buy meth”. There is a lack of mental care centers. New Zealand has the 3rd most incarcerations in the world. Some 10,000 prisoners currently. Ray Smith invested 60 million in the next 3 years, hoping to reduce the re-offending rate by 30%. There is a system in place called release-to-work, which is where some companies allow certain inmates to work for wage. There is another program called steps to freedom which is where the inmate is given $350. Around 60-70 inmates get the chance to gain skills. That’s only 28%… Prisoners appreciate consistency. For staff the demographic is 70% male and 30% female for male prisons, the opposite for female prisons.
It all comes down to security classification
As a country we don’t focus on social issues
The problem stems from the she’ll be right mentality
Racism is the white elephant of New Zealand …
Peter Smith was the next speaker, and was one of my personal favorites. Peter helps support the breast cancer foundation.
*Keep your ears open because opprotunity knocks very quietly*
Don’t get too rigid in your thinking
If you’re late for the appointment you don’t want the business
Be there
Meet them, smile at them, and shake their hand
Make it different by personalizing it
*Your greatest asset is you*
From birth til death you are a salesperson
The suicide rate of farmers in New Zealand is shocking
You’ve got to be receptive to others
One good deed deserves another
Never lose sight of yourself
A question came to mind which was “who was the most influential person in your life?” which he replied his 2 sons, one of which also lost his wife to cancer.
Think about what you can do to brighten someone else’s life
Don’t forget to say thank you
On November 6th 1968, he was told “you should get a job”, which was when he did his first self evaluation. One thing he wanted was a holden, which he didn’t end up getting, but he did get a car.
There is no subsititute for live
You represent Aotearoa, keep the good image
AVOID THE WORD LUCK, IT DAMPENS SUCCESS! ~ Instead use good fortune!!