Chapter 5 Questions

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Think about it

  • How do you define your career path process?
  • Do you know what process you'll use to develop your ideas in this class and in life?
  • How will you find your allies?
  • Why can collaboration help you excel?
  • What do you think the drawbacks are of working with others?
  • How will you strike the right balance between creative independence and collaborative support?
  • How can you further develop your communication skills?
  • Why is it important to be able to build an audience for your work? Why does marketing matter?
  • Are you financially literate? How can you improve your understanding of money and finance?
  • Do you agree with Paul that fundraising is easy, or is it a task that you find daunting?
  • How will you use the skills you learned in this story to help you in this class and in life?
  • Why is it important to be an engaged citizen?
  • Do you like the social enterprise model? Is it a vehicle that can help you make money and do good?
  • Do you think volunteering still matters? Do you volunteer? Will you as you pursue your career goals?
  • What are your thoughts on philanthropy? Have you raised money for or donated to charity? Do you think you will in the future?
  • Why is it important to find our own unique way to give back and enhance our communities and our world?
  • Why is it important to understand politics no matter what you do in life?
  • What did you learn about the political process? What surprised you?
  • What's our political system's best quality?
  • What's our political system's worst quality?
  • How can you help enhance our political process?
  • Why does civil society matter?
  • How do grassroots movements play a role in shaping our world?
  • Why is it important to get involved in your community?
  • Why is it important to understand how our democracy works, no matter what you do in life?
  • As a consumer, how do you influence the market?
  • Do you believe business can help advance good ideas in our society? Why or why not?
  • Why is it important to understand economics and the role of business in society, no matter what you do in life?
  • Does the process matter?
  • Do outcomes matter?
  • What process will you use to answer your better question?
  • What outcome is necessary to balance people and nature?
  • What do you value about our democracy? What will you do to enhance our country and our world?

Reflection Activity

  • Open Mic: Just one option this time! Take the floor and tell your peers what lessons you've learned in this story, and the class as a whole. Also! Tell your peers how you might use these lessons to answer your better question.

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