Life of a Work-a-holic

I have had multiple jobs, however, if I had to choose based on the job and its pay rate; I would say working security surpasses my previous jobs. The pay is quite lucrative compared to customer service jobs. Some primary responsibilities are the following:

•  Crowd Control
• ID and Security Check Points
• Consulting
• Overnight Security
• Property Protection
• Metal Detectors
• Wristbands 

TOP FLIGHT SECURITY OF THE WORLD

The perks and connections made the job enjoyable. I meet so many people during security, so it makes networking become easy. Just interacting with different people and making those connections are interesting. For example, I met this individual that attended Year Up a few years ago and had a great conversation about his/her experience in the program. One perk that I greatly appreciate is receiving free food and having the healthy choice because I am conscious about what my body intakes.

Some skills that will translate well over to my internship will be networking and completing task on the fly. I chose these skills because you have to be ready at all times and most of the times nowadays; it’s about who you know and not what you know.

I learned that I should be professional at all times, so the business and I will be portrayed in a positive light. Another lesson I took away from my job is to be punctual and prepared because it can be fast-paced at times; you will have to be able to hold your own (protect yourself). One thing that I learned about myself working security is that I learned at young age how to protect myself and that I have great people skills. Customers really compliment me on how I am able to hold a conversation and it helps while expanding my network.

Nonfiction Book Review

In the book, Freakonomics, by Steven D. Lewitt and Stephen J. Dubner, they talk about various situations that occur in everyday life. The authors sort of influence the reader to seek an open mind and look at both spectrums of a situation. I enjoyed the passage for the most part because the viewpoints were interesting and made me think critically.

Overall, I think that I will recommend this book to anyone that is open-minded of some sort.I feel that the authors try to get the readers to think more and go deeper than what is on the surface; they seem to look at society a multiple angles. One of the most interesting chapters that I read was chapter six. Chapter six talked about black names and white names; I found it interesting how they predict what names are going to be popular for white's and black's in the future.

The everyday stereotypes that people go through is brought up throughout this book I think that any reader will be able to relate to a subject-matter sum how. My book group had great discussions and it really helped comprehend the book even more, plus the different viewpoints from each person in the group opened each others eyes to their specific backgrounds.

Process Of Reading

There are some interesting beliefs in the book Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. The reading process has become easier to comprehend after each chapter because of the topics that are discussed. I can relate to some of the subject-matters that are talked about, such as, abortion, cheating, parenting, etc.

 

Some reading strategies that I have employed are annotating while reading so I won't get an inadequate comprehension of the reading. I annotate specific parts of the reading that I might relate to, words that can expand my vocabulary, and different paragraphs that will be of great discussion amongst my colleagues. Ultimately, annotating will help both me and my colleagues in the future and some might have similar annotations.

One piece of advice that I will tell somebody that is interested in this book is to be open and try reading it from a different point of view. I will advise the person to keep reading after the first chapter because it starts of boring in my opinion. Keeping up with the reading schedule isn't hard if you just manage your time wisely. I didn’t have a set amount of pages I was going to read, but when I wasn't at Year Up, work, or at the gym; I was reading.