Paper Tigers

Paper tigers Bianca 01 All our lives we are told succeed. To do something meaningful with our lives. To be the very best that we can be. But how do we achieve this gladness of a personal achievement? What are the key factors to alleviate us succeed? And why are some unable to achieve such(prenominal) success. We keep such healthy ties within our ego centered networks and this leave behind restrict from developing the social skills we need to break through our receive bamboo ceilings.Risks need to be taken, social interaction needs to happen, and you need to be the best of the best. Wesley Yangs writing, Paper Tigers, shows how Asian Americans are unable to achieve this noble success that they want to achieve. We can take his advice written for Asian Americans and intertwine it with ideas from Malcom Gladwell and his writing, Small Change, and Rebekah Nathans writing Community and Diversity. With insight from all cardinal of these writers, we can achieve that success we all lo ng for. At a young age, we were told to always listen to an authoritative figure.To non speak up and to keep our opinions to ourselves. Wesley Yang makes note of how this affects Asian Americans from advancing in the real world. He writes, So lets say I go to meetings with you and I notice you neer say anything. And I ask myself, hmm, I wonder why youre not saying anything. Maybe its because you dont know what were talking about. That would be a undecomposed reason for not saying anything. Or maybe its because youre not blush interested in the subject matter. Or maybe you think the dialogue is beneath you.So here Im thinking, because you never say anything at meetings that youre either dumb, you dont pity or youre arrogant. When maybe its because you were taught when you were growing up that when the boss is talking, what are you supposititious to be doing? Listening (541). Being taught to listen, we listen. We do not ask questions that would help lead us on to success. We ne ed to break away from these strong ties that we hold so close to us. They keep us from going the purposeless mile. Yes, we dont need to get rid of them completely. Paper Tigers By bduarte1211