FACULTY OF Business and Information Science

LL 101 University Life

JANUARY – APRIL 2015

ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGE

SUBJECT NAME:

University Life

SUBJECT CODE: LL 101

LECTURER: Raja Ahmad Affendi Raja Omar DEADLINE : 06/02/2015

TOPIC: Elon MuskNo Student Name Student ID

1 CHOO WERN KERN 1001336322

2 LEE LEONG JIE 1001436425

3 SAW ZHE MIN 1001436529

4 CHOO SIN CHET 1001336345

5 BENJAMIN LEE JIA LIANG 1001336010

6 BEH ONG MENG 1001336239

7 CHIN CHUN HO 1001336276

8 LEE CHUN MUN 1001335926

9 SIOW MONG YING 1001439334

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10 TEE CHIA YANG 1001439239

Group Questions

Question 1

The prominent personality of our choice for this

assignment is Elon Musk, an entrepreneur and engineer known for

his work in revolutionizing two industries at once, namely the

electric vehicle industry and the space transport industry.

According to our research and analysis, our team agreed that

Elon Musk possesses some of the graduate attributes mentioned

in the student handbook and also the web-site of UCSI

University. The attributes that contributed to his success and

matches to those mentioned in the graduate attributes, are:

creative and critical thinking, ethical and civic

responsibility, interpersonal skills, life-long learning, as

well as entrepreneurship and management skills. Our team

performed a detailed analysis of his biography, working

mentality as mentioned in his interviews, as well as his

accomplishments and experiences as an entrepreneur, to arrive

at these results that firmly support our point.

First and foremost, we believe that his creative and

critical thinking abilities contributed mainly to his success

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as an entrepreneur. This means that he is able to analyse,

access, and utilize different thinking skills to determine the

value of information and idea. Elon Musk and his team of

engineers are known to be able to create products that others

in the same industry thought was near impossible. He silenced

his skeptics and proved his capabilities when he successfully

manufactured and designed a reusable spacecraft for only one

tenth the costs of spacecrafts build by NASA’s team of

engineers as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology

Officer of SpaceX, his third startup company. Not only that, he

jumpstarted the electric vehicle industry when he successfully

manufactured and designed an electric motor vehicle known as

the Tesla Roadster, that contained a battery pack cheap and

light enough to be fitted into a vehicle, which was a task

thought to be near impossible to achieve as the cost for such

battery would be too expensive with the technology at that time

in 2009. Other accomplishments of Elon Musk that resulted from

his creative and critical thinking skills are the successful

programming of an online directory software, which he sold to

Compaq for $307 million when he was only 27, and the startup of

a financial banking services company known today as Paypal,

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which he sold to eBay for $1.5 billion in stock, acquiring a

profit of $165 million. According to his interviews, he

constantly mentions that he always thinks critically and

analytically before accepting a view or an idea, preventing him

from arriving at the same “roadblock” as others when

accomplishing a task. He encourages that we should all apply

the rules of the First Principles, which is the process of

breaking down a concept to its most fundamental facts and

truths, and then reason our way up. The best example to

demonstrate the importance of the rules of the First

Principles, as mentioned by Elon Musk himself, is when he

analyzed systematically and strictly each and every component

of the electric car battery pack to see if any improvements can

be made in any aspect before jumping to a conclusion that it is

too costly of a product to be sold in the market.

Elon Musk can also be observed to possess civic

responsibility, as well as respectable work ethics throughout

his career. He has proven to be able to function as a

responsible individual with ethical values who is accountable

to the local, national and international community. Through his

interviews, we are able to conclude that Elon Musk is a very

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determined person whom wishes to preserve the environment and

its surroundings, as well as to actively contribute to societal

concerns. Two out of his five companies, namely Tesla Motors

and SolarCity, are built towards the goal of promoting the

consumption and generation of clean renewable energy

respectively in conjunction with his efforts to reduce carbon

byproducts released into the atmosphere due to energy

generation from carbon based fuels. His third company SpaceX,

on the other hand, was created upon a vision of sending people

to Mars, allowing humankind to be multiplanetary, thus

preventing permanent extinction during a possible disastrous

event that might strike Earth in the far future. He furthers

proves that he is an ethical entrepreneur and businessman, when

he urges young entrepreneurs to create a product that has high

intrinsic value, so that a strong relationship built upon trust

can be established between buyer and seller without the need

of potentially false advertisements.

Another graduate attribute that Elon Musk possesses, is

relatively good interpersonal skills. Throughout his career, we

can observe that he is able to work comfortably, efficiently,

and productively in a team, which is normally led by him. He

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constantly mentions in interviews and ceremonies that a company

is just a group of people working together to create a product

or service, and that we have to work efficiently in a team to

overcome obstacles and tasks that we could not otherwise

accomplish alone, even if we possess outstanding individual

skills. Elon Musk is not afraid to collaborate with others, as

well as to commit himself on a group task even if he has to

work 80-100 hours a week. An example of his collaboration is

when his second internet financial banking services company

X.com, horizontally merged with Confinity, a company of similar

goals, which had further improved their existing services in

the market. He has also worked with Franz von Holzhausen, a

well-known car designer, to create a distinctive design for the

Tesla Motor’s Model S, a five-door full-sized electric motor

driven sedan car. The Tesla Model S has won numerous awards in

its category, including 2013 World Green Car of the Year, as

well as Time Magazine’s Best 25 Inventions of the Year 2012.

During the launching event of his products, he can also be seen

to constantly recognize and appraise his team’s efforts humbly;

he does not consider himself to be the sole reason for his

success.

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“One bit of advice: it is important to view knowledge as a

sort of semantic tree – make sure you understand the

fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before

you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to

hang on to.”, these were Elon Musk’s advice on learning, as

posted on the Reddit’s AMA (Ask Me Anything) Forum by his

official account. In another interview, he again gave the same

advice to his audience, this time he further added that life-

long learning is extremely essential in our daily life, as it

will help us to get closer to understanding our universe. He

hopes that we could all find some connection between us and the

universe, and this will help us figure out our meaning in life.

Besides, he encourages reading among teenagers and even adults,

to stimulate imagination and creative thinking in solving real

life problems. At the age of 24, Musk had already held a

Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, a Business degree, and a

Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. However, he decided to

abandon his PhD in Applied Physics Programme at Standford in

pursue of his entrepreneurial aspirations. Today, he possesses

an extremely proficient understanding of aerospace engineering,

electrical engineering, software engineering, and mechanical

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engineering, not to mention sub-disciplines such as structural

engineering, aviation and energy storage, just to name a few.

This is the result of his life-long learning attitude

throughout his life. Without a doubt, Elon Musk embraces the

vast knowledge available and attainable by us, and has high

regard for and commitment to continuous learning.

Last but not least, it is definite that Elon Musk had

developed great entrepreneurship and management skills

throughout his career as an entrepreneur. All of his companies

which he founded or co-founded were proven to have grown

successfully even after encountering various threats that might

have potentially ended the company’s life. Owing to his ability

to engage risk and reality in decision making, he had managed

to save his companies several times, even if he has to risk

losing all his previous earnings and capital. According to

reports, Elon Musk had invested a total of USD$72 million with

his personal funds to Tesla Motors as CEO during that period.

This bold decision by Musk to bet everything he has left,

allowed the company to survive through 2007, a tough period for

the company as various difficulties were faced coincidentally

during that time. Moreover, he has been able to persuade and

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convince various other entrepreneurs such as Google’s Larry

Page and Sergey Brin, among many others, to invest in his

company as huge funds were needed to enhance and sustain the

research and development needed for commercial mass produced

electric vehicles. Not only that, his management skills allowed

him to efficiently manage over 6,000 employees in Tesla Motors,

and over 3,000 in SpaceX. He is also very confident in his

evaluation of the viability of his business, and capable of

generating new ideas to have an edge in the competitive market.

To summarize, Elon Musk possesses an ability to create and

restructure an organization to innovate and generate brilliant

business ideas.

Question 2

Elon Musk and all the other great entrepreneurs such as

Mark Zuckerberg (co-founder of Facebook) and Blake Ross

(software developer of Mozilla Firefox), has proven to all of

us that it is certainly possible to transform into a

millionaire by the age of 30. Instead of blindly following step

by step instructions to be a millionaire posted all over the

Internet, we should instead analyze critically and decode the

underlying message of their attributes. Emphasizing on our

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long-term career development is essential to achieve excellence

in work in the future, as well as enhancing personal well-

being.

Quoting from the official Google Website, “We’re less

concerned about grades and transcripts and more interested in

how you think. We’re likely to ask you some role-related

questions that provide insight into how you solve problems.

Show us how you would tackle the problem presented—don’t get

hung up on nailing the “right” answer.” Regardless of which

field or industry we will be involved in the future, it is

crucial to be able to think creatively and critically. The

ability to utilize analytical thinking skills in various

contexts allows us to face both ordinary and extraordinary

challenges in our job scope. With the ability to employ problem

solving skills to resolve issues, we will definitely have an

edge in this competitive working environment as this will

significantly increase our intrinsic value as an employee or

employer. It is necessary to possess such skills in this era of

advanced innovation, as employers are now more likely to employ

those who can be more creative in problem solving. In other

words, the human resources department in companies worldwide is

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equipping their workforce with people who can “think out of the

box”.

Although applying creative and critical thinking skills

when solving problems or generating new ideas are always

encouraged, we must bear in mind our responsibility as an

ethical individual living in a modern, civilized society. Like

Elon Musk, we must never place profit as our sole purpose to

start or continue a career, he does not make false claims and

promote false advertisements on his products. Perhaps he wants

us to understand that everyone has the responsibility to serve

the society or nation, no matter how large or small the

contribution. With this mindset placed within ourselves, we

would always be responsible and ethical in our work, as well as

in our daily lives. We would try our best to prevent any

intentional harm from being inflicted on anyone financially,

physically, or mentally. After that, we can take a step further

by trying to improve the quality of life of others or

preserving the environment, as what Elon Musk had successfully

achieved with his work on SpaceX, Tesla Motors, SolarCity, and

Paypal. We strongly believe that having ethical and civic

responsibility will induce other positive attitudes such as

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optimism and sense of justice to develop within ourselves,

contributing significantly to our general well-being and long-

term career development.

The importance of interpersonal skills in a working

environment is also often neglected among graduates in recent

times. The little emphasis on teamwork in educations of the

early and mid stages might have contributed to this factor, at

least in the Malaysian education system. Therefore, as

students, it is essential that we take this opportunity during

university to gear ourselves with good interpersonal skills in

order to work effectively and productively as a member of a

group upon graduating. Even if Elon Musk possesses

exceptionally good individual technical skills, he would not

have achieved these extraordinary results without the

assistance of others. It is his willingness to interact and

collaborate with others that enables him to visualize a problem

in different perspectives, hence arriving at a solution that

has very low rate of failure. If we are deprived of the

initiative to work in a group, the opportunity of a better

outcome would be missed, as working in a team greatly enhances

our forte and reduces our drawbacks in all aspects. Therefore

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we can confidently point out that interpersonal skills can

benefit us in the development of our career, by exchanging

knowledge and skills with our colleagues.

The choice to grasp knowledge that is abundant to us lies

entirely in our hands. We should be inspired by Elon Musk’s

view on knowledge, and that we should appreciate the time we

have to gain as much knowledge as we can during our lifetime,

growing our “tree of knowledge” with all our effort. Most of

the time, we are unable to predict if a particular knowledge

will be useful to us or not, until the moment arrives for it to

be applied. However, there is certainly no harm in attaining as

much knowledge as possible available to us. During our time as

a working individual, we must have the commitment to

continuously seek learning opportunities, even after graduating

from university. This is to help us develop ourselves to become

a more matured individual, handling situations in a more

sensible and rational way, which is crucial especially when we

possess the authority to make critical decisions.It is certain

that Elon Musk and other great successful entrepreneurs

prioritise knowledge highly by pursuing the latest knowledge

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attainable in order to keep up with the pace of technology, and

we should be inspired to do the same too.

Entrepreneurs are most often those who are ahead of the

game, those who have the ability to create or generate a

business idea by anticipating a particular trend. However, it

is much easier said than done, as we can observe from the real

life example of Elon Musk risking his entire fortune on his

companies. Fortunately, he had already generated a good amount

of profit from his companies before Tesla Motors and SpaceX,

thus providing him enough funds to keep the company running.

Even so, his ability to optimize available resources in a

constraint environment is highly applaudable, and it is

something we should all learn in order to be a great

entrepreneur such as him. Nevertheless, as he had also

mentioned in his interviews, he is grateful to the other

companies who were willing to invest in his idea, even the

United States Government had offered SpaceX a loan to continue

its research and development when the company was about to

collapse after the failure of its third shuttle launch. Perhaps

the underlying message of this event is that a good network

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base is necessary to form partnerships in order to expand or

grow a company.

Question 3

While conducting our research, we realized that these

graduate attributes set by UCSI University, will not only

benefit university graduates in their long-term career

development, but also in their personal growth and development.

Our hopes and expectations coincide with UCSI’s, in the sense

that students would continue to seek ways in developing

themselves even after graduating. With that being said, we

would like to go in further detail on how students can improve

themselves with respect to these graduate attributes.

We believe that creative and critical thinking abilities

can manifest and develop themselves when one frequently asks

questions. Humans are curious in nature, and it is because of

curiosity, that we are able to manipulate science (from the

Latin word scientia, meaning “knowledge”) obtained from the world

around us, to assist us progress further as a species. The

invention of a tool or method that our ancestors had invented

in the past, were most probably results of continuous trials

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and errors and by asking key questions each and every single

time a failure happens. By analyzing and assessing each

failure, a more précised factor or component that contributed

to the failure of a particular experiment can be obtained, and

then further changes can be made to solve the problem. However,

it is advisable to take a step further by solving problems not

only by critical thinking, but also with creativity in modern

times. We can achieve this by developing our aesthetic sense

towards a more abstract form of art, as psychologist suggests.

It is believed that increasing our aesthetic sense can cause

our thinking to be more divergent, arriving at multiple

possible solutions when solving a particular problem.

Ethical and civic responsibility on the other hand, is

relatively harder to attain than creativity and critical

thinking, due to the fact that it is dependant on the morality

of the individual, how he or she defines what is right or

wrong. Our team hypothesized that the best method to induce

ethical and civic responsibility within an individual, is by

analyzing and then weighing the consequences or outcomes of a

certain action, to observe if any happiness or suffering

emerges due to that action being taken. In simply terms, we

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believe that the utilitarian model can be used to encourage

ethical and civic responsibility among individuals. We

theorized that the last recipient of the happiness or

suffering, the last victim, is other human beings. For example,

the act of providing false advertisements and information to

customers for the sake of boosting sales and revenue is

considered unethical, because it causes dissatisfaction among

customers. Most importantly, it causes them to spend money on a

product or service which value is not in accordance with its

price, thus causing suffering or loss to them in financial

terms. Therefore it can only be concluded that this particular

act of providing false advertisements and information is

unethical and must never be practiced by any other businessmen.

Not only are humans curious beings, we are also known to

be fundamentally communal. It is undeniable that interaction

between one another led to the development of civilizations in

the early ages. As observed from our ancestors, the exchanging

and sharing of information and knowledge will aid progression.

First and foremost, a clear and careful communication is

necessary to develop interpersonal skills. This means that we

have to practice conveying message that is undistorted and

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misinterpreted by the receiver. By doing so, we would be

cautious about the receiver’s thoughts and emotions and this

will help build a trustworthy relationship. Other than learning

to speak clearly, it is also important that we learn how to

listen carefully. Many conflicts can be avoided if one

patiently decodes a message by focusing on words, tone of voice

and body language, in order to understand the true message. We

should not hastily jump to conclusions before carefully

interpreting the message that is being received. Our team

believes that if one can be an effective communicator as well

as having the passion for group work, then interacting and

focusing on tasks with other group members should not be

problem.

We can help ourselves to stay on track on the path of

pursuing knowledge by asking ourselves every day, “What have I

learnt today that I did not know yesterday?” , no matter how

insignificant the knowledge may seem to be. It is the

understanding of simple things that will lead us to the

understanding of something greater. Exposing ourselves to books

or news articles of credible source and author is a great way

to improve our general knowledge. We can also take advantage of

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the technology at our disposal such as the internet, to access

video journals and documentaries to update ourselves with the

most current information available. Besides that, our team

hypothesized that getting updated with the current world

affairs, might increase one’s sensitivity and concern towards

societal issues. Not only that, the life-long learning

attribute can be developed within an individual if a sense of

optimism about humanity is present. When one has a sense of

optimism about humanity, he or she will have the concern for

establishing and guiding the next generation. In the

psychological context, this will is known as generativity.

Therefore the desire to pass down knowledge from one generation

to the next excites an individual to engage in life-long

learning.

Lastly, entrepreneurship and management skills can be

developed by organizing out-of-class activities. By involving

ourselves in organizational activities, we can familiarize

ourselves with the various skills needed to manage an

organization, such as resource and human management. Besides

that, we can train ourselves to handle pressure and stay calm

with a clear mind when taking risks and making decisions. Not

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only that, we can also widen our circle of friends easily, or

in other words expanding our social network, when organizing

meaningful activities by meeting people with the same goal and

vision. Only then by complimenting with good interpersonal

skills, that we are able to pool together great ideas and

opportunities to kick start a brand new entrepreneurial

venture.

Individual Questions

Choo Wern Kern

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Question V (a)

Before we began writing the assignment, we had a meeting about

the assignment and it was tough. As a group leader while working on this

assignment, I had experienced how a team can be effective when a good

relationship exist. On the first day, they did not disapooint me as they

had followed my instructions. They collected the information about our

chosen prominent personality, Elon Musk. We had our own idea and

information to discuss for the assignment. Even though we have some

conflict with each other, we still managed to arrive at a conclusion that is

agreeable by everyone. My listening skills and effective communication

improved as we spoke to each other. The best thing in my group is that

none of the members were busy playing with their Smartphones or tablets

during the discussion; this shows that they were serious throughout the

assignment. Therefore I had to also present myself as good role model,

by preparing everything well as to not humiliate myself and to be a

trustworthy person. During my online research, I realized that I can

improve my writing skills and vocabulary while reading through the

history of Elon Musk. At the end of first meeting, I had differentiated the

group assignment to each and every member so that we can reduce the

work together and complete most of it before the second meeting.

During the second meeting, we compiled our own part of

assignment and allowed Saw Zhe Min, one of our group members, to

check for any major grammatical errors. It was at this moment, that I

found out that my vocabulary was weak and so I took this opportunity to

learn something from my friend Saw Zhe Min. At the end of the second

meeting, we managed to complete everything including hard copy and

passed it to Siow Mong Ying so that she is able to keep it until the

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submission date. In conclusion, working as a team is not only about the

end result but it is also about the process and our spirit as a team to

work together harmoniously while completing a task.

Question V (b)

The prominent personality of our choice for this assignment is Elon

Musk, an entrepreneur and engineer known for his work in

revolutionizing two industries at once, namely the electric vehicle industry

and the space transport industry. First of all, Elon Musk thought us on

how to be important in our life is as he was not a person whom wastes

his time contributing nothing to the society. He works twice as hard as

others by working at least 80-100 hours per week to achieve his ambition.

He is a detetermined and strong minded person. Musk states that only

when you work hard on your dreams, that there is a possibility it might

be materialized. In this sentence, I knew that even though life is not

easy, but we still need to try as hard as possible in order to achieve our

dreams.

Not only that, I respect Elon Musk for he has the leadership skills

needed to place himself ahead of others. Even though he had failed to

launch the Falcon 1 rocket as it could not breakthrough from Earth s’gravitational pull, he managed to motivate his 300 plus employees to

never give up in achieving the company s mission. Musk thought me that’failure is just a part of our life, and we have to overcome it in order to

succeed.

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Last but not least, Elon Musk teaches us that we must focus on

the big picture. An example of his is that he had taken on many

challenging problems faced by mankind form any decades. He identified

the three main areas where he wanted to make a difference that is the

internet, clean energy and space. He took big risks in each field with no

short term gains in sight. In the next 10 years, he still wants to put man

on Mars and is committed to retire on Mars with 80,000 other colonists.

As entrepreneurs, we should follow Elon's path by trying to fix real world

problems that can change the life of thousands rather than just wasting

the time we have.

Lastly, the most important thing that Elon Musk thought us is that

knowledge is important. The amazing fact about Musk is that he is self-

taught in programming, physics and rocket science. As a kid, he used to

read encyclopaedias by the dozen. Apparently he turned into a bookworm

since he was bullied at school. He began reading voraciously to gain

knowledge and understanding concepts. Unexpectedly, these knowledge

helped him start up a few successful businesses. Even though he is a

bookworm, he still managed to turn into amazing person in the present.

Throughout Elon Musk s history, I have learnt that not everyone’who is successful today achieved excellence without placing much effort.

More often than not, those who history best remembers were faced with

numerous obstacles that forced them to work harder and show more

determination than others. If I were to fail in my career in the future, I

will remind myself that I always have an opportunity to work harder to

achieve my goal.

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NAME :TEE CHIA YANG

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Individual Personal Reflection Essay

Question (V) (a):

I am pleased and happy to join this group and fortunately there was

not any unpleasant things that happened.We are called by the group

leader, ChooWern Kern, to the first meeting to discuss about the

assignment. All of us group members bonded from the start. I think part

of the reason that we are able to bond so fast was due to our

differences. I was very interested in listening to anyone from the group

as they told me their experiences and things about their lives, because it

was very new to me. I think their experience with me was probably

similar. I think because we were all so different, it kept us interested,

and we found our experience new and exciting. Personally, I was really

nervous going into the assignment. I didn t know what to expect from’my group, but after meeting for the first time, all my doubts were

silenced. I think the main reason our group had so much cohesiveness is

the fact that we were all focused on the same goal. We worked together

well knowing that if we bonded, success would come. I was blessed for

having a group that had a lot of cohesiveness.

Question (V)(b):

The first thing that I have learned from the chosen prominent personality

are critical thinking. Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and

rationally. It includes the ability to engage in reflective and

independent thinking. This means that Elon Musk is able to raise vital

questions and problems, formulating them clearly and precisely, gathering

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and assessing relevant information, using abstract ideas to interpret it

effectively,comes to well-reasoned conclusions and solutions, testing them

against relevant criteria and standards and able communicate effectively

with others in figuring out solutions to complex problems.

The second thing that I have learned from the chosen prominent

personality isgood interpersonal skills. Interpersonal skills is the skills

used by a person to properly interact with others. In the business

domain, the term generally refers to an employee's ability to get along

with others while getting the job done. Interpersonal skills include

everything from communication and listening skills to attitude and

deportment. Good interpersonal skills are a prerequisite for many

positions in an organization. This mean that Elon Musk have a good

command of assertion skill, active listening, questioning skill and conflict

resolution skills. Assertion skill is the skill that allows you to remain

respectful, defend your rights, and satisfy your needs, all without abusing,

manipulating, controlling, or dominating. Active listening is focused on

the person speaking, absorbing what is said and responding appropriately.

Questioning skills is the skill that determines how you ask the questions

and how it will establish the type of answer you get, the quality of that

answer, and the quantity of that answer.Conflict resolution skillsare skills

that will allow managing and resolving conflicts effectively.

The last thing that I have learned from the chosen prominent personality

are management skills. Management skills is the ability to manage time

and people (both oneself and others) successfully. This means that Elon

Musk have the four fundamental traits that are persuasion, leadership,

goal orientation and personal accountability.Persuasion is the ability to

convince others to change the way they think, believe or behave.

Leadership is the trait in good leaders whom were defined to have a

compelling vision for the future, i.e., surveyors who highly ranked

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prompts such as: 'In the past, people have taken risks to support my

vision, mission or goals,' or 'I have been criticized for being too

competitive. Goal orientation is defined this as "energetically focusing

efforts on meeting a goal, mission, or objective. Personal accountability is

people who are personally accountable look at obstacles as a part of the

process and, rather than give up, they are energized by them.

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Question V (a)

Personal reflection is vital in learning, teaching, personal identity

and one s research. I have learnt and explored my experience on this’group assignment which includes a number of elements such as analyzing

articles about Elon Musk. Before the first meeting of group assignment,

our group leader ChooWern Kern had informed us to do some research

about the prominent personality of Elon Musk. I searched and collected

the secondary data from internet for the information related to Elon

Musk. At the same time, I accessed learning tools like online

resourceswhich helped me improve my writing skills as well as my ability

to understand materials effectively. During the first meeting, every one of

us shared our own opinion or information and discuss, analyze and

compile the data in order to arrive at a final decision about his attributes.

Even though conflict is present among us over different issues, but we

shared the joy of good remarks for our work together. Sharing and

discussing different ideas and amount of knowledge amongst the group

also gave me a brief insight on how to deal with problems and come up

with an applicable solution. I also experienced how to confront difficulties

in a team work and how to resolve any sort of argument or problem and

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come up with something which is agreeable by everyone. At the end of

the first meeting, our leader had differentiated the part of group

assignment to every member so that we can reduce the workload together

and complete it before the second meeting. While working on the

assignment, I kept discussing with Lee Leong Jie who did the same part

with me and elaborated the main point together in our part. It was

during this time that I exercised a great opportunity of developing and

enhancing my writing skills effectively and efficiently from the help

ofother people s ideas which was an advantage to me. During the second’meeting, every one of us brought our soft copy and combined all of it

together. After that, we passed to Saw Zhe Min who modified and

checked the grammar mistakes in the assignment. At this moment, I

realized that teamwork is really important as we can finish off the task

easily before the deadline of assignment, as well as allowing me to

communicate widely and broadly with my group members discussing and

organizing the amount of task we had to conduct as a team. At the end

of the second meeting, we finished everything required in the assignment

including hard copy and passed it to SiowMong Ying so that she kept it

until the submission date. Here, I recalled the process of group

assignment, I found that a good leadership and management skill is really

useful in a team work and it is a key to maintain a team. In conclusion,

this assignment has given me a new insight about group work with an

opportunity of learning group skills that promoted my self-independence

Question V (b)

Elon Musk is the prominent personality of our choice for this

assignment. He is an entrepreneur and engineer that involve in the

electric vehicle industry and the space transport industry. He has a lot of

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good attributes that contributed to his success and these attributes were

learned by me after finishing the group assignment part. One of the

attribute that I learned is creative and critical thinking abilities. Creative

and critical thinking abilitiesare useful for problem solving when a

creative generation of ideas is combined with critical evaluation of ideas,

such as when Elon Musk and his team of engineers are known to be able

to create products that others in the same industry thought was near

impossible such as manufactured and designed a reusable spacecraft for

only one tenth the costs of spacecrafts build by NASA s team of’engineers. Thus, we have to be creative and think critically so that we

can solve the problem that we face easily in our life. Besides, I also

learned ethical and civic responsibility from Elon Musk. Ethical and civic

responsibilitycan develop us to identify, discuss, and reflect upon the

ethical dimensions of political, social, and personal life and to understand

the ways in which they can exercise responsible and productive

citizenship. For example, Elon Musk promotes the consumption and

generation of clean renewable energy to reduce the rate of pollution in

the future and also this proves that he is an ethical entrepreneur and

businessman. Therefore, we should have ethical and civic responsibility so

that we can differentiate the right and wrong in our life. Moreover,

interpersonal skills is also an attribute that I have learned from Elon

Musk. People with good interpersonal skills are usually perceived as

optimistic, calm, confident and charismatic. He constantly recognize and

appraise his team s efforts humbly and he does not consider himself to’be the sole reason for his success during the launching event of his

products. Hence, we should develop our interpersonal skills since

childhood so that improve many aspects of our life professionally and

socially. Furthermore, I also learned the attribute of life-long learning

from Elon Musk. Learning is flexible, diverse and pursued throughout life.

Today, Elon Musk possesses an extremely proficient understanding of

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aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, software engineering, and

mechanical engineering, not to mention sub-disciplines such as structural

engineering, aviation and energy storage. Therefore, we should learn

beyond traditional schooling and throughout adult life. Lastly,

entrepreneurship and management skills also an attribute that is shown

by Elon Musk. A successful entrepreneur must be able to make wise

decisions about how he uses his time, continue evaluating and prioritizing

tasks according to relevance and importance. Elon Musk is the one of

successful entrepreneur and he had invested a total of USD$72 million

with his personal funds to Tesla Motors as CEO during that period. Thus,

a good entrepreneur should be able to effectively manage people, a

budget, operations and in some instances, investors.

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Question V (a)

This is my first group assignment in my first year degree. I felt a

little challenging when I noticed that our group leader, Choo Wen Kern

chose Elon Musk as the prominent personality for this assignment. Elon

Musk was a stranger to me and my group members. Choo was so

confident thatElon Musk will make the content of the assignment

stronger. Hence, we trusted our leader and started to do research on Elon

Musk during the meeting on Thursday. In the research, the information

that surprised me is that he contributed a lot to the world. From this

research, I learnt to get the resources from the Internet effectively. I

would search the information from some familiar and useful website

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before getting to website with low popularity. Forum helped me to collect

my group members reviews about Elon Musk too. During the meeting,’all the group members had to share our own information for further

discussion. Then, we analyzed and compiledall the information before we

made the final decision to include the main information of prominent

personality shown by Elon Musk into the assignment. During the

discussion, a lot of unavoidable argument occurred among us. However,

this leads us to know more about Elon Musk while our assignment would

be improved by hook or by crook. In the meeting, I learnt that we

should tolerate among each other by accepting other people s opinion so’that we could work out an assignment successfully. We should not be

afraid to reject the opinion that we disagreed about by giving a

reasonable suggestion in order to solve the problem thoroughly. After a

few hours of discussion, our leader arranged and distributed the tasks to

every members to ensure that we would be able to complete the

assignment by the deadline. In fact, I was not really good in writing. This

assignment offered me a good opportunity to improve my grammar and

writing skills. While working on my assignment, my father helped me a

lot because he know a lot about Elon Musk. Besides, my girlfriend helped

me to check my grammatical errors as well. I worked hard in elaborating

the point to ensure that it could be understood easily. Next Thursday, we

will have a short meeting in order to combine the all the information

that we have. All the group members will bring the soft copy of our hard

work and passthem to Saw Zhe Min, whom task is to combine the

worksand rewrite it smoothly.

In a nutshell, every members of our group paid a lot effort to the

assignment so that it could be done efficiently and punctually. Besides,

our leader played an essential role in ensuring the process of the

assignment went smoothly. This had reduced the conflict among the

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group members. For me, the major attribute that I had learnt from this

assignment is the confidence in writing an essay.

Question V (b)

Elon Musk is well known for being the co-founder of PayPal,

a money-transfer service for Web consumers. He is also well known for

founding Space Exploration Technologies or SpaceX, the first private

company to launch a rocket into space, and for founding Tesla Motors,

which builds electric cars. Elon Musk is a model that shows a lot of good

attributes to us. He also gave me some inspirations in my life. In this

assignment, I learnt a lot from Elon Musk. When he was 24 years old, he

earned $22 million by selling this company (Zip2). I am 20 years old now.

However, I am still getting RM 500 as my pocket money from my parents

every month. This shows that I am so little compared with Elon Musk. I

will model after him to be a successful person. Besides that, Elon Musk is

a successful entrepreneur, displaying great entrepreneurship and

leadership. He is able to make wise decisions and is good in managing

his business. He is also able to manage people, budget, operations and in

some instances, investors effectively. Furthermore, he is able to evaluate

and prioritize tasks according to relevance and priority too.

Moreover, Elon Musk showed that he possess creativity and critical

thinking. He has a very high critical thinking ability to make the world s’technology more advanced and efficient. He is able to create products

that others in the same industry thought nearly impossible such as

manufacturing and designing a reusable spacecraft for only one tenth the

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costs of spacecraft built by NASA s team of engineers. Hence, creativity is’really important in our life to change something better and better.

Besides, I had also learned ethical and civic responsibility from Elon

Musk. Ethical and civic responsibility can help us to identify, discuss, and

reflect upon the ethical dimensions of political, social, and personal life

and to understand the ways in which they can exercise responsible and

productive citizenship. For example, Elon Musk promotes the consumption

and generation of solar energy to reduce the rate of pollution in the

future without posing an expensive fee in order to reduce the pollution in

his country. He also produced Hybrid/ Plug in Hybrid car to reduce the

consumption of petrol.

Furthermore, Elon Musk showed strong interpersonal skills. People

with good interpersonal skills are usually perceived as optimistic, calm,

confident and charismatic. He recognize and appraise his team s efforts’humbly regularly and he does not consider himself to be the sole reason

for his success during the launching event of his products. This made his

team to be willing to work for him and able to maintain the relationship

between the investor or business partners.

In conclusion, Elon Musk gave a lot of quotes to us. For example,

"Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating

enough." This quotes tells that we shall not give up although many times

of failures happens. He changes the world and also every single person.

He is the good model to the world.

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Benjamin Lee Jia Liang

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Question V (a)

When our group first received the assignment question, we have a

small discussion among us to discuss which prominent personality we

should choose for this assignment since we are asked to choose a

prominent personality to write about his graduate attribute from his

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experienced and successful life. During the discussion, our leader hoped

that we could choose someone apart from the examples that given by

lecturer. When everyone is doing some research on the internet, suddenly

one of our member, ChooWern Kern came out with an idea which is to

write about Elon Musk s graduate personality. However there only two of’our members who knew about Elon Musk and for the rest of us were

curious about who the man is and what have he did. Our group leader,

ChooWern Kern decided to choose Elon Musk because he think we could

learn something new when we write someone who we are not familiar

with rather than those we know. At the end of the class, our leader told

us to do some reading about Elon Musk s background before our first’meeting. Before this first meeting, I did some research about Elon Musk

by obtaining some secondary data from the internet. By doing research

on him, it improved my understanding regarding his personality and

contributions.

After a few days, we are called by our group leader, ChooWern

Kern to have our very first meeting at library s discussion room 6. Before’we start our first meeting, our leader called one of our group member,

SiowMong Ying to record our meeting detail for minute purpose. Our

group leader started our first meeting by calling everyone to give him the

information or research that we found before the meeting. However, not

everyone of our member knows him as much as Saw Zhe Min. So he

asked our group member, Saw Zhe Min to give a briefing about what

make Elon Musk to be successful. After the briefing, we started to

analyze our assignment question and came out with few graduate

attribute. At the end of the meeting, everyone was given a task to do

before coming for the second meeting. I was called by leader to create a

facebook group chat so we could communicate each other well. Besides, I

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was also called to help others whenever they meet any problem on their

task.

Our second meeting is on the 5th of February at discussion room 3,

we were asked to submit our task that was given. All the writings were

passed to our member, Saw Zhe Min to check for grammar mistakes as

his English is relatively better compared to us. We were then called to do

our individual assignment during the second meeting. After a few hours,

our group managed to finish our assignment. Our group leader suggested

to have a tea together to have a better relationship between each and

every one of our group.

The whole process of doing this assignment help me learn more on

communication skill. It made me understand how important

communication and cooperation is between members in a group. Besides,

I met new friends which is SiowMong Ying and Tee Chia Yang. I had

also learned how important leadership is by looking at our group leader,

ChooWern Kern. Lastly, the thing I learn the most is doing research on

someone we do not know at first can help us improve our understanding

towards him or her.

Question V (b)

The prominent personality that we chose is Elon Musk. I admire

him because he is an entrepreneur and engineer. He contributed hugely

to society by providing space shuttle to the government and improvising

on an electrical motor for commercial use. I did learn a few attributes

from him. First, the thing I learned from him is that our success depends

on how much effort we give. He spent almost 80-100 hours in a week

working in his company that is an average of 12 hours in a day. Besides,

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I also learned that we should not give up whenever we meet any problem

or failure. At the year of 2007 and 2008, the investor of his companies,

SpaceX and Tesla Motors, withdrew their investment as little results were

shown and the same time the companies required a lot of funds to

continue their research and development. To save his company, Elon

Musk invested all of his personal funds into his companies although the

companies are on the verge of bankruptcy. Lastly, I had learnt that

knowledge is very important to us. Elon Musk obtained 3 degrees’certificate only at the age of 24, not to mention he also teaches himself

programming, physics and rocket science.

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Chin Chun Ho

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Question V a)

This is the first time that I had worked with this many

members. In my previous assignment, I usually work as smaller

group which consists of 4 to 5 members. There are a lot of

different opinions among our group members. Disagreements and

arguments are inevitable, therefore I had learnt to compromise

with my group members. After the discussion, the points and

details were divided into 10 parts, each of us took 1 part,

therefore effectively reducing our individual workload. The

leader had managed the team effectively, especially during the meeting

when exchanging of ideas and opinions occurs.

Question V b)

Elon Musk is a young American entrepreneur. I came to admire him after

conducting my research. Determination and hard work are the major

points I have learned from Elon Musk.Elon Musk is not afraid to

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collaborate with others, as well as to commit himself on a group task

even if he has to work 80-100 hours per week. It will be useful for my

future career if I had developed interpersonal skills.These attributes are

very important in our life. For example, we will get a lot of help in our

study life and future career with these attributes.

Beh Ong Meng

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Question V a)

This group assignment gave me a new view to work together on a

same goal. Previously, I rarely worked with this much of group members;

group for assignment usually consists of 4 to 6 members while this one

has 10 members which is different. Everyone has their own opinions,

ideas and thinking. I realized that the more people we have, the more

ideas we could generate. Although it is true that more ideas can be

generated, it does not necessarily improve the efficiency and performance.

Disagreements and arguments are inevitable; there were conflict after

another. Things were not working very well in the beginning, but

everything turned out better than I expected afterwards. What I learned

was that to complete our assignment question, compromising between

group members is important, especially when my assignment group

consists of many group members. In which, we compromised and chose

the most accepted idea out of many others whenever there was conflict.

Compromising in this case not only allowed us to pick the best idea also

let us managed to take care of every detail associated with our work.

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Question V b)

The reason Elon Musk was our chosen as our prominent personality

was not only due to his notable contribution but also how he managed to

do it. For several times, Elon Musk nearly failed his company or plan.

With much sacrifices and desperation still, he managed to go through and

accomplished many tasks that were thought to be impossible by others.

Determination and hard work are the major points I have learned from

Elon Musk. Determination and hard work are not only important in Elon

Musk s life, but are also important in our life as well. In many cases, we’have a clear goal yet we are unable to achieve it, even though the

obstacles in our way are not even close to Elon Musk s. Elon Musk’helped me learn that, determination and hard work are the key points in

achieving something in our lives. The size of the goal does not matter, all

it matters is we have to be determined once we clearly realize our goal

and work hard to make progress despite the difficulties. Being determined

and working hard consistently for a big goal will be soul-ripping, but

after learning about Elon Musk, I can safely tell myself that the sacrifice

I would have to make, would be worthwhile.

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NAME: SIOW MONG YING

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Individual Personal Reflection Essay

Question (V) (a)

When I first receive the question for our group s assignment, I felt’very unfamiliar with it since I only have little background knowledge

about this field of research. We are supposed to choose a prominent

personality as requested in the assignment. After discussing with the

group members, we decided to choose Elon Musk as our chosen

prominent personality. Since then, I kept asking myself on how to deal

with it since I am not familiar with this person. The only answer it

seems, is by reading the articles regarding Elon Musk and discussing with

my group members. I knew that reading can help obtain an overall

understanding of the topic, and discussion can exchange our thoughts

thus expanding our knowledge. Therefore, I did some research on Elon

Musk by obtaining reliable and credible secondary sources information

from the internet before attending the group meeting.

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We were called by the group leader, Choo Wern Kern, to the first

meeting to discuss about the assignment. Since the group members had

already been informed by the leader to do some research before the

meeting, all the members were well prepared, and they came along with

their collected information. During the meeting, the group members

exchanged their findings and investigated on each member s findings.’Everyone were actively sharing their opinions and participating in the

discussion. My previous understanding of the topic has been overturned

after the discussion.

I am very lucky to be able to cooperate with the SDA group

members on our group project, they are great companions who always

refresh my mind and enlightened my creativity during our group work.

This was my first group project in my university life as I was usually

given individual assignments during my pre-u studies. This was a new

experience for me and I had learned some valuable lessons on how to

confront difficulties and challenges in a group as well as how to come up

with something which is agreeable by everyone in the group.

One of my group members, Saw Zhe Min, is great at working with

groups and he was willing to do anything to help the group. He helped

me a lot throughout this assignment especially in the individual part. He

checked and corrected our grammatical errors in the individual essay. All

the members worked effectively together and this made work much

easier. John Heywood once said, Many hands make light work .“ ”Collaborative work could also multiply the effectiveness of the project.

At last, I am very glad to say that our group never had to deal with

any major conflict. This project had given me a new insight about group

work with an opportunity of learning group skills. These skills have

promoted my self-independence.

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Question (V) (b)

Elon Musk is an American entrepreneur who cofounded the

electronic-payment firm PayPal and the maker of launch vehicles and

spacecraft, known as SpaceX. He was also one of the first significant

investors, as well as chairman and chief executive officer of the electric

car manufacturer Tesla Motors. Based on our research, there are many

positive attributes that Elon Musk possesses in order to become a

successful young entrepreneur. These attributes can be learned by us as a

life guide.

I had learned that Elon Musk clearly possesses entrepreneurship and

management skills. His success in his career had proved that he has great

management skills in managing his companies. He had once faced the

crisis that might have ended his company s life but he had managed to’save his companies several times due to his ability to engage risk and

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reality in decision making. He is also able to manage efficiently over

6,000 employees in Tesla Motors and over 3,000 in SpaceX. This attribute

of his should be learned by everyone so that we are able to innovate and

generate brilliant business ideas as well as to succeed in the future

Besides that, I had learned the attribute of creative and critical

thinking abilities were demonstrated by Elon Musk. These abilities

contributed mainly to his success as an entrepreneur. Elon Musk is said

to have creative and critical abilities because he is able to analyze,

evaluate, interpret and utilize different thinking skills to determine the

value of ideas and information. As an example, one of the

accomplishments of Elon Musk that resulted from his creative and critical

thinking skills are the successful programming of an online directory

software and the startup of financial banking services company known as

Paypal toady. These creative and critical thinking skills must be developed

so that people are able to think broadly and deeply using skills,

behaviours and dispositions such as reason, logic, resourcefulness,

imagination and innovation. It is also useful for me to solve and

overcome the obstacles faced in the future.

Furthermore, I had learned the graduate attribute such as

interpersonal skills, as shown by Elon Musk. Interpersonal skills include

everything from communication and listening skills to attitude and

deportment. For instance, Elon Musk is not afraid to collaborate with

others, as well as to commit himself on a group task even if he has to

work 80-100 hours per week. I should develop this skill to properly

interact with others. In the business domain, developing interpersonal

skills enables a person maintain a good relationship with his or her

employee, in order to get along with others while getting the job done. It

will be useful for my future career if I had developed interpersonal skills

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because good interpersonal skills are a prerequisite for many positions in

an organization.

As a conclusion, Elon Musk is a role model for everyone as he

demonstrates a lot of good attributes such as entrepreneurship and

management skills, creative and critical thinking abilities and

interpersonal skills. I had learned all these skills and abilities from him

while doing this assignment and I believe these attributes will help me in

my studies, life as well as in my future career.

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Question V a)

While working on this assignment as a group member, it is often

quite frustrating as some of my ideas were being rejected by the other

members. Nevertheless, I have learnt to compromise between my

members as I understood that arguments would not lead us to the

completion of this assignment. During the whole duration of the

assignment, I did not feel pressured as the leader gave a reasonable

dateline for us to hand it our individual part. Before that, we had already

discussed the points and details that were to be written into the group

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part of the assignment, therefore effectively reducing our individual

workload. I think that the leader managed the team effectively, especially

during the meeting when exchanging of ideas and opinions occur quite

quickly.

Question V b)

After conducting my research on Elon Musk, I came to admire him

as a successful entrepreneur and a huge contributor to the progression of

the human race. I truly admire his act of investing in our future, rather

than fulfilling one s usual materialistic dream. Regarding his attributes,’every single one of them mentioned in the group part of the assignment

is worth spending my time improving or developing on them, as I have

now understood more of their benefits compared to before. As I

personally tend to lack in entrepreneurship and management skills, I will

try my best to engage myself in activities organized by the university

from now on, in hopes learning various management skills and decision

making. I would also make efforts to improve my interpersonal skills as

the messages I convey usually tend to be misinterpreted.

Lee Leong Jie

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Question V a)

Personal reflection is a deeper form of learning that allows us to

keep every field of any experience. I have learnt how to communicate

with people and analyze articles about Elon Musk. The reason

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for making such a statement is because I am an introvert. Since

young, I have trouble communicating with others.

Before the day of meeting, Wern kern informed us that we

need to do some research on Elon Musk and prepare for the first

meeting. I searched for the required information about our

prominent personality, Elon Musk. During that time, I

familiarized myself with the method of using the internet to

search for information, as well as managed to obtain a better

understanding about Elon Musk. During the first meeting, all of

us had a lot of our own opinions and information to share and

discuss. Although there were some conflict present, but we

managed to handle it quite well. We shared and discuss about

the ideas of other group members. I had also been given the

opportunity to experience how to face the difficulties while

working in a team, as well as how to solve the problem and come

up with the ideas that is agreeable by others. After we all

agreed, our leader Wern Kern handed us the task of completing

the individual part of the assignment. This is the fairest way

of reducing the burden on everyone’s shoulders.

During the assignment, I faced several problems as I have very

few information on my part, therefore I had to discuss with Lee

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Chun Mun, a member who did the same part as me. It was here

that I have learned how to communicate and assist each other

when faced with a problem.

One of my group member, Saw Zhe Min, has helped me a lot too.

He checked and corrected my grammatical mistakes in individual

essay. At this moment, I have learned to request for assistance

in times of need. At the end of second meeting, we finished

everything including the hard copy and passed it to SiowMong

Ying. We had entrusted her to keep it until the submission date

as she is a careful and mindful person.

Question V b)

Last Tuesday, we were given the opportunity to discuss

about the assignment in class. After the discussion, we decided

that the prominent personality of our choice for this

assignment was Elon Musk, he is an entrepreneur and engineer

known for his work in revolutionizing two industries at once,

namely the electric vehicle industry and the space transport

industry. Elon Musk works at least 80-100 hours per week to

achieve his ambition. Elon Musk can “predict” the future want

and needs of the people, such as successfully involved himself

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in the internet boom. However, he did turn into a millionaire

over night, but instead sacrificed most of his time studying

how things work and trying to innovate on current technologies.

It is almost certain to say everyone will most likely fail more

than once before achieving success.

Today, Elon Musk owns an extremely proficient

understanding of aerospace engineering, electrical engineering,

software engineering, and mechanical engineering. Not only

this, he also own sub-disciplines such as structural

engineering, aviation and energy storage. This made me realize

that the knowledge available to us is almost unlimited, and

that I am determined from now on to learn as much as I can.

After learning about Elon Musk s history and his personality, I’

have learnt that effort is needed to achieve our dreams. Even if I was

born in the poor family, I would still be able to chase my dream if I am

dedicated enough to sacrifice time and effort or even more.

MINUTES OF THE FIRST MEETING

OF SDA GROUP 2015

Date: 29 January 2015 (Thursday)

Time: 11.30 am to 2.00 pm

Venue: Library--Discussion Room 6

PRESENT

CHOO WERN KERN, SAW ZHE MIN, CHIN CHUN HO,

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BENJAMIN LEE JIA LIANG, LEE CHUN MUN, LEE LEONG JIE,

CHOO SIN CHET, BEH ONG MENG, TEE CHIA YANG, SIOW MONG YIN

No.

Matters Discussed Action By

1. Confirmation of Minutes

1.1

Minutes of the meeting are confirmed without modification.

Allmembers

2. Investigation of Assignment’s Question

2.1 The members had a look on the question and analyzed the important part of the question.

Allmembers

3. Briefing

3.1 A group member gave a brief and detail biography aboutthe chosen prominent personality.

Saw ZheMin

4. Discussion

4.1 Group members collected and discussed the information from the secondary source.

Allmembers

5. Other matters

5.1 Opening of a discussion group on social media is suggested. All the members agreed.

BenjaminLee JiaLiang

Meeting adjourned at 2.00 pm. The next meeting is tentatively scheduled on 5th February 2015 2pm at the discussion room.

Minutes prepared by Siow Mong Ying

MINUTES OF THE SECOND MEETING

OF SDA GROUP 2015

Date: 5th February 2015 (Thursday)

Time: 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm

Venue: Library--Discussion Room 3

PRESENT

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CHOO WERN KERN, SAW ZHE MIN, CHIN CHUN HO,

BENJAMIN LEE JIA LIANG, LEE CHUN MUN, LEE LEONG JIE,

CHOO SIN CHET, BEH ONG MENG, TEE CHIA YANG, SIOW MONG YING

No.

Matters Discussed Action By

1. Confirmation of Minutes

1.1

Minutes of the meeting are confirmed without modification.

Allmembers

2. Combination of Members’ Work

2.1 The group members brought the soft copies of their works to combine together.

Allmembers

3. Finishing the Personal Reflection Essay

3.1 The group members who haven t finish their individual ’personal reflection essay are guided by the group leader to finish their essay.

Choo WernKern

4. Checking of Assignment

4.1 One of the group member checked and corrected the grammar errors of the individual and group assignments.

Saw ZheMin

5. Other matters

5.1 Leader suggested tea time spent together with the entire members to appreciate their hard works.

ChooWern Kern

Meeting adjourned at 4.00 pm.

Minutes prepared by Siow Mong Ying

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