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External influences, influence us everyday, and everywhere. They are all around us, influences can range from a friend to an animal to a god. These influences shape how you are, how you act, and who you become. This stands out in the article Technology, and in the Ted Talk “Are we in Control of our own Actions?”. Both of these connect to external influences. This indicates that everything around us has an impact on the person you become. External influences are items around you that influence who you become. Some examples are technology, government, people, and events. All of these can have positive impacts, but they can also have negative ones. For instance with people if you get a really good friend, that can be great for you but if …show more content…

Modern technology like amazon 's alexa is very useful, but it is always listening for its name and everything you say to it is documented, so if you are having a private conversation and alexa is listening amazon will have the records of your entire conversation. The article Talking to our devices states that “by 2020 the majority of all tech devices will be designed to work with zero to minimal touch- just voice.” This means it will be harder to use phones in public because if everyone is trying to talk to their phones it is going to be really loud and the phones might get confused. Also it will be impossible for people to try to use their phones in class. If a student had to look something up quickly now they can just whip out their phone and look it up, but in four years if a student tries to look something up quickly it will disrupt the whole class. Also people will become more lazy because you won 't need to type anything. But on the other hand external influences like new technology and AI systems can have a positive impact, because it will allow people to drive and use their phones hands free, also you will be able to get things done easier. There are laws in many states that do not let people text and drive at the same time, so if you had advanced AI systems, you would be able to

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Internal factors happen inside an organisation the staff are likely to have direct control over it. External factors happen outside the organisation and are less likely to have a direct control over it. The businesses reputation or image may affect a business internally as a customer may have suffered poor customer service and this would have a negative influence on the business. Just as exceptional customer service would have a positive affect on the business, Other internal inlfuences on an organisation would be staff changes or issues. Staff within one grouping may not work well together so staff may have to be moved around or staff changes due to promotion etc.

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Have you ever had internal or external forces in your life? In the novel Walk Two Moons by (Sharon Creech) there are many internal and external forces. In the novel Phoebe Winterbottom’s encounters many internal and external forces that cause her to grow and change. One internal force that causes Phoebe to change is her being scared. First, it says “It must have been hard for her to maintain that smile because by the time English came around, her chin was quivering from the strain.”

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Central Influences Throughout our lives something has influenced the decisions we make, how we feel, how we present ourselves to others and how others perceive us. Whether it’s buying groceries from the same store your parents took you as a little kid or the things we tend to eat because that’s what grandma used to make for Sunday dinner after church. In some way, shape, or form our families effect how we are today. When we tell a story to a friend what you believe in or the decision you make you somehow relate to “that’s the way I was brought up” or “my mom” or “my dad taught me that” or even in most cases, “I remember when …”

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Really, the question is: are external influences more important that internal? Many people will agree that external influences are more important in making people who they are because external influences shape your attributes and point of view, when humans are born there is more bad than good inside you and you can only change by divine intervention. So, how is it that external influences shape people? Interestingly characteristics and attributes are determined by external influences because of the way our parents raise us, for example, if your parents always overemphasized the importance of education you will hold it in high esteem and therefore when choices arise you will choose education over having fun.

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The Environment Can Control In times of difficulty, individuals tend to change who they are. For example, when one tends to grow up and go through the stages of adulthood, they change their ways in which they act or think. Situations and environment are able to control and manipulate an individual. Situations can become so severe that they can lead to savagery in one’s individual environment.

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