Top 5 World Problems

Top 5 world problems from most serious to least serious:

1) Lack of Clean Drinking Water

2) Malnutrition

3) Obesity

4) Terrorism

5) Sex Trafficking

The reason I believe that lack of clean drinking water is the most serious is that we all need water to live and so many people are dying yearly because of lack of clean drinking water. Malnutrition is similar, but much less people die every year from it. Obesity is specifically a major world issue in urban, fast-paced countries such as the United States, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia. Terrorism in the form of terrorist groups such as ISIS and Al Qaeda are a major problem because they can strike at any time, any way. Sex trafficking is a huge issue in Florida surprisingly, but is an even bigger issue globally as young women and men are trafficked in order to meet certain demands by different industries, such as the pornography industry. Although these are all very important, dying of clean water (something we could fix) is much more of a problem than the much smaller number of people who get sex trafficked. 

Top 5 world problem solutions from most feasible to least feasible:

1) Banning the pornography industry, in order to stop sex trafficking

2) Using Filters of Hope, partnering with major organizations to help provide clean, drinking water

3) Better Nutrition Testing for foods in order to ban those that lead to obesity

4) Training government employees and military units better ways to interact with people groups of a different culture.

5) Using food portion controls and learning to help share resources to those countries in need of food

The reason that banning the pornography industry is the most feasible is that there is a lot of scientific support for the claim of pornography being bad for people, plus the large amounts of people being sex trafficked would stop so quickly. The next most feasible solution would be for governments to partner with filters of hope toward giving these filters to individuals in need across the World. Proper nutrition testing is harder because it takes away certain foods that can be fine if ate in moderation. Training government officials is very easy to do, except there is thousands of different cultures. Every person eats certain portions because of their size (skinny women to bigger man) and thus portioning control is difficult to define.

World's Biggest Problems (and Solutions!)

This world is surrounded by problems that could plague our growth as a society. This post is to help share with you all what I believe to be the 10 most important problems we must fix and provide some ways we can implement to help change them.

1. The single greatest problem our world is facing is the fact that millions are dying every year because of a lack of clean drinking water. Some studies show that over 2 billion people suffer from not having adequate sanitation. One solution that is feasible is that people and even nations could partner with an organization called Filters of Hope. This organization has created a filtration system that can give any family clean water for ten years. The cost of these systems is only 40$ and I am confident that people and entire nations would support this cause in order to supply filtration systems to people that don't have adequate sources of clean, drinking water.

2. With the emergence of ISIS and Al Qaeda over the last fifteen years, I believe a large problem that we must address is terrorism and how to help create a more peaceful environment. As we continue to fight a war on terrorism in the Middle East, we are creating a culture for terrorism growth in that area, where they will eventually attack the rest of the world. One way to help decrease terror attack levels is to train soldiers and officers on how to communicate with different cultures in order to limit any sort of disagreement or hostility that may create radical, terror attacks.

3. Throughout history, we have seen a steady decrease in coal use because of how limited it is and now we are worried we will start to see lower quantities of natural gas and petroleum around the world. This specifically worries countries that manufacture large automobiles or equipment such as Italy and Germany. One way that we can begin to lower our consumption of natural resources is by getting global commitment to using renewable resources at all costs instead of non-renewable's and by teaching people early how to consume less.

4. Naturally, we as humans try to be a head of another person. We can see this so clearly in how countries have competed to have the greatest armed forces, the Arms Race. The issue now is that we have figured out how to develop nuclear weapons and countries are competing to have the largest weapons in order to be able to protect themselves in case of a massive attack. Our world must take a stand against nuclear development. One way that I think we do this is by learning to compromise in trade and be willing to take loses and gains during particular seasons, in order for our entire humanity to be appeased. One way we could do this is by introducing a leaders peace conference where we promote compromise and the importance of human life and continue to not submit to nuclear weapons.

5. Americans specifically, but much of the world has been affected by the plague of income disparity. The top 1% of income earners have 48% of the worldwide wealth in their possession, including nearly any person working full-time in America. We have opportunities to bridge the gap from the top 1% to the bottom feeders by cutting down on consuming. One particular way we can cut our consumption is by choosing to limit portions in food and to decrease the abuse of items we do own, so that we can use them for longer. An example of this is how people abuse their phones. We can have an iPhone 6 and drop it and immediately we are in need of a new phone and cannot live without this. The issue of this philosophy is that we waste our disposable income on our carelessness, instead of helping people in need. 

6. As we continue to grow in population worldwide and people get busier, we are choosing to feed our children things that can be prepared quickly or that are cheap. This issue with these things are that they usually don't contain the necessary nutrition that humans need. With this in mind, we have seen a dramatic increase in obesity among our global population. One way in which we can help to change this is by forcing companies that supply food to go through nutrition testing in order to sell their food product. For example, if a specific type of food doesn't meet the needs of its consumers based on its caloric output, then it would not be allowed to be produced until meeting the criteria. 

7. Something that has risen concern over the last fifty years has been climate change that has occurred due to our uses of resources that deplete the O-zone. One way to help slow this climate change is by using hydroflourocarbons (HCFCs) instead of chlorofourocarbons (CFCs) in our refrigerators, freezers, air conditioning systems, and automobiles. These HCFCs are much less harmful to the O-zone and can help to slow its depletion. 

8. Medical abilities have grown in developed countries, but have yet to reach other parts of the world and people are dying of diseases all the time that could be cured with proper medication and treatment. One way that we can solve this problem is by doing collection days to collect all unused prescription and over the counter medication and shipping it to countries that are in need. 

9. One of the fastest growing industries in the world, unfortunately, is the pornography industry. What happens in this industry is a large problem and that is sex trafficking. Sex trafficking takes women and men without their permission and uses them for pornography because they won't survive without it. We can make a change in this problem by globally working to end the pornography industry. If we make this industry illegal, we can help end a large quantity of the sex trafficking that occurs. 

10. Along with the lack of clean, drinking water, many people are forced to malnutrition because their communities don't have the resources to provide for the residents in certain areas of the world. We can help with this by consuming less of the worldwide food products by reducing portions of foods that we consume in develop countries. 

Reading Reflection - Week Two

After reading the assigned work for the week, I couldn't help, but be surprised that people thought so negatively of entrepreneurship and that they didn't believe it brought on much success. From my experience, what makes a good manager is that he is able to think and come up with new ideas. 

What really confused me were the author talks about how aggressive that entrepreneurs are, I think they're more or less, just persistent and passionate. I agree with almost everything that the author says, except that she suggests that entrepreneurs are aggressive.

If I could ask the author any two questions, I would ask:

1. How do you develop a entrepreneurial mindset?

2. What is the hardest thing about being an entrepreneur?

Walter's Bug List

Bug 1: When I am talking with someone one-on-one, and they either answer a phone call, get on social media, or begin texting.

Why? People are often not satisfied with the present and look to either show their past off via social media or make plans for the future. 

Bug 2: When my roommate begins snoring very loudly.

Why? I value their sleep and don't like to be awoken by something they can't control.

Bug 3: When I make an appointment with someone and then they bail last minute.

Why? I am a planner by a nature so I like my schedule to be fixed and not have too adjust it or waste time.

Bug 4: When I drive from Lakeland to Gainesville, I take I-75 and often I run into some pretty bad traffic, but then later I realize that there was a fender bender and people slowed down to see what happened.

Why? People are so curious sometimes that they will slow their car down just to see the people in an accident. I get annoyed by this curiosity because it doesn't affect them.

Bug 5: Often when I go to the Top, I find that the service is really bad.

Why? I value my time and don't want to be made late to my next event or to waste valuable time.

Bug 6: In my apartment complex's parking garage, a silver car's alarm goes off for five minute increments all night and then it will wait about ten minutes and begin again. 

Why? The repetitive noise of the car alarm often wakes me up or makes it difficult to study.

Bug 7: When I go to Pascal's Coffeehouse, they turn the heat on whenever the weather gets under 70 degrees, and it often gets too stuffy to breath.

Why? I get hot easily if I am focusing and it makes it a hard environment to study or read in.

Bug 8: Whenever my professors don't let me out of class on time. 

Why? They are choosing to take time away from me for themselves, which doesn't feel right.

Bug 9: Being told a wait time and then it ends up taking longer than they say, like when I go to the Outback on Archer.

Why? I usually go to a restaurant when I get hungry, so not being sat immediately when they say they will sit you is annoying. 

Bug 10: Being called by a telemarketer over the phone or by a company looking for workers.

Why? I have to take time out of my day to answer calls and this often annoys me.

Bug 11: My roommates will take some of my eggs and tell me they will buy some for me, but instead they never repay me.

Why? They don't respect the things I own or buy and thus, they're showing they don't respect me. 

Bug 12: While I am telling a story, I am bugged when someone interrupts me and tells their story.

Why? They don't respect me and choose to not listen to what I have to say.

Bug 13: When someone coughs without covering their mouth.

Why? They are risking me getting a cold and then I will have to take time to get better and most likely get behind in school.

Bug 14: In my truck, I have to put Diesel gas and sometimes, gas stations will say they have Diesel gas and then they ran out.

Why? Usually I have to get out of my car before I notice that they ran out and it's frustrating when they don't value their customers to tell them.

Bug 15: In Lakeland, something that use to annoy me was waiting in line at the DMV

Why? They don't value the people coming in because they are required to come in, so they hire slow employees and don't care how long you wait.

Bug 16: When I email a professor and they either don't answer or take a week to answer.

Why? Usually it takes them about 30 seconds to respond so they are choosing to neglect their students for their needs.

Bug 17: My neighbors in Lakeland have not mowed their lawn in 5 months and it looks horrible.

Why? They don't realize that it actually decreases the property value of  my home and this makes my home look worse.

Bug 18: When you're at the airport and they delay your flight due to their being too many planes on the runway.

Why? They are choosing not to schedule the departures of planes with an appropriate amount of distance in take off time and it gets jammed up, which isn't valuing me as a customer.

Bug 19: When I see people throwing trash out of their car.

Why? They are showing they don't value the Earth and that is something I truly value.

Bug 20: When someone is smoking in my face or around me.

Why? I dislike my clothes smelling like smoke. 

This assignment was very difficult for me because I don't think of life in what bugs me. Most of the things that I saw, had to do with my time, how I plan my life, and whether or not the people I am dealing with value me as a person or a customer. 

My Entrepreneurship Story

My father is a computer technician for his own organization. He has always loved computers and loved learning how to fix any issue that came about within his own computers. The reason he is an entrepreneur is because he decided to start his own computer business without any real resources. He took out a loan and decided to make cards and give out flyers. He got his name and number out there and people started calling for his help. After a year or two, he had enough revenue coming in that he started advertising on Google and in Yellow Pages. The reason I think he is an entrepreneur was because he took a huge risk because he knew he wanted to create his own business. He now is very successful working under major organizations and high-income clientele in Lakeland.

The reason that I enrolled in ENT3003 was because it is a sports management elective that I need in order to graduate. The reason I chose this course over other electives was that I believe that I can be more successful if I live with a entrepreneurs mindset. As I become more of a entrepreneur, I believe I will become more creative and willing to take risks in order to expand the businesses I work for, specifically the YMCA. As the picture below shows, I believe that having a entrepreneurship mindset is a major key to success.

My Introduction

Hi All,

My name is Walter Huffstutler and I am a third-year, sports management major. I am from Lakeland, Florida and I will be living in Orlando once I graduate from the University of Florida. I have two half siblings, both a brother and a sister, and live with my family in Lakeland.  I have an internship in place for spring of 2017 and I will be interning with the Dr. Phillips YMCA. I am interning with the YMCA so that I can eventually be a sport director for the YMCA in the future. I hope to work with their youth sport programs and to help grow leaders among teens. When I was growing up, I was very involved in the YMCA and joined a teen leadership club, called Leaders Club. It was in that club that I heard about God and now I am a Christian. After my freshman year, I went on a missions trip with CRU (Campus Crusade for Christ) and shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ with people in Paris, France. I have traveled to most states on the east coast and most of the southern states.

My Entrepreneur's Mantra

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