John Elder Robison Successful Careers Essay - 1401 Words

John Elder Robison has had many successful careers. From being in a band, creating guitars with special effects, managing an electronics firm, becoming an author and serving on several boards and committees for national institutes (Robison, 4 and 14). John seems like an average person with many different interests. John was actually diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome at the age of forty (Johnelderrobison, 00:02:10-00:02:30). In 1957, John was born in Athens, Georgia (Robison, 1). When he was born, both of his parents were in college and his dad was also a preacher (Robison, 1). They moved to different areas until they finally settled down in Amherst, Massachusetts and his father became a professor in Philosophy (1). Throughout John’s childhood, he was always different from his classmates and brother (2). He said he was always sad, a loner and had few friends (Robison, 2). His parents recognized this and tried to help him by having him see therapists and guidance counselors (Robison, 2). At this point in time, Asperger’s Syndrome was not diagnosed yet (Robison, 3). Some therapists thought he was a psychopath because he did not make eye contact with them (Johnelderrobison, 00:00:45-00:01:00). Others said he was lazy or chose to misbehave, when he did not have control over his actions (Robison, 3). Due to all of this negativity and people telling him something was â€Å"severely wrong† with him, John dropped out of school in tenth grade (Robison, 3). For the next ten years JohnShow MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pages623 Contents Preface xxii 1 1 Introduction What Is Organizational Behavior? 3 The Importance of Interpersonal Skills 4 What Managers Do 5 Management Functions 6 †¢ Management Roles 6 †¢ Management Skills 8 †¢ Effective versus Successful Managerial Activities 8 †¢ A Review of the Manager’s Job 9 Enter Organizational Behavior 10 Complementing Intuition with Systematic Study 11 Disciplines That Contribute to the OB Field 13 Psychology 14 †¢ Social Psychology 14 †¢ Sociology 14 †¢ Anthropology