Joshua Walker

Prof. Jensen

IST 1100

18 February 2015

Free trade is a policy in international markets in which governments do not restrict imports or exports. Free trade is exemplified by the European Union/ European Economic Area and the North American Trade Agreement, which have established open markets. I personally believe that free trade is important because it allows countries to be able to trade for materials or things that one may need. It is a way in which other countries can help one another and trade for such things. It’s not where one country will necessarily get an edge but they are trying to keep up. I do not see anything wrong with free trade. I believe it helps many countries obtain the things that they need to thrive. You trade with countries that have a comparative advantage in an area that you may not excel in and make the trade and obtain the items that you may need. It is great and it should be here to stay for ages to come.

There are quite a bit of skills and personality that make up a “new middler”. They are divided into different categories. The first one is someone who is a great collaborator and orchestrator. That is someone who works together very well with others as well as someone who can orchestrate something and make something happen. The second category is the great synthesizer. That is someone who I would describe as thinking outside of the box in order to be successful in a certain aspect of what you may be doing. Third category is great explainers. This one is rather self explanatory, someone who is very great at explaining things, such as how something should be done or explaining the right way to do a certain task. Me myself I would believe that I fall into this category as I can explain things rather well. I can admit it may not be for good reasons but for the most part is something that I can do rather well for good reasons.Those are just some of the traits that could be called the “new middler”.

CQ+PQ>IQ is basically the curiosity quotient. It is believed to be important because curiosity quotient (CQ) and the passion quotient (PQ) matter more in the flat world than the intelligence quotient (IQ). I feel that all three are important as you would need them all to be successful. You do need a certain level of curiosity as that is what gets you involved in something. It gets you wanting to know more. And with you wanting to know more, you can gain a passion from that. You become very passionate about whatever that may be and you base your life off of that thing that became a passion and it drives you. That is where your IQ does come in handy. You have to be smart with all of these things and don’t let it distract you from the things that are important. Balance all of them out. I do not believe that one is more important than the other as you would need all three.