“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to better than yourself,” (William Falkner). Joan Bauer teaches us through this story that one can do their best at anything when they try, but can’t always be perfect. And when you try to be perfect every second of every day, it can get very stressful. Little do some people know that not everything you do will be flawless. Nothing can be absolutely unblemished. Jill is a perfectionist. She always has to do everything perfect or as close to perfect as she can possibly get it to be. She had a method for everything, which allowed her to do things relatively efficient, but it had its downsides. Since she had to
She gained more supporters over time. Thus resulting her to go above and beyond to illustrate the situation of people at the time. She was an effective leader that was very careful not to extend her reach when the situation wasn’t right. Her views which didn’t aline with mass the majority views she kept to herself.
“It’s always out there, “she says. Until ’92, anyways. Losing hope and giving up could never beat her to achieve her goals and maxims. Not getting everything one has set goal for should never be a reasonable excuse to give up or lose up, in fact consistency and pushing even harder can eventually get one to that
In life we tend to see failure as a terrible thing. When we do fail, most of the time we want to give up and see it as the end of the world. However there are few that see failure as an opportunity to do better and rethink the mistakes that were made in the past. Angela Duckworth, Emily Hanford, and CarolDweck all provide their research on how one can have highachievement e in life. Angela’s Duckworthresearch on grit proposes the idea that if someone stays persistence for a long time they can master something.
Never giving up is one of the most important things a person must do in their life, and the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick contains this as it’s theme. This book follows the life of 2 young boys that have very troubling events over the course of the book, but despite all these events they stay strong, and never give up. We could all learn from these fictional yet very real characters and improve our lives by following their example. If you do this, then limits on you will be re sharpen and you too can accomplish amazing things just like these characters.
She did not depend on anyone else to take care of her, showing that she worked well into her eighties. Her legacy still holds to this day as her manuals teach young children and adults how to program. It 's leaders like these that our country needs in order to stay a healthy and strong
However, there is a deeper meaning to be found. This story symbolizes the many obstacles one must overcome to be successful in life. Among the many goals I will try to accomplish in the next 10 years of my life are: graduating
She had been trained in her earlier years by her mother to be a healer, which included working with herbs and native plants of the area. It is through this practice, many people hired her to help cure them, other family members, animals, and also to drive of bad curses. She earned a reputation for helping others but was also seen as a danger to the community. She had the knowledge through her books and power of her healing skills which was not very typical of the average women of this time era.
6. This quote directly shows the connection between the major ideas in this books and the small stories and pieces of text that are found within this book. In this quote, the author writes, “We are at our most perfect when we have something to push against.” This sentence relates to the bigger idea in the book that competition is a prerequisite to genius. When you are competing for something, you are always at full capacity because you have a desire to do something, something to work for. When you are in this state, genius has to have a better chance of popping through because genius is a showing of the best and brightest ideas that we have to offer and these ideas can really only be unlocked when we are putting forth our best effort, which is triggered by competition.
I’ve always been afraid of failing and always wanted to strive for greatness, but life has it’s up’s and down’s. For the first time in my life I was a
Her father was a lawyer and exposed her to an education. From this opportunity she was able to learn how to read and write, a privilege not all women had. At a young age she also gained the knowledge of gender discrimination, which was a big thing in this century. She despised the fact that people were being treated differently because of race or gender. Then
(Anderson, 121). Mr. Freeman sees something that Melinda doesn’t see within herself. “Don’t be so hard on yourself. Art is about making mistakes and learning from them” (Anderson, 122). During this car ride Mr. Freeman gives Melinda advice about her artwork.
Numerous people want to be perfect no matter what obstacles they will encounter. However, an individual cannot overcome their obstacles if they are drawn to their ego of perfectionism. Lawrence Sargent Hall believe that having too much confident in an individual result in ignorance by not realizing how some unexpected signals are too easy to miss out. He writes a short story The Ledge to explore a nameless fisherman who has pride in crafting a perfect day of hunting ducks with his son and nephew. But the fisherman did not realize that his pride will put a risk on himself, his son, and his nephew on an unexpected event.
There are people in this world who always seem to strive for perfection. A perfectionist is basically a person who who has extremely high standards, a person who believes that there is no room for mistakes, that everything must be flawless. So anything that is less than perfect is absolutely unacceptable. Are you a perfectionist? Here are a couple of signs of perfectionism you should know.
Multiple inspirational stories support Marston’s advice that is clearly valid, and useful when chasing one’s own success. Too often, people struggle daily through many obstacles including their own mind. A cautious person can often be too timid to reach for high goals for, the fear of failure consume them. Their mind blocks the path
In our life, there are periods of challenges that we must face, but the real challenge is how we grow and learn from overcoming them. Being naive children, we believed that life was simplistic and effortless. Well, we were wrong, we can only yearn for life to be easy. Growing up, we continue to face countless hurdles that only get bigger and bigger. My life, in particular, has been filled with numerous up and downs.