Reflective Essay On Hard Work

“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work”(Colin Powell). Many people live by ethics and use them as a guide in this incredibly difficult thing called life. I am one of those people; however, in a life full of struggle, hardship, and suffering, hard work has been the single most important moral or ethic in my life. “Do what has to be done” is the ethic that I try to live by. Some may interpret this ethic different than me, but I interpret this simple line as hard work, or give your all in anything you participate in. My life has for sure had its ups and downs, but I can always get through my trials with hard work. Hard work and determination has made me who I am today. This tiny, little moral

Laziness is one of the most, if not the most, undesirable attribute a person can have. When someone shows no effort in their daily lives, why would one want to have them as an employee, friend, or significant other. The act of being lazy immediately turns off any potential for a relationship of any kind. That is why I try my best to show how hard I work in my everyday life. I rarely take breaks and am always giving one-hundred percent effort in every detail of my daily life. However, I was not always like this, I used to be a laid back, quiet kid. Unlike my natural intelligence, I am not a natural social person. I’ve never wanted to have to talk to or in front of people and am always avoiding social interaction. Or at least that is how I used to be. When I was a younger kid, I was a shy, quiet kid at school and in public. My parents were very surprised to learn about this, because they could never get me to shut up at home; their words, not mine. This has kinda been the normal for me, talk to people I know well and not get to know anybody new. I spent my life like this up until my freshman year of highschool; of course, I had made some friends, but I still didn’t like to talk to people I didn’t know all too much about. Two of my friends changed this during my freshman year, they were the opposite of me and were incredibly social. Because of how

I am who I am today because of hard work and all that I have gained from it. Sports has brought me lots of success and opportunities, and it is all thanks to hard work. I wouldn’t have as good of grades as I do without the determination to improve. My friend group would be much smaller and lonelier, if it weren’t for the struggles that I have put myself through. Hard work, determination, and perseverance has changed my life for the better. I have done all that has to be done in order to improve my life and who I