The Achievement Habit Rhetorical Analysis
JR Patterson
Professor Weatherill
English 121.01
19 September 2016
Rhetorical A
Achieve Your Goals
“The Achievement Habit” (Roth, Bernard) clearly spells out the true meaning of hard work, taking success to the very highest level, and finding the “Yellow Eyed Cats” (Roth) that can ruin a person’s perspective on the outside world for the rest of his life. “Who Am I? What do I Want? What is my purpose?” (Roth, 28). What is a “GOOOooood Reason” (Roth 34) for a poor excuse, and what really matters in your life? Ask yourself; “Who Am I? What do I want? What is my purpose?” (Roth 28) What Roth is trying to get at, is who do you believe you are? And do you think you could change your ways to make yourself a better person or be more successful in life? His idea is for you to dig deep and find the real meaning behind everything you do, what matters to you, and …show more content…
what kind of goals you have and ultimately the setback that stands in your way each and every day. If you tell yourself that something does not matter, and that it is not a high priority then that usually means that that object or task trying to be accomplished is really truly nothing that is important. On the other hand, if you show up every day ready to work, give yourself credit for the good things, and do not quit until the job is done that is a pretty good indicator that it is the very top priority. What is a “GOOOooood Reason” (Roth 34) for anything? Excuses are one thing that can set back a career, make someone look stupid, or even ruin a perfectly good friendship or relationship. If you train your brain to tell the truth you will also be preparing yourself to do exactly what you are supposed to be doing exactly when you are supposed to be doing it. This can relate to meetings, going to class on time, being honest with your friends and family, and even self-confidence to a certain extent. “What really matters to you” (Roth). This can be a variety of things, for myself it would be horses and cattle, for someone else it might be cooking or cleaning. The point is that Roth wants you to be all business when it come to the things that really matter to you. You may never know what you want to do with your life, but you never know unless you try. Sometimes you have to try new things or you will not even know that there is a possible chance of you loving it. “The origin of hatred lies in the individuals attempt to disown certain potentialities of the self.” (Roth 38) Roth also says, “In the modern world we have an endless supply of time sinkholes. Do not fall into them. Steal back your time to support your intentions” (Roth 48). By saying this Roth means that do not sit on the porch all morning and drink coffee when you have a job to get to, don’t go bowling or to the movies when you have homework to do, what it really comes down to is the responsibility of doing what you are supposed to do and getting it done on time instead of procrastinating all of the time. Sometimes life knocks you down, just get back up and keep trucking along.
For some people it takes forever to figure out that failure is not always a bad thing, while at the time it may seem like the end of the world. “We are all potentially capable of any human act.” (Roth 39). Even the most successful of people have failed at something at least once in their lives. Maybe consider though, that failure was what brought them back up to the best, hardest working person that they could be and it did not take long for them to retrieve what they had lost and made it ten times better! Throughout the first few chapters of, “The Achievement Habit” (Roth, Bernard) it is very clear that his intensions are well, although you may take offence by some of the things he says, if you look at it in a different perspective as Paddy did with, “Yellow Eyed Cats” (Roth) if would be obvious that sometimes something new is not a bad thing, and that being honest with yourself cuts down on the poor excuses. If you set your mind strait and focus on the most important things in your life it will soon show how successful you can
be. Works Cited
• http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-the-difference-between-first-person-second-person-and-third-person.htm
• “The Achievement Habit” Bernard Roth
• http://paperrater.com/
Professor Weatherill
English 121.01
19 September 2016
Rhetorical A
Achieve Your Goals
“The Achievement Habit” (Roth, Bernard) clearly spells out the true meaning of hard work, taking success to the very highest level, and finding the “Yellow Eyed Cats” (Roth) that can ruin a person’s perspective on the outside world for the rest of his life. “Who Am I? What do I Want? What is my purpose?” (Roth, 28). What is a “GOOOooood Reason” (Roth 34) for a poor excuse, and what really matters in your life? Ask yourself; “Who Am I? What do I want? What is my purpose?” (Roth 28) What Roth is trying to get at, is who do you believe you are? And do you think you could change your ways to make yourself a better person or be more successful in life? His idea is for you to dig deep and find the real meaning behind everything you do, what matters to you, and …show more content…
what kind of goals you have and ultimately the setback that stands in your way each and every day. If you tell yourself that something does not matter, and that it is not a high priority then that usually means that that object or task trying to be accomplished is really truly nothing that is important. On the other hand, if you show up every day ready to work, give yourself credit for the good things, and do not quit until the job is done that is a pretty good indicator that it is the very top priority. What is a “GOOOooood Reason” (Roth 34) for anything? Excuses are one thing that can set back a career, make someone look stupid, or even ruin a perfectly good friendship or relationship. If you train your brain to tell the truth you will also be preparing yourself to do exactly what you are supposed to be doing exactly when you are supposed to be doing it. This can relate to meetings, going to class on time, being honest with your friends and family, and even self-confidence to a certain extent. “What really matters to you” (Roth). This can be a variety of things, for myself it would be horses and cattle, for someone else it might be cooking or cleaning. The point is that Roth wants you to be all business when it come to the things that really matter to you. You may never know what you want to do with your life, but you never know unless you try. Sometimes you have to try new things or you will not even know that there is a possible chance of you loving it. “The origin of hatred lies in the individuals attempt to disown certain potentialities of the self.” (Roth 38) Roth also says, “In the modern world we have an endless supply of time sinkholes. Do not fall into them. Steal back your time to support your intentions” (Roth 48). By saying this Roth means that do not sit on the porch all morning and drink coffee when you have a job to get to, don’t go bowling or to the movies when you have homework to do, what it really comes down to is the responsibility of doing what you are supposed to do and getting it done on time instead of procrastinating all of the time. Sometimes life knocks you down, just get back up and keep trucking along.
For some people it takes forever to figure out that failure is not always a bad thing, while at the time it may seem like the end of the world. “We are all potentially capable of any human act.” (Roth 39). Even the most successful of people have failed at something at least once in their lives. Maybe consider though, that failure was what brought them back up to the best, hardest working person that they could be and it did not take long for them to retrieve what they had lost and made it ten times better! Throughout the first few chapters of, “The Achievement Habit” (Roth, Bernard) it is very clear that his intensions are well, although you may take offence by some of the things he says, if you look at it in a different perspective as Paddy did with, “Yellow Eyed Cats” (Roth) if would be obvious that sometimes something new is not a bad thing, and that being honest with yourself cuts down on the poor excuses. If you set your mind strait and focus on the most important things in your life it will soon show how successful you can
be. Works Cited
• http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-the-difference-between-first-person-second-person-and-third-person.htm
• “The Achievement Habit” Bernard Roth
• http://paperrater.com/