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When it comes to being great at something, perfection is what everyone strives for. Perfection is when someone strives to be flawless at whatever it is they are doing. Not only do athletes want to be perfect, but everyone in today’s world wants to be perfect at some point in time. Being perfect can cause many problems throughout someone’s life as well. It could possibly make someone have an “I’m better than that person” attitude, which could make someone not like them anymore. In order to reach perfection, people must be obsessed with what they do, make every single detail in something perfect, and make everything they do be right on the money.
One way for someone to reach perfection, is to be obsessed with what they do. In “The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever,” the author Michael J. Mooney notes, “Bill Fongs run at perfection started as most of his nights do, with practice at around 5:30 pm. He bowls in four active leagues and he
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Michael J. Mooney notes, “Timing is everything. When the timing is right, when someone’s arms, legs, and torso all move in rhythm toward the lane, they have better balance. When a person is more balanced, it makes them more accurate. And when that person is more accurate, their decision making improves” (Mooney 210). When it comes to making every little detail perfect, people have to be on their p’s and q’s, meaning they cannot mess up anything at all. In “The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever,” the author discussed “By contrast, if someone’s timing is off, their balance is off, and they don’t hit their targets” (Mooney 210). When people are on their p’s and q’s, they cannot afford to mess one detail up, or their whole rhythm could be out of whack. Accuracy is known as being precise at whatever is being done. In “The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever,” Bill Fong worked hard to make everything precise, because he could not afford to mess anything

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