Imagine that you are a new student at a new high school. You don’t know anyone‚ and you don’t know any of the teachers. Not one face on campus looks familiar. The material you learn is much harder than your old school and overall every day is miserable. Would you drop out? If your answer is no‚ you are a person that exemplifies grit. In the TEDTalk‚ "The key to success? Grit”‚ Angela Lee Duckworth states‚ "...One characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. It wasn’t social intelligence
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“All the adversity I’ve had in my life‚ all the troubles and obstacles‚ have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens‚ but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” This quote by Walt Disney can say something in all of our lives. Young or old‚ we all have day to day obstacles or conflicts. Some worse that others‚ but all equally important to our success or failure in life. I have encountered many circumstances throughout my life‚ from death to life‚ from happiness
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the one derived from fear of punishment” (Gandhi). To me‚ this quote means power through generosity and kindness is longer lasting and more genuine than power gained by terror . The first part of the quote‚ “Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love” (Gandhi) means that a person can come to power by two ways. One way is by making a person do something because he is afraid of what the consequences will be if he does not do the task. For example‚ in
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What Trust and Respect mean and how it should be earned Respect as defined by the ARMY values is defined as‚ “treat people as they should be treated” I believe that this is true but that there is more to it than that. Respect to me is about doing what is asked of you without back talk or argument‚ talking to someone as they should be talked to i.e. if someone is in a greater position than you treat them as such (stand at parade rest‚ etc.) Respect is a very important quality that we are taught
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What does success mean to me? Success has three different stages for me‚ but they’re in no order because either of these can happen randomly‚ but there are two stages everyone deals with is failure‚ and success but not many think about the unexpected success because they don’t really see it happen when they don’t succeed at something or it doesn’t go the way that they would like it to go. Failure is something most people will deal with when they don’t accomplish‚ a goal or a set of actions that happened
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Freedom. What is freedom? Freedom has many different meanings to everyone‚ but this is how the dictionary defines freedom; the power or right to act‚ speak‚ or think as one without hindrance or restraint. Now‚ as I said‚ there are other meanings to the word freedom. In the webster dictionary there are over 6 different meanings just for the word freedom. Some pertain to racism or Civil Rights. Others associate it with topics such as abortion or gay marriage. Freedom is such a broad overused term.
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One of my favorite Who We Are Values is respect. Respect to me is the unspoken way of showing someone you appreciate their values as a person regardless of their physical appearance‚ ethnicity‚ age‚ economic status‚ religious or political belief. It means acknowledging and valuing others’ point of view even if they are different from yours and you don’t have to necessarily agree with them. Respect is a basic moral value of human beings‚ and having respect in such a diverse workplace like Wegmans
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Courage For me courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty‚ danger‚ pain‚ etc. without fear by his or her bravery. Courage referred to what is in one’s mind or thoughts‚ anyone with courgette has only fearless feats and courageous acts in mind having courage means acting when others are afraid of the danger‚ or simply acting without fear of failure. I can consider myself that I have the courage in me‚ even though sometimes the fear is always there when I am
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The mean for responsibility from dictionary.reference.com is: the state or fact of being responsible‚ an instance of being responsible “The responsibility for this mess is yours!”‚ a particular burden of obligation upon one who is responsible “the responsibilities of authority”‚ a person or thing for which one is responsible “A child is a responsibility to its parents” reliability or dependability‚ esp. in meeting debts or payments. But then you ask yourself what is responsibility to you. To me it
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table‚ would you pocket it? Or would you give it back to them? There is a popular show on ABC called “What Would You Do?” that truly epitomizes how everyday Americans either show or don’t show integrity in certain situations. If you’re not familiar with the show‚ “What Would You Do”‚ it is a show that sets up integrity testing situations similar to the money situation above‚ with actors and cameras to sees how average Americans react to those situations. Integrity to me is what you do when no one
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