Hard Work Pays Off Graduation day! As I stand in line waiting for my name to be called I look around the enormous gymnasium full of happy families taking pictures and all my fellow classmates smiling and clapping. While I look around I notice that I am shaking in my maroon gown‚ and I feel a trickle of sweat coming down my face. As I start to get closer to the stage my heart starts to race and I can’t stop myself from smiling. Finally I walk onto the tall‚ long stage and hear my whole name being
Premium High school Sleep College
Samuel Johnson once declared‚ “Great works are performed not by strength‚ but by perseverance.” Oddly if one were to come across the definition of perseverance they would unfortunately see a chaotic cluster of enormous synonyms that lack very little purpose for a compelling indication. Despite the realization that the definition prevails‚ Samuel Johnson’s statement exhibits my existential behavior during my college career. For it only helped me understand that by maintaining my feelings of assiduity
Premium
Strength Comes from the Heart Maya Angelou once said‚ “You may encounter many defeats‚ but you must not be defeated. In fact‚ it may be necessary to encounter the defeats‚ so you can know who you are‚ what you can rise from‚ how you can still come out of it.” This quote states that you must encounter obstacles in order to find out more about yourself. I believe in perseverance. Perseverance is the willingness to continue on. I do not wish nor do I want people to judge my character for my success but
Premium English-language films Debut albums Religion
reigned victorious to all others. My participation in skiing has alluded me an outlet to escape from whatever outside sources weighed me down‚ and has given me the opportunity to meet a multitude of benevolent people while traveling in exemplary places. Participation in Squaw Valley Snow Sports has taught me a variety of lessons that I not only utilize on the mountain‚ but in my day to day life. Perseverance is one of the main skill I have gained through my participation in Squaw Valley Snow Sports
Premium High school Skiing Learning
A popular adage states: ‘hard work pays.’ Well‚ I am not writing this to dispute the wisdom of this saying. All I am saying is: smart work pays better than hard work. This is why managers in a construction firm for example gets paid astronomically higher wages than the labourers. No one will dispute the fact that labourers do heavy‚ tiring physical work in the sun and the rain. Yet they get paid low wages‚ while the management get transported from their air-conditioned homes to their air-conditioned
Premium Marketing Wage Sales
What motivates people to work hard? This will be an analytical report outlining the views of experts‚ how their views correlate or differ and the relevance of their opinions on motivation techniques. As well this report will also determine whether people are motivated by similar factors or whether the context of the vocation leaves some factors more prevalent than others. This report will conclude having discussed the above question in depth using text materials outlined later on‚ in the attempt
Premium Motivation Maslow's hierarchy of needs Employment
In life when it comes to hard times‚ perseverance is key. Without perseverance‚ people in a bad situation lose sight of what is their goals and what is good for them. If goals are set and are not given up on‚ the greater chance of success. The books Night by Elie Wiesel and Sold by Patricia McCormick both relate to the topic on multiple accounts throughout the reading. Throughout the novels Perseverance is the key to survival‚ and a little dedication (perseverance) never hurt anybody. There are
Premium Elie Wiesel
In life when it comes to hard times perseverance is key. Without perseverance people in a bad situation lose sight of what is their goals and what is good for them. If goals are set and are not given up on‚ the greater chance of success. The books Night by Elie Wiesel and Sold by Patricia McCormick both relate to the topic on multiple accounts throughout the reading. Throughout the novels Perseverance is the key to survival‚ and a little determination (perseverance) never hurt anybody. There are
Premium Elie Wiesel
One thing that sets me apart from the other candidates applying to the University of California is my hard work. I have always been smaller than other kids my age. At 15 years old I was 4’ 10’’ and looked like I was eleven years old. Although this was an advantage at the airport‚ when I would begin to take off my shoes and the TSA Officer would look at me and say‚ “Don’t worry twelve and under can keep their shoes on.” I was often discredited for my size. Especially because I played volleyball‚ a
Premium High school College English-language films
Hard Work but No Reward How many times has someone given all that was possible and worked as hard as possible to achieve something‚ but to no avail‚ there was no reward? At some point‚ it has happened to everyone. Nikola Tesla‚ astronomers searching for extraterrestrial life‚ and even Lennie and George in Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ have all come upon this unavoidable conflict. George and Lennie in Of Mice and Men are two “Average Joe’s” just trying to work up enough money to buy some land
Premium Of Mice and Men Great Depression John Steinbeck