Failure‚ while a challenge and a pain in the moment‚ leads to greater potential and later success when experience is gained from the failure. When nothing is learned from failure‚ it is a wasted opportunity. Ever since I was a kid‚ I played golf. I loved going out for a round after school with my dad and brother. We were not very good‚ but my freshman year (my brother’s senior year) we both tried out for the golf team at school. Neither of us had ever played competitively‚ so it was a whole new game
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troop guide asks an annoying scout to calm down for the twentieth time. From the senior patrol leader position to helping at day camp‚ Boy Scouts learn how to lead in all situations. As an Eagle Scout and previous senior patrol leader of two troops‚ I have developed leadership abilities that I will use as an adult. I discovered that leadership requires extra work and sacrifice as I led by example and gave up my free time to help other boys finish a task. Truly‚ Boy Scouts has given me and countless
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Girls Scouts The Girl Scout of the USA mission is “Girl Scouting builds girls of courage‚ confidence‚ and character‚ who make the world a better place.” This past March was a hundred years since girl scouts was started‚ thanks to Ms. Low. On March 16‚ 1960‚ GSUSA was charted by the U.S. Congress. “Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low assembled 18 girls from Savannah‚ Georgia‚ on March 12‚ 1912‚ for a local Girl Scout meeting. She believed that all girls should be given the opportunity to develop physically
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The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. An obstacle can be a setback and anything that challenges you. I have faced many of challenges‚ but all of them have made me stronger. For example‚ when I was in 7th grade I broke my ankle at the beginning of football season. Another example is when I was in 8th grade I found out I had ADD‚ which makes it really hard to stay focused. Also this past summer I gained 30 pounds‚ which was really hard when football season
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One lesson I learned from The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch is that challenges are there for a reason‚ and I have to push through them. He said‚ “the brick walls are there for a reason. They’re not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.” (Pausch 59) By this he means that challenges will be present throughout life‚ but they test the individual’s determination. He said “they’re there to stop the other people.” (Pausch 80) The “other people”
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OVERVIEW The document we are about to study is an extract/excerpt from a report entitled “Caught in the Backlash‚ Stories from Northern California” published in November 2002 by the ACLU (whose aim is to defend individual rights and liberties.) The main character is called Charlotte Wu and is a 22-year-old sophomore who’s fond of/keen on/crazy about videogames. One day in late 2001‚ Charlotte played a videogame with her friends. Then she left the game. Later‚ a player phoned her and she helped him
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2013 A Father’s Lesson Parents have the responsibility to teach and to protect their children. In teaching them while they are young parents hope to save them from making mistakes later in life. In the novel Life of Pi‚ Santosh‚ Pi’s father wishes to save his boys from future fatal blunders. His lesson was done in somewhat a harsh way but it was necessary‚ any other way may not have been effective‚ and it accomplished what he wanted it to. Some would view this father’s lesson as harsh and a little
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In the fictional life of Scout Finch‚ a six-year-old girl living in 1930’s Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ life is changing and her perceptions of her beloved town and family is evolving. In the book‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” we are invited to enter Scout’s mind‚ years later‚ and recount a time in her life where she was forced to grow and change as challenges came her way. Scout recalls a time where Atticus Finch‚ Scout’s father‚ is appointed to represent an African American man who has been accused of raping
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My Implications and Learned Lessons in Business Negotiation Being a salesperson like me‚ I must admit that it is a tough marketplace out there and strong negotiating skills are fundamental to achieving and more importantly sustaining career and business success‚ particularly within a competitive sales and marketing environment. Those of us who want to achieve better results‚ both at work and in our private lives‚ need to develop effective negotiating skills. It is worth to bear in mind that if
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To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Understanding why people do the things they do is not easy‚ especially when you are young. Little kids don’t really think about other people’s feelings or the causes of their actions because when you are young‚ your whole world consists of you. This concept is one that Scout learns in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Throughout the novel‚ Scout transforms from an ignorant tomboy into a sympathetic lady‚ due to learning about empathy. At the beginning of the
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