...Whenever I need to convince my mother or sister of my superior intellect I have one story I always tell as it happens to be one of the most memorable obstacles I have ever overcome. The obstacle was one that faced the entire family and I was the one who saved the day in the end. As with many obstacles, it was something that needed to be done but seemed impossible. For my family it was removing an old, broken, and pretty disgusting dryer from our new home. Removing a dryer does not sound like much of a challenge but this dryer was huge, I was a small nine year old girl, with my mother not much larger than I. To make it worse, the fact that the house was built in the 1800s meant that the doorways were quite narrow. In addition to skinny door...
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...Overcoming obstacles and barriers is a difficult thing to do. In ‘The Osage Firebird” and “A Life Painting Animals” it talks about two women who overcome tough barriers to gain and achieve success. They both tell how they never got discouraged nom matter how many times they we told “No” or “You will never make it”. Although, I believe the story “The Osage Firebird” tells more information about overcoming barriers and difficulties. “The Osage Firebird” is a story of a girl named Betty Marie Tallcheif who overcame many obstacles to become a great ballerina. It shows the purpose more in this passage because she goes through many things that most people with a fixed mindset would be put-down about, but she never got discouraged so she kept going....
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...affinity towards overcoming challenges and difficult adversity. Throughout life, we adapt to challenges and master the ability to surmount obstacles. Despite the difficulties we experience, the process of overcoming complications allows us to become more knowledgeable on the task at hand. However, it is not just the conquering of adversity that is beneficial, but the adversity itself has positive effects on the challenged. Adversity allows an individual to develop a sense of discipline, as well as encouraging individuals to exercise their mind to confront a problem or conflict. Specifically, students who encounter hardships are more inclined to try harder, which promotes competition within the school. Although adversity may be beneficial towards some students, challenges can be detrimental for students who lack confidence. For instance, some students develop a mentality of despair; they believe that if one has to work hard, then the person does not have the natural ability for the assignment. Based on the effects of adversity aforementioned, I believe that students can both benefit from the obstacles faced in school with the proper mentality or the effects could be hindering. Students face adversity every day, regardless of how transparent the obstacle may be; some problems may not be as evident as others. According to Carol S. Dweck, author of Brainology, all students face adversities throughout their high-school career, specifically, the challenge of overcoming a fixed mindset...
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...Obstacles and how to overcome it Life is full of surprises and difficult situations. Overcome life obstacles is the key to success. As an adult working toward an education and catching up on life can be very difficult. Working an average fifty hours work week and dealing with challenges, like school, work and family is a difficult tasks. Most people facets this on a daily bases. Sometimes these challenges can be most devastating effects on my mind and bodies. In order for me to overcome these challenges, I must learn how to manage time, how to be flexible and learn how to manage stress appropriately. Time management is a big factor facing school, work, and home life obstacles. Learning to manage time can make almost everything in life much easier. I sometimes failed to manage my time and learned that the I would have to set a schedule with tasks to follow. I set deadline for myself to meet as this allow me to complete all tasks and make the best use of my times. Planning ahead can be very help with managing time, allow plenty of time to complete tasks and not wait until the last minutes. During the last minutes cramping, things usually come up and occupy my time. Time management is extremely important when managing multiple life demands. I learned early in life that when I am faced with a challenge, I must be flexible and face it straight/head on. Being flexible this allow me to adjust to things that come up and school/work schedules. I find and understand that flexibilities...
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...This essay will be about overcoming obstacles in your life. Life brings a lot of obstacles that gives adults trouble. I will talk about one of the obstacles that adults struggle with, that is emotional stress. Emotional stress is a very difficult obstacle to get over. You get to doubting yourself to the point where your mind don’t think straight so, you will not be able to do your work correctly. To get your mind on track you will have to start thinking positive thoughts and telling yourself that you can do what you set your mind to do. If you keep having negative thoughts you will end up failing everything you do. If you keep positive thoughts you will have a better outcome on your tasks. So, whatever you do in your life just remember to...
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...Overcoming Obstacles “The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.” Were given a chance to succeed and reach our long-term goals. “Brick walls” is a symbolic meaning of overcoming every obstacle we cross is life. Were all here to have the ability to do whatever we want with our lives. The truth is that everyone struggles in their everyday life in one way or another. It’s about staying positive and making the best of what you have. Becoming a student at EPCC is a wonderful and exciting way to improve any person’s quality of life. Unfortunately, college can also be stressful and many times I have faced challenges while attending college. Either these challenges can block me from reaching my goals, or I can learn to overcome these challenges and achieve my college goals. Reading and writing is one of my biggest weakness I come across with; I admit I’m not the best at it. But I know by trying my best to read a book or even a small article helps me improve my language skills. It takes time to adapt to something that you were never good at for some odd reason. But I looked at it as an opportunity to learn something new and to test my ability and intelligence. It’s not easy to do with deadlines and pressure, but keeping a positive outlook will go a long way toward making each issue a bit less overwhelming. Problems and obstacles are not always solved on the first try, or second or even the third try. It is difficult to address these challenges...
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...Being placed in new situations can be challenging for anyone. Depending on how new the situation is, change may require difficult habituation and the overcoming of hardships. “All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.” (Keller, 1960) The autobiography The Story of my Life by Helen Keller and the novel The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri reflect this quotation. The life experiences of non-fiction character, Helen Keller, greatly reflect those of fictional character, Ashima Ganguli. Both of these women and their families are faced with the similar challenges of adaptation, overcoming adversity and forming a positive sense of identity throughout their lives. These challenges are overcome using literature and the consistent,...
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...History Month is "Celebrating Life, Building a Future." "Building a Future" is a powerful theme that applies to each student in this audience because you are our future. Everyone one of you has the potential to achieve anything you want in life. You were born with many talents that you don't even know you have. Someone in this audience may become a famous writer, may travel to the planet Mars or discover the cure for AIDS. However, to become successful requires that you set personal goals for yourself and then study and work hard to achieve them. Setting personal goals is very important because those who do not have goals in life do not know where they are going. Those who do not know where there are going could end anywhere. They could end in prison. They could end on illegal drugs. You must never, never, never experiment with any illegal drugs. It will ruin your life and the lives of those that love you. Those drug dealers standing in your street corners are trying to sell you a one-way ticket to nowhere. My advice to every one of you is to write down your goals on a piece paper. Then discuss your goals with your friends, parents and teachers. You should read your goals to yourself at least once a week. Reading your goals aloud helps you to stay focused. It creates a positive attitude that is necessary to overcome the obstacles that you will encounter along the way. A question that students often ask me is: "How can I overcome the major obstacles in life?" When I was 12 years old...
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...ground. No one had the time to take anything with them. Everyone just ran to save his or her life. Mothers lost their children, whose confused, sad cries coincided with the gunshots. Families were separated and left behind everything they had worked for their whole lives”(p. 23). This quotation...
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...Cathy Ann Clayton Eng050:W01. 28 April 2015 Why I Deserve this Scholarship Hello my name is Cathy Ann Clayton, and it is an honor to be selected by the University to apply for this scholarship. Eight years ago I would have never imagined that I would be continuing my college education. Due to a health crisis I went through, which we were not sure that I would make it. I came through with a lot of determination, and hard work. Although I am not a traditional college student, I should be accepted as a student and given the offered scholarship because I am a worthwhile choice: I have overcome obstacles, I can bring a new perspective, and I can demonstrate my financial need for the scholarship As you know, I’m not your typical college age student. I am a 54 year old finishing my education, after overcoming a huge obstacle several years ago. It’s taken long time and a few boulders to climb over to get to this point. Eight years ago I had a nervous breakdown due to the loss of my father. This loss affected me tremendously, and I spiraled into a place no one should go. I have worked with a Psychologist to get through the dark place that I was in, which took many years. Two years ago my Therapist introduced me to a treatment, call Dialectic Behavior Therapy. Dr. Marsha Linehan created this therapy to help people think and respond to life differently.” DBT therapy is a broad-based cognitive-behavioral treatment developed specifically for Borderline Personality...
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...try to reduce my stress and anxiety levels. A career goal that I have, is to always learn and grow every day to enhance my work experience, to further enhance my working experience into a promotion. My last goal is my academic goal and for that goal, I’m more...
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...Throughout one’s life, they are faced with obstacles and challenges that are not easy to overcome. However, Michael Jordan once said, “If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” In my life, I have always struggled trying to read and write. I was never really the best at reading or even comprehension. When writing I would always stray off topic and not even answer the prompt. Because of these obstacles, I had to work hard to overcome them achieve success. In fifth grade I was one of the brightest and most advanced students in math. However, I never really focused on English Language Arts, as I was so enthralled with math. One day, my teacher put up a prompt asking about my Thanksgiving experience. When I had raised my hand to...
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...In “Not Afraid” he sings, “Everybody (everybody) / Come take my hand (come take my hand) / We'll walk this road together, through the storm/ Whatever weather, cold or warm”(Eminem lines 3-6). Instead of sticking to the bad habits make a change to better for the good. Take that guide if it is being providing because it could direct oneself into the right direction instead of down the wrong one. In the poem “It Couldn’t Be Done” the author says, “Somebody said that it couldn’t be done”...He started to sing as he tackled the thing / That couldn’t be done, and he did it! (Guest lines 1,7,8). Determination is an important role in overcoming the impediment. Do not let one hinder the accomplishment that is trying to be achieved. Eminem and Guest expresses to triumph over the struggles and hardships, no matter what the obstacle is or who tells one that can’t. Oneself has to go and prove them wrong. The language that is used to help develop the tone is similar it creates the tone of positivity and confident. The artist of the song “Not Afraid” says, “When I say I'ma do something I do it/ I don't give a damn what you think,”(Eminem lines 17-18). Defeating the odds of others and their opinions...
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...The novel Chinese Handcuffs by Chris Crutcher and the poem Overcoming Obstacles by Gerry Legister share a common theme: in spite of the daily struggles of life, anything can be overcame with time and the right people. To start, a similarity between the novel and the poem involves each protagonist have an issue with courage.Dillon Hemingway, protagonist of the novel Chinese Handcuffs, feels lonely and helpless when he writes a letter to his deceased brother: “if I don't tell somebody about it, I might just explode. Only there’s no one to tell”(Crutcher 6). Likewise, the speaker of the poem battles with the ability to express his feelings and believes that, “courage is sometimes the quietest voice that roars loudest from within”(Legister 1-2)....
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...Lab 1: Curiosity in Modern Times 27 Unit 3 Lab 2: Integrity Matters 28 Unit 4 Lab 1: Create a Research Summary Memorandum 29 Unit 5 Lab 1: Resolving Systemic Conflict: Scenario Analysis 31 Unit 6 Lab 1: Time Value of Money 32 Unit 6 Lab 2: Budget Exercise 33 Unit 7 Lab 1: Calculating House Cost 35 Unit 7 Lab 2: Delayed Gratification 37 Unit 8 Lab 1: Initiative Reflection 39 Unit 8 Lab 2: Time Management Reflection 40 Unit 9 Lab 1: Creating a Professional Profile 41 Unit 10 Lab 1: Creating a Personal and Professional Development Plan 43 Graded Assignments Unit 1 Assignment 1: It Takes Courage Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes Apply tools for overcoming obstacles and tools of connection to various business and personal scenarios. Evaluate choices for overcoming obstacles given several sample case studies. Assignment Requirements Answer the...
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