“The Difference Between Winning and Succeeding” The idea of winning and succeeding is described differently by different people from different walks of life. In his Ted Talk, “The Difference Between Winning and Succeeding”, John Wooden makes the statement that a person can win every game of every season and not succeed due to marginal ideals placed upon a team by the school district. John Wooden challenges the idea of a person realizing that perfect grades or ideals do not exist to everyone and do
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that they will use their perseverance for the greater good of others and society. A person may persevere in one aspect of their life, but it doesn’t mean they will always persevere. People who do persevere seek courage and strength of of other's’ success and triumph, they live life like a
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I learned that success is not everything and to admit failure is not to become a failure, and on a more introspective level, discovered that I am unwilling to sacrifice my intellectual gifts and determination. I am not hesitant to play soccer again, however, because it
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While reading Hillbilly Elegy, there were three main ideas that stood out: persistence, resilience and grit. In my own words, I would describe persistence as not giving up in any situation. Resilience would be explained as dusting yourself off from a difficult situation that knocked you down in life. Grit would be explained as having courage to succeed in your main goal in a situation. I believe that, out of those three topics, resilience would be my strongest characteristic, while grit is a characteristic
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I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life...That is why I SUCCEED.-Michael Jordan.In this quote Michael Jordan shows us that we can’t be successful without learning from our mistakes.In michael Jordan's career he made many mistakes, but is still one of the best basketball players of all time. Michael Jordan learned after getting cut of his Varsity team to try harder and to never give up. My thesis would be, you can’t be successful without learning from our mistakes. Another example of
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Due to Willy’s failures, he desires his son to go on and become successful instead of him. This aspiration for Biff’s success plagues both Willy and Biff throughout the course of the play. Willy implants Biff with the notion that being well-liked leads to success and that he is innately well-liked. Because of this, Biff lives his life believing everyone likes him and success will come easily to him, displaying Willy’s false ideology . As the play progresses, Biff realizes he is headed down the
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Everyone is capable of doing great things. The biggest obstacle preventing them from doing so is often themselves. I know I have the potential and skills to go above and beyond, and meet everyone’s expectations. However, even with all this possibility, I still am restricted, grounded by my own laziness and lack of motivation. Doomed with the same fate as Tantalus, desperately grasping at my hopes and dreams, but it always being just out of my reach. So for me, my problem, like many others, is that
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"There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success." - Heather Bresch One of the greatest feeling someone can is accomplishing a goal. It can change everything from one second to another. When I completed my first photography portfolio it was one of my greatest achievements. To complete my first portfolio it took dedication where it sparked a personal growth and a new understanding of myself and others. When I created my first portfolio I had to put hard work and commitment
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satisfaction after a season or test is completed and you know you gave all the energy and spirit you had? Usually I imagine success as a mixture of putting everything you possibly can into something you are attempting and positively impacting everyone around you. To be honest, I am not exactly sure. Although, a life goal of mine is to continuously strive towards this mysterious idea of success. This is something I have gained throughout an entire childhood of sports. Time and time again, a great work ethic
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Assessment of Outliers Contrary to what some believe, success is not obtained by solely hard work and determination, one must also have another thing. Luck. Luck in this scenario does not refer to winning the lottery or stumbling onto success, it is referring to where the person comes from. According to Gladwell, a persons background has almost as much to do with their success as how hard their work does. Gladwell’s central argument in Outliers is that a persons background plays an extremely
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