must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself" (Rohn, n.d.).The only person who can better you is yourself and if you do not take action in your own life no one else will. To achieve a successful lifestyle, and reach goals, one must have personal responsibility to make this happen. With a schedule and proper balance of time I can make my family proud and provide a better life for them by obtaining a degree and higher education
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you are about to partake in. My friends and I felt the same way when we were about to enter high school. I was nervous for the fact that I would lose my friends; we had been friends for what seemed like an eternity, and I could not imagine my life without them. My friends would continuously tell me that there wasn’t a force on this earth that could tear us apart, but the fear still burrowed in the back of my mind. I heard an abundance of different answers when asking my peers if they had lost their
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My Personal Development Plan Introduction & Goal statement “Who fails to plan, planning to fail” (Winston Churchill) We live in a rapidly changing world which makes it really difficult to set long term goals. Development plan for four years is a huge deal you never know what next day will bring; victory or fiasco, birth or death, answers or questions. As we go through life, we meet changes that make our character stand above and lay the foundation for our state. Of course these kind of changes
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You know, for the past four or five years, I’ve been a complete wreck: For around four years straight, I’ve spent just about every holiday season in a hospital for something suicide related, and I’ve ruined relationships with my friends, I’ve ruined relationships with my family, I’ve ruined professional relationships, I’ve ruined a lot of potential career opportunities, I shot myself in the foot as far as getting a car or even a driver’s license anytime soon, and I’ve been homeless and train hopping
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A Glimpse Into the Life of Angelina Standfield R: What are your current goals for the future? A: Currently I want to become a surgeon because I want to change a life. R: What or who inspired you to become a surgeon? A: Well, my father bought me a surgeon simulator game. This game inspired me to help people become healthier. R: Who would you say are your role models and why? A: My role model is Jennifer Lawrence, because even though she is a celebrity she treats other people with respect. R: What
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Expectations by Charles Dickens, social classes have eternally definite aspects of human existence; the several places that Pip stands in the social hierarchy changes Pip’s life and his own perspective of it, through the lens of how others look at him. The continuum all starts when Pip is a country boy. Pip’s life as a country boy changes how Estella, Miss Havisham and even Pip looks at himself. For example, when “Pip struggles throughout the story to become Estella’s love, but comes to realize
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affect the outcome of life. Most of the time understanding the consequences and how it will affect others is the key to making the right choices. Though less time will be spent focusing on home, I made a decision to make a career change into a new position to allow me the opportunity of obtaining a degree. This is important to achieve personal goals and maintain competitiveness in my organization, while allowing me to improve quality of life for my family. My career change permitted more time to
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begging for change from other people. That's a tough life. As a child growing up in Ghana, I witness many homelessness within my own family and family friends. I remember I use to make a quick prayer whenever we drove pass a homeless person on the streets. "God Please help him, God please help her to become rich" ( In my native language of course) Now that I'm sitting here reflecting on those words , I hope my prayers I was making at a young age of eight years made a difference in someone's life. I couldn't
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growing up arguing with my siblings about who is who in the movies, everyone wanted to be the superhero or the good guy while everyone despised the villain/bad guy. But why did everyone hate the villain? For obvious reasons of course, however now that I'm older If I was offered the role of the villain or the hero in a movie I would choose to be a villain for several personal reasons beyond the fact of just being the villain. Being a villain would allow me to experience a troubled life by making bad, morally
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GS1145 Strategies for the Technical Professional Module 1 Exercise 1 I am pursuing at degree at ITT Tech because I need a career change. I have been in the restaurant industry for most of my life. I love the restaurant business, but it is very hard on my life and the schedule that I have to work does not allow me to spend much time with my daughter or socialize with others. In addition, the IT field is one that will always be in demand and offers almost unlimited growth potential.
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