Ambition In Elizabeth Hay's 'Late Nights On Air'

It all begins with knowing where you are in your life and what type of aspiration and drive you have to become someone and create a name for yourself and for others to aspire towards. However, there becomes a division between the different mindsets of

So today I had soccer practice as I do ever Monday except this practice, my coach snapped at me. As a little back story, a few practices back, my coach yelled at me again. I was told to get a partner and a ball except both me and my partner got a ball so I told her I already have a ball. I said and I quote; “Ky I already have a ball.” Right after this was said, my coach snapped at me for not focusing and told me that he wasn’t in the mood. But today, he was explaining a drill and one of our balls was kicked onto another field so I turned around, waved my hand, and got the ball back to then pay attention again to what my coach was explaining. He, just like last time, got angry with me about how I wasn’t paying attention, when I was really just getting a ball.

Though I felt professional, I played like a rookie. I probably tripped over the ball an upwards of twenty times. I perfected bouncing right back up, but it wasn’t enough to get me off the bench. It was then that I resolved to work. I concentrated in practice, and watched all the other kids who seemed to know what they were doing. Not everyone was worth watching though, as they didn’t possess my determined mindset. They were lazy and walked often, chatting instead of listening to our coach. Now, I realize that we were mostly all distracted, uncoordinated pre-teens with limited ability with an overly nice coach, whose lack of discipline translated onto our impressionable brains. But I have gone the roundabout way, simply put, we had no experience and neither did our coach. The inexperience of youth is a valid excuse, however, because when you reach a certain age, you should accumulate a certain kind of wisdom. If you don’t retain such wisdom, you shouldn’t try to teach as you cannot teach what you do not know. 0The middle school coach, at the time, didn’t understand this concept and fumbled about with the ball just as we did, except with lumbering, heavy steps like the resident giant of the soccer pitch. Our season went terribly: we lost almost every game by slaughter rule. Nobody really wanted to play us, as we didn’t provide any

The world is packed full of talented individuals. Every individual has something that can be considered a talent. Specifically, in musical theatre, talented actors, singers, and dancers are in abundance. But being “talented” isn’t what makes a successful artist. The industry has created a skewed vision of “success”. Many consider a successful artist to be simply talented, but I believe it goes beyond talent. One’s work ethic and character should be equally if not more prioritized than talent. Though talent is completely necessary, one must realize that as actors, we will encounter a multitude of contrasting roles, but the role we will play for the rest of our lives is ourself.

“Don’t fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it”- Amy Cuddy. Mr. Tyler Hirlinger most famous quote for his Professional Speaking Class. This quote and Mr. Tyler’s class has impact my life in many ways that had helped me to grow in my profession. I describe myself as an shy guy, who does not like to present or speak in front of people. For me, being shy is a weakness because it keeps people from trying, presenting new ideas, or informed people. Mr. Tyler had help me to overcome that weakness in the past few months. The last time that I can think of when I presented in from of an audience was when I was in High School in my Business Competition. After my last presentation, I never thought that I was going to take a Professional Speaking

Ambitious: having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed. Perfectionism and obsessiveness did not accurately describe my thoughts and actions. Only one word described my behavior: ambitious.

I was thrust into a world where being the best was the sole objective of life. When playing with the Richmond Kickers soccer team in Virginia from 2011 to 2014, the national “elite” team was reasonably within reach, and I felt the responsibility to make the team, not for myself, but for those around me. Not a day had passed without two hours of structured and efficacious practice. My work ethic was unaffected by those who tormented my self-esteem. Comments such as “you’ll never make it… don’t even try out” failed to sway my confidence, and as the tryouts for the elite team approached, my drive was at its peak. I stepped onto the pitch with confidence, the ball resting comfortably between my feet. I left it all on the field that day. Everything I had learned and practiced for ten long years oozed from my pores. In the end, the tryouts had not proceeded the way I would have hoped. Unfortunately for

Then, sophomore year came. In August, I was sitting on my older sister’s desk with her creasing and creaking black chair. I was borrowing her mac and I checked the Park Center’s website to see when the soccer meeting was. I made sure I went to the meeting so I could play. The meeting was on a Sunday and I went with my mom. I received the schedule and looked to see when tryouts were. It was the first tryout day, I was pretty nervous because I haven 't played soccer in a long time. My dad dropped me off and I was late. I notice that I didn 't have any soccer equipment. I went to the coaches on the field and received my tryout number. The players that helped me were very kind and they ran with me again, even though they already ran. We did stretches and I didn 't know any of the stretches and tried to look like I did. When we were finished, I looked around and I didn 't see anybody that I knew. Our next warm-up was passing drills, and I did not know what to do, I was like a lost puppy searching for it’s mother. Two days later, it was the third and the last tryout day. The coaches split us into three groups. Once everyone all got into the

None of the other team coaches knew what had happened and I was determined to keep it that way. After a few divisions I started to notice something was off, I was no longer cheering with my team, I was very quiet, and my head was pounding. I had two divisions left, my weight class and open weight. I was with my coach waiting on deck for the quarter final fight, I told her what had happened the day before we got on the plane and “if I don’t get gold in this division, then I’ll fight in the open division”, to my surprise she didn’t argue with me and force me to sit out the remainder of the

My freshmen year of high school I decided to try out for the soccer team. High school was a new start. I was ready to make new friends and create new memories. Going into try outs I only knew one other girl on the team. The other people in my grade I knew of them, but I knew little about them. I had never played any sports before. Therefore, I had zero soccer experience. My lack of experience led me to constantly compare myself to other players. I compared how far they kicked the ball, how many goals they got, and how fast they ran. I thought to myself, "I will never be as good as them". The second say of tryouts came around, and I only made it to the first session of two. I had quit. My fear of failure got the best of me, and I lost the opportunity to learn from other people.

I had tried out for the varsity Soccer team hoping to be a varsity player. Tryouts came around I did my best to prove that I was capable of playing at the varsity level. Once the results were posted I found out that I was not on the Varsity team, but was placed on the JV team. I wanted to be on that team so bad. The next day I had to put my courage to the test and go talk to my coach. I had to pull him aside and humbly ask him the reasoning for why I was cut. He told me that I needed to be faster and that I needed to play more in the off season. From my question and his answer I was able to understand my failure and learn from the experience. So this past year I did just that. Instead of murmuring and complaining about my coach, I focused what my coach had told me and worked harder to improve myself. I looked back at the past year and realised all the things I could have done. So this past year I ran bleachers and went running as often as possible to improve my speed. To improve my skill I played pickup games and went to a camp and learned from coaches and players who were better than me. After all my hard work, I showed up to tryouts this year with confidence because I knew I learned from my past failure and had made something from

Nearly everyone has the desire to be successful in their lives, whether it be measured in the amount of wealth a man owns or the accomplishments he has made in his life. Therein lies the most common, the success in a man's profession. There are multiple approaches to this connotation of success where a wide range of techniques can be applied. One might think that the only way to reach a particular level of success is to take on a competitive nature and achieve that coveted position of number 1. However, being competitive does not necessarily insure that a person is ‘successful.’ They must be competent in their field to reach the top spot. An example of these two sides can be found within Arthur Miller’s Death of A Salesman using the

From a young age, both men and women learn to be the best they could be –at least strive to be the best they could be. As they get older and ambition sets in, the paths become very different. It is often expected of men to become ambitious in whatever career they choose to be in. If you are not ambitious, you are not expected to become much, especially more so in today’s competitive world. Yet, for women, ambition , career successand the rest of our personal lives somehow do not always turn out the way it is expected to.

I have a strong academic background and was seen as a strong writer in school. But it wasn’t the kind of writing that is worth money. I had to set my ego aside and accept that what I knew about writing was academic. It wasn’t relevant to the real-world goals of business writing and content marketing. What Kristopher had to say about swallowing your pride resonates with me.

As an active member of my school 's theatre department, I am a frequent visitor during my acting director’s office hours. While he seems to only spew cheesy platitudes, one has really stuck with me. "Perception is reality.” Growing up with a flair for the dramatic, I have a slight tendency to end up in the center of a crowd. I 'm loud, I 'm bold and most of all, I 'm confident. These traits are undoubtedly the things people notice about me right off the bat. I’ve always taken pride in my ability to be heard, whether it be calling out cheers on the sidelines or calling for attention at rowdy club meetings. Inside and outside of the classroom, my boldness always ensured that I will be engaged in lively discussion, no matter the topic. Nothing is more valuable than confidence and it’s endless benefits, no matter if I’m demonstrating a new ballet combination or making a speech in front of hundreds of people. As much as I 'd like to say that these traits have only improved my quality of life, that would not be true. The spotlight highlights your great qualities but also emphasizes the not-so-great ones. Those qualities of confidence and boldness could also be seen as arrogance and bluntness. While being outgoing has helped me forge strong connections with amazing people, it has also brought some not-so-supportive individuals into my life.  Other’s perceptions of which of the qualities I possess becomes their reality and the only way I’ve learned to combat this is optimism and