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Growing up, my life was somewhat sheltered compared to the lives of other people my age. I was raised by both my mom and dad in a Christian household, in which I was taught morals based upon our faith. As a result of this upbringing, my parents and I made the decision to enroll me in a private Christian school in sixth grade. In this setting I was protected from the influences of the outside world. All of the language, violence, and temptations were around me, which I began to recognize as I entered my freshman year of high school. Even the walls of the highly respected establishment could not keep the real world out.

In the past five years, I have overcome many obstacles. Thankfully those struggles made me who I am today, and while I still have many improvements to make, I am content with the direction my life is going. With a combination of my experiences, my education,

Booker T. Washington once wrote “Successes isn’t measured by the position you reach in life. It’s measured by the obstacles you overcome” An obstacle I had to face and overcome would be the time I injured my ankle. How did I overcome this obstacle you may ask? I overcame this obstacle by being positive and having a good attitude, almost every step of the way.

The inspirational author of The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch, once said, “Experience is what we get when we don’t get what we want.” Not only can one receive experience from not receiving what one wants, but, one can obtain experience from his/her mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes, it is a part of learning; one simply needs to allow oneself to pick up from that point on. The motto, “In order to go up, you must go down,” should be followed. This motto should be followed because it improves optimism, it is relevant to many people’s life, and it can be followed by anyone.

I can’t help but think on the definition of success by Maya Angelou, for her “success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it”. I would like to encourage everyone here to continue to be trailblazers and overcomers in spite of the challenges that may come. You may encounter many defeats but you must not remain defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter those defeats so that you know who you are, how you can

Every since I was a little girl I never got to see what success really was, I grew up in a family that wasn’t the best that wasn’t truly even a family. But that is okay because if it wasn’t for them then I wouldn’t have achieved what will hold my entire future. I became successful and that is all the success I need to see. Finally at the age 28 I have realized that as long as you push yourself and set goals for yourself, nothing that has happened to you or that is in your path can stop you. You can have anything in the world you want as long as you put your mind to it and never give up. And finally as of last year I got my pharmacy degree.

The truth is everyone has gone through some kind of failure of obstacle in there life, I myself i have gone through that and achieved my goals by facing my failures

Therefore, the opportunity itself seemed incredibly interesting. It certainly presented a number of challenges. However, we could argue that these obstacles lead to self-development and improvement. Thus, hopefully, my life can present additional opportunities where a challenge could become an advantage.

Being held in jail cells but i always managed to not be officially locked up because most of the cops pitied me. At 16 i did manage a lock up in a way. The state had enough of my behavior and put me in a group home. It was my last chance or i would go to juvie then jail. This was beyond hard, because the amount of rules. I had broken all of them. I had broken the rule of fighting, which everyone expected based on my fighting record. Ai had become so lost on who i was, i realized i used a stereotype to become someone. As time moved on i . I realized i did not want to be the person i was becoming. I knew that i was better, stronger, and smarter than that. I knew things had to change. I knew i had to put life back together because i did not want to live the life i had watched others live. I started following the rules and staying out o trouble. I started picking up my school work again. People still tried to shove me down. I had people, even teachers, as me “why are you doing your school work” when i was going nowhere and doing nothing with my life. Eventually i had everything together to the point that family took me back. I am no longer the person i used to

There appear a few hundred million people living in America now days, and each and every one of them, including myself, strives to accomplish their best to succeed in life. Success for each individual can vary on what level of success they endeavor to receive. For example, an abundance people exasperate their best to become various sorts of celebrity, making millions of dollars every year and making either movies or music, whichever one they desire, although, maybe these ideas of outrageous success can lead to disaster, for if their desires aren’t met, and they comprehend that they can never be achieved, subsequently their self-esteem may plummet severely, causing them to spiral into the deepest and darkest depression of their lives. Though these individuals may never perceive the bright lights of the purest success, numerous others receive what they aspire, and the majority of them don’t deserve it.

My father grew up in a poverty stricken neighborhood with a non-existent mother who laid in bed all day and a sister who was blind. His grandmother, a major influence in his life, made him see his potential to overcome the situation he was in. My father remembers going over to their house to “get away from it all.”, but on his birthday, she was admitted into the hospital and later pronounced dead.

In conclusion, I have experienced three noteworthy failures early in my life. Most people thought that based on my failures, I would not be able to succeed in life. However, with the hard work I put into, I managed to overcome my failures and mature into a more responsible person. Based on my ability to

American author Og Mandino once said " Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough." I have dealt with so much failure over my life span that I have finally learned to not let it overtake my determination. Learning about myself as a reader and writer has helped me become a better student, learn effective strategies for reading and writing, and ponder my future goals.

Both excess and portfolio returns were calculated in the previous section. Subtraction of the portfolio returns from the ASX 200 benchmark returns yields the tracking error figures. Correlation figure for portfolio against ASX 200 benchmark was 0.4568 or 45.68%.

It all began in October of 7th grade, when we entered our relationship. At the time, she was an important source of happiness and I spoke to her everyday. During the beginning, I was reveling in the honeymoon period of any relationship. We had healthy conversations, helped each other with our insecurities and were able to disagree without resulting to personal attacks. Like any middle school students in a relationship, we dreamed of staying together forever but all good things must come to an end, what comes up must come down.