Essay On A Formula For Understanding Unused Potential

Fear and anxiety plagued my mind during this transition, however my wife and daughter kept my mind at ease. The information and instruction that was provided from the Professors at Durham Tech galvanized something deep within me. I began to strive for goals that I thought were unattainable as a naïve adolescent. Instructors encouraged me to work hard and to be persistent when it came to the immense obstacles of my course work such as giving a presentation at an honors symposium as an honors student. After countless years of self doubt and negative feelings towards education as a whole, for the first time in my life, I felt like college was an option for

Some people are born with natural god given skills and ability while others who are not that lucky and have to work twice as hard just to get the same result. And then there are those rare individual who even though they are born with the talent, they still work just as hard and sometimes even harder to keep improving. It is called determination and that is a trait that all the great athletes share and it is what separates the great ones from the just good ones. This is perfect way to describe Peyton Williams Manning, who is considered to be one of the most prolific passers in NFL history.

Author Ralph Waldo Emerson once sad " Unless you try something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow". On past experiences in my life I would agree with Emerson because one will never truly master something but people everyday have said people have mastered a sport or a instrument but everyday that person practices on that one thing all the time. Look at some great sports players like Messi or Stephen Curry both are spectacular at what they do. Messi was looked at by many people when he was young at not able to play due to how short and small he was. He started to practice on end to help him get to a point where a small soccer team picked him up and play for them at this point he wasn't done so he got even better and now competes with some of the other worlds best

Upon starting my freshman year in high school, I had been in honors Biology, and it quickly became my least favorite subject. Biology was something I couldn’t understand, no matter how much

College students that are attending first year of college have fear because they feel so scared that everything is going to be different from high school. Melanie states that “were not the only one to view the first semester of college as scary, unfamiliar, or life- changing. She clarifies that she felt scary because it's was her first year of college and hasn’t been familiar with the campus, professors and also life-changing is going to be different from she was use to in her life. Many students that attend college for the first time are always anxiety about how well they are going to be at college and that also going to be independent in their life since they graduated from high school. Many problems are going to go through their life as a college student but they should find ways to solve their situations even though if they scared to confront them in life. Melanie and I have a common on we both had similar situation in life. Melanie story life was that she had many difficult situations that she went through in high school and as a college student.

One of the fear factors that happened to me was as soon heading to college, all I was thinking was, how are the professors going to be, are they going to be nice, funny, mean, or easy going? Another thing that had gotten me thinking is that if I was going to find a parking spot because college parking can be hard to find because it more students than high school. When I got there to Modesto junior college (east campus) I didn’t find a parking right away it took me a while to find one, but I realized that I should have left earlier from my house. Finding a parking distracted me about the nervously I had about how my professors will be. As soon as I got into the class room I got started to get butterflies in my stomach, some were about excitement and some about fear because I was scared to know how my professors can be.

The book The Prince of Los Cocuyos can relate to my transition into college. The first time Richard Blanco came to America and felt out of place. College is all about experinces and getting to know yourself and learning who you really are. It is hard leaving high school and having to transition to college. Being used to teachers reminding you about assingments to now going online and having to remind yourself. As I begin to start my college experience I thought college would be easier no one telling you what you can and cant do, but its really not easier it might honestly be harder. Having to do so many assignments all at once. I feel like college is all about self motivation and being able to push yourself to work hard. Which I actually am

Many students are so overjoyed to fly the coop and go off to college that they have a hard time remembering that all education, not only college can be very challenging  therefore  “let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up”(Galatians 6:9) . The shock of it all can cause very negative reactions on people of all ages from partying all the way to simply procrastinating. Excitement is an amazing feeling but keeping it at bay can be a serious challenge.

Geoff Colvin, the author of What It Takes to Be Great, once stated “Greatness isn’t handed to anyone; it requires a lot of hard work.” This statement is undeniable because it is proven multiple times in the story, “The Smallest Dragonboy” by Anne McCaffrey, the Duracell advertisement with Derrick Coleman, and the article, “What It Takes to Be Great,” by Colvin himself. Deliberate practice will greatly improve their adroitness on one’s field of profession and perseverance will play a great role on achieving one’s goals. Talent is insignificant compared to determination and meticulous practice. Colvin’s claim on how success is only achieved with perseverance and certitude is indubitable.

Martin Luther King Jr said “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” We all stumble and have setbacks, but it is what you do after the fact that will define who you really are. Don’t let one single person get in your way, push forward and continue to produce your product. All of you are going to be great, your biggest challenge won’t be a test coming up or a feat that looks impossible to concur. Your biggest challenge is going to be how to overcome the doubt in your mind. Once you ignore that voice in your head that tells you that you cannot perform at a superior level, you will reach anything and break any barrier. “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” – Vince

“A theory of general psychology that states the differences between expert performers and normal adults reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance in a specific domain. (Ericsson, K. A).”

In the article "The Surprising Problem of Too Much Talent." by Cindi May was published on October 14, 2014. May argues that a lot of atheletes have their mindsets about being too talented. She explains that most athletes have the talent to compete and do whatever they can in a performance with their teammates. However, she disagrees because colleagues compared amount of talents on each teams and they figured out that they don't have a working partnership.

Transitions. Everyone goes through them, I mean everyone goes through puberty, childhood to adulthood, new jobs/schools, new familial additions, etc... I'm here to tell you about the biggest transition I've been through. Now if you know me you would think it would've been when I moved from my beloved home state of Georgia to the unexplored territory called Florida. Yet as huge as that transition has been there is one other transition that outranks moving. It's called becoming a pastoral family. This was completely uncharted waters. Even though my grandpa is a pastor he lives in Venezuela so there wasn't much of a possibility for an apprenticeship. Now along with another pastoral family (we're co-pastors), we had to lead a small congregation.

Ever since I was a little kid, I have been going to church. Over the years, I have felt like I have come closer and closer to God. Through God, the church has influenced me to become a better person. They put me on the right path, helping me find the light that lead me out of the darkness. God, and more specifically the church, has given me hope and strength. They molded me into a person who looks forward to the future, and what I can accomplish. It is hard to believe that I will be going off to college soon. It seems just like yesterday that I started High School. However, as scary as the real world will be, I know I’ll have my family and friends to help. I know when I begin my work as a Computer Scientist, I will have God at the helm guiding

In my life, I have been exposed to a challenge called change. Change can occur in many different ways and is dealt with in many different ways. I have come to the awareness that change can be the deepest of all things. I always thought that change occurred when you moved to a state or when you lost someone real close to you. Those are a challenge to change, yes, but change doesn’t have to occur over a climactic incident. It can just appear overnight when your brain winds up when it’s time to do something different. Even with friends that you used to have and know that move on. For example, most of my friends from elementary school, I don’t even talk to them anymore.