Michael Jordan once proclaimed, “If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them.” No matter who you are, if you are attempting to complete a goal, you will face obstacles that prevent you from obtaining it. Throughout my various struggles in life, I often noticed two main faults that have consistently prevented me from either achieving my goal, or carrying it out to its fullest potential. These two faults include a habit of quitting, and slothfulness.
When I was about twelve years old, I took singing lessons. On the day of a recital, I felt completely unprepared due to a lack of practice, and tearfully refused to leave for the concert. This led to a shouting match between my parents and I, and ultimately led to me angrily quitting my lessons. This event was just one of the times that a fight in our family led to me quitting my activities and goals, though that was not the intention of my parents. As a person, I am not particularly motivated. After having a sudden burst of strength to begin a goal, I would often quit taking steps towards completing it after feeling as if I wasn’t able enough to complete it. Although I do not suffer from low self-confidence, I can and do have sudden
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It isn’t a result of any occurrences when I was a child, but rather an aspect of who I am. Many a night when I had to complete school work for later on in the week, I would do the bare minimum, explaining to myself that I still had time left. As I stated earlier, my habit of constantly quitting goals could have easily came from how lackadaisical I am. Upon not seeing immediate results, I often just give up, once again convincing myself that I had time later, or that the goal wasn’t very important in first place. This quality that I possess will be a major obstacle in achieving my goals later on in
Gradually, I lost interest in playing piano and the time that I spent on practicing was less and less, and when I was twelve years old, I gave up. I do have musical talent, good family environment, and opportunity. Nevertheless, my attitude and laziness are the causes of my failure.
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Michael Jordan is unanimously considered the best basketball player of all time. Most people do not know that Jordan did not make his high school basketball team as a freshman. This rejection did not disinterest him from basketball, but made him work harder than he ever has to make the team the following year. I have also faced rejection in my life, but, like Jordan, I did not let it affect my work ethic.
Basketball is the best sport in America. Michael Jordan is a very famous basketball player. The information is from Sports Illustrated. michael Jordan is a better shooter than Larry Bird. In college Michael Jordan got held back from the team when he was trying out for a ACC team. Michael Jordan is the best basketball dunkers in the NBA according to Sports Illustrated. Michael Jordan is still the best dunker now. Michael Jordan got an MVP before Magic Johnson. Michael Jordan made some mistakes in his career of playing basketball. Michael Jordan won a lot of trophies in playing basketball. Michael Jordan was so famous that the Bulls called there rules the Jordan rules. In the article they said that the Chicago was the best team in the NBA.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan was his full name. MJ was his nickname, he was known as the man that changed the game of basketball forever and nobody knew that even when he was in high school that he would grow to be the best player to ever play the game. Michael was influenced by his older brother, his brother was much bigger and stronger than him, but Michael made it his goal that eventually one day that he would be better than him, Michael was cut by his high school coach twice, and wouldn’t make the team until his senior year, where he completely changed the game and was unrealistic the way he could dunk it and dribble, and as well shoot the ball. Michael attended the University Of North Carolina. That is when the nation took notice that he was
Michael Jordan was born in February 17, 1963. In Michael's early years, he had tried a lot of sports. He was in baseball, basketball, and football. When he was young and in high school, didn’t make it to varsity but he wanted to.
Michael Jeffery Jordan was born February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of Deloris who worked in banking and James R. Jordan, Sr., an equipment supervisor. His family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, when he was a toddler.
Once I was playing NBA 2013 and was faced with a very tough decision. I was forced to make a very tight decision. This was an important decision for me as I am a professional gamer who makes plays video games for Youtube. I had the decision of going to the Golden State Warriors and destroying every other team by at least twenty points, or go to the Philadelphia Sixers and have a tough challenge. I decided to play with the Golden State Warriors, as winning is fun. I won the next five or six championships, with one minor loss. I wonder what would have happened if I had another chance at that decision. Using some minor education for the game of basketball, I am going to say what would have actually happened.
Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York, and when he was still a toddler, his parents moved to Wilmington, North Carolina.
I don’t like to give up when things get tough. I like to stick things out until it is over if I made a commitment to it. I have had jobs in the past where I was so frustrated with what I was doing, but I learned to put my opinion aside and stay persistent to finish the job. Becoming persistent in tasks hasn’t always been my strong suit. It has been because of my parents that I learned to master this strength. My parents never let me quit anything I was committed to until it was finished. Not only am I persistent to get finished with a task, but also when I am reaching goals. I will do just about anything to get to my goal. If I don’t have the resources laid out in front of me, I make them. When I want something, I don’t stop until I have what I want. I give my all and more to finish tasks and reach goals. My persistence has made me feel grateful for the accomplishments I have made and the new matters and skills I have learned. I have learned to keep my negative opinions to myself when given a task that is strenuous because every word I breathe out that is negative about my task is only setting me back instead of moving me closer to
There are times I feel it’s too late to go back to my own motivation, but other times the inner voice is telling me it’s not too late if I do it now. I struggled if I should just ride the boat my parents built for me or jump off and take action before the boat already reach the final destination. If I had to start over again, I wish to be able to prove myself more and tried out psychological moratorium and attempt other roles and values before it was too late. I had wished I discovered earlier that I should have followed my instinct instead of others.
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something.But I can’t accept not trying.” We all have failed many times, but were able to get up. We learned that struggles are part of life and that struggling helps you get better on what you are trying to achieve. Conflicts will drag you down, but when you reach the top you while never give up.
When I was in seventh grade I decided to take painting classes. I did well in them and the next year I signed up for them too. The next year proved to be a challenge. I was having a difficult time with the first painting of the year. My teacher pointed it out that I wasn’t doing it right. I got discouraged and I didn’t attend class again. That same year I also signed up for piano lessons. I had unsuccessfully tried to master the skill before, but I would always quit. I was one of the oldest in the class of about fifteen. I remember two kids in particular. A boy and a girl about two years younger than me. They came from families that had been playing the piano for generations. And wow, I had thought then, they were naturals. I started feeling discouraged when they were ahead of me. I was older, so I thought I was supposed to be more skillful. I blamed it all on the fact that they probably had piano playing talent in their genes. When the lessons got more challenging and I couldn’t yet master the basics, I thought that there was no hope for me and
As said in the earlier paragraph, a giant barricade to my academic and career success is my occasional lack of motivation to start something until later on. While I was in high school this seemed to work up until my senior year when reality hit me like a ton of bricks. I realized that holding things off until the last minute does not work when a ten-page paper is due or a chapter reading assignment. Moving forward I cannot procrastinate, especially since the babying of high school is over, so I am only left with self-motivation. There is no longer going to be someone to remind me every day to start on a
This is a dreadful habit, which seized control of my life. After plenty of lessons, I realized it will truly delay my dreams from turning into reality. All throughout highschool, I postponed assignments till the last minute or preferred to take a zero due to apathy. This kind of unhealthy behavior led to continuous sleepless nights, which led to fatigue and failure.