Natalie Ledwell Biography

“Accept the challenge so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.” Stated by George S. Patton, a senior officer of the United States Army, trying to explain that if you try to achieve difficult goals and complete them, you will feel success and feel good about yourself. You will feel that because you knew that you have put in the work to complete that and you have felt better than you ever felt before. Challenges are always needed because they help you gain confidence, grow, learn, and excel in whatever you are doing. They are needed because when you excel, you want to do more challenging things because you want to feel that success again. This means that when you have tough goals and complete it, you will feel success and grow as an individual and want to challenge yourself even more.

Throughout the past couple of months my fellow peers and I have been studying the topic ‘challenge’ and how it affects our lives and people around us. In our everyday lives we are confronting challenges, some are as small as walking up a few steps, and some are larger and more challenging that could be life or death circumstances.

Many challenges hold us back but when we overcome them, we are left with a greater prize which is making ourselves a better

of the day. Whether the challenges are mental or purely physical. We have found more

To me, this video was really inspiring and encouraging. I agree with what Meg Jay had to say and am currently working on bettering myself and my future. It is hard to make a lot of life choices right out of high school and

A lot of people set a challenge to improve. By setting a challenge, individuals work hard, asking for help and advice from experienced advisors. Challenges motivate people and keep them working hard. The most significant challenge I have faced was getting a full scholarship into the private school, American Heritage High School in Plantation. This challenge was crucial for me because I came to United States in the middle of sixth grade. I went to Falcon Cove Middle School, and the school placed me in regular classes within the ESOL program. The ESOL program is a program designed for foreign students who do not speak English well. I got out of the program once I passed the placement test to the Cambridge program. In middle school, I won a variety

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Just like what Suzie Cameron said,‘’If you don’t do something in life, nothing happens.’’ Especially if there’s a challenge that needs to be faced. To me, I believe that overcoming a challenge gives a sense of accomplishment. You can overcome anything if you think through it first. An example of this is James Cameron, the director of Avatar and Titanic, (and his crew) designed, built, and made a dive into the deepest parts of the ocean. It took them months to build the submarine, called the Deep Sea Challenger. After finishing the sub and were preparing for a test dive, when two members of their team died of a plane crash. This accident could’ve stopped them from reaching their target, but they went ahead because they believed that Andrew

I will not be a student who avoids challenges. I enjoy a good challenge and therefore I am excited to be challenged here with

Time goes by fast when things are getting done. Experiences are etched into people’s minds when they share moments of love or hatred. Martin Luther King Jr. once said in a speech “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” Through any measure of suffering and pain, people who pledge themselves to be stronger than before are able to defeat a failure mindset.  The books Push by Sapphire and The Power Of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg both demonstrate that the single indicator of human growth is to advance and push one’s limit by changing a habit or becoming motivated through

Furthermore, the world beholds numerous challenges requiring one to overcome these hardships, face on. Enduring my own challenges of face deformities, financial constraints, and difficult coursework, I have the necessary strength to persevere and learn from these arduous challenges. Challenges are something that will be present throughout life, and I must continue to constantly learn how to deal with those upcoming challenges. As the GW honors' program presents challenges in the demanding coursework, I am optimistically looking forward to facing these challenges and become successful.

(Challenges) For my competition, we were required to have a three-person team. Four days before going to the National Conference, both of my teammates dropped out, which forced me to find new replacements. This also meant I had to do all the work from creating the booth, the speech, and anything else necessary for our competition. Luckily, I found two people, who were completely committed. Though I make doing all of the work to prepare for this competition seems like a negative consequence, I thoroughly enjoyed all of it. Furthermore, when creating the materials for my competition a terrible storm hit my hometown knocking out the power for almost a week. This meant I had to create everything offline and in the dark. Also, when we arrived at the competition, we realized we were the only competitor that did not have a career academy connection. We thought that this would be a disadvantage but instead gave us a leading edge because we were open to all schools, instead of only career-technical programs.

If you read this whole statement, you would know what challenges I’ve completed. They require hustle and patience. It also takes heart because you can’t just quit. You have to keep

of the day. Whether the challenges are mental or purely physical, we have found more