Overcoming Accomplishments

Obstacles are not preferable. Our dreams would be achieved more quickly if the obstacles did not exist. However, the obstacles, or “brick walls” as Randy Pausch refers to them, show us how badly we want to fulfil that dream. If they did not exist, we would never know if our passions were true. As stated by Pausch, “Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want something” (79). I believe that if I heed to this advice, my success rate will drastically increase. In fact, it

Almost everyone has dreams of becoming someone whether that's being a lawyer, doctor, or even a engineer. Accomplishment, determination, and success are the three main words that give us the ability and strength to achieve everything that we hope we can wish for. There is not a day when people think that failure may happen because that is what frightens us the most. To be honest all that stress is worth it because it leads to a brighter future for myself. I know that as long as I put in all the effort into my work, I will be able to succeed.

I have overcome lots of obstacles in my life. They weren't the easiest to overcome, but I did it. There is one obstacle I had to go through which made me a strong individual mentally and physically. I lived in New Jersey for my entire life. I grew up there, I had all of my family and friends in Jersey. I was sure my future was going to rely in Jersey. During 7th grade, I got the news that we were going to move to North Carolina. I was thrilled to move to another state. As each day passed, I thought how I would have to start in a new school and make new friends. Every time it struck me knowing that I would have to start a new life. I was nervous not knowing what would happen to my future. I wanted to stay in New Jersey because I was scared of

Imagine having the perfect life- you get into all honors classes, you get straight A’s, you are the first chair in the orchestra, you get into the A Cappella choir, you are on the varsity volleyball team, President of the Student Council, and you have a perfect home life. You have never had to face a single obstacle throughout your journey in life. When your whole life is like this, you do not know what failure feels like and will never experience the need to rise up after a downfall. There are many types of journeys one can take in life and dealing with obstacles has a prodigious impact on the outcome. The obstacles and hindrances are the things that shape us as we experience the ups and downs in life.

My mother once said , “Without struggle there is no progress.” I have to say I agree. You have to go through obstacles , such as struggles, to get to your goal. My goal is to travel the world , through this future journey one will have to overcome difficult situations. Much like the Greek hero Odysseus, one will have to face challenges to be successful , in my journey to travel the world there are obstacles I will have to overcome like; money to obtain transportation, separation from family, and illness of families or friends.

trying to change or overcome obstacles can be damaging. Life is full of struggles, but it

An accomplishment that I have received that marked my transition from childhood to adulthood was being hired at my current job. I have learned that adults have to be committed, reliable, positive, and a communicator. I work about 30 hours a week, this means I have to balance work, school, sports, and social activities. I have became more organized because I have to manage my time and schedule. I learned to be very flexible because I could get a phone call asking if I could come in and work. Adults need to have a stable job to pay for necessities. Once I turned 16 and got my license, my parents didn't pay for gas anymore so I had to start taking out of my savings. This made me I realized I needed a job to start earning money. With my job I

Having an obstacle to overcome will happen at least one time in everyone's life. The obstacles may be small, large, mental, or physical, but if you find the right people to stick with you through it, you can overcome anything. That’s what was going through my mind when I read an inspiring article about a young man named Tim Harris.

There are many things that can hold people back from goals that they are determined to accomplish. Despite these hardships and dilemmas that we face, if we have fight in us and the correct work ethic we are bound to succeed. I personally have faced my share of obstacles in my life and have been through plenty of hardships. However, I always overcome them in one way or another. For example, when I first walked the halls of Harlingen High School I entered as a shy but ambitions freshman with a lot of friends and unfortunately a lot of enemies. I was always put down due to play playing ability in band. I constantly tried to get better and better and that’s when freshman region auditions came along. I was excited to be able to actually compete

There are always going to be obstacles in between someone and what they want, but if that person deals with these challenges depends on how much they want it. The characters in the following stories and videos did not let other people get in the way of what they want and instead proceeded their dreams. Anyone can overcome a roadblock in the form of what they want.

Do Not Ever Give up Obstacles are part of growing up and no one could escape it, even the strongest person. The majority of people think about it as the bane of their life, and only a portion of the population thinks it as a way to grow up. If no one can escape problems coming from families, lovers, friends, jobs or even money wise, why don’t we face it and deal with it? I’ve learned to face my obstacles through the book A Child Called It, the movie “Intouchables”, and from my volunteer experience at San Gabriel Humane Society.

Some may say that the only person standing in the way of your dreams is yourself, or perhaps, "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself." Either way, this general concept has been the basis for the largest obstacle I have ever encountered along my educational journey. Having been a child who grew up in a home that was broken by substance abuse, and as a child who dealt with homelessness and foster care, I prefer to say that while these events are the beginning of my story; they are not my whole story. My whole story, or at least a portion of it, can actually be centered around the educational obstacle in question, which has been, simply enough, realizing my own potential.

What is life? Life consists of experiences, challenges, and achievements; all of which are building blocks that essentially create ones path to success. In one’s lifetime they can experience tough and difficult challenges. Sometimes these challenges become unbearable, especially when the odds are against you. However, going against all odds is something everyone is capable of doing, and to overcome these challenges everyone needs to have a “never quit” attitude in life. If we develop it, we'll overcome quite a bit.

Overcoming obstacles can be challenging and you need important skills to achieve your goal. Having skills that can help you overcome life's obstacles and achieve your goals and dreams is very rare and you need to work hard to gain them. If you have the skills it takes you can achieve anything. These skills could include being resilient or being determined.

Everyone experiences adversity. Challenges that everyday people experience can potentially shape, improve, or destroy one's sense of self and personality. Through all these hardships and seemingly impenetrable obstacles, the most pertinent component of one's ability to overcome can only be shown in actions taken despite the odds. People have one of two options; to let those obstacles overwhelm them and keep them from pursuing all that they were destined to accomplish, or to march forward, fight harder and push past the seemingly impossible circumstances to become greater than they ever expected to be, but until they take the step that enables them to be successful -- they are stranded. All of our actions, mistakes, successes, and behaviors shape our person and what we can or cannot become, but what will always matter is our individual decisions and actions not those of the people around us because at the end of the day, we are the ones who have to deal with ourselves.