Overcoming Obstacles Analysis

Many people are faced with the challenge of overcoming something in their lifetime. Somethings are small stepping stones and others are major achievements.

How do people overcome obstacles? One alternative that people can use to defeat, or overcome their challenges is to adjust anything that needs to be improved. Most people cope, struggle, with their obstacles throughout their life. But these people are different.

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

Whether it be through an arduous practice or a race with an intimidating competitor, I constantly seek to remember that by allowing myself to consider that I am less than my ability, I am giving the opposition the right to overcome me. At the National and State meet of my sophomore year, I competed along side of a teammate whom I deeply respected due to her ability. Through the realization that we both train together and that she has no major advantage over me in the races, I was able to convince myself that she, in fact, did not have the right to beat me. This epiphany resulted in an increase of my self-confidence, which led me to a State Title and a new feeling of self-sufficiency.

Overcoming adversity is one of the number one things that all people in and out of sports has to face. Looking at it in athletics this is the

I have had to face many obstacles in my life. I have learned that every obstacle can either make you stronger or brake you. If overcoming the obstacle were easy, everyone would do it quickly and without any difficulties. It is the joy of overcoming the obstacles that makes everything so much worth it. In my case every obstacle has had a purpose. Three unforgettable obstacles that I have overcome are my childhood, an abusive domestic violent relationship, and jail time.

Challenges and obstacles are everywhere and no matter what is thrown my way I have to always remind myself that life is always worth living. I've always been one to deal with being nervous about things whether it has been in my personal life or things just not going the way I want them to. I have come to realize that if I just focus and take a breath it relieves even more of the stress and nervousness in my life.

From time to time, in your pursuit of doing what you strive to do, there will be roadblocks or obstacles getting in the way of your success. Most people simply give up at that point, stop trying with the excuse of, “it’s not worth it,” or “it’s too hard.” If I had done that and quit at the first few obstacles, I would have never been able to come to the point that I am at today. If I hadn’t had the willpower and grit to do the things that I had done, then I might have still been an amateur swimmer, have barely any friends, and not have advanced as a mathematician. Overall, overcoming your fears, trusting yourself, and having the determination to pass anything in your way will result in a great amount of eminence, success, and contentment.

Obstacles and disadvantages are a part of life, and will always be there in your path. Some of the hurdles will be bigger than others, and some hardships will be easier than others. Whether it be a chair in your way or something you can't get over, obstacles will be there. The question is not how to avoid snags, but how can you turn the tables on them and have a positivist outcome. Flipping them to benefit you, and others around you to have a better outcome on the situation. There are three ways that I know that can help you achieve this, being optimistic, adding on to your armor, and using them as an advantage.

Prompt #2: Describe an obstacle that you’ve experienced. What does your experience show about your character?

Being a student athlete I have had to overcome a lot of difficulties from having a bad practice to being injured and having the tenacity to still pushing through the pain even though I risk injuring myself even more. One memory comes to mind when

They are many obstacles in life that people have to overcome. Some people overcome them and get it accomplished and some people fail at it. I have had many obstacles in my life where I have failed something or achieved something. Somethings in my life have even changed the way I act or the way I present myself. I was always a three sport athlete all throughout high school and I was always active, busy, and competitive and it killed me if I had to miss a game due to a short term injury or because I was sick. I honestly cannot remember a game that I was not there for or if I was sick, I was listening to it on the radio. Sports were a big part of my life and still are a big part of my life as I play football for Marian. I have always been active and involved in something for as long as I can remember. I would play pick-up games of basketball or go outside and throw the football with my dad and older brother.

Have you ever had an obstacle to face but can’t figure out how to overcome it? Let’s say that you just got to school to school and the teacher tells the class that the first thing that you are doing today is reading. You start to panic because you are terrible at reading. You pray that you won’t get chosen to read aloud, but sure enough you get chosen. You try your best and when you finish, you hear kids laughing under their breath.

Since I have never played a sport or been very athletic; the connections from the book Mind Gym by Gary Mack and lecture are more centered around my academic experiences as an undergraduate college student. In high school I didn’t have to work very hard to do well or succeed at what seemed to be difficult subject matter for my peers. I didn’t study very much, all I had to do was be present in class and listen. I made A’s and B’s with little to no effort. Now as a college student I find myself struggling to no avail. My freshman year I was clearly overconfident in a class that I had mastered in high school and thought that I didn’t need to work as hard, because I had seen the information already. Needless to say I failed

In my father’s case, he came to college aspiring to be a great 400 meter runner. However, the coach had very different plans for him. After some time, my father transformed into an incredible 800 meter runner. As the season progressed, he kept improving. Then came the NCAA track and field championships in 1988. My father broke the meet record and ran a whopping 1:45.55 in the 800, which stayed for over 20 years. After more preparation, he then decided to train harder and prepare for the Olympic trials, which he ended up making. During the summer of 1988, my father was able to not only win the gold medal in the men’s 800 meter race at the Olympic Games in Seoul. He was also able to break the world record for it.