Personal Exermination

Having the mind and determination to become successful isn’t an easy task. Success isn’t considered a gift, it should be a hard task to achieve and it matters how it is accomplished. Success

“Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.” This saying is getting at one thing, and one thing only. Determination. When we hear the word we often think of a lot of famous quotes or sayings. Some may even think of people who at first were not

In my personal life I have displayed the quality of determination. During my young adolescent years I was the victim of bullying. Not only did I receive this unfair treatment from my fellow students, but I also received it from an unexpected source- a teacher. After three years of harassment, things finally improved. I went to high school and learned how to defend myself. I gained my self- confidence back and was able to use my experience to help others. During my sophomore year in high-school, I helped launch two clubs. One club was for a free Tibet and the other to help stop bullying in our school and area. Being determined helped me move on from what happened to me and I was able to turn it into something positive that could help others.

Encouragement plays a significant role in my success. Without encouragement, the achievement won't come true. Juliet Ferking, the author of "A Drive to Achieve the Extraordinary" from This I Believe: Life Lessons, tells her story about

I believe in determination, which is what helps me conquer even the hardest obstacles in life. I have come to find that I am most determined when it comes to school; pushing myself beyond the limits. For example, each year at my school, I am given the task of picking out the classes I want to take. This seems like a simple task; however, I am determined to push myself past the requirements. As this one sheet of paper sits in front of me, I sweat about how I will get through my tougher classes and balance my activities after school. That’s when my determination kicks in. I put in my headphones, listen to “Determinate” by Lemonade Mouth, and then I learn how to take life’s obstacles step by step and eventually fulfill all my simple and tough

Having the desire to be successful is one thing but without the doing the little things you will never get there. Successful people are committed to doing something every single day. Regardless of what is going on in their lives they work on their craft. They overcome the daily battle between procrastination and motivation. Every day, most people have a list of things they want to do; need to do; or should do; and what they don’t want to do. It’s these daily choices that are influenced by our discipline and

I can’t help but think on the definition of success by Maya Angelou, for her “success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it”. I would like to encourage everyone here to continue to be trailblazers and overcomers in spite of the challenges that may come. You may encounter many defeats but you must not remain defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter those defeats so that you know who you are, how you can

Some people are successful because they are destined to be such. But most people are more successful because they are determined to reach this goal. We just know what we want and how to achieve it. You would probably have laid out your plans for your life already, and that you would exhaust all efforts just to attain what you desire. But sometimes, we question, how come no matter how hard you try to perfect things the way you planned it, circumstances would not allow it? You start thinking, were your efforts not enough to achieve your goals? Or maybe it is just not meant to be? Some people may be too controlling of their lives and get burnt out fast. When this happens, your mindset tends to shift and they turn into a complete opposite of what they used to be.

As a matter of fact, someone who tries their best to get where they are now, is what I call a success. Even if they work at McDonalds, if that person is trying their very best, then they are successful. That job at McDonalds is not a great job, but if that person is trying their best, and that is the best job that they can get, then they are successful. Even with grades, if someone tries their best to get the grades that they have, they are successful, because not everyone can be an awesome student. Nonetheless, anyone who is trying their best in whatever they are doing they are successful.

In life we encounter trials and tribulations that cause us to become stressed, bitter, depressed, and sometimes, on the verge of giving up. We may even want to give up a dream that we have worked our entire lives to accomplish. These difficulties can seem as if they are holding us back when they are actually building us into the people that we will aspire to be. Life can sometimes be full of large obstacles, but with persistence and ambitious minds, we can exceed our own expectations. By learning to overcome these obstacles we can learn to grow and thrive. In order to do this, I believe, persistence and hard work is crucial.

How do people succeed? Since there is no yellow brick road to success, we need to learn how to get there. How we get there can depend on the person. Someone may work hard, skirmish, and come out in the end stronger than ever. Other times people can have a clear path and have achievement in the end. I personally believe that obstacles are the way to success, and the only way we can grow is to struggle along the way.

Determination is one of my skills that I do believe will help me succeed in my academic journey. During my high school football tryouts, I was scared that I would not make the football team. Not being the biggest or the most athletic kid trying out for the team,I could have just gave up and quit. I didn’t quit, and I started on the varsity team for three years. I can remember growing up in a middle class family with parents who always supported me in everything I wanted to do.

One accomplishment that took an abounded amount of time and effort was placing second nationwide in Science Olympiad. Science Olympiad is a prime example of dedication. In this club students, including myself, practice every day after school from the time school ends to 5:30 sometimes to 6:30 where you work non-stop on your 'events' that pertain to various scientific topics, to become the best in the nations. So much determination is built up from the time that you put into your event that you are motivated to see the end result, and see what you have built or studied pay off by placing first in your event. Even when you thought that things go wrong or your build breaks you do not tend to give up, if anything it pushes you to fix it and prevent

This quote has been my mantra of success in life and I have always made a conscious effort to put in my 100 percent in every endeavor. I believe that every individual has unique skills and the talents required to succeed in life, if only he puts in his best to realize his dreams. In spite of one’s limitations, it is important to systematically keep on doing what you do to be able to achieve the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

I recognize that what determines whether we succeed or fail, accomplish our goals for fall short, is the driving force within us. Nobody goes through their life without facing difficult challenges. No matter what the reason is we need to overcome a challenge, confidence in the ability to do what it takes to succeed is essential. The mind is an incredibly powerful tool we all possess, the force within it that some call ambition, and others call initiative, I call determination. Belief in myself and an undying desire to accomplish my personal goals, drives me towards success in everything I