Do Not Limit Yourself In Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech, "What Is Your Life's Blueprint?," he constantly returns to the theme of being the best in what people set their minds to. His life values suggests that one could only be successful if one sets their mind to the best in what they do and remembers the value of everything in life. The first step to having a successful life plan is to always remember one's personal value. MLK Jr. suggested something similar and said, "Number one in your life's blueprint should be a deep belief in your own dignity, your own worth, and your own somebodiness" (219). He mainly circulates around keeping your self worth and not letting someone make one feel like they are not important. Remembering one's value …show more content…
Dr. King vocalizes, "... doors are opening are opening to each of you, doors of opportunity are opening to each of you that were not open to your mothers and fathers. And the great challenge facing you is to be ready to enter these doors as they open" (220). MLK Jr. was aware of the struggles that the kids were going through with approaching new opportunities. Hiding from open doors is not something you should do if you want to become successful. I personally have noticed this and now take every opportunity I am offered so I could be the best. The more opportunities that one takes advantage of, the more successful one becomes in the future. If someone just sits around and lets doors open and close in front of their eyes then that person is missing out on a lot which could give them a boost in the future. Take every single opportunity, they will never set you back they will just put you two steps ahead of everyone else in the years to …show more content…
Martin Luther King Jr. said, "You don't have to see the whole staircase in order to take the first step". One might use this quote and say people should not look into the future and be the best but instead they should focus on making progress instead. They might even say that there is no way to be the best at anything because there will always be room for improvement. Also a handful of people might believe that one does not need to find their identity before they become successful because they might believe that it is what you produce which makes you successful and not if one knows who they are internally. Many of the arguments I made for what is required in order to be successful are
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
Mood, whether it be kind and optimistic or cold and unhappy, it is what readers feel while reading a story. In Narcisco Rodriguez's memoir, "The Blueprints of Our Lives," several moods are portrayed, making the reader feel many different things about the memory of his childhood. In this story, the author is looking back at his childhood where he lived in a small, three-room apartment with his Cuban immigrant parents. He remembers how his neighborhood was a community full of hardworking immigrants that would help each other no matter what. Narcisco Rodriguez reflects on his early life with pride for his parents and the industrious people that surrounded him. The way the author talks about his early life gives the reader a feeling and mood of
This shows that, in order to be successful, you want to have determination and know your own strengths and weaknesses. In the article, “How to get back on the horse” by Rebecca Zucker, Zucker says “When you cultivate and build resilience, you gain the ability to bounce back and try again with more experience and wisdom.” (2) This shows that, you need to be able to get up and try again when things get tough and to not give up. In conclusion, you need to have a good mindset in order to find the recipe for success. Lastly, in order to find the recipe for success, it is to set a goal you know you can
It is essential to figure out who you are, and where you are going. The plan for your life needs be aligned with who you are. Your personality, your
I feel that in order to achieve personal success in our society you need 3 key things. For one, you need to have determination. In our culture, we seem to have a universal ideology along the lines of “keep going, and you will succeed eventually.” I feel that these idea’s are incredibly true, and have been shown to be effective every time. A good example of this trait in one of the texts we read is in the Odyssey when Odysseus needed to get back home, and despite the odds being against him, he never gave up. He always kept going, and when the going got rough, he got back right up and started over again. Another trait is intelligence. Because we have gone away from warrior culture in modern times, academic success is more than mandatory to achieve
Everyone knows that being successful is very important. Some authors like Marty Kaminsky, Otylia Benson, Rebecca Zucker, Ta-Nahesi Coates, and Laken Litman know that there are many steps and ingredients to becoming successful. Naturally, people argue about the best ingredients to make a recipe for success. The best ingredients are having a good mindset, setting good goals, and being determined. The first ingredient to success is having a good mindset.
Success becomes in different forms, to be able to overcome obstacles that get in your way, just don’t give in, and stop, continue and ask question of what can I do to become the best that I want to be. It is a goal and also inspiration to say the word I have succeed. No one can conquer your dream but you and yourself.” The never ending words of Martin Luther King I have a dream”(Sehgal 2016) and this dream can come true for
“This time is always right to do what is right”. . Martin Luther King Jr. never gave up. He always had time to do something right. He had a dream that everyone would respect each other. When Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, he changed the world by showing people that everyone is equal even though they have different skin color and have different races; Martin Luther King Jr. is an inspirational role model because he showed people it doesn’t matter what color an human is, that were all equal, and that we are all God’s children.
”Life should be an exciting adventure. It should never be a bore. A man should live fully, be alive. He should be glad to get out of the bed in the morning. He should be doing a job that he likes because he does it well.”
“I have a dream that one day my four little children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of the character,” (Martin Luther King Jr,1963) Martin Luther King Jr. was a smart child and had a good childhood. He learned values from his parents, and Martin Luther King Jr was a man of much wisdom during his time. He was a major contributor to the civil rights movement, and those contributions have profound effect even today.
We as human beings all strive for success. We use success as a measure of everyday life.
Many people look at those who are successful and think it is so simple. An example, Slash from Guns N' Roses, he makes shredding on guitar look simple. The thing is though, no one looks at all the hard work that people put in to be successful. Drug addicts, they go through relapses but they still keep moving forward and kick the drugs. Another example would be body builders, it's not like one day they magically decide that they want to have intense muscles. It takes time to be successful. No one really knows how hard it is to be successful until they actually try.
Goals are most likely to be accomplished by knowing and focusing on our personal values because we tend to have high priorities that we forget and as new opportunities and problems arise, we do not have enough time to do our high priorities. It is easy to do low priorities as they take less time. (Source 6)
The most important things to me now and what I plan to do, is continue putting myself first and finishing school. It is also important to me to focus on my mindset to keep a positive outlook on life. I need to not lose focus on myself. As long as I keep my focus where it should be, I will be able to reach my goals of having a successful life. This will include always being eager to learn, setting new goals for myself periodically and being consistent. I want to be a well-rounded individual and increase my success always by doing this, I must dedicate my life to learning. I want to educate myself with new ideas always to expand my mind.
A person needs to achieve certain goals in one's life before you can call them successful. Success is to achieve goals, you have set. I have set certain goals I would like to achieve in my lifetime. Some of these goals are personal while others are professional. My professional goals in life are to find a good job that makes me happy, get a good education, find a job that makes enough money for me to support my family, and help people. Goals it is very important for me to receive a good education. Most job fields require a descent education. If I don't have an education I would not be able to function properly at the work place and I would not understand what to do. To maintain a good job that will make good money will require me to go