Why Accountability Is Important To Me

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Growing up in Suwanee, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, my parents taught me a lot about how to live and handle myself. I am lucky and blessed with two amazing parents who I would not trade for anything. They have made me who I am today and taught me the correct values to have a successful life. One of my key values is accountability. Accountability is a major key to why I am successful. I show accountability everyday in my life when it comes to my athletics or academics. I have a very structured life here at Georgia Southern and my golf coaches require me to be in different places throughout the day. Being on time to workouts, qualifying rounds, practices, and lunches requires accountability in myself and knowing when I have things I must …show more content…

Golf requires at least 5 hours of focus non-stop. That is mentally grueling and when you add in tournaments when we play 36 holes in one day that adds up to 10-12 hours in one day of continuing focus. This value is one of the reasons I am successful here at GSU and will continue to be throughout my career. I feel that discipline is one of my best values. I am extremely disciplined with my academics because I must be to reach my goal of a 3.5 after freshman year. Discipline requires you to make the right decision even when it is hard to do, for example, on Friday nights when everyone goes out and you must stay in because you have qualifying for the next tournament at 9 o’clock in the morning. I want to prove to my parents that I can handle the student-athlete schedule in a successful manner. All three of these values complete my top three and are all similar because of my want to be successful. Accountability, focus, and discipline are the values that will be make successful not just in college, but also when I enter the real world after college. I have one athletic and one academic goals set to accomplish before I graduate. My academic goal is finish college with a 3.5 GPA to give myself the best opportunity to get a high paying job in

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