I believe that a strong work ethic is essential to being a success in life. Whether it is in school, in your personal life, or your first job, work ethic is the most important thing to becoming a successful person. So far in my life it has gotten me through many hardships and has made me into an all around better and even more successful person than I ever was before. Early in freshman year i made some bad decisions with my dad's money, and had to get a job at the age of 14. I worked cleaning out the basement of a restaurant, washing endless dishes and floors until my arms hurt. My work ethic kept growing bigger and stronger every day i went into work until i enjoyed going every day. It helped me push through those sore shoulders, bleach stained hands and sore back, to make money back and to pay my debt to my dad. I believe in strong work ethic because it has helped me not only land another job at an up and coming coffee shop, The Corner Grind, but it has helped me quickly rise up and become a very successful worker and loved by my …show more content…
I started out freshman year not knowing what was about to hit me, and ended the school year with a 1.0257 GPA. Through the past two years I have gotten it up to a 2.87 with hard work and never stopping improving myself. I have gotten A’s and B’s every year since then. In class i will be working through a packet faster than most people are working through the first page. They have said things like “wow you are so smart” and mocking things like “oh he's getting it” but all i am really doing is working hard toward my goal of finishing so I don't have any homework. I would rather not talk to friends during class and not have homework, using my strong work ethic, and it has shown in my grades and strong rising GPA. My GPA has been rising while I have had to juggle a job, homework on top of homework and being a student athlete rising up in the ranks of my
Klemens argues that a good work ethic comes from passion. A productive work force must be passionate in order to produce work that is not subpar. From this passion stems commitment and hard work. Without passion
If someone wants to succeed in life and stay recognized by superiors, then he or she ought to appear hardworking. A person begins with setting goals. There are two categories, the first, “be” goals and the second, “do” goals. In other words, ask yourself, "What to be?" or "What to achieve?" Four categories of goals consist of wealth, health, relationships, and self-fulfillment which equal success. Working diligently to finish a task demonstrates how to live a successful life. Given these points, Thomas Edison, Helen Keller and Harriet Tubman, all exceptional achievers, found that prosperity undoubtedly comes along for everyone who perseveres.
Samuelson uses his essay to explore a thesis that Americans are moving from a ‘work’ ethic to a ‘fun’ ethic. However, he doesn't spend much time explaining or introducing this, preferring to spend his time presenting facts, articles, quotes, polls and stories to prove his point. Unfortunately, as a reader, this choice of evidence, rather than solidifying his point, actually begs the question: what is his point? Samuelson spends very little time in the essay actually concluding or explaining his information. Instead, he buries the reader with facts and statistics, moving on from one factor to another before the reader even has the chance to grasp the importance of the previous one.
In the essay, “The Work Ethic, In A Modern Guise”, author Joanne B. Ciulla talks about how the modern style of working is different from the traditional and old work ethic, and how the young and coming generation does not want to work hard but instead wants instant results. The long lasting formula of working hard and performing seems to be fading away. Instead of mastering the subject, students care about the final results and brownie points. Moreover, Ciulla asserts that students engage in activities that pay-off well in the end rather than the excellence of the work. In the article, Ciulla describes the situation of today’s students being more centred about the idea of getting a higher grade. According to Ciulla, students do not show determination but they want second-chances so that they can have a better grade than before. Students want that better grade simply because they have put a lot of time. Sometimes, professors unreasonably give students a higher grade which leads to a false confidence among students which is the root of other causes. In the end o...
Everyone grows up with a dream, but everyone will not get the opportunity to do so, being born in the financial situation of their family. In third world countries people struggle to make money on a daily basis. These people want more than what they have, but to attain those extra luxuries, they have to sacrifice their current possessions.This is not possible in as sacrificing what they have can lead to starvation. They want a better future but they need to be able to live on a daily basis. It is called investment in the future vs temporary happiness. Attaining security requires risking one’s belongings to earn liberty and equality in the future. Although temporary contentment must be sacrificed to attain security in life, it must be one’s
The American work ethic is something our country should be proud of. Since the days of George Washington Americans have worked hard for what they believe in, what they need, and what they want. It is our right as Americans to be able to work for these ideals. Without out a strong work ethic our country would crumble. From businessmen to politicians a strong work ethic is necessary to keep our country financially and politically stable.
Throughout my educational career I have always excelled in the classroom. I recently graduated high school, being in the top three percent of my class, all while being a captain in the varsity football team and working full time. My high school GPA was a 4.0, and I received many awards, including First Team All-State for academics. Currently, I have a 3.5 GPA at UTA, while working part time and being involved in various school organizations. Academics are very important for me because it represents a better, more financially stable
America was built around the idea that if you work hard and endure your hardships you will reap the benefits life has to offer you. As religious leader and author Gordon B. Hinckley said, “Without hard work nothing grows but weeds.” Many families in America continue to instill a hard work ethic within their children, and the prosperity of our country relies its citizens work. Although, living in a country where more vacation time is being offered sounds luxurious in the long run it only negatively affects problems concerning, obesity, less household funds, and increased feelings of stress.
In America, good work ethic has become a trait that is becoming more and more difficult to find. High schools teachers expect their students to practice it, but where would they learn it from? Good work ethic is a trait that is built over time, not one that is simply learnt in an afternoon. Too often, students find that they can make it through high school without ever having to use good work ethic, and as a result, don’t bother to learn how to build it up. A simple solution to this would be to make students take a mand...
A strong work ethic demonstrates a sense of discipline and undivided attention towards one’s goals and future. Good performance indicators include showing up prepared for class, reading the materials, and working well with peers and professors. I learned after my first semester in my undergrad career
In the article, “The Way We Worked”, Tom Brokaw describes his fathers and other individuals’ work ethic during the Greatest Generation. The Greatest Generation took place during World War II and the Great Depression. Brokaw points out that the Greatest Generation was a generation known for their capacity of work, “As I researched the lives of the men and woman who came of age in the Great Depression, went through World War II, and built the country we know today, I was struck by how many of them went to work in their early teenage years. They had to work because their families needed the extra income for food, for clothing, to meet that month's rent” (Brokaw 274). In “The Way We Worked”, Brokaw's theme demonstrates examples of the different work ethic of the Greatest Generation and modern generation.
A lot of my classmates taunted me for receiving good grades on all my tests. It was obvious that I had different morals than they did. Their parents did not care what grades they got. My parents were never harsh, but they would always make me feel guilty if I did not receive high grades on my report card. At times, I would feel pressured to not preform exceptionally in school because of the constant verbal abuse. In fifth grade, I received my first ‘D’ on an English test because some of my classmates dared me not to study for the test that week. Lucky for me, I had very supportive parents unlike some of my other classmates. They explained to me how important it was to maintain a high GPA; I would go much farther in life than they would because of my academic drive. I took their advice to heart and from that moment on I never let negative peer pressure effect how I performed in
Working for a large corporation can have a lot of pros and cons and one of the negative things that works against the company is workplace ethics. Who determines what is right and wrong in a business? Who determines the course of action to take should there be an unethical situation?
Throughout my four years of high school I have tried to maintain a B average and I get comments from teachers on whatever I have to do better. My most difficult subject was any history class. My sophomore year the class I struggled with the most was my history class and I ended with a D in that class other than that I was an average student. My sophomore year was not a really good year for me. My junior year I did way better in all my classes and the classes I did bad the year before I made them up by staying after school and making up credits at Jamison. I am much more satisfied with my grades this year than my past years. My grades have teached me that I am going to need to study a little more harder in my college years.
While hard-work is important, it is not the only thing that matters. Living your life to the fullest is just as important. Taking chances, having fun, doing something which you would never even dream of doing; these things form who we are and who we will become in future life just as our performance in examinations and other school activities