Hard work is challenging work. But why does it have to be challenging work? Because challenging work, when intelligently chosen, pays off. It’s the work that people of lesser character will avoid. And if you infer that I’m saying people who avoid challenging work have a character flaw, you’re right… and a serious one at that. If you avoid challenging work, you avoid doing what it takes to succeed. To keep your muscles strong or your mind sharp, you need to challenge them. To do only what’s easy will
“A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work,” a quote by Colin Powell. When someone wants something big in life, they do their best to go and get it. It is not by sitting down and fantasizing about it, but actually going out into the world and putting it into action. People look at others’ achievements, telling themselves that those people are successful because they were determined to do it. In Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers: The Story Of Success
In the article, “What it takes to Be Great,” Geoffrey Colvin makes the argument “you will achieve greatness only through an enormous amount of hard work over many years. And not just any hard work, but work of a particular type that’s demanding and painful.” He explains that anyone can become great and no one is born with a gift for a specific profession. Colvin uses many examples to support his statement such as Tiger Woods, a golf champion, Winston Churchill, a great orator, and Michael Jordan
Charles Dickens' Hard Times and David Lodge's Nice Work ----“Fact, fact, fact, everywhere in the material aspect of the town; fact, fact, fact everywhere in the immaterial.” – Charles Dickens In the early 1851, London staged the Great Exhibition to show the world, the achievements and inventions of the Industrial Revolution. Many people believed that this showed how much better, safer and healthier Britain was than its neighbours in Europe. People living in mansions amid lawns and fountains
strived to be a hard-working individual when it comes to school, my job, and family work. I always try to work quickly and efficiently, and make my work the best that it can be. Perfectionism is a major part of my life and that is one of the driving forces behind my hard work. Sometimes the drive to be perfect can limit my results, but I try my hardest to keep it from restricting me. I always give one hundred percent when it comes to completing various tasks, and find pride in being a hard-worker. When
It really making them soft All student strives for good grades but many of them don’t want to work for it. However, many kids in today society think that they don’t have to work just as hard as everyone else. Most student in today world think that if we are trying are best that should mean something, when they are getting graded on tasks. Giving effort should not be a main factor in grading, because it will devalue the grading system. Which bring me to my point in this problem, first one is students
taught that their hard work is rewarded in the end. But when children don’t see these rewards, whether material or not, their incentive to work hard is diminished. Why work hard when there are no rewards?, they ask. Could paying our nation’s students for their academic scores and achievements be the solution to the laziness that seems to spread like the bubonic plague? Could it benefit all people involved? Or could it create a financial crisis for our schools? When students work hard, they expect instant
many examples of when hard work doesn’t always ensure success. Through out the four chapters of the novel Jody goes through many difficult times. He is helped through these times by Billy Buck-the cow hand, Carl Tifflin-his father, and his mother Ruth Tifflin. The book teaches people a good lesson on many different themes a few are, respect you elders, The chapter “The Gift” proves the point that hard work doesn’t always ensure success. This chapter is filled with hard time for Jody. Jody received
playing it gave me a rush I had never felt before. Also knowing that this sport took a lot of hard work and dedication gave me a sense of satisfaction, because I knew that I put everything I had into it. Putting a lot of dedication and hard work into something may prove to be useful in the future. When I had my baby, being involved in sports at all seemed impossible. Then one day, my friend Cory from work was telling me that her daughter wanted to play soccer. She then said that she was going
During the great struggle that had occurred in this great fable (or novel), many of animals had done a great deed of work. The animals had formed a rebellion (Soon later to be called the Battle of Cowshed) against their heartless and cruel human enemies. With the great knowledge of the pigs and the effort of the rest of the other animals, they had overthrown the humans and replenished the farm into a sufficient stable farm suitable for the animals. They had taken very good care of their farm. Yet
Hard work according to the dictionary is defined as a great deal of effort or endurance. Hard work doesn’t necessarily needs to meet the criteria of being physically or mentally difficult, it can meet the criteria of taking a long time to accomplish, or just the need of responsibility. Some people would feel that a hard work is when you work a lot of hours and don’t get a good salary, others would just say that hard work is when you put a lot of effort on it. Housewife is consider as hard work for
Jason worked hard as a farmer. His idea of fun was a good night’s sleep after a hard day’s work. He saw himself as a provider and a worker, not as a dancer or an entertainer. Janie was not a good match for him. She saw his house and sixty acres as “a stump in the middle of the woods.” Janie didn’t value working as much as Killicks does. She doesn’t value her independence enough to work as hard as he does for it. Further, Killicks was happy just with the
As a young girl I was infatuated with the Mary Tyler Moore Show. To me Mary was the epitome of a successful single woman. She showed up in the big city, and her hard work and dedication earned her a great job, respect, and ultimate happiness. The show’s theme song gave me hope that one day, with enough hard work and dedication, I could achieve my dream and eventually achieve my American Dream. Now I’m not so sure. As a college student facing graduation in a year, I’ve lost my faith in the accessibility
conclusion is that no one is perfect without work and practice, or without taking the right action towards your dream. No one reaches his or her potential unless they are willing to practice their way there. Hard work is the action you demonstrate, the decision you formulate, and the commitment you give to achieving your dream. Hard work is the willingness to do something, with the objective to give it everything that it takes to succeed at doing it. Hard work is the promise you make to yourself from
Washington was a man beyond words. His perseverance and will to work were well known throughout the United States. He rose from slavery, delivering speech after speech expressing his views on how to uplift America's view of the Negro. He felt that knowledge was power, not just knowledge of "books", but knowledge of agricultural and industrial trades. He felt that the Negro would rise to be an equal in American society through hard work. Washington founded a school on these principles, and it became
personal life and my academic career, I have demonstrated an ability to work hard at achieving the things that I want. Achievements, such as getting into the IAM and maintaining a high GPA throughout my time here demonstrate this hard work. I am also consistently working hard in my personal life when it comes to moving outside of my comfort zone and contributing to the production of things like the local school play. Being a hard-worker makes me conducive to the values of the National Honor Society
Utopians live a very simple lifestyle. They work, and in their spare time play games, read, and socialize. Other forms of entertainment, such as gambling and hunting are looked down upon. They only eat what is necessary, and their houses are built simply and furnished only with what is necessary. Thus, their consumption is very low. Utopians do not need material possessions for happiness. Happiness for them comes out of living an honest life and working hard to produce for themselves and for the entire
Imagery, and Symbolism to Develop the Theme of To Be of Use In the minds of most people, the words, "hard work" and "heavy labor" carry a negative connotation. What these words imply is not something that is generally welcomed with enthusiasm but is often accepted either by force or obligation. Marge Piercy's poem "To Be of Use" conveys an opposing connotation about the idea of work. The central theme of the poem is that satisfaction, gratification, and self-fulfillment can be attained by
man. Whitman and Sandburg admired the working class man for all of his hard work and they wrote a lot about this admiration The fact that Whitman and Sandburg both were raised in the working class and pretty much worked all of their lives probably has a strong impact on why they wanted to praise their fellow working class citizen. They felt empowered by these people and wanted to give something back to them for working so hard and not getting any acclaim. When Sandburg and Whitman wrote about the
McCourt, from hard times that, while painful, can be of the greatest benefit from among their experiences. It shapes them into the people they are and brands them, leading them to be high achievers in life. Moreover, their achievements are more remarkable than those whose childhood were happy; they were marked by adversity and their drive to overcome and exceed expectations. A good life was not handed to them, but rather earned. Frank McCourt in Angela's Ashes described the hard times and pain