Hard Work Pays Off Graduation day! As I stand in line waiting for my name to be called I look around the enormous gymnasium full of happy families taking pictures and all my fellow classmates smiling and clapping. While I look around I notice that I am shaking in my maroon gown‚ and I feel a trickle of sweat coming down my face. As I start to get closer to the stage my heart starts to race and I can’t stop myself from smiling. Finally I walk onto the tall‚ long stage and hear my whole name being
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Hard Work Beats Talent It was September 10th‚ 2016‚ at the red‚ white and blue cross country invitational. That day was the first day I broke 17 minutes and I got 16 minutes and 52 seconds in a 5k (3.1 miles) and it was only the beginning of the season. This has been one of my goals since freshman year‚ but I just couldn’t reach that last year. Finally‚ this was the year that I reached my goal and‚ It took a lot of uphill battle and dedication through the summer. This summer I ran about 5 times
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A popular adage states: ‘hard work pays.’ Well‚ I am not writing this to dispute the wisdom of this saying. All I am saying is: smart work pays better than hard work. This is why managers in a construction firm for example gets paid astronomically higher wages than the labourers. No one will dispute the fact that labourers do heavy‚ tiring physical work in the sun and the rain. Yet they get paid low wages‚ while the management get transported from their air-conditioned homes to their air-conditioned
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Under harsh regime or strict government‚ the people of a country can develop a sense of exile or homesickness while still in their homeland. In the poem “Dedication”‚ Anna Akhmatova‚ the author‚ used imagery to describe the sorrow of the people of Russia by using a common image that is universal to all. She used powerful images of rivers‚ forests‚ the sun‚ and mountains‚ because they seem so large in proportion to humans and they appear as invincible forces of nature. “- the dead‚ lifeless; the
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Essay Writing Topic: When people succeed‚ it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success. Nowadays‚ many people hold the opinion that success only come to people when they work hard and luck does not play any roles‚ but some people think when people success because of luck not hard work. As far as I am concerned‚ I do agree with the statement said that when people success‚ it is because of hard work and luck has nothing to do with success. There are a few reasons why
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One thing that sets me apart from the other candidates applying to the University of California is my hard work. I have always been smaller than other kids my age. At 15 years old I was 4’ 10’’ and looked like I was eleven years old. Although this was an advantage at the airport‚ when I would begin to take off my shoes and the TSA Officer would look at me and say‚ “Don’t worry twelve and under can keep their shoes on.” I was often discredited for my size. Especially because I played volleyball‚ a
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Have you ever been jealous of someone who is more successful than you? Have you ever think about why could this happen? It is common that employees complain about their work situation‚ their picky boss‚ and their outstanding colleagues. In every area‚ there are several outstanding geniuses. They stay there‚ and it seems like they can never be surpassed. They are like myths. Have you ever considered why there has always been someone who seems like relax but better than you and stands there forever
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Austin Knaack Mr. Konen English 11- 4th 11 Jan. 2015 Hard Work to No Work Speech Purpose: Discuss and inform my audience about the value of hard work‚ and how the value of hard work has decreased over time. I. Intro a. Welcome‚ name b. Talking about the value of hard work and how it changed over time c. Hard Work i. Where? ii. When? iii. Why is it not being valued? II. Start of America a. Hard work set the foundation to the new country b. Their hard work (P) i. Countless hours 1. Manual Labor a. Pruning
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Hard Work but No Reward How many times has someone given all that was possible and worked as hard as possible to achieve something‚ but to no avail‚ there was no reward? At some point‚ it has happened to everyone. Nikola Tesla‚ astronomers searching for extraterrestrial life‚ and even Lennie and George in Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ have all come upon this unavoidable conflict. George and Lennie in Of Mice and Men are two “Average Joe’s” just trying to work up enough money to buy some land
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What motivates people to work hard? This will be an analytical report outlining the views of experts‚ how their views correlate or differ and the relevance of their opinions on motivation techniques. As well this report will also determine whether people are motivated by similar factors or whether the context of the vocation leaves some factors more prevalent than others. This report will conclude having discussed the above question in depth using text materials outlined later on‚ in the attempt
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