“Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard”-KD… In life we strive to succeed in every aspect we partake in life. In my view life is fulfilled by exceeding expectations you have set for yourself and community. Being an athlete already categorizes their capabilities‚ stereotypically speaking. LeBron James‚ Kobe Bryant‚ and Shaquille O’Neal defy the stereotypical ideologies of a professional athlete or athletes period. Through their success on an off the court‚ they demonstrate how the game
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Brittany Lewis Dr. Muriel M. Brennan English 105 April 24‚ 2015 Talent versus. Hard Work Natural talent vs. hard work is a topic that has been debated by people of all professions throughout history. It’s also known as Nature vs. Nurture‚ the difference between one’s innate ability vs. ability affected by personal experience. In a study‚ the Florida State University psychologist K. Anders Ericsson and his colleagues asked violin students at a music academy to estimate the amount of time they
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“Sometimes there’s not a better way. Sometimes there’s only the hard way.” ― Mary E. Pearson. Will hard work pay off? Or is hard work just a waste of time and effort? In the story that I am going to share‚ the questions will no longer be left unanswered. It all started when I was 9 years old‚ my teachers and parents were disappointed of what I am doing at school. History was not my best subject and I didn’t know anything about it. My average in class was 72%. I was so disappointed of myself
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“Sometimes there’s not a better way. Sometimes there’s only the hard way.” ― Mary E. Pearson. Will hard work pay off? Or is hard work just a waste of time and effort? In the story that I am going to share‚ the questions will no longer be left unanswered. It all started when I was 9 years old‚ my teachers and parents were disappointed of what I am doing at school. History was not my best subject and I didn’t know anything about it. My average in class was 72. I was so disappointed about myself
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September 25-2014 English120/628 Determination The greatest lesson I have learned in my life thus far. I have found this to be true in most aspects of my life‚ for all of my growth and success has come as a result of determination and perseverance. No matter how desperate the situation may be‚ no matter how badly it seems I will succeed. While I had experience failures and hardships‚ this experience taught me the most valuable lessons‚
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So when the wise ones said ‘work is worship’‚ they meant doing what we do with the sense of worthiness or respect. When we understand that all work—big or small—is valuable and do it with reverence‚ then our work becomes worship. “Work is Worship” is a very old proverb which means there is no better way to worship God except to be working hard and this is fully justified by what man has achieved during the course of his development which is the result of hard work over long periods of time. He
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Do Work Son Last Speech: Be The Best you you can be Everyone in this room has the potential for greatness. Whether or not one chooses to unlock that potential is up to them. Anyone can tell you to “do your best” or “reach for the stars”‚ but just being told to do something doesn’t necessarily mean that you are going to do it. Eventually it always comes down to the doer‚ not the teller. Its easy to be sarcastic about striving for success... saying the effort will not be worth the reward is
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How Change Might Facilitate the Project’s Success Shima Shirazi CPMGT/300 9/1/2013 Maxine Brooker Title of Paper “Very few projects are ever completed according to the original plan. The changes to the plan result from either increased knowledge‚ a need for competitiveness‚ or changing customer/consumer tastes. Once the changes are made‚ there is almost always an accompanying increase in the budget and/or elongation of the schedule.”(Kerzner‚ p.949‚ 2009). The urge
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Ramirez 6/18/2013 English Professor Jenkings Final Draft Hard Work Does Pay Off When I was born my father had to leave Peru. He left my mother and I to go to the United States. He didn’t leave my mother and I because he didn’t love us anymore. He left us so that he could go work his butt off. He wanted his wife and his son to have a better life. He wanted me to have opportunities that he couldn’t have for himself
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Andrew Braakama (2005) compares his life as a laborer‚ and a student showing him he needs to work hard in every aspect of his life. Andrew Braakama (2005) didn’t really appreciate school until working in factory. Working in a hot boisterous exhausting industrial facility‚ advanced education now appears a much-needed refresher. Being assiduous is one key to success‚ with hard labor jobs being both physically and mentally draining‚ an education provides discipline‚ skills‚ training‚ and the knowledge
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