Be Great Scholarship
Be Great Scholarship Essay Being “great” like many other adjectives used to describe an individual is a subjective term. That means that great for one individual might not be great for another. This is similar to how successful for me would be to take care of my mother and father, while success for another would be to make a six figure salary a year. For me, being “great” is doing just that little bit more that separates you from the competition. A quote that I am reminded of is by Art Williams that says “The difference between average and ordinary is so small that it’s scary”. I wholeheartedly believe that he is write in saying this. A person can be successful at 99% of the things that they do in their lives and still not be great. However,
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Genesis 1:27 states that “God created mankind in his own image”. Being great is within us all. We are all given the tools at birth to make something of the gifts that we possess. I am a person that believes anyone can achieve anything they put their minds to, no matter the limitations. Many people often unknowingly limit themselves because they set a ceiling on their potential. Often times, people fall short of greatness not because they aimed too high, but they aimed too low. I have always thought that it was better to set a high goal and to miss, than set a low goal and accomplish it. If you live a life where you are bounded by your limitations, you never truly know how far you could have pushed the envelope and accomplish something. As a result, it is no surprise that those who constantly challenge themselves reach higher peaks than those who are simply satisfied with where they are. Comfort is the enemy of progress. Aristotle is quoted saying that “we are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit”. I think that this thinking should be applied to goal setting as well. Instead of creating a goal, one should create a system to achieve the goal. The difference is that when a goal is attained, there is no progress beyond that. However, when a system is created, you are able to push pass a goal. Getting a college degree is just a product of the system I have created for myself in order to impact that world on a greater
Genesis 1:27 states that “God created mankind in his own image”. Being great is within us all. We are all given the tools at birth to make something of the gifts that we possess. I am a person that believes anyone can achieve anything they put their minds to, no matter the limitations. Many people often unknowingly limit themselves because they set a ceiling on their potential. Often times, people fall short of greatness not because they aimed too high, but they aimed too low. I have always thought that it was better to set a high goal and to miss, than set a low goal and accomplish it. If you live a life where you are bounded by your limitations, you never truly know how far you could have pushed the envelope and accomplish something. As a result, it is no surprise that those who constantly challenge themselves reach higher peaks than those who are simply satisfied with where they are. Comfort is the enemy of progress. Aristotle is quoted saying that “we are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit”. I think that this thinking should be applied to goal setting as well. Instead of creating a goal, one should create a system to achieve the goal. The difference is that when a goal is attained, there is no progress beyond that. However, when a system is created, you are able to push pass a goal. Getting a college degree is just a product of the system I have created for myself in order to impact that world on a greater