...In today’s society one problem that many have is the ability to overcome obstacles. This is not something that has just been introduced in the modern day. It has been prevalent in the lives of many for hundreds of years. It is only a part of life. As time evolves the ability to triumph over good or evil is the difference between those that sit at the bottom, and those that rise to the top. As in this medieval period, overcoming certain obstacles has been part of the human life cycle and is still present in the modern day. The Medieval period in which Hamlet took place demonstrates one character trying to overcome not only one obstacle, but many. Major conflict arises even at the beginning of the play. Although Hamlet has no control of what goes on between Gertrude and Claudius, in his mind a solution must ascend. After the cruel overtaking of power by Claudius, Prince Hamlet must find a way in order to avenge his father’s death. The truth has been exposed by a ghost resembling King Hamlet. Now it is time for him to strategize in order to find which solution is the best. Killing him would do the trick, but is that the answer? Some options arise in the famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy. “Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them. (Shakespeare, Hamlet)” Prince Hamlet really struggles in this situation on his next move. As much as he wants to avenge his father’s...
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...Obstacles and how to overcome it Life is full of surprises and difficult situations. Overcome life obstacles is the key to success. As an adult working toward an education and catching up on life can be very difficult. Working an average fifty hours work week and dealing with challenges, like school, work and family is a difficult tasks. Most people facets this on a daily bases. Sometimes these challenges can be most devastating effects on my mind and bodies. In order for me to overcome these challenges, I must learn how to manage time, how to be flexible and learn how to manage stress appropriately. Time management is a big factor facing school, work, and home life obstacles. Learning to manage time can make almost everything in life much easier. I sometimes failed to manage my time and learned that the I would have to set a schedule with tasks to follow. I set deadline for myself to meet as this allow me to complete all tasks and make the best use of my times. Planning ahead can be very help with managing time, allow plenty of time to complete tasks and not wait until the last minutes. During the last minutes cramping, things usually come up and occupy my time. Time management is extremely important when managing multiple life demands. I learned early in life that when I am faced with a challenge, I must be flexible and face it straight/head on. Being flexible this allow me to adjust to things that come up and school/work schedules. I find and understand that flexibilities...
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...To achieve any goal or personal plan you must be willing to overcome obstacles and have a great time management. Having the ability to overcome obstacles and having a great time management will allow you to be successful in your journey at University of Phoenix. Knowing some of the things that can come in your way and not allow you to achieve your personal plan will help you to plan ahead so you can avoid these encounters. Overcoming barriers are the main frustration that most people deal with on a day to day basis. In overcoming obstacles, there are distractions and procrastination that many people feel are hard to deal with at times. Those two obstacles, distractions and procrastination, are quite similar in a way. You may become so overwhelmed with day to day activities that they become a distraction and often time lead to procrastination. You then start to make excuses of all the reason you cannot continue with your personal plan or goal. Time management is another issue people deal with. Not being able to manage your time wisely will make your goals and personal plan seem so distant that you no longer want to obtain it. To manage your time better make a plan of all the things that need to be done on a set day and time and stick with it. Sticking to your program will help you become more organized when it comes to planning out your goals and your personal plan. I am able to incorporate these obstacles in my career goals and that will help me to keep focused on my degree...
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...personal, professional and educational life. To be responsible for one’s self requires overcoming the obstacles and consequences as well as putting in the hard work and dedication that comes with being a responsible person. You have to accept the responsibility for your own decisions and blame no one other than yourself. The only person who can make things happen in your life is you! You are responsible for your own choices. You determine the outcome of your own life no one can be personally responsible for you. Personal responsibility means taking care of your responsibilities and being conscious of your actions and how they affect you personally. Your emotions, strengthens and character are tested in life, if you fail to be responsible for yourself and your life you are choosing to accept the consequences for those actions. It is also how you plan to deal with those consequences and learn from them. I believe that personal responsibility is important in everyday life and it’s in your control. In order to succeed in anything you have to personally be responsible enough to do it and finish the task at hand. It can be something as simple as getting the laundry or dishes done, to paying bills or completing a task at your job. Being a parent for instance you are responsible for being a role model to your children and in order to teach personal responsibility you must show it. To be successful in life and school you must first take full responsibility for your actions and take on...
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...are our future. Everyone one of you has the potential to achieve anything you want in life. You were born with many talents that you don't even know you have. Someone in this audience may become a famous writer, may travel to the planet Mars or discover the cure for AIDS. However, to become successful requires that you set personal goals for yourself and then study and work hard to achieve them. Setting personal goals is very important because those who do not have goals in life do not know where they are going. Those who do not know where there are going could end anywhere. They could end in prison. They could end on illegal drugs. You must never, never, never experiment with any illegal drugs. It will ruin your life and the lives of those that love you. Those drug dealers standing in your street corners are trying to sell you a one-way ticket to nowhere. My advice to every one of you is to write down your goals on a piece paper. Then discuss your goals with your friends, parents and teachers. You should read your goals to yourself at least once a week. Reading your goals aloud helps you to stay focused. It creates a positive attitude that is necessary to overcome the obstacles that you will encounter along the way. A question that students often ask me is: "How can I overcome the major obstacles in life?" When I was 12 years old, I...
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...2014 Success When I think about success many different ideas come to mind. Success plays a major role in the real world today. People can be successful in life by always putting in good effort at the goals they are trying to reach. Sometimes you will fail at trying to be successful, but you cannot take failure as an option. Success is fulfilling all your goals that you have set out for yourself. Success is also the process in which you are doing a task to receive a positive result in your works. When becoming successful you will face a lot of different obstacles, but you will always have to stay focus on your goals. Success sometimes cannot be easy at achieving. You have to work hard at every goal you want to accomplish. It can get difficult at times, but you should never quit or take failure as an option. Success is in the mind of individuals that want to be something in life. People spend majority of their lives trying to become successful. Throughout certain people childhoods their parents always told them that success is the key to a happy lifestyle. Many people have different interpretations on success. Some people may think it is not good to be successful. Then certain people think that by being successful they are living a good life. Success can only be achieved if a person believes that they have the ability to be successful. Success is something you have to fight and strive for. It will not come to you if you do not put in effort to achieve it. Majority of people...
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...NAME: ADE AJOSE COURSE: ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1 INSTRUCTOR: DR JACOB SIZI DATE: 02-09-2014 A SUCCESSFUL PERSON What really is success? What makes an individual successful? According to Merriam-Webster mini Dictionary, success is defined as, “the act of achieving something good that you have been trying to do, or something that has a god result or is very popular. The word ‘success’ originated in the mid-16th century from Latin ‘successus’ , from the verb ‘succedere’. The society at large thinks success is all about material things such as how expensive one’s car is, how large one’s house is or one’s social status in the society and financial freedom. However, success does not basically deal with material goods and properties, but is tied to broader concepts such as happiness, overcoming hardship and achieving certain goals. The true indicator of success is not determined by what an individual accomplishes but rather how the individual feels after an accomplishment. In other words, in order for one to be seen as successful, he or she must be happy or contented. For instance, if I look back at my life since I was born till this moment and I feel satisfied and happy with my current situation, I would consider myself a success. However, if I look back and I feel I could have done better and feel disappointed, I would not consider myself to be a success. Hence, success is directly proportional to happiness. Also,...
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...Turning an obstacle or disadvantage into a positive outcome will all depend on what the person decides to do with those obstacles, and how the person decides to react towards certain disadvantages. A person with a positive mindset may have the ability to gain knowledge and humility from those obstacles and disadvantages. When I was a child, I had always been dependant on my parents. I did not acknowledge that one day they were not going to able to provide for me, and I would have to become independent. For example, when my parents passed away, I no longer had anyone to rely on; therefore, I had to learn how to become an independent person. Consequently, I was so adapted to having my parents fighting my battles for me all the time; I soon realized I...
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...Overcoming Global Obstacles: Multicultural Management BUS600: Management Communications with Technology Tools Dr. Raj Singh April 23, 2012 Introduction As a result of globalization, the world in which we do business is increasingly becoming smaller and smaller. People are buying and selling goods, providing services, and communicating with others on a much more global scale. One hundred years ago it would have taken these people months to communicate, but today they can communicate with the press of a button. As our interactions with those from cultures much different than our own increases, communicating with one another creates obstacles we normally wouldn’t face when interacting with those from our own culture. This presents the peculiar problem for the business because it must train managers to effectively communicate within the constructs of different cultural norms and values. Communicating to others the importance of diversity in multinational corporations is a difficult task because it essentially involves asking others to reject the idea of their culture being superior to others. As O’Rourke (2010) points out, “failures in an overseas business setting most frequently result from an inability to understand and adapt to foreign ways of thinking and acting, rather than from technical or professional incompetence,” (p. 284). Regardless of difficulty, if a business...
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...you want to be successful, you have to avoid these concepts: • False beliefs: False beliefs are those incorrect ideas you have about something or about yourself. False beliefs limit your success and only can ruin your life. So you have to get rid of your false beliefs and know more about them if you really want to be successful in your life. • Lake of flexibility: It's the ability to try something else or another method when your current method fails. The more flexible you are, the more you will adapt to changes and the higher your chances of success will be. • Lake of self-confidence: If you don't have a high self-confidence then you will be too shy of presenting your ideas and you may give up your dreams as soon as someone tells you that they are not possible. You may fear taking any risks and so you will ignore many opportunities that could have made you successful. If you want to increase your chances of being a successful person, then you must build your self-confidence. The Road to success: The road to success will probably be full of rejection, pain, hard work, disappointment as well as many other discouraging things but when you reach its end you will feel really happy and victorious. You will feel proud of yourself for overcoming all of these obstacles and for reaching your goals in spite of the many things that stood in your way. The following are the keys to success that would enable any person to achieve his goals and to be successful if he followed...
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... I had all but given up hope of getting an education until I met my boyfriend five years ago. He revived my dream so I could not only realize my potential, but show my three daughters how important it is to get a degree. It is important to me to continue my education to not only have a better quality of life for my children and me, but to teach them that no matter what, you have to get a college degree. As it states in (Overcoming the odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Young Women 2002, pg211 para 3)”Many of these mothers have been constantly concerned that someone, or some circumstance, might become an obstacle to their daughter’s success primarily because of the daughter’s race or gender. To address this concern, these mothers have sent an important message to their daughters: that obstacles and challenges are inevitable, but that individuals have the power to overcome the odds and succeed through hard work, self-discipline, and perseverance.” This is what happened to me. I let circumstances and people become an obstacle for me. This is one of the reasons I am going back to school, to set this example for my daughters. My children are bi-racial, and unfortunately, may face extra hardships growing up, and have more to overcome than others. I hope they learn that no matter what you face in life, you...
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...Into the World Essay – DRAFT ESSAY QUESTION: Individuals venturing into new experience may encounter obstacles, but may also gain significant rewards. Do you agree with this perspective? Discuss this view with reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your choosing. The concept of ‘Into the World’ invariably involves the transitions of individuals into new phases of life, worlds and experiences in order to attain growth, maturation and emotional development. During this transition individuals may encounter obstacles, but also gain personal rewards resulting in growth and maturity. The prescribed text, novel ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ written by JC Burke and two related texts, film ‘The Black Balloon’ produced by Tristram Miall and ‘The Road Not Taken’ written by Robert Frost, clearly display these misadventures and the rewards achieved once overcoming them. In difficult times individuals have must leave behind their old life and the safety it once provided in order to fully accept and enjoy their new life. In the novel ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’, Tom’s family is forced to leave the comfort of their hometown Mumbilli and move to Coghill due the selfish actions of his brother Daniel. Symbolism throughout this novel highlights the suffering of Tom and his family. “My father closed the door…for the last time”, this symbolic act and the secrecy in the way the Brennan family leave Mumbilli reveals the families remorse about the situation, they...
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...in themselves. Being successful at what you do can also be very motivating. Success usually goes hand in hand with appreciation. If someone succeeds at what they do, they will most certainly appreciate it. This helps in striving to achieve more goals and for more success in life. To some people, success means being the best at what you can do. Just taking part and achieving regular standards is not enough. People who always want to be the best are usually the ones who achieve their goals, they put in hard work and dedication in everything they say and do. Success means more to some than others. Some people want to be successful by all means, not caring how hard or how long it takes. Others are satisfied by simply trying and giving what they believe to be their best whether they succeeded or not. Success only appears meaningful to those individuals with a purpose. One of their keys to success is to work on finding their purpose in life. The true meaning of success isn't just about becoming the best you can at what you do, but about knowing that you completed your purpose and goal. The meaning of success lies within you. I accomplish success by putting god in front of everything that I do in my life. I’ve learned that with him in my life nothing is impossible. I can accomplish a lot with his holy guidance and healing. Many people who don’t believe in god usually have faith or hope in the things that they do, which motivates them to becoming successful. I try my best to work...
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...think most of the tales,stories and movies that we and our children are raised on have heroic and inspirational themes. The Bible tells of David battling Goliath, and The Wizard of OZ tells of the cowardly lion who must find courage to face the witch. There are other forms of courage such as when Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela spoke out against injustice, or people like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney took huge financial risks to follow their dreams. Courage ranges from physical strength to mental stamina. There are probably more kinds and examples of courage than what I'm going to talk about,but I'm just going to touch on a few. The first kind of courage is overcoming fear,so you can do what needs to be done. It could be something as small as overcoming the fear of speaking in public. Whatever your fear, it will take courage to face that fear. Fear of failure kept me from going back to school and furthering my education. Finally,at age thirty-eight, I overcame my fear and returned to school. I regret not doing it sooner. Nelson Mendela once said” I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”( qtd. Mandela) People feel fear all the time; for instance, soldiers and police officers are terrified at times, but they chose to be heroic anyway. I’m sure Martin Luther King was scared,but he stood up for what he believed...
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...1 Dagmar D’Agostino ENG4U July 19th, 2016 Overcoming Racism My ISU is focussed on the theme of racism. I have selected the poem “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou to provide perspective and insight to my chosen topic. Maya Angelou is an African American poet digging deep into not only the pain racism has caused during the days of slavery, but her own experiences with modern forms. This poem supports my chosen thesis sending a strong message to the hearer or reader with the authors use of tone, poetic devices, and distinct theme to convey overcoming racism. Maya Angelou has effectively provided several different tones which all tie together to contribute to the triumphant title and meaning of the poem. The first three lines begin the poem with disgust in the poor teaching of the history of race inequality. “You may write me down in history, with your bitter twisted lies, you may trod me in the very dirt” (1-3) describes Angelou’s frustration with the lack of truth history books hold about the subject of racism which she has experienced for her very own. However, she closes the stanza with “but still, like dust, I’ll rise” (4) to display strength despite her frustration. Angelou expresses a great amount of confidence and self assurance in her voice as she questions others confusion by her confidence. For example, stanza two reads: “Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room.” (5-8)...
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