Reflection Essay: Self Analysis
6-Word Memoir
“I dream more than practicable, excellence”. Excellence can be achieved by a self dream that surpasses anyone’s thought. Like Ronnie Oldman said, “Excellence is the Result of Caring more than others think is Wise, Risking more than others think is Safe, Dreaming more than others think is Practical, and Expecting more than others think is Possible.” So in my opinion therefore, a dream well focused and whose scope would not be comprehended by any common person is a right step towards excellence. In any task, doing more than is possible and digging deeper to understand and go beyond the just moderate or good is what defines excellence. Martin Luther King Jr. words about a street sweeper could not
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I would only have conversations with the lower age groups. In a way there arose a self conflict, to achieve as much as my peers and have limitless conversations with them I had to at least achieve as much as them. In terms of relationships, since my struggle was to be better or perhaps appear better than at least anyone, I would always find something any other family member had not accomplished that I had done, that at least made me above them. In most times relating with them was difficult because they would avoid any discussions with me. it is within this struggle not to waste my time that I begun to see myself as an important family, a father, a husband. Specifically, I changed my major from Information Systems to Information Technology a year ago. Due to a spinal cord injury I suffered two years ago from work, IT is a better fit for me in case my physical abilities remain the same. I have been paralyzed and on the wheelchair since then and very thankful for that, knowing that it could've been lot worst. One thing I realize for sure is that true friends are priceless. With the traumatic injury I suffered and the changes in my life, true friends definitely came to rescue and helped me keep a good spirit. I am really thankful for that. I like to surround myself with people …show more content…
In my struggle to be better at anything, I had so much external pressure as well as internal pressure that ignoring the only stimulus I had to obey-pressure to work at the time was not an option. Here, experiences that are accurately symbolized are consistent with one’s self-concept and are therefore openly accepted. Experiences that are incongruent with one’s self-concept are distorted to assimilate with one’s self-concept, thus reducing anxiety from the