No Work Ethic And My Goals

In Aristotle's, *place name here*, book he writes an overview of virtues we need to follow in order to reach our full potential. Having knowledge of the

After reading the novel Grit by Angela Duckworth I am now truly inspired. Throughout the novel she talks about her experiences and different ways to succeed in life. The four concepts she talked about were interest, practice, purpose and hope. These can all be used everyday. Especially in college and even later on in life. The two that stuck out to me the most were practice and purpose.

It has always been the case, make good grades, be respectful, and come prepared, that's how you attain your high school diploma. But what does that all show? It shows you learned (or memorized) the material in order to get by, but do they teach work ethic? This is where community service may come into play.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to score the winning touchdown, the walkoff home run, the game winning goal, or even the basket that won you the game? I haven’t done all of these, but I have had the privilege to do a couple of them. The things that have helped me with my athletic ability has been the teammates and coaches, the work ethic that I have and my family. Having the athletic ability that I have today, is shaping who I will be in the future.

In particular, he spoke of exercise, personal development, and particularly for him, time to work on research. He explained that he blocks out time to write on his research interests, forcing himself to do so during this time regardless of his motivation level. His overall strategy, was to develop a defined “vision” of his future. In this process, he consciously decides what he wants for himself next year, then following this, in the next 5 years. In the present, he makes certain his undertakings are working towards the vision of his desired future. He advised “saying yes” to tasks and duties that you “want”, and arrange to spend the minimal time possible on tasks that you must say “yes” to but do not want. He stated that by accepting tasks he was not allowed to say “no” too, has in his experience, lead to unexpected professional

I plan to utilize my engineering knowledge with one of the major car companies and work to improve the safety of vehicles. Having been employed in manual labor, I know that there is an immense need for labor in every industry. Moreover, this labor does not typically require any significant mental capacity. Working at Teague was benefiting the company, but I did not feel I was doing something impactful with my work such as fulfilling any of my dreams or aspirations of aiding others. Recently, I read the book Drive by Daniel Pink. The nonfiction novel explains that each human has three primary methods of motivation: autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Autonomy, the ability to have some level of independence in achieving tasks. Mastery, being able

Motivation to succeed: If you don't have a burning desire to succeed, you probably won't.

For me, I am very focus on motive passion. if there is no passion in working or studying, you will not be able to do anything. You are working without passion so you’re working becomes bored and not motivated.

A recent graduate from the Criminal Justice program at California State University, Fullerton. Goal oriented with a strong work ethic— made the dean’s honor list multiple times. I’m an individual with a strong desire in becoming a contributing factor to the success of our countries safety and security. I’m ready to fervently dedicate myself in making an impacting difference in our communities. Furthermore, I’m dependable, a team player, a fast learner, and someone who works well under pressure and high stress situations.

At the age of thirteen, I wondered how to make money, and I found a solution. It all started at 5:30 am in August of 2013 outside of Bridgestone Arena, one year after I had been cured from epilepsy with a double craniotomy, which would make me realize life is short, driving my young work ethic. My love for the sport of hockey attracted me to a used gear sale, where I would be able to get some of the Nashville Predators players’ equipment. I took a thousand dollar loan from my mom, which took a little explaining, but she trusted my work ethic. I bought more hockey gear than one could ever need, buying around twenty sticks and five pairs of hockey gloves. After sorting through the gear at my house, I figured I only needed about a fifth of the gear. I took all the extra gear and found a

Throughout my high school career, I have found many quotes that inspire me to continue to succeed, but one specific quote by Aristotle struck me in forms I had never fathomed of; Aristotle had once said, “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” This quote had influenced my perception of work ethic as I then understood that in order to excel in an endeavor, it was a continual development of character and the simultaneous choice I had of whether to choose excellence or to slack on my work.

I graduated high school in 2009, afterwards I enrolled at the University of Arizona and during the subsequent 3 years I made every bad decision a teenager could make. I am now five years removed from my time at Arizona and the learning I have gone through has been far from ideal. I have had many dark days, coming face to face with depths of depressions that is difficult to articulate to a person who has never faced these kind of demons. Through this personal fire I have been able to come out of, I have become hardened. Hardened to tough challenges and difficult situations. Over the last 2 years while attending community college I have also work 2 jobs, in total equaling over 70 hour weeks that consist of school and work. My work ethic at this

I have acquired effective learning and personal habits through my dedication and hard work, which have allowed me to reach new heights and have assisted me in accomplishing my own goals. Work ethic has helped me develop a high level of learning habits. My dreams and goals have been accomplished by employing the skill of work ethic in my daily life. I practice this skill when a new lesson is taught in class, I make it my priority to understand the lesson and increase my understanding to the fullest in order to explain it simpler. Thus showing my comprehension on the subject and how I use my work ethic.

This motivation has caused me to develop a strong work ethic. As a child, I was told never to complain about being tired or having too much work because nothing compared to the work my parents were doing to support me. I strive to emulate their passion in everything I do, whether it be at school or at work. My mother once told me in her broken English while I was young that, “You may not be the smartest child or the most privileged child, but if you’re the hardest worker, anything is possible.” These words have stuck with me and serve as motivation whenever I encounter

Osland, et al. (2007) provide a good introduction to three basic motivational content theories. The first theory is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs that proposes man is motivated by a lack in the one or more of the five common needs. The needs that Maslow identifies are physiological, safety, social belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization. Maslow believed that one fills needs from the most basic (like food and water) to the highest level (self-actualization). Maslow’s ideas are easy to relate to and attempt to provide an all-inclusive approach to the concept of motivation; however, there is little evidence to support the idea that man cannot have self-actualization without the other more basic needs first satisfied. The second content theory Osland, et al. discuss is McCelland’s learned needs. McCelland states that man is motivated by one of three things: achievement, power, or affiliation – or a mixture of the three. Each of these needs can possess a negative or positive connotation or implementation, but it is argued that people motivated by affiliation make better leaders. The third theory presented is McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y. McGregor asserts that Theory X people or employees are inherently lazy and must be controlled and forced to act, whereas Theory Y people are self-controlled, motivated, and ambitious.