Personal Challenges Essay

Life is something that is much more complex than anyone can imagine. No matter who the person is or how old they are, everyone faces various obstacles and challenges that make their lives difficult. Some people are faced with physical limitations such as not being able to pick something up or walk up a flight of stairs while others may be faced with mental limitations such as being unable to comprehend something that's going on. Two of the toughest points in an individual's life come during the years ofadolescence and late adulthood. These points of a person's life can be overwhelming and stressful as a person tries their best to grasp the changes occurring before their very eyes. Adolescence is often a time where drastic changes...show more content...

A movie that defines many of the issues adolescents are faced with is Rebel Without a Cause. For example, when Jim Stark repeatedly asks his father "what do you do when you have to be a man?" we see how Jim is dealing with Erikson's stage of identity versus role confusion. Still only in high school, Jim is trying to figure out what stage in his life defines him as a man by his family and culture. He finds that although he may be gaining more privileges year by year, he is still under the control of his parents. There are also examples of risky behavior in this movie when Buzz challenges some thugs to a knife fight and when the teenagers engage in a game that involved jumping out of a car as late as possible before it goes over a cliff. Part of their logic behind doing this, as explained in the previous paragraph is because their brains were not yet fully developed and they felt as if they were indestructible. Lastly, there is also an example of peer pressure in the movie when Jim decides to engage in the knife fight after the thugs call him a "chicken". Jim wanted to show his friends and others around him that he was not afraid to turn down a challenge and would do anything to beat these thugs, even if he secretly had some doubt in his mind. There are also other examples of peer pressure such as when the teenagers

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Personal Narrative: Overcoming Challenges

Overall, my first semester has been going pretty well. The semester is going like a roller coaster up, down, and fast. I have some bad days and some good days. Through this semester, I have many challenges I faced which I honestly did not want to face. Even though I just wanted to dodge or run away from the challenges, I still face them and fought through them. Some challenges I face this semester, hopefully not in the next, are procrastination, time management, and laziness. I have not only gone through challenges; I have also gone through successes. I am proud of turning assignments on time, passing tests and quizzes, completing my SCR points, and being involved in clubs. Being in Biomed has helped me grow as a student in the area of knowledge....show more content...

I need to overcome procrastination which I believe is the only thing holding me back. All my classes helped me grow as a student and global citizen, and hopefully, they will still help me grow. Biomed is one class I am grateful to have. Biomed will help me grow in many ways. Having classes and clubs helping me grow will help me in semesters to come/after high school and beyond in so many ways. I will definitely need skills like communication, recognizing perspectives, knowledge in colleges. I need to be a global citizen to be able to learn and be the change. How will I stand up and be the change if I do not know how to communicate or take action? Being the change is doing something you want to see. For example, if I want homophobia,biphobia, transphobia,etc to be gone I should stop being homophobic, biphobic, transphobic, etc. I read a podcast called Being the Change by Lewis Howes and the podcast is very inspiring. Before I did not really have a solid, permanent definition for "being the change", but after reading the podcast it open my eyes on new perspectives. One part really stand out to me which is, "Being the change means being peaceful if I want to see peace in the world. Being the change means eradicating the tendency for violence and power and fear within myself, so that one person at a time is affected by my way of being. If I am not being peace, how can I

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Personal Statement: Challenge Idea

Section #1 – Challenge Idea: When my class was originally addressed with this challenge, I had a million thoughts and ideas about how I could make an impact flying through my head. I was initially thinking that I could just donate money to a charity or donate canned goods to a foodbank, but I wanted to be able to impact a person more directly than just giving money. After Professor Johnson mentioned how he did a "pass it on" type of challenge, I realized that I wanted to have a similar effect. I am a very compassionate and caring person, which is why I wanted to have a more direct impact on somebody's day to make them a little happier. My idea for my project was formed on a dreary and drizzly day on campus. I personally love the rain, but...show more content...

There was even a little sticky note on the table saying "Thank You!!". Knowing that somebody was grateful for something as small a poncho was very uplifting and made me feel satisfied with my successful challenge. Although I do not know who ended up taking my ponchos, I knew that they were being put to good use and would make someone's day a little brighter. Even if these students did not literally pass on the ponchos to another student in need, I was able to express a good deed onto them, and hopefully make them take a second and think about a way that they could make somebody else's day a little bit sunnier. I think that the biggest impact here was not the physical giving of the ponchos, but the awareness that I spread that even littlest deeds can mean the world to someone and it does not take a lot to brighten someone's

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My Personal Challenges In My Life

Everyone faces barriers in their everyday lives, and I am no exception. My personal challenges have always happened to pertain to fitness and P.E. classes. I have tried to be athletic, when I was younger I was on a soccer team, a basketball team, and participated in Winterguard in eighth grade, all along with throughout the years desperately trying to make myself stick with a workout schedule. There are a few things in particular that have kept me from being physically active, despite my efforts, until recently in my life; I'm very busy and bad at time management, I don't do well continuing things, and I lack athletic talent. First of all, I am not good at time management and am also rather busy. I have always been a procrastinator, in all aspects of my life. This has not proved much of a problem when it comes to academics because if something has a deadline and is going to be graded, I will be stressed enough to eventually get it done. However, when it comes to things like fitness, that I am not graded on, I tend to procrastinate forever, because there is no deadline to stress me out. Along with my time management issues, I am in Speech in Debate, take all honors classes, and usually end up babysitting a large majority of my week. With all of this combined, fitness tends to be pushed to the side, to the point where I never get it done. Secondly, I am bad at committing to things. As I said, I have participated in various athletic activities, but for one reason or another,

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Challenges And Strategies For Personal Success

Challenges and strategies for personal success

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1.Introduction

2.Personal and professional goals

3.Reasons for pursuing graduate studies

4.Challenges

5.Strategies to overcome the challenges

6.Milestones

7.Analysis of strengths and weaknesses

8.Improving communication

9.Conclusion

10.References

Introduction Graduate school enhances the opportunity for an individual to achieve his or her personal and professional goals. The skills and knowledge acquired from graduate school are instrumental in career development; hence, one should pay close attention to the lessons learned in the quest for a master's degree. However, graduate school is never free of challenges. There are many challenges associated with the pursuit of a master's degree, and they start at the school application process. The challenges that one faces in graduate school may be intellectual or emotional. This paper focuses on some of the challenges associated with going to graduate school, and how I plan to overcome them as I pursue success in graduate school.

Personal and professional goals

My personal goal is to become a public health nurse. My short–term goal is to graduate with a 1st class honours distinction. It has always been my goal to excel in everything I do, and I am committed to demonstrating the will to succeed with the highest distinction. This will enable me to land a good position in my profession, and it will be a good

Overcoming Obstacles

"Nothing upon earth is without its difficulties! It is the secret impulse within, it is the love and the delight we feel, that helps us to conquer obstacles, to clear out new paths, and to overleap the bounds of that narrow circle in which others poorly toil," Johann Goethe. Obstacles in life are unavoidable, as expressed in the above quote, but we can still learn from them. Barriers can primarily help you develop the capabilities to do everyday things. Furthermore, everyday challenges can help spice up your life. At the sametime, bumps in the road can help you to be able to achieve your future plan. Obstacles are important to overcome as they give your life skills, prepare you for the future, as well as make your life more interesting. Barriers in your life can help enrich your life skills. Although obstacles may be tough to overcome, they will end up making you a stronger individual. Life skills are useful for making decisions. First, to achieve an obstacle there needs to be a plan. To have a plan you will need to have a schedule and stick to it. For example, in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle one would need to have a schedule for working out. This will ensure that they reach their full potential in fitness. Second, a positive attitude is key. This includes positive self talk, and encouragement. For instance, one would need to use language such as "you can do it," or "keep it up." Third, to achieve your goal start with little tasks and work your way up to larger one. As a US Marine once said "start with the little tasks and work your way up to the larger ones." For example, making your bed in the morning shows how a small effort can help keep your room tidy. Obstacles provide valuable life skills when you take the time to overcome them.

Everyday challenges can prepare you for the future in all aspects of your life. For example, gaining an excellent education would aid you to get 65% or higher in core subjects, to earn a place certain high school classes, or to help select what you might want to choose for a job in the future. Another example is dealing with relationships. Relationships would help you prepare for the future since it would teach you how to overcome emotional

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My Greatest Challenges In Life

What has been one of your greatest challenges in life? For me, it has been growing up, and evolving from my adolescence years to adulthood. Which means going from high school to college, and having my first job. Going to college and having my first job was a great accomplishment that required a lot of responsibility and commitment. It was an immense step to take and face many challenges, but I was able to overcome them one by one.

My first day of class was very challenging and nerve wracking. By eight o' clock I was out the door and walking to my car. It was a lovely morning, as the sun was making its way up the horizon. I got into my car, and as I let the engine heat up and many thoughts came to mind. "Am I going to like college? What is it going to be like? Will I get lost trying to find my classes?"

I got to the campus after a 30–minute drive. After minutes of searching, I finally found a parking space. I got out of my car and suddenly, "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" I heard a loud noise coming from above. I looked up and realized there was a giant bell on top of the building. I was startled and became even more anxious. My stomach felt as if it had millions of butterflies because of how nervous I was. I made my way inside the building, trying to control my nerves. Gladly my class wasn't that difficult to find. "Take a seat wherever you want." I heard as I walked into the classroom. It was the teacher who had greeted me from behind his desk. He looked like a very nice person,

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In the world today many people undergo personal challenges that impact their lives negatively. Two short stories exhibit how personal challenges affects our relationships with others. Initiation, a short story by Slyvia Plath demonstrates a stereotypical high school life and how it influences a teenagers life. As well as, Reaction–Interaction, a personal essay by Diane Kenyon, explains the struggles of a deaf person. By analysing the similarities and differences between the stories, you can gain crucial life lessons. Both stories expresses how personal challenges lead to isolation from peers, although you can try do something about this. In Initiation, a girl named, Millicent, was an outcast for a long time in high school simply because

Essay about Personal Challenges

Personal and Professional Challenges

Nursing 391

August 07, 2012

Personal and Professional Challenges Matrix Worksheet

Use the following matrix to describe three personal and three professional challenges. For each challenge, describe time and stress management techniques along with personal development resources that may help a nurse overcome these challenges.

|Personal Challenge |Time Management Technique |Stress Management Technique |Personal Development Resources | |Example: Balancing work and family |Use a calendar or organizer to plan my |Take regular family vacations. |Family counseling and...show more content... | |

|3.) Learning to say no and avoiding |I will set deadlines on my weekly school |I will take 15 minute breaks when doing school |I will attend a stress management and time |

|procrastination on school assignments. |assignments so that I can avoid |work. I will reward myself when finishing my |management workshop. I will attend an | |

|procrastination. I will follow my weekly |homework by enjoying my hobbies such as |assertiveness program so that I can learn | | |schedule and budget time according to |bicycling and going to the movie theaters. I |techniques. I will read self–help books on |

|priorities. I will spend two hours each day |will get adequate sleep and rest. |avoiding procrastination. | | |doing school work. I will learn to be more |

|assertive and say no when it conflicts with my |

As a writer, there are many challenges I face, requiring strength in different areas in order to overcome them. My greatest challenges would be momentum, writer's block, and confidence. When a writer understands their challenges they can become their greatest strengths. When I am writing it is important to have the adequate momentum to get from notes to final draft. I often find myself losing steam and have difficulty getting my momentum back. Allowing myself to get distracted, taking too many breaks, or starting mywriting when I know I will not have time to complete it all, contributes to my failed momentum. Writer's block can easily be considered the Achilles heel for all authors. When I can't form a thought worth writing down, I...show more content...

The feedback that was given on my journal writings all contained comments about my reference page formatting and citations. I struggle with using the correct format for each type of reference I use. Some steps I can take to improve my writing skills are utilizing the GCU Style Guide information, continuing to improve my vocabulary, and take thorough notes on the writing topic. The GCU Style Guide information provided on the universities website is a vital tool for first time college students, as it provides the necessary direction for writing with this style, formatting, and how to cite every type of resource. By improving my vocabulary and writing thorough notes, I will write with improved phraseology and provide more applicable material in my writing assignments.

I have written a plethora of writings in the past, including short stories, poetry, lyrics, essays, theatrical plays, and journals. Withing these, I have written descriptive, expository, narrative, and persuasive writings. My favorite types of writing are narrative in the form of short stories and persuasive

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My Personal Leadership Challenge Analysis

The new ways of thinking that will help me to readdress my personal leadership challenge involves better understanding the concepts of values–based leadership, situational leadership, and style, skills, and trait approaches to leadership. Values–based leadership revolves around how the values that people have, influence the decisions they make and the actions they take. Northouse mentions that "because leaders usually have more power and control than followers, they also have more responsibility to be sensitive to how their leadership affects followers' lives" (2013, p. 428). Due to this strong statement, working to further understand the major types of values that relate to leadership will be important for me to pin–point which values my supervisor distinctively displays and which values he does not. Being able to understand this information is key as "values are important to understanding leadership because they explain the focus and direction of peoples actions" (Fernandez & Hogan, 2002) and in this case, my supervisor's actions. Two values that are particularly interesting are the values of being just and being respectful. My supervisor strongly portrays the value of equality as he "make[s] it a top priority to treat all of [his] subordinates in an equal manner" (Northouse, 2013, p.433). He displays this when he gathers all instructors for a talk before we go to teach swimming lessons. On the contrary, although my supervisor has passion, he can come off as being ignorant

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Personal and Professional Challenges

University of Phoenix Material Personal and Professional Challenges Matrix Worksheet Use the following matrix to describe three personal and three professional challenges. For each challenge, describe time and stress management techniques along with personal development resources that may help a nurse overcome these challenges. |Personal Challenge |Time Management Technique |Stress Management Technique |Personal Development Resources | |Example: Balancing work and family |Use a calendar or organizer to plan my |Take regular family vacations. |Family counseling and self–help books | |responsibilities...show more content... | |Interview a new job |Search every other day for any new online job |Use relaxation technique |Practice with a friend or a family member. | | |openings. |(deep breath) | | | | | |Research possible questions and best answers. | | |Create a folder with all my personal |Be well prepared with possible questions which | | | |achievements |can decrease the stress level. | | | |(resume, attendance, yearly review) | | | | | |Drink some hot water before the interview.

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Essay on Personal and Professional Challenges

Personal and Professional Challenges

Mojgan Soltani

NURS 391

March 18, 2013

Sharon Thompson

Personal and Professional Challenges

Challenge is often viewed as a negative and rejecting word. In reality life would not move forward without unfavorable factors. Life is a series of pleasant and unpleasant elements and events combined together to take us to our desired destination. Obstacles help us to learn and grow in our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects during our lifespan. Self–improvement is the first step to advance and navigate personal and professional life to the right direction. Opposing forces in life help build our characters, teach us lessons we need, and make us realize that anything is possible...show more content...

Nurses must strive to sustain a healthy lifestyle to carry their responsibilities efficiently. Physical activity, eating healthy foods, and sleep are three important factors in maintaining physical health. With nurses' busy work and school schedule, it is so difficult to commit to these goals. Setting priorities and following scheduled activities will be a good time management strategy to achieve those objectives. Studies show that exercise, eating the right food, and sleep are very important stress reliever factors. A workout buddy is a great motivational tool in maintaining fitness goals. Healthy eating starts from a research about healthy foods and their positive effects in our health.

Sustain a Positive Mental Health Mental health and physical health go hand in hand. "Mental health is about the way you think and feel, and your ability to deal with ups and downs" (Mental Health Foundation, 2013). Nursing by nature is a very stressful job. Stress can influence individuals' mental well–being. It can cause depression and negative thoughts. To manage a healthy mental health nurses should dedicate some time (5–10 minutes) in the morning and evening reflecting and thinking on positive events. Meditation, yoga, and prayers are very effective methods for releasing stress. Reading self–help books and promoting positive thinking, asking for help when needed, along with a healthy social life are good resources to achieve mental health.

tem A: The main challenges I face as a writer is getting started. Sometimes I have a hard time focusing on the main idea if an assignment and what is to be done. Once I start on the assignment I have to just sit for a few minutes and then begin. To help myself overcome these challenges I have learned to do start in a quite enviornment with no distraction. Also I have learned to reread my instructions several times over and make sure to highlight the some important key words.

Item B: I. Audience This mode ofwriting can be used when selecting a certain age group are person. When writing you always have to consider this mode because you need to know how to prepare yourself. If I were writing to a group four year olds, I would

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Introduction

Leadership is a simple word that easy to say but in reality difficult to apply it. The fact as we can always found, there is still problems about leadership in either military or governmental and civilian. Those who are not able to distinguish between commander and boss will encounter many problems in their leadership. The complexity challenges that they face right now are higher rather than the old times, and the challenges in the future will become more complex. Eventually, if a leader cannot perform his/her leadership by right, it will give bad effect to the members, culture and organization.

This paper will attempt to illustrate my perspective about personal leadership challenges in the future appointment. First, I will...show more content...

I finally found the answer to my Ah–Ha moment during the lectures of Leadership in Context on Command and Staff Course. From the story above we can make a summary that an unskilled and incompetent commander or leader could not change the organizational culture in his short time of leading the unit. I realized that this condition happen because the unit still have strong and healthy organizational culture and also supported by good officer at low and medium level of organizational. The officer performed a good leadership and have full controlled on their subordinates to overcome the problem caused by their commander. When the commander led with uncertain direction and decision, they understood the situation and managed themselves to control and command the subordinate to achieve the goal. Based on this story, I can say that they performing theory of distributed and collective leadership. They distributed the task and worked together to achieve the goal. Canadian Forces (2005b) as cited in Chan (2011) stated that 'distributed leadership requires that all of its personnel think of leadership as a shared function or responsibility in their team or organizational; that all personnel are expected to influence each other to achieve outcomes depending on the situation that they are in' (Chan, 2011, 206). Shamir and Ben–Ari (1999) as cited in Chan's book "Military Leadership in the 21st Century" said that 'collective Get more content

The Challenges Of My Life

In life, we all go through challenges and it's either we face them or walk away from it. Growing up, people will always have different ways of handling things that happens in their life. We can't know what could happen and how we handle it because life is unexpected. As I see it is that if you tend to keep making the same mistakes, you'll never get passed your past and if you learn from all of your mistakes, you can move forward with your life. Everyone has faced their challenges in their own way and not everything in life will be easy because I can tell you right now that no one's life is perfect. Everyone has their flaws, but they're perfect in their own way possible. The challenges I have gone through has made me the person I am today and has made me a stronger person mentally and physically. I'm more of an independent type of person because I'm not one to express my feelings to people I don't trust or don't know. I can tell my friends certain things, but when it comes to adults asking me about what's going on in my life, I can't open up to them. I feel anxiety every time an adult wants to talk to me because I don't like to say what I'm going through or how I'm feeling. I'll just tell them that everything is fine because I don't want to be asked more or been told more about talking to someone about my problems. I just like to do things on my own so I don't have to rely on having someone to be here for me whenever something is wrong. For example, when my sister

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A personal challenge I have faced this year and in the past, has been in creating more connections with other people around me. I have found it difficult meeting new people and maintaining that connection. I do not aspire to create relationships with every person I meet but it would be useful to actually know more people and be able to formulate a professional conversation with them. To sum up, I would like to expand my circle of connections in order to provide myself with opportunities and the ability to hear different perspectives. The first habit discussed in class is to be proactive. After discussing the meaning and being given examples of what being proactive is, to me it basically means to understand that one has control of ones actions. It is in the conscious mind whether or not certain decisions are made and as a result it is us that have the power over our lives. I find that this habit could help me in solving my problem by allowing me to realize more and more that it is I whom needs to take control of my social life and understand that if I truly want to better my social connections with other people, I have to be the one that takes action. Nothing and no one else is going to have the control I have over myself, regardless if they remind me day after day to attend social events or join different clubs. I will always have the power. I believe it is essential that I understand habit number one before even thinking about moving on to habit number two because habit

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Throughout my education, I had so many challenges I had to overcome. Dealing with school, personal life, and sports. Dealing with all of these problems has shaped me up as a person. I know now how to work for what I want, nothing is handed to me in life. That is something everyone needs to know, and now I know. My school life as been very confusing. I struggled a lot with all of my classes and all of the classes homeworks. I didn't let that stop me from doing good. No matter if I had to stay up doing homework I'll do my best. That was my goal, even though I had a ton of homework I wasn't going to let that stop me. Dealing with all of these problems it was hard for me to stay in a club or do a sport. Now that I'm a Junior I took that challenge. It's not easy at all but I'm doing the best I can to stay in a sport and deal with all of my classes and homework. I know I can do it. I have been struggling but I have been attending tutoring and asking for extra credit. Even though I stay at school for tutoring, extra credit, sport, etc. I still have to go home and help. If I don't my parents will get upset with me and not let me do certain things that I have to outside of home. Even if I didn't want to I have no choice but to do it. My dad comes home from work late and my mom takes care of kids so I tried helping them the best I can, even if it takes time from doing homework. That is something that I have been struggling with. Having to balance my school life, a club or a sport,

Personal statement

I have always enjoyed studding business and accounting. I would like to opportunity to continue this study. Business and accounting appeals to me because I feel interested subject that are perfect for myself and I can understand it better rather than other subjects and also many challenges involved in the business and finance. The challenging part in business is how to manage the business and run smoothly. I have applied to take part in the year in business or accounting courses during which I hope to gain particle experience as well as greater maturity enabling me to go in to my degree course will improved skills and broader experience. I am hardworking student with an ability to meet deadlines and produce a high quality work. As I have knowledge about this course and a keen interest in learning more this course would be the perfect fit. I have ability to work in team has been demonstrate in a number of group projects. Not just because of improve my communication skills and confidence. I also learnt how to negotiate ad juggle tasks. I am also particularly proud of my creative writing ability which has been shown and expanded on throughout a number of assignment. I am also extremely organised with a high attention to detail. Number are the most powerful tool. If someone love to deal with numbers and good in maths, then the accounting is the best suitable subject for him. Accounting is very important for business because Get

Anais Nin, a Cuban author, once said, "We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection". Writing is like photography. It has a thousand different meanings and will always be there for times of reminiscing. It has been an important part of my life by enabling me to convey my inner thoughts that cannot easily be spoken. It serves as proof of my greatest memories, but also moments of despair. However, there were several obstacles and hurdles that had prevented me from writing to my desirability. Despite that, the journey that I have encountered through writing has led me to overcome challenges and has transformed me into a more skillful writer. During the stages of writing, the most difficult part for me is...show more content... However, the persuasive essay assignment I had to do for my writing class this semester changed my perspective. I chose to write about how frequent testing benefits college students. I also encountered writer's block when I began this writing assignment, and decided to take a different approach. I began making an outline of how I was going to structure the essay, and used my annotated bibliography as a reference to which points I needed to address. To my surprise, the outline really helped aid me through writing my paper rather than limit me. It was the foundation of what my writing would become, and reminded me of my main focus if I ever got sidetracked. The outline also helped me direct each key point in my persuasive essay, such as, "Frequent testing is beneficial to students because it promotes better study habits, decreases risks for stress, and aids in the learning experience overall." In my opinion, this statement is conveyed in an affirmative tone, which is something I had a hard time with in my past writings. I used to have a hard time with this because I never used to be confident in my opinions. Due to the lack of confidence, my writings resulted to a temporary downfall. The uncertainty of my opinions became visible in my writing. Nonetheless, through the discovery of myself, I learned to voice my own opinion. Besides writing more affirmatively, I also had difficulty using sources to support my Get more content