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This I Believe
esther

Many important events occur around us in our lives. Happiness and sadness are the two most separated and competitive thoughts in a person’s mind. Most people in the world work for achieving the best in their lives. Each person will do so whether or not they actually obtain their goal. However, striving to achieve is the most important aspect of a person’s life. Each person’s position shows that he is learning and progressing for his major and that he continues to do so. Also, he attempts to make his community a better place. I believe that if everyone should do their best to look for the best future for them. It’s not just good for oneself, but also it is great for the other people around.

I have heard of many quotations from many speeches saying “Do your best in all of your work.” This phrase is very ordinary and everyone has heard this more than once from friends, family and other people – to give advice and cheer to others. It’s a stereotype that everyone hears this phrase a lot around, especially at school and work. Everyone will eventually learn and realize that doing their best in everything is beneficial to themselves and others. Utilizing this phrase, it can also make a person learn what he should have done better if something went wrong. While a lot of students in school who are studying work their best to get good grades and get the job that each one wants for the future, many students who have made mistakes to spend time doing other things when they could have been focusing on doing their best.

“Doing your best” sounds like it is only good for the person who is working on his own work. On the contrary, someone who is doing their best work can be very beneficial to the community around him. If someone wants to become a doctor, lawyer, teacher, or whatever he wants to become, he has to work hard and in the process, he has to help the people around him. Growing up, people learn the art of helping those around them.

While a person is doing his best on his own, he can also learn how to encourage himself. There are a lot of times in life when a person can lose hope while attempting at a goal if he thinks that his work is taking a turn for the worst. However, despite such thoughts, there are a majority of those people who think that one little thing may not be able to derail their attempts at their goal and continue on. People should instead think of how they could have done better, do their best next time, and try not to make the same mistakes again.

It was in first grade when I first heard someone tell me to do my best and not give up. I had so much trouble in the beginning; however, my parents encouraged and taught me that doing my best is great and there is usually no regret when something goes wrong. Doing my best made me more curious about studying and what I am going to be interested in studying for my career. When I came to college, I worked very hard in the beginning of the last semester. I believe everyone should do their best in all their class throughout the semester and not just a part. Each of the assignment, quiz, test, attendance, etc. can build up to the resulting consequence. Each person’s work will result in where each person wants to be and thus determines their future.

 

 
 

 

Esther Kim
was raised in United States and South Korea. She is a first year at Georgia Institute of Technology majoring in Biology. Playing piano is her hobby.

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"I believe that if everyone should do their best to look for the best future for them. It’s not just good for oneself, but also it is great for the other people around."


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