No one is perfect and flaws are inevitable even when we put forth our greatest effort. Even though it seems like an unreachable goal, perfection is worth seeking.
As school goes on it’s easy to slack off and console ourselves when we miss an assignment or fail a test because we didn’t study, by saying we can’t be perfect. As a result, we relax even when we can’t afford to and forget every class attendance, assignment and test counts in our final grades. The attitude with which we approach academics — the intention to strive for perfection or that failure is inevitable — will determine our level of achievement at the end of the semester.
People say failure is a learning experience and helps us grow, which is true — if we have put our best effort into something before we fail at it. Mistakes are learning opportunities, if you choose to see them that way. If you approach a task with 110 percent effort, no one can say you failed because you didn’t try.
Whatever you’re doing, do it to the best of your ability because you do not know what tomorrow holds. When the time comes to ask for a letter of recommendation from a professor for the dream job you’ve always wanted, the content of the letter will reflect the hard work you put into everything or missed classes and last-minute assignments.
It doesn’t hurt to shoot for perfection even though you might never reach it. Lazy people sing “No one is perfect” before they even try, while hard workers comfort themselves with those words after they have tried and failed. No one is perfect, but trying your hardest can help you be perfect in your imperfection.
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As school goes on it’s easy to slack off and console ourselves when we miss an assignment or fail a test because we didn’t study, by saying we can’t be perfect. As a result, we relax even when we can’t afford to and forget every class attendance, assignment and test counts in our final grades. The attitude with which we approach academics — the intention to strive for perfection or that failure is inevitable — will determine our level of achievement at the end of the semester.
People say failure is a learning experience and helps us grow, which is true — if we have put our best effort into something before we fail at it. Mistakes are learning opportunities, if you choose to see them that way. If you approach a task with 110 percent effort, no one can say you failed because you didn’t try.
Whatever you’re doing, do it to the best of your ability because you do not know what tomorrow holds. When the time comes to ask for a letter of recommendation from a professor for the dream job you’ve always wanted, the content of the letter will reflect the hard work you put into everything or missed classes and last-minute assignments.
It doesn’t hurt to shoot for perfection even though you might never reach it. Lazy people sing “No one is perfect” before they even try, while hard workers comfort themselves with those words after they have tried and failed. No one is perfect, but trying your hardest can help you be perfect in your imperfection.
– See more at: file:///Volumes/argonaut$/stories/sections/opinion/stories/2012/Feb/28/effort_more_important.html#sthash.s9NQyqIp.dpuf