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    Perfection Of Life

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    Human beings have eternally been built for connection. Throughout our time, the growth and demise of different civilizations, we’ve always been apart of a greater group, family, or community that has not allowed us to be lonely singularities. Simultaneously, philosophers have also emphasized to us the importance and value of independent thinking and meaningful solitude. To hold oneself apart from society, is to begin to think one 's way beyond it. In the today that we live in, we tend to beg…

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    cars, and a lavish lifestyle, most Americans just wanted a just means of living. Unfortunately, most families, or lifestyles, have downsides or dark secrets that one would rather hide from society, as society itself tries to contort the image of perfection.…

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    This chapter beautifully captured Bodhisattva’s perfections of generosity and morality. The importance, usefulness and challenges of one’s mind is highlighted throughout this chapter. However, from my understanding of the text, it is only our minds that we are capable of controlling since one can decide to be generous, and to believe different values, like what is right or wrong. It is true that we have a wandering mind, that our thoughts constantly change and we usually come up with new ideas.…

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    Bravery Over Perfection

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    Bravery Over Perfection In the TED Talk “Teach Girls Bravery, Not Perfection” by Reshma Saujani, Saujani addresses the fact that as little girls are growing up, we begin to introduce them to the idea of being perfect rather than the idea of being brave. Saujani starts the TED Talk by talking about the one time she stepped out of her comfort zone and ran for Congress. In 2012, Saujani made the decision to go from a fundraiser and organizer behind the scenes to a running candidate for a seat in…

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    The gift of Perfection of Character: Guiding Principles For The Martial Arts & Everyday Life by Master Teruyuki Okazaki, on my fifteenth birthday, changed my life. An outdoors person, I taught myself Taekwondo martial arts, when my friends were playing on their PlayStations and becoming masters of ‘God of War’. Perfection of Character inspired me to join the neighborhood Taekwondo Academy. My winning the silver medal within a year of my learning the martial art formally in a local competition…

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    No organization is perfect whether it’s the military or a civilian organization. Perfection is what we strive for. There will always deficiencies that one always complains about and say that if they were in charge they will do it differently. Sometimes though that’s just not possible but at times it may be. I myself am currently working as the Executive Officer of a Maintenance Company and these are a few of the issues that I have seen and noticed at my position that I would recommend changing…

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    Fake Perfection Essay

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    Fake Perfection Like snowflakes there is no one person who looks the same in the world. Even identical twins have a small difference that you would be able to tell them apart. What makes every person individually unique is our physical traits; however, things like the internet, the social media, and television says otherwise. According to the media, every man must be handsome and muscular, and every woman must be fit and beautiful. An easy access to such technologies make it easier for people…

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    I’m sitting at the top of the tower, gazing down on the rest of the city. It seems to be about midnight, but I can see for miles with the light of the full moon. I lean over and let my legs dangle off the railing a little. The wind makes noises like thunder when it whips past my ears, but the sound of the heartbeat in my chest is too loud for me to really hear it. I take a few deep breaths in an attempt to calm myself, even though I know it won’t work. We had just left our house, when it…

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    There is a fine line between perfection and totalitarianism, which people tend to dismiss when they are blinded by the high amount of power they have. In the novel 1984, the people of Oceania believe they live in an ideally perfect community through the government’s use of propaganda which is used to control their actions and thoughts. This type of ruler ship describes a utopia, which is an ideal state that is perceived to be perfect (Sreenivasan 1). However, the dehumanized world the citizens…

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    Perfection In High School

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    in school from their parents. It is a changing the way kids view school. Parents are putting too much pressure on their children to do well in school. Kids already know they need to do well and don’t need parents putting more pressure on them. Perfection is an expectation. It seems today that the expectations are a lot higher. A C is frowned upon, a B is accepted and an A is expected. According to Atlantic writer Jessica Lahey, “kids who buy into this expectation, suffer anxiety,…

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