Heroes Of Good

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Manaia Moala Avid, Period.6 February 10,2016 Mr. Ortiz
BREAKING
BARRIERS
OF
GOOD
ENOUGH

A barrier that I have faced is settling for good enough, instead of shooting for the best. So that is what I am going to write about. You shouldn’t settle for the drop, when you can get to the top. I have been settling for good enough in my life, instead of shooting for the best. I settle for good enough in school and sports. I don’t push for the best I just want tot settle for good enough. I think a lot of people of settling for good enough. Good enough is holding back a lot of people in …show more content…
I know I can be the best I choose not to try and just settle for less. When I am at practice I don’t try my best and just go fifty percent, while everyone is trying the hardest to start. Even when we are running, I am afraid of losing so I pretend I wasn’t trying my hardest. For example, when we are doing our warm-ups we run a the end. The coaches say sprint, but I don’t sprint. I don’t sprint because one of my teammates wanted to race me I didn’t want it to look like I was scared to race her do I said yeah. When it was our turn she was running but I was jogging. I didn’t want to fail do I made it look like I wasn’t trying. I didn’t want to keep on losing so I tried my hardest not to lose. I was determined to try my hardest to be the best. Now I broke the barrier and I am not afraid of racing anyone. It doesn’t matter if you fail. Even if you do fail just get back up and try

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