Improving Oneself I have two brothers. I am a student. I am Indonesian, but I’m currently in the United States for studying purposes. I am enrolled in a community college called DVC and now I have an assignment to write an essay. When I was searching for a topic, I found an interesting comment that said,“Most incompetent people fail to recognize their own inadequacies.”. I can relate to that comment because it describes my childhood well. Let me tell you a story about it.
Indonesian people loves sports. I didn’t. Running around and wasting energy chasing a typical ball was not my thing. I was different from them. They needed each other’s company. They wanted other people’s help. I didn’t. The TV which contained a whole new world was more than …show more content…
Since I have a lot of spare time, I tried playing it alone. Some of the games were adventure games. Going on a journey to middle of nowhere was exciting. Others were fighting games. Press square to slice. Press X to jump. Five robots would come and I would slice them all. The big boss would then come and I would outmaneuver him and then kill him with a sky piercing technique. I felt I was the most skillful player playing the strongest character. After some time, my brother came home and asked to play the game together. Well, we did play together, but not as a team. We went against each other. It was one on one, mano-a-mano, my character against his. It was a fair game, no tricks, no handicaps, just pure gaming skills. Can you guess how many times I killed him with my overwhelming skills? Not even once. Every time I tried to attack him, he would dodge it as if he knew I was going to attack beforehand, and then countered me. Couldn’t take a loss, I asked for rematch and he would win again, over and over. My confidence crumbled that …show more content…
My brother took advantage over my overconfidence by easily predicting what I was going to do. I overestimated my ability and, as a result, lost. The loss made me realize my ineptitude. However, knowing ones own ineptitude is not necessarily a bad thing . After all, not being the best just means that we can get even better. There are a lot of ways to improve ourselves, but they all start with knowing that there is room for
Indonesian people loves sports. I didn’t. Running around and wasting energy chasing a typical ball was not my thing. I was different from them. They needed each other’s company. They wanted other people’s help. I didn’t. The TV which contained a whole new world was more than …show more content…
Since I have a lot of spare time, I tried playing it alone. Some of the games were adventure games. Going on a journey to middle of nowhere was exciting. Others were fighting games. Press square to slice. Press X to jump. Five robots would come and I would slice them all. The big boss would then come and I would outmaneuver him and then kill him with a sky piercing technique. I felt I was the most skillful player playing the strongest character. After some time, my brother came home and asked to play the game together. Well, we did play together, but not as a team. We went against each other. It was one on one, mano-a-mano, my character against his. It was a fair game, no tricks, no handicaps, just pure gaming skills. Can you guess how many times I killed him with my overwhelming skills? Not even once. Every time I tried to attack him, he would dodge it as if he knew I was going to attack beforehand, and then countered me. Couldn’t take a loss, I asked for rematch and he would win again, over and over. My confidence crumbled that …show more content…
My brother took advantage over my overconfidence by easily predicting what I was going to do. I overestimated my ability and, as a result, lost. The loss made me realize my ineptitude. However, knowing ones own ineptitude is not necessarily a bad thing . After all, not being the best just means that we can get even better. There are a lot of ways to improve ourselves, but they all start with knowing that there is room for