I believe that people have their own limitations in demonstrating their abilities; as well, I, from time to time, bump up against my limitations. However, today I read an article that Professor Mangini gave us. It was about the importance of empathizing growth mindset, not fixed mindset. This impressive article stressed the importance of attitude in which we should focus on process rather than grades. It is a message that most people heard from their parents when they were children. When I got a bad grade, and when I was depressed because of it, my mom always scolded me. She indicated the reason of my failure as lack of effort. I was not a diligent student, and while I got moderate grades even though I did not put in that much effort, effort was not essential in getting grades to me. And even for the most people, it is a word we cannot easily accept. Putting more meaning in effort rather than results seems an excuse for losers.
However, I slightly started to recognize why effort is really important. Right now, I have to take exams with my second language and write my essays as well. It is stressful for me. Even if I want to express my words in English, I struggle because I cannot find the right translation for certain words in English. And I cannot get good grades, even though I make great efforts, due to language barrier. I am gradually getting the meaning of the importance of procedure rather than the result. Yet, even if I get bad grades, the reason that I have to make an effort is, I do not want any regrets in the future, and also, I do not want to make excuses for myself in the future. Some people who fail always make an excuse for their failure as they did not put enough effort. They are self-assuring by finding their excuses from their deficient effort; what cowards they are. I do not want to be a coward. Even if I would fail to achieve my goal, I want to accept my failure graciously and know I did my best. I do not deny one’s limitation in ability, but sometimes, those limitations can be attributed to traumatic experiences. For example, I have a serious anxiety when taking tests, because I ruined my college entrance exam held only once a year. From that moment, because of this trauma, it is impossible to demonstrate my full ability in any test. It is how I put the brakes on my achievement. It happens to everyone. Sometimes, our self-consciousness blocks us when we meet the wall that we make in our mind. In other words, if people jump off that wall, they can demonstrate more than expected, but it is true that there are a lot of geniuses who get perfect grades with less effort, and that makes us miserable people. However, Thomas Edison said, “Genius is comprised of 99 percent of effort and 1 percent of inspiration.” I have heard he said this on the purpose of showing off that he is the genius with 1 percent of inspiration. I personally acknowledge this quote in a different way. To me, It means not all people can become geniuses, however, some can become an acquired genius that is close to genius or a brilliant person. In other words, we can overcome limitations with our 99 percent effort. I find my motivation from this quote. Therefore, I think everyone can be a brilliant person even if we lack only 1 percent of inspiration.
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