What is the best advice you ever received? Why? And did you follow it? (University of Pennsylvania)
I always remember the day when my friends sits around me and tell me to try my best for everything even though the result may not be the way I want it to be because then I would be able to say that I gave it the best shot. Earlier this year, I had many problems with many people around me. My personality, somehow, changed from being carefree to cautious about everything. I tried to make everything go the way I want, but it never worked out so I started showing my negative emotions. Some of my close friends tried to understand me and lend me a hand to comfort me. They told me stories relating what happened to me with themselves. "You can try really hard, but no one ever get everything that he or she wants right?" said one of my friends. I stopped thinking the way I was thinking at that moment and started thinking in a new way. I did not get what I wanted, but at least I tried my best. My friends also told me that I should learn from my failures and never get emotional because of those failures again, instead, expect them and be ready for them next time so it will not hurt me as much.
After that day, I never regret doing anything even though it fails because I can proudly say "Too bad, couldn't have done any better than that."
I always remember the day when my friends sits around me and tell me to try my best for everything even though the result may not be the way I want it to be because then I would be able to say that I gave it the best shot. Earlier this year, I had many problems with many people around me. My personality, somehow, changed from being carefree to cautious about everything. I tried to make everything go the way I want, but it never worked out so I started showing my negative emotions. Some of my close friends tried to understand me and lend me a hand to comfort me. They told me stories relating what happened to me with themselves. "You can try really hard, but no one ever get everything that he or she wants right?" said one of my friends. I stopped thinking the way I was thinking at that moment and started thinking in a new way. I did not get what I wanted, but at least I tried my best. My friends also told me that I should learn from my failures and never get emotional because of those failures again, instead, expect them and be ready for them next time so it will not hurt me as much.
After that day, I never regret doing anything even though it fails because I can proudly say "Too bad, couldn't have done any better than that."
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