Personal Narrative: To Be More Competitive

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I would tell myself to be more competitive. Not with others, as I believe the best way to grow to be a more tolerant and knowledgeable person is by actively seeking out and working with peers, but instead to be more competitive with myself. I would tell myself to never be satisfied with my current limits and to find joy in striving to end each day as a better and more erudite person than I was when I woke up. Although this drive to always be better has become an integral part of my character, through my high school career it was not, and I derived my drive to succeed from other’s disbelief. When my track coach told me I was too short to be a triple jumper, overcoming his doubt became the driving force in my life. I toiled endlessly in

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