3 Feet Away by megan

3 Feet Away by megan - October 2021 Scholarship Essay

My name is Megan Machani. I am a student at Heritage High School enrolled to attend the University of North Texas next year after graduation. My educational aspirations include acquiring a bachelor's degree in psychology, which would aid me in pursuing a medical career as a neurosurgeon. My main vision and purpose is to serve humanity by providing affordable healthcare procedures to those in marginalized communities worldwide.

I was never much of a reader, but I decided to expand my knowledge and wisdom by reading many different informational and self-help books because of the pandemic. Being there was much more time on my hands because of lockdown restrictions due to covid, I began to research different kinds of books to read. A goal of mine at the time was to learn more bout money and self-educate to make myself a better person. After some research, I stumbled about the book "think and grow rich by napoleon hill. The book talks about how you can become the person you want to be just by using your thoughts and that the only thing that stops a person from achieving their dreams is their mind because nothing is impossible. After reading the preface, I was very intrigued, for I wanted to know how I could use my thought to my advantage.

As I read, I came across a young man at the beginning of the book who decided to go mining for gold during the years of the gold rush. He mined and looked for gold for many days; then, he decided to give up. He sold all of his gold mining equipment to "junk man", who started mining as soon as he got the equipment. And just 3 feet away from where the previous miner stopped digging and gave up was where the junk man found gold.

One of the most common causes of failure is giving up because of temporary defeat, and everyone is guilty of doing this at least once in their life. This is easily one of the most critical lessons I've ever learned from a character in a book. It teaches that if you are consistent in what you're doing, you'll eventually succeed. The practice of not giving up and being consistent is the key to success, and this is how I plan to achieve all of my aspirations in life.