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I believe that the key message that Denziel gave to us was ¨Dreams without goals are just wishes"and this resonated with my personality because I believe that without a plan of hard work and dedication there is not point of working. when you work towards your goals there are many setback that offered give you hardship but this is good because it will help you grow past these dilemma and achieve your true potential that being a dream or another type of goal. So in life work with intent because when you are eventful it shows dedication towards what you are trying to achieve which intern makes the information that you are trying to convey more meaningful. (117)

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His story exemplify the importance of resilience in in overcoming obstacles and achieving success by teaching us that dream with out goals are just dreams which are wishes. This opened my eyes because if I want to achieve a goal I must over come hard obstacles in my life and I must fail to achieve these dreams because after every failed experiement i am one step closer to success because I fail and learn from them. No matter what you have to fail some point in your life and sometimes it is a hard mental block that sometimes you can bget over but eventually you must learn to leave that in the past and fall forward. (116)

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Denzel encourages the viewers so create a positive mindset by reminding them that success doesn’t come without struggle or working for it. He talks about staying disciplined, keeping your faith, and not giving up even when things get hard. He tells people to focus on gratitude and hard work instead of complaining about what they don’t have. his attitude helps build a strong emotional foundation that teaches people to see challenges as opportunities to grow. he said failure is just a lesson and not the end, stay motivated and keep going.

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The key messages that Denzel was saying was to take risks, though outside the box, be open to new ideas. I do think all of these are really important as taking risks is needed to move forward in your life. I also think thinking outside the box is important because you need to overlook the "basic" ideas and think further than the superficial things. My personal favorite and the move I wrote the most with would be open to new ideas. I think being able to be open to new ideas is super important as you need to see the world through other people's eyes. (105 words)

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Denziel Washington talks about failure and how to succeed through failure. He says to embrace failure and not to be afraid when you fall. He tells us to fall forward so you know where you are going to end up and you know how to get back up and improve from your failures. This resonated with me because I failed in math multiple times, but now I know what I need to do in order to succeed in math, Math was a struggle for me, but after failing, I improved on my work and I began to succeed, which is why failure is an important aspect in my life. (109)

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"If you're not failing, are you even trying?" This quote resonates with me personally, because without failing how are you going to learn? Learning leads you to success, and helps you along your path. Failing always motivates me to keep going, and after failure and after failure I know I will make it out. I believe your journey is always filled with failure and bumps in the road, but it never means it's the end. Don't waste your potential and just because you failed. Push yourself to success, or else you're always going to stay at where you're at. Don't take the easy way out. (105)

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I think a key motivational message is to take chances because you never know will come out of them and that you cant be afraid to fail big because if you don't nothing will come of it.He says that you will loose and you will fail and you have to embrace it because its enevitable.He also states that "nothing in life is important unless you take those risks",and without consitancy your not gonna finish.

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His story exemplifies the importance of resilience in overcoming obstacles and achieving success because he has failed a ton throughout his life while auditioning, switching majors, and several other things. He went so down in his life that he was getting kicked out of college for having a 1.8 GPA. His story emphasizes resilience because he never gave up and kept on pushing forward to accomplish what he really wanted. I believe that his speech was very motivational and it has made me think of the ghosts that will haunt me once I reach my end about all the potential I missed in life. (108)

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It teaches us the importance of failure. It helps us see the things we do differently and that if we fail it doesn't mean we're going to be a failure. It changes the mindset on knowing you're just on the path to success and how life is not supposed to be easy. We learn from mistakes and grow and it helps us achieve a better mindset in the future. It helped me understand if I want something to happen I have to do it so I don't make regrets about not doing something. People fail over and over again but people are going to look at you when you succeed not how many mistakes and failures you have. (118)

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His story exemplifies the importance of resilience in overcoming obstacles and achieving access through repetition and relating himself to his audience. Denzel Washington repeats the phrase "fall forward" to emphasize the importance of continuing to move forward and to never look back. Keep moving forward, no matter what it takes. His story of how he switched from pre-med to law to journalism, and finishing a year with a 1.8 GPA, shows the rough path he has overcome. He exemplifies the importance by describing your wasted talents and potential as "ghosts". These "ghosts" will stand by your deathbed as you take your last breath. They are your regrets that you will leave behind, and so it is important to overcome your fear of failure and unlock your potential.

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His story was an example of overcoming obstacles, it showed that even though he was at the lowest point of his life, he still overcame it, he switched majors 3 times, and ended up having a 1.8 GPA, and the school kicked him out, however his mother told him that he would travel the world and speak to many people and inspire millions. And now he is speaking to millions and inspiring many. Denzel's story shows to never give up and even if you fail and fall, fall forward. Denzel is a prime example of someone who never gave up and became successful.

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Some of the key motivational messages that Denzel Washington goes through is being able to fall forward that to fall back on something this resonates with me because if you have something to fall back on while you are already planing to give up when you fail but if you fall foward then you are able to get back stronger and learn what you can do you better when trying to achieve a goal. One example is me trying to get back after my injury i could have found an easier sport to fall back on but i didn’t becuase I want to be able to get back to what i love instead of fear of losing (117)

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One area where people can raise their standards is how they approach their goals. Instead of saying “good enough,” we should push ourselves to give our best effort in school and relationships. Raising your standards might mean studying more consistently and treating others with more respect. It’s also about setting boundaries and not allowing negative people to control our actions. When we expect more from ourselves, we grow into better and stronger people who are prepared for challenges.

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His story exemplifies the importance of resilience and overcoming obstacles and achieving success because when he started off college he constantly switched majors and had a terrible time focusing, he also had a 1.8 GPA. His school even encouraged him to take a break because he was doing so bad. He failed countless times but chose to rise above and keep trying to build himself up instead of choosing to fail. He stayed consistent with his goals and despite constantly failing he kept at it and eventually succeeded. Once he had success nobody thought of his failures, and that goes to show with determination and not living in the past, you could still succeed. (115)

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The key message that Denzel emphasizes in the video is not to fall backward, but to fall forward. If you fall backward, you will not know where you are going to end up at. You will not have control over what happens next and will feel lost. On the other hand, if you fall forward then you can see where you are going. Even though you are still “falling,” you can clearly see where you will end up at. I can relate because last year in math 2, I was failing. I knew I was failing and instead of falling backward and giving up, I studied harder and did all my work and ended the class with a B after the finals.

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The key motivational messages that Denziel emphasizes in the video is Nothing in life is worth while unless you take risks. This personally resonate with me because sometimes I am scared to try new things because I don't want to fail or embrass myself. But you only life once so mindswel life to your full potiental. Making mistakes is part of life. Denziel also mentions to fall forward what he means by that is once you fail or fall, you may think that you will fallback or get upset. But you have to fall forward and continue growing and learn from your failure to do better. (106)

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Denzel encourages his viewers to develop this more positive mindset of facing challenges by making sure the viewers know that it is okay to fail. Failing is something important that everyone has to go through to get to a final destination. because as he also said that the path on the way to success with never be straight it will always have its ups and downs. but that should never stop you from getting to where you want to be. dreaming big and having goals is an important part to success. and getting there or achieving these goals will never be easy and that is something that's okay because its the natural course of life.

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What I can identify specific areas in life where I can raise my standards, is way of life: how I present myself, how I eat instead of fast food, I can make homemade food, bake, work out, go to church more than once a week, volunteer at local places (local shelters, food drives, help homeless like food). Ask what I can do for myself, and for others, kind of like brainstorming and then put in effort, and keep going. Also my sleep schedule, because I need to sleep more earlier, and wake up early, mentally stay positive because nobody likes a person w bad attitude. (105)

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A key motivational message that Denziel emphasize in the video is how many ghosts do you have around your death bed when you have no fulfilled potential? This message resonates with my personality by me knowing I have so much persoanl potential that I could give the world but sometimes I dont use it. he states that everyone has potential and that shows that I need to embrace it to the world because the world does become a better place when us humans do our part and ahow our potential to everything. Potential means we have to try and eventually we will fail and that goes to show that when you don fail and are perfect, you don show you are trying with your potential. (125)

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The key motivational messages that Denziel emphasizes is the failing and having hard times in life is part of life and you have to get throught them and continue on because everyone will fail once in life and if it happens to everyone then its going to happen to you. Just because you fail doesn't mean you can't fall forward. A quote from the video says, "Every failed experiement is one step closer to success. Denziel uses examples of when the light bulb was created and stike outs verses homeruns in base ball. No one remembers the strike outs but they remember the homeruns. (104)

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The motivational messages that Denziel emphasizes in the video is that failure should be in braised and that it is good to have failure because if not it means that you are not trying in life and that you are not living to your potential. Also you should always dream and set up goals if not they are wishes. Also that you are supposed to think outside the box and don't be afraid to go out because if you do fail multiple times they will only remember when you have seceded. Also push yourself to your full potential if not you will regret it. (104)

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A key motivational message that Denzial emphasizes in the video is being open to taking risks. I think that this is very important in life because you will never progress without taking risks. This message resonates with me personally because I have failed a bunch of times and I think that taking risks is part of life so I always try on stuff that I know I am not good at so I can keep on moving forward and learn from my mistakes. I am going to do this exact thing on wednesday by taking the PSAT and going in blindly with barely knowing what it's on so I will learn from my mistakes for the actual SAT. (118)

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Denzel Washington emphasizes a lot of motivational messages in this video. One key message that he emphasizes is "Nothing in life is worth while unless you take risks." This message means you wont live up to your fullest potential unless you take risks in life. You wont ever know if something is true until you experiment it and find an actual answer. This message correlates to my personality because I realized I couldn't take the easy path when picking classes in high school. So when I realized I should take risks when picking classes I picked a more rigorous course. 100 words.

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Some things I can raise my start toward would be the overall strand of my work. I do try when I submit everything with the most effort but I think the longer I work the more I start to decrease over time. I want everything I submit to be quality work and be something I would be proud of submitting. A way I think I can ensure to better raise my strands would be to do my work over time. If I know that it's due in a week, I'll try to work on it over a period of time as if I try to do everything in one day it won't be the quality I expect from myself. (119 words)

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Key motivational messages Denzel emphasizes in his video would include "Don't be afraid to dream big... Dreams without goals are just dreams." Dreams are a big part of this video because they are people's end goal that they wish to achieve. However, if you do not create a goal for your dreams, how can you work to achieve it? This resonates with me personally because I have a lot of dreams, and I wish to be the best person I could be. On the other hand, these dreams tend to slip away because I don't create goals to work towards these dreams.

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He didn't get his first audition in a Broadway musical. He also was withholding a 1.8 GPA after switching from 3 majors, at Florida University. Despite these things, he still kept going. Without failing, how are you going to learn? His experience perfectly shows the example of great resilience. Even when he reached his lowest point of his life, he never gave up. These obstacles lead him to achieving the success he has today. Failing was a learning experience for him, and he didn't take that for granted. Even when it wasn't a straight path for him, he wasn't afraid of finding different routes for himself. He then 30 years later, got an audition for the same theater that rejected him. This shows the dedication and unwavering fear of failure. (130)

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Denzel encourages viewers to cultivate a positive mindset and develops emotional resilience in the face of challenges by stating, "fall forward" as a way of saying don't be afraid to fall, change your mindset of being negative. To have a strong foundation so you don't have something to fall back on. Potential whether old or young everyone has it or unfulfilled potential asking yourself what can you do with your life. His message is failure is okay, everyone can succeed but do you have the guts to fail? He also states, your life is never a straight path, there will always be hardships no matter how planned it is. (109 words)

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The key motivational messages that Denziel emphasizes in the video is, to not be scared to fail. He also emphasized to take risks in life. This messages I think are important because if you don't fail then are you really trying? Also when you thinking about failing people usually suggest you to find something to fall back on. Instead of being afraid to fall, try falling forward instead of back. This can be taking risks, new things and keep moving forward instead of working your way backwards. By falling forward it can help embrace your journey with all its ups and downs. (102)

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I would say that when talking about standards in my life, friends are a part of my life where standards are extremely important to me. You pick your friends, so your friends should live up to your standards. Your friends should be people that you feel comfortable with, and sometimes personally, I think that my standards of friends need to change. Some people are not real friends and will talk smack about you behind your back or just do things they know that you don't want them to. Friends should always live up to your standards and should be people that you can always count on, not someone you should be scared you can't trust.

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Denzel's story exemplify the imporantance in overcoming obsatcles and acheving sucess. He talked about how he didn't get a role in a play instead for being down on himself, he decied to fall forward and learn from his mistakes. Later on his life, he was a starting role in broadway the ironic thing was it was the same thetather where he didn't get the role the first time. It was a reminded of how hard work pays off anf how he achieved sucess. He had a 1.8 gpa in college but look where is he now he overcame so many obstacles. (101)

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Denziel encourages viewers to have a positive mindset by explaining to them that life has bumbs in it and the path won't always be straight, easy, or even pathed. This encourages viewers by reminding them that everyone with face struggles and will fail once in life. This is encouraging because it makes the viewers realize that they aren't alone and if people around them can get through their life struggles that they may have though was the end of the world then you can get throught what may feel like the end of the world right now or when a failure cojme into your life. (105)

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Denzel emphasizes failure a lot in his speech. He mentions the importance of falling forward and not backward. The reason behind this is that when you fall forward, you can see what you're falling towards, whereas falling back is no progression. He mentions taking risks and that your life is not fulfilled if you take no risks because you're limited to what you're comfortable with, and you should expand that and not be afraid to fail. You have to do things you're not used to to progress and advance in life, or else you'll live with a bunch of ghosts of what you could accomplish. Word count 105

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Some areas I can raise my standard are not procrastinating as much. I feel I can improve in these areas because I feel like when I procrastinate I end up doing the work but the quality isn't as good as if I did it when I had the time or days prior. If I pushed myself a little harder and studied throughout the week or looked at the material more I would have better quality within my work. So I feel I shouldn't sell myself short and learn how to get things done during the week instead of putting it off. Word count 101

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A key motivational message that I think Denziel Washington emphasizes in the video is the fact that he repeats in different forms of saying, never give up and that there are times when you path to your future will get hard but that is the path that you are supposed to take. This is motivational for many people because if they are going through a hard time in something or if they are at what they think is there lowest point in there life, they can know that it gets better and you have to take risk that you do not like to do sometimes to have a better result. (110 words)

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I think that in Denziel Washington's video about motivation he can encourage many people. An audience that I think he can mostly encourage is the younger teens and just younger people in general. I think this because in the video he quotes that "younger people are full of potential" also with this he also said that if you are full of potential to use it to your fullest and try many things because you never know what can lead you to your future. This should be encouraging younger people because they should take all the opportunities that they get offered because trying anything and trying new things can lead someone to a beautiful path, as well it can lead someone through a rough path but a path that they needed to go through to succeed in the future. (138 words)

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A key motivation message I got from the video was to live your life with no regrets. Everyone has potential no matter what and don't waste that potential because you're scared. A quote I found motivational was when he said “You hang around the barber shop sooner or later you're going to get a haircut”. This quote is basically trying to say if you try your going to get somewhere eventually. Trying is really important if you don't, you're going to regret it and nothing bad is going to happen from trying. Dream big and fail big is also something I found motivation. With big dreams often comes big failures at first. Everything happens for a reason so don't be down if you don't get something right away. (128)

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Some key motivationl messages that Denziel emphasizes is that you should always fall foward and never backwards. This resonates with me peronsally because having a back up plan for everything will not always make me try my best knwoing that theres something for me to fall back one. Falling foward makes me realize that i need to see foward and focus on what my goals are in front of me. Another message he states was that dreams without goals are are just dreams. This is message resonates with me because for my dreams to come true i must set realistic goals for myself to achieve that builds up to my dream. (111 words)

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Everyone has a different standard some may be higher then yours while others may be lower yours and thats completely okay as long as they know and you know your pushing your self to the best of your abilities! In points of your life you will most likely have to raise your standards and this goes towards any situation. Some are drastic one for example raising your standards in a relationship or a sport, you want to be treated with respect by your person so you have to address the standard that must be met. On the other hand sport wise see what the goal is and how you can build up to it by holding a standard for yourself. Standards are used in our daily life all the time. (Word count 132)

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Positive attitude towards any situation is crucial as you continue living, some people all ready know how to keep their emotions in check while other are just learning to. This positive attitude towards challenges are important to wrestlers. As a wrestler the sport can be a lot more then just physical, it’s a lot more of a mental warfare as you strive to fight the other person in a controlled environment. This feeling can be overwhelming especially if you go into overtime exerting all you have into the match, No matter the results I’ve learned to keep my head up through these challenges. I keep my head up knowing I had the courage, attitude, and discipline to do this sport especially cause it’s not and easy sport. (word count 130)

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When Denzel mentions having high standards and the importance of it I think of pushing myself to be greater than who I was getting back to my sport. If I just set the standard of pushing myself to just be who I was before, how is that gonna make me a better person than who I was before my injury. If I don't push myself beyond my limit and take the risk then there was no point in even coming back to the sport in the first place. Without pushing myself to these standards they simply stay dreams and not goals that will never be accomplished.

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Denziel's story exemplifies the importance of relilience in overcoming obwtcales and achieving success when he shares with us that he had a 1.8 GPA throughout school after changing his major from pre-med to pre-law to journlaing. Having to swith your major 3 times to figure out what you want to do in life is a lot but since he never gave up look where he is at right now. Then he tried auditioning for broadway time after time but they would always reject him. But later on he got accepted for an auddition at that same theater. Deniel shows that no matter how many times you fail the outcome will always be better. (114 words)

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His story exemplifies the importance of resilience in overcoming obstacles and achieving success by highlighting his key to success by sharing out his own challenges. These challenges were switching majors and facing a low 1.8 GPA. He also talks about the importance of "falling forward" instead of falling back, even with the challenges you face. This is as he explains that at his lowest point when he had a 1.8 GPA he never gave up he kept going and doing what he had to do in order to be and do better for himself. Therefore, his journey tells us that overcoming failures and pushing forward, even during academic and career obstacles, these "failures" will lead us to reaching our goals. (120)

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Denziel emphasizes that failure is always going to happen, so we have to accept that fact. We have to always take big risks because without them we wouldn't be getting out of the box and trying. When he says this it relates to me a lot because I have been told this many times by my parents and my coaches. They are always saying that mistakes will happen because nobody is perfect. You have to fail to succeed in life and by not wanting to try anything new you will not get out of your comfort zone. Every failed experiment is a step closer to success. (106)

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This story exemplifies the importance of resilience in overcoming obstacles and achieving success by showing us his hard work and the obstacles he had to overcome to make it this far in life. Denziel had a 1.8 GPA when he was 20 years old. He said that this was the lowest point in his life and he needed to change it. He transferred through many majors and classes and found the one he wanted to make him be the best he can be. There was also a time where he said he tried out for an audition and he didn’t make the cut many times but he still kept going back and tried over and over again. This shows that he never gave up to achieve the goals he wants.  (131)

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Denzel encourages viewers to have a more positive and developed mindset by shining light on the fact that failing is inevitable, and it is okay to make mistakes.

He says how Thomas Edison made 100 inventions that failed before the light bulb. He never gave up, and thankfully, he did not, since now today we have the light bulb. This helps the views and me to realize that failing should be seen as motivation, and giving up will not get you anywhere. I also like how he says we need to “fall forward” and not backward as a way to make failing seem less scary.

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Denzel emphasizes the concept of falling forward. He utilizes the rhetorical device of repetition to emphasize his point. He showcases that having something to fall back on is wrong and unimportant. Falling forward keeps your head up and shows what you are falling on, then you can push yourself up and keep on pushing. I personally agree with the concept because it depicts life by emphasizing that you will fall, but it's your choice to get back up. I applied for some leadership positions, and unfortunately, I failed and didn't get it. That doesn't stop me from being a leader because I still can influence positivity. I don't need a title to impact others and promote effort.

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Maintaining a mindset of pushing past pain and failure to pursue your dreams. I really admired the statement that ¨dreams without Goals are just dreams¨ because it promotes an encouraging message of making your dreams a reality. Without pursuing your goals, your dreams will have zero impact on your life. Utilizing a high standard is important because without pushing, no change will occur. The video explains that everyone will fall at some point in their but if they fall forward, keeping their head high, letting you see the road ahead. If you fall back, you maintain a mindset of allowing yourself to fail and take a different direction without pushing forward.

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In our Monday Motivator Denzel Washington encourages viewers to cultivate a positive mindset and develop emotional resilience in the face of challenges. He does this by talking about the important of hard work. He emphasizes that failure is the result of hard work. This is because if you don't fail did you really succeed. This can shift your mind because you can now see failure as a lesson and take that lesson and put it back into you work. He also says that life will never be a straight path. This gives listeners relief as now they can accept that not everything is going to be perfect. (107)

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A key motivational message that Denziel emphasized throughout the video was believing in yourself and never giving up. He says that dreams are just wishes if you don't work hard to make them real. Denzel also explains that failure is part of success because it teaches you to keep trying and not give up on yourself. This message means a lot to me because sometimes I donut myself when things get hard, but his words remind me to stay focused and keep working. It helps me remember that success takes time, effort, and faith, and that every mistake helps me get better. (102)

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Denzel Washington's story shows the importance of resilience because he faced many failures before he became successful. He didn't always get the roles he wanted and was told “no” many times, but he never gave up. Instead, he kept working hard and believed in himself. Denzel explains that failure is part of the journey and that every mistake helps you grow stronger. His story proves that success doesn't come easy and it takes patience and determination. This inspires me to stay positive and keep pushing forward even when things don't go my way.

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I think the most motivational message that Denziel was emphasizing was "Dreams without goals are just dreams". This message stood out to me personally because of the strong message and the big meaning behind it. If you put yourself to achieve your goals, you will succeed, but if you keep dreaming and dreaming waiting for it to happen without trying, the dreams won't come true. This message should stand out to everyone with big goals and everyone should always have big goals for themselves to keep them moving. Goals should be important to everyone whether it is small or big, a small goal to you could be someone's biggest achievement. (110)

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His story exemplifies the importance of resilience in overcoming obstacles and achieving success by explaining that if one thing brings you down to never give up on your dreams and goals. He states in his video that "if you haven't failed in something, you aren't even trying". This is pushing us as an audience that we should never be afraid of failure and to overcome failure. He also states in the video that "everyone has the talent to succeed but do you have the guts to fail" which really shows how to overcome your obstacles in a way to achieving success. (101)

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Denzel Washington's story helps exemplify the importance of resilience in overcoming obstacles and achieving success because he talks about how he didn’t get a part in a broadway play for his first part because he couldn’t sing, but he was able to overcome this obstacle eventually and he got a part in a play at the same theater years later. This is inspirational because it tells the story of determination and resilience towards achieving your dreams and meeting your potential. Through Denzel Washington’s story I was able to grasp the true importance of resilience and overcoming obstacles and now I believe that I can achieve greatness like he did. (109)

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In life there are many setbacks in everything that you do from getting a bad grade on a test to being late on your homework and other things that show you intent in school because intent shows growth and when you are intentful that shows people that you care about the work that you are doing which means you will always work to you best effort.(94)