10 Seeds of Greatness Denis Waitley The Ten Best-Kept       Secrets of Total Success 

                       

1.The Seed of Self-Esteem (Appreciate the value of yourself)
"From self-love to self-worth"
-Self Esteem is very important to become a better individual. Love who you are, and be confident. There is a difference between being arrogant and cocky, and confident. This high self-esteem will help you become successful. With a high self esteem you can be yourself. This seed will definitely help you be a great person.

2. The Seed of Creativity 
"Releasing your creative energy"
-Creativity is key to be great. Creativity is what makes you unique and different. You can also get creative when you think about things differently and not the same as others. The definition of creativity is the use of original ideas and imagination, especially in the production of an artistic work. It does not just have to be art as in painting, drawings, sculptures, etc. You can be creative in sports, music, and even in the things you do in your everyday life.

3. The Seed of Responsibility 
"Whatever we sow, we reap."
-Being responsible is of course very important. Taking care of our responsibilities is something we were always taught since we are young. For example, doing all of our homework, always participating in a sport if you were in one, going to church in the morning, etc. The definition of Responsibility is the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone. Having responsibilities is something you are always going to have. Taking care of your priorities will make you a successful person.


4. The Seed of Wisdom
"A large vocabulary which implies broad, general knowledge characterizes the more successful persons, regardless of their occupations."
- It is important to have wisdom, The quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise. Being wise is learning from our life experiences and learning of others. The older we get the wiser we get. The wiser you become the less bad decisions you will make.



5. The Seed of Purpose
"The gold mine in your goals."
-Purpose is major to become successful. You need to have a purpose in your life. Something that you are trying to achieve. The definition of purpose means the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists. Purpose is like your motivation to do something. If you don't have purpose to do be successful it will be hard.

6. The Seed of Communication
"Reach out and touch someone"
-Communication is key to become successful. I am a quiet shy person. Lately I have been communicating to others more often and to people I don't know much. Talking to other gave me more opportunities to myself, school and soccer related. Getting to know people and have connections with them can help you. Also, when I will be going to college, I will make sure to talk to others and make new friends.

7. The Seed of Faith
"The power of positive believing" 
-Faith is very important in success. Faith means complete trust or confidence in something or someone. You need to have faith that you will reach your goals and dreams and become successful. Faith can give you confidence. You need a positive mind set and believe that you will accomplish that thing you want. I have faith that I will accomplish my dreams in becoming a professional soccer player. That is how most people become successful, by believing and having faith that they will.

8. Adaptability 
"Turning Problems into Opportunities"
-Adaptability is an important seed to be successful.. Adaptability means the quality of being able to adjust to new conditions. This is very important because in your road to success, there will be new and different conditions, constantly changing, the road does not stay the same. For example, I play soccer, and there are times where you have to change teams, so you are new to it and have to adapt to how they play and train. Also, sometimes adapt to a certain weather you play in.  

9. Perseverance 
"The will to win is everything."
-Perseverance is very important for success. The definition of perseverance is steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. You have to have perseverance if you want to become successful. Becoming successful is not easy. You will experience some difficulties and obstacles on the road to success. Having perseverance will help you go through the difficult times, and if you don't have perseverance, you will eventually give up and not achieve your goes and be successful. I will need to have perseverance because in becoming a professional soccer player, there will be difficult days and times where you will not be playing well, but you have to continue on practicing and become better.

10. Perspective
"Happiness is the spiritual experience of my living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." 
- Having a positive perspective is a must have to be great. Perspective means the view of things. Always have a positive look of things. Negative perspectives can lead to doubt, sadness, depression, etc. For example, I was mostly a bench player my senior year of soccer. Many people on the team that were bench saw it in a negative way. I tried seeing it in a positive way. It means I had to practice more and work harder to earn a starting spot. Which I did get about 3 or 4 times out of the 12 league games. I took advantage of becoming a bench player and when I came on I made sure I brought energy to the game. I ended up scoring 5 goals. This year was the most goals I scored in high school. I was pretty proud of what I accomplished. I have improved as a person and player through this experience.

Final Reflection: These 10 seeds of greatness will definitely help you become great. If you practice and apply these seed everyday. I will make sure to try my best to do these seeds as much as I can because I am trying my best to become a great person and become very successful.