Its good to try hard, just don't try to hard.

In everything we do, it is a good thing to push ourselves to the limits, this way, we can soar to greate heights. In the field of sports, say swimming, for example, swimmers try hard and push themselves to the limits to achieve better times and beat themselves and their opponents for that coveted gold.

However, trying TOO hard could have its repercussions. A negative side to pushing yourself? Yes, if you do too much, things could backfire on you instead. Here's another example: This boy, who constantly achieves A* for his tests and examinations. However, he tries desperately to get that full and perfect marks, and in the end, because he put too much stress on himself, he ends up falling sick and as a result, does badly for his test.

By trying too hard to achieve goals that at that particular moment is beyond us, we put immense stress on ourselves to do much better than we have already achieved, often putting our body and mind through immense strain. This is something that we Singaporean students tend to feel these days. With intense competition, we constantly feel that we are not good enough, and sometimes set ambitious targets, sometimes too ambitious in order to be at the very top, and to reach this targets, we push and push AND push ourselves to achieve that "mission impossible", but, we are not robots nor are we immortals, and we do have a limit to our own personal capabilities and trying too hard to push through that could cause us to be burnt out, overly tired and weakened, and, many a times, we do not succeed, and this affects our morale, thus, pushing yourself too far would not only not have the benefits of bettering yourself that you expect, instead, you would be tired out and strained unneccessarily, which is not worth it considering the effort you put in, a final example I would give before concluding is about England footballer Joe Cole. Joe Cole has recently joined Liverpool F.C and has been very eager to prove himself, and there has been observations that he has been trying too hard, and this has backfired, in an attempt to prove himself, he volunteered to take a penalty and the strain of trying too hard to impress caused him to crack and he failed to score.

Finally, I would like to tell everybody that even though pushing and trying hard is good, remember not to overdo it, instead, do slow down and relax once in a while, this would recharge your batteries, while trying to hard would drain your energies swiftly and cause a meltdown. As the saying goes :"People rest to go further".

Its good to try hard, just dont try too hard.