push myself

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Definition

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challenge myself; go farther than I think I can go

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Justin Timberlake is saying that on his last record, he challenged himself to be a better songwriter and to try new things.

We all push ourselves sometimes. Anyone who has ever tried to achieve a goal has to push themselves.

Mountain climbers push themselves to get to the summit. Even when they feel totally exhausted and want to turn back, they push themselves to keep going.

Say you are studying to become a lawyer, and it’s time for you to take the Bar Exam. You have to push yourself to study hard so that you will pass the test.

Say you need a job, but you are not motivated to go out and look for one. You’d rather stay home and watch movies. Too bad! You have to push yourself to work on your resume and fill out a few applications.

Do you push yourself to try new things?

Examples

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“When I was in college I was constantly pushing myself. I made straight A’s.”

“I always try to push myself at the gym. When I am about to drop from doing so many sit-ups, I’ll force myself to do 10 more.”

“Life’s too short not to push myself. I have a lot I want to accomplish, and it’s not going to get done while I sit in front of the TV.”

Winners

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	encourage oneself to do best by xingxingzouzou
	You tell yourself that you have to try to do it althought it's very uneasy by oceangirl05
	i guess the meaning of push my self is work hard ot improve my skill. yeah, i think that's all thank you. by y13l4
	push my limits by driyam
	try best as much as possible by ahameed
	J.T. wanted to urge himself to get better than before. by JazzThing
	Push myself is "go beyond". Bye by Zunnich
	to be better - to succeed - to be at the top - to do excelent work by hanin
	to be demanding of oneself by LO
	to do my best by Art
	challenge yourself to go/work beyond limits. by amlan
	to work as hard as posiible, to be able to stretch oneself and keep trying to do better and better everytime. by neerja
	it means "overstep one's limits to do one's best" by jixie_91
	hard work by milind.khadloya@gmail.com
	Trying to do something the best as it is possible. by svjetlana.m
	work as hard as he could to do his own best. by acacia
	I Encourage myself to do something..... by jimmyahmed
	To give pressure for better result. by t_nanu@rediffmail.com
	Encourage myself. Try to do my best by myself by osatoga
	it means: motivations by =peter=
	It's not only people will do their best to accomplish their works and dreams, but people will do every thing to make the accomplishment perfectly. by Lisin
	forse yourself to get going by anna1
	To do your best to achieve your hit. by waleedmahmoud
	i think (push myself)means (go ahead and do my best to reach) by inana
	performs your self and make it better by amado
	to realize your possibility, opportunity... to see what are you able to do... by anano83
	to work hard by yonfifi
	prompt myself to get better by tilwayne
	i think this as doing one's best. how about that? by ikong
	to do one's best; to do everything that is possible and impossible to get the target. Am I right? by gumpa
	to improve to go further by Abdell
	to make every effort by vuitinhvn
	to demand oneself by wonkapet
	I guess "push myself...." means to develop all my potential. by thuhuong
	urge myself to do my best by 云淡风轻
	make all the effort that he can by chilena12
	encourage one to put effort in it by happybabyivy
	to develop yourself, to go thriving by glazki
	here i think it means that he forced hisself and tried to do his best to achieve something that he wants by samangharib
	push myself is givving yourself the strength to go on & to support your self by Lena1234
	make himself do his best ,and to be the best, or at least "better" by blue lily
	encourage or force myself doing something. by helenhorse
	driving force to do some thing Determination by Everwelwisher
	do my best by oceanscent
	work hard myself,try hard myself,apply myself.......... by shameeralim

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