Complacent - showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements
Indeed, as a small and young nation, Singapore has obtained numerous achievements through the hard works and efforts by mostly our pioneer generation. However, we must not be complacent, or rather, haolian (a common Hokkien term used in Singapore, suggesting arrogance). Yes, complacence and arrogance hold two different meanings but I feel that any complacency may eventually lead to arrogance. Despite our outstanding titles, we should still continue to strive for improvement and work hard to build our nation. I believe that even the sky isn't the limit and there is always room to make things better. Even if Singapore ranks #1 in every single positive aspect, there is still no reason for complacency as the difference between us and other nations show that there is still much more to learn from others as what we see as flaws in others may actually be a good learning point for us. "Look beyond the surface". I've forgotten where I've heard this quote from but it holds a strong meaning. We should always look beyond the surface as even what we see with our own eyes may not be the truth. So despite our achievements, we should always still strive to be better then how we were before, and learn from others, be it from their flaws or achievements. Complacency will prevent us from striving for improvement as we will be overly proud of ourselves, thinking that we are already the best and unbeatable, causing us to just live life as it is now, not making any positive adjustments to better the lives of our nation. Thus, I feel that in order to further improve ourselves, we must not be complacent in our nation's achievements.
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