On the Road to Success
What makes a person successful? Does money, parents, or background guarantee success? The definition of success varies with each person, but to me one of the most essential definitions of a person's success is the impact they have on other people. Most of us hold pre-conceived notions of different socioeconomic backgrounds than our own. While people are truly impacted by these factors, some people can overcome them and reach success. Many people throughout history have prevailed over such obstacles as poverty, poor education, and poor parental guidance. For example, Abraham Lincoln had to struggle for a living and for learning, but he became a great leader and president. In my life, I have met many successful people, and have learned that success goes beyond having "good luck". I honestly believe that it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a total success doing something that you hate. I do not see the purpose of anybody working so hard to accomplish success when they don't have the passion in their "craft". You may end up with money, which equals a decent lifestyle, which may be potential happiness, but dedicating your time to a task that is of little of your interest, in the long run, I'm almost sure
If you have dream, if you have self-conviction, and if you're ready to confront failure and shake its hand, then don't let anybody stop you... "Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown." Don't be like most people. Failure. Learn to see failure as a teacher. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his/her successes. So, in my opinion, failure is success if we learn from it. A close friend of mine had an "attraction" for beauty pageants. In almost every pageant, she would get first-runner up. That is not necessarily failure, but that did not satisfy her. She wanted the title, not the second place. Never knowing what it was that kept her from actually winning a pageant, she worked so hard in trying to improve her public speaking skills, and basically everything that made up having a decent on-stage personality. After several other first-runner up ranks, she finally got a title, and continued to participate in other contests, and earned other titles. Failure, to her, served as an experience to make her better. It was also an
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