I would like to be successful in my career but success has a different meaning to me than Studs Turkel, he though that to be successful you had to be in the elite. Success to him was a thing that you had, such as money and fame. Success to me is something that you feel. If you do not have lots of money and are not famous, that does not mean that you are not successful. Raising a good stable, healthy family and being happy with what you have is success

We all have the different ways that we view life and work. Some think of it as, have to get far and make lots of money. Some think, that what ever I do I must do it on my own without anyone's help. Others, see it as everything has to be perfect, no exceptions. These were some of the views that we portrayed in Erich Fromn's, "Work in an Alienated Society." I viewed myself like the mason. He built houses brick by brick. I view the world as all the little things make up the big things. I have has a lot of things happen in my life that we awful, but those things make me who I am today. If I were to focus on all of those bad things, life would be pretty bad for me. However, looking back and seeing how I changed myself and how I learned from everything has been good. I see the mason looking at his house as perfection. If he sees one brick that is out of

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Approximate Word count = 581
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)