Colin Powell: True American Dream Ideal

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Colin Powell exemplifies the true American dream ideal. Through his achievements in life, he has demonstrated that despite one’s humble beginning, family status or socioeconomic background, self-discipline is the determining factor between success and failure. I chose Colin Powell as we share the same parental background – his father from the parish of ST. Elizabeth in Jamaica, as is my mother and so there may be just a bit of bias in the selection. Colin Powell, with beginnings in humble poor surroundings, rose to prominence because he sustained self- discipline even while living in neighborhoods of Bronx, New York, where elements of self- discipline entailed a scavenger hunt. His approach to life and his rejection of failure and the attitudes

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