The Importance Of Determination

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Jessica graduated college, after a few more years of practice in medicine she became a pediatrician. Having a nice life with 3 cabins and a nice home is how Jessica lives, or how she could have lived if she didn't fall of track. She's now failing life because she wasn't determined to get back up, and reach success. Success is a feeling that is reached after achieving something. There are many factors that could lead to success. However, determination is the main factor in achieving success.

Determination is the main factor in achieving success because when highly determined people would grab every chance they could get and do hard work to succeed. According to Malcolm Gladwell in "Olutliers" he expresses "She will get up at five forty five in the morning go in on Saturdays, and do homework until eleven at night" This shows how Marita grabs the opportunity given to her and commits to doing hard work to succeed. Malcolm Gladwell also expresses "Marita jut needed a chance and look at the chance she got.". This builds on to the idea that I order to
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According to Beth Hawkins in "The Wes Moores: Two fatherless boys, two very different paths" She states, "He was making friends who made good choices at school, and considering his vantage on other relationships." This proves that when determined to succeed people will not get in between your success. According to Dr . Sampson Davis in "We Beat The Streets" he says "I saw many of my friends but new cars, jewelry, and clothes with the drug money they had earned. It would have been easy to give in to the drug induced, mind numbing, relief from the problems and despair all around me. I was driven and had to remain strong to avoid all the temptations.". This futher reveals that if strongly determined you will not allow anything get in between your

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