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    How do you define success? Google claims that it is 1): the accomplishment of an aim or purpose, or 2): the attainment of popularity or profit. How do you define it? Interestingly, the powerful human desire to be successful has played a huge role in shaping American history into what it is today. As we can see from our nation’s (and the world’s) history, if we fail to retain a firm belief in our personal definition of success, the world will work tirelessly until it convinces us that our supposed definition is w r o n g. Fancy houses… Expensive cars… Celebrities… Prestigious jobs… Beauty… success. Normally without even realizing it, we associate the previously mentioned things with success; success, success, success. Americans love success. Ok, so does everybody…

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    many types of success in our world today and many definitions of success. In our culture it’s very common for people to want success. The biggest and most attention grabbing is “The American dream.” WHEn i was first asked what success was i said the American dream and I was only 7. This definitions of success is very popular with our culture. Another Definition of success that is very popular in our culture is Achieving personal life goals. These 2 definitions of success are very different.…

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    Success is continually defined by society as having the biggest and best of everything. By having the most expensive car or house and by having the most money. What people don’t realize is that there are many ways to define success and not everyone one person will define it the same way. My mother is a prime example of not everybody defining success the same way. Mrs. Green is a success, not because she has the most expensive house full of the best material goods, but because she has a loving…

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    Definition Of Success

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    We can achieve success in different ways. What is defined as success? Is my success the same as your success? How does one achieve success? Success is defined as “someone or something that is successful: a person or thing that succeeds”. Each individual has their own idea of success, and what I consider success you wouldn’t necessarily regard it as succeeding to your standards. Success comes in many forms for a number of reasons. It can change because of religion, age, race, gender, and mental…

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    Success Doesn’t Define Who You Really Are As A Person What exactly is success? Success is defined in many different types of ways, for example it's defined as getting an education, having a family, helping people, having money or even getting a career. But does that really define success? Success, for some people is being able to spend their life in their own way. Different people have different opinions about success. To be specific, a student might think that being successful is getting a…

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    Have you ever thought about why Chinese perspective of life is so different from that of Western cultures? Do you think anyone is right or wrong? If so, you probably know several differences that both cultures involve. These differences define the character of each individual in each of these cultures and also diverse factors affect our perspective of the world, for example; how we define success, our religion and traditions. My perspective of life is more similar to the American’s than the…

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    Definition Essay Success

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    How successful do you believe you are in life? Throughout our lives, we have been taught to have a fulfilled life we need to be successful and have been aiming for it, but what is success really? It depends on what success means to you. It's hard to define this word because there is no precise definition of success. Everyone has their own definition of this word. Some people may associate the word success with money so by having a lot of money they believe they are successful. Some associate it…

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    themes is introduced, how society defines success and beauty. This theme is portrayed by the use of costume, dialogue, and sound/ music. Society has a set look on what success and beauty is and the Hoover family challenges that. In the beginning scene the use of costume is used to establish the idea of societies definition of success and beaut. Olive is an important example of how society is defines beauty and success. In the opening scene of we have a mid shot of Olive in front of the TV…

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    top priority, and she would do everything in her power to see them successful. Our terms of success were actually pretty similar and made me love her even more as an educator. My definition of success isn't the amount of money you make, but the influences you make in others life. Mrs. Caskey is successful because of her passion to help others in the classroom, and she the main reason why I fell into the passion of art even more than I did before. Today, I will be talking about many ways of…

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    Success “See your goal, understand the obstacles, create a positive mental picture, clear your mind of self-doubt, embrace the challenge, stay on track, and show the world you can do it.” That was a guideline for success that was given to me while in high school by a parent of a close friend. There have been many times where I doubted myself and didn’t think I would succeed but I have. The last two years of my high school career, test I was attending cosmetology classes and when it was time to…

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