Failure rate

When facing adversity and hard times, we often feel downhearted and dejected. Life might seem so unfair that the temptation of giving up becomes so enticing. We might consider letting go of our dreams and stop trying. In this kind of situations, inspirational stories of people whose situations were far worse than ours yet they refused to give in can rekindle our motivation.W.Mitchell is one of those people who beat the odds simply because he refused to be beaten by his circumstances. His story…

It is the year 2021. You hear your name echo through the auditorium as you are called to the front of the stage. All eyes are on you as you walk towards the principal who is holding the piece of paper for which you have worked so hard; all of the hours of work, studying, and preparing. Accepting your diploma, you smile and think about your life ahead. You have just graduated high school- now off to college. How will you be remembered as a student? What will you have done? A legacy is how you are…

everywhere have great ideas, reachable dreams, and unlimited potential, but they spend too much time listening to the voices of fear, doubt, and failure that they never take action. Fear and doubt are unnecessary worry and evidence of a lack of self-confidence. They demonstrate one's inability to control their thoughts and are the underlying reason for most failures. Fear and doubt breed inaction and procrastination, and ironically, these common thoughts are found in everyone. Thankfully, fear…

Failure is not about failing at something and not getting back up. It’s not about giving up and not doing anything to change this situation. Everyone has failed at something at one point of their lives. No one is perfect. In life you can do two things. Give up and not use effort to change something, or get back up and trying to change things the next time. Seven years ago, I failed at behaving like a good child. My behavior was so horrible and I knew that it was affecting the people around me.…

Failure is the product of the inability to achieve a certain goal, outcome, or satisfactory result. The feeling you get from failing is a gut wrenching pain that isn't easy to get rid of. It can disrupt a person’s life and make them second guess themselves and all they have went through. I have also had a profound taste of failure in my sports, work, and school life. But while failures can make life miserable for a moment they can change your outlook on life, help you recover from, and make you…

(“John D. Rockefeller”). With his growing monopoly along with his wealth, he was able to control some of the unthinkable. “It controlled nearly all the refineries in Cleveland. That fact enabled the company to negotiate with railroads for favored rates on its shipments of oil. It acquired pipelines and terminal facilities, purchased competing refineries in other cities, and vigorously sought to expand its markets in the United States and abroad” (“John D. Rockefeller”). His immense power was…

Success Profile Throughout life we come across many challenges, as an individual our actions that you possess and use to deal with these challenges are called your personal skills. As an individual I possess very many traits that positively affect my life. Two of the most outstanding characteristics that I possess are my level of Self Esteem, and my Physical wellness, but on the other hand there are personal skills that I show that need a great amount of work, which happen to be Empathy for…

Although failure can be upsetting or even discouraging, it can be used as a wonderful learning experience. Failure at some point is inevitable, but it you have to make the most of it. I have been fortunate enough to be the drum major for my school’s marching band both my junior and senior year. We have yet to start competitions this year, but last year was not ideal for me as a leader or the band as a whole. We start rehearsals for our competition show at the end of June; this is usually about…

Success is a very hard thing to get. Not many people have true success. People that are successful make it look easy. Tho they spend most of their life working to success. All they say is never to give up. They very much are correct. Bill Gates is a very good example to this situation. He invented one of the best operating systems in the whole world many people today use Windows. Also as a side note one of the world’s competing gaming consoles on demand. Bill has a very expansive knowledge to…

When you look back on your life in 30 years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful? What relationships or accomplishments will be important on this journey? Success is usually referred to as an abstract subject with a different meaning for everyone. However, success is a word, which like any word has a definition. The 4th Edition of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines success as "The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted". As…