Success

define success? Is it illustrated as having daily customer traffic on average of sixty-two million, becoming the 90th-largest economy in the world making twenty-four billion in revenue, and being the largest distributor of toys in the world? McDonald’s has built a chain that, in fact, has accomplished each one of those. However, is success solely driven by achievement and power? What about success can become toxic? As McDonald’s continues to grow over numerous years, its road to “success”…

areas by moving away when they have talent to offer. The talented people almost segregate themselves from the lifestyles of the poor working class, even if they grew up with these people. If people who are talented/ successful it would encourage more success. These successful people could play a big impact on the rise of these communities, but instead most of them leave, never to return, making everyone else feel like their community isn’t meant for the talented. Vance says “people naturally…

Rough or unfortunate situations tend to reveal character in people, leading themselves, their family, their friends, and their community in the direction of a more positive future. Without resources or motivation, many people fall victim to inactivity and hopelessness. Innovators and leaders pave the way for others to generate progress in society in difficult times, such as the drought- and hunger-stricken Malawi. One such Malawian innovator is William Kamkwamba, who, with only supplies…

people and organizations to give us a formula for success. Throughout history the only ones who are remembered, talked about, studied, and even idolized have been people who do something extraordinary. We remember them as leaders. They rose above all competition, doubt, failure, and all other obstacles to do something that never has been done before. Sinek gives examples of this throughout his book and clams that they all have the same formula to success, starting with why? After reading…

In Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman, through the character of Linda Loman, the author implies that every person desires respect, even if they do not deserve it. While Willy is talking to Linda he states, “ You know, the trouble is Linda, people don’t seem to take to me” (23). Here, Miller emphasizes to the reader that Willy is not well liked in the business world, because of his approach/personality. Throughout the play Willy contradicts himself by exclaiming that he will “knock ‘em…

Willy and Biff’s beliefs are quite antagonistic. The former believes in the “American Dream” while the other wants to fulfill his life in other ways. Willy is fixated on his belief that he and his sons are great men deserving of success, fame, and fortune. Willy refuses to accept that reality is otherwise and this causes him and Biff to clash constantly. At the beginning of the play, Biff’s beliefs seemed to be confused. When he confides to Happy in the bedroom, he admitted he was lost and a…

team. I was about thirteen years old when I experienced one of my first significant lessons of failure. At a young age many do not understand the importance of failures and short comings, and how it is essential to learn, grow, and improve. We think success comes easy and without trial which is not realistic. My life changing failure taught me many things: the strength of teamwork, the power of preparation and will, and how to be a better competitor. Without facing my short-coming I would not be…

Talents are god’s gift to you — you either have them or you don’t. The majority of the sports industries think that athlete’s talents outweigh an individual's work ethic. Despite that, many people claim that a person's mindset are what establishes champions. They believe in the growth mindset over the fixed mindset. Potentialities are viewed through the development of practice. The idea that everyone can get better overtime. To be the best, you must work harder than your talent. People’s…

the dialogue were that I think it is worse to never attempt it in the first place. By not attempting to do something, that person is already surrendering to failure. Attempting anything has a higher chance of success than not attempting at all. Failure is a step we must all take to reach success. The world was not created in a day. My dialogue partner also believes that never attempting is worse than failing at something. They believe that one may not know what could happen. One can succeed at…

taught me. It taught me that given any task or challenge, if I put my mind to it and commit myself, I possess the work-ethic and persistence to perform whatever it takes to accomplish the task and the creativity to find new and unique methods of success. A specific example which exemplifies these strengths of my character comes from my body of work in a macroeconomics class that I took in my freshman year at the University of Minnesota. Prior…