Ambition In Bob Hicok's Poem

Many people try and many people have failed. Everyone hopes to succeed in something, whether it be anything from sports to seminary, school, or just life. Every day there are people who invent things, they try over and over again until it works out. There are many successful people in this world and they didn’t get there easily. Success is something earned not given, and comes with trial and error.

By definition, success is a person or thing that achieves desired aims or attains prosperity. How an individual reaches the point of success is “not exceptional or mysterious. It is grounded in a web of advantages and inheritances, some deserved, some not, some earned, some just plain lucky- but all critical to making them who they are” (285). Throughout the book, Outliers by Malcom Gladwell, the pieces of the secret to success are put together. Three parts of success include pure luck, the amount of time and effort put into working to achieve your goal and where you come from.

Before success, there is always a process in which you first start with. Many people start after acknowledging a moment in their life that motivates them to do more. Many of these successful people come from a variety of unique backgrounds and a lot of them from disadvantaged backgrounds, such as poverty, a single-parents’ household, or even abusive parents. These causes, however do more than inspire themselves, but others who see their success story. This results in a way where it gives people a change of mindset to prove those people wrong and move on from that disadvantaged background. Another thing that can come from this is the support of others and being able to create new and healthy relationships with others who would help lead them to success. I see

Everyone has their own interpretation of the word success. Individuals might even have their own personal explanation of how they came to be successful. However, these personal explanations are usually incorrect. Malcolm Gladwell, Steve Jobs, and the film, Dead Poets Society have a mutual understanding of success, making them interconnective. Although success can be interpreted in various ways, success is attained through hidden advantages, extraordinary opportunities, and significant intelligence.

To me success is accomplishing the goals, doing things the right way, and doing what you love.

Ambition is the desire and determination to achieve success. It is something that every person should have to live fulfilling lives, but too much of it can be dangerous. People would interpret someone’s ambition as positive or as negative depending on what it is they want to achieve. Some people would say that having ambitions that are big will lead that person to a life of success and happiness. However others might say that those big ambitions can only lead someone to a life full of misery and disappointments when they either don’t happen or they fail entirely.

I have dedicated countless hours to each sport, which finally paid off in high school. By the end of the year, I will have lettered nine out of twelve seasons. Most importantly, I played on the varsity level all four years in my two favorite sports. Soccer and basketball have always been my all time favorites, which truly shows with the amount of hours I have dedicated to each. Not only did I play for school, but I played for different clubs.

Success: the one concept humans strive for. It is natural for man to want to succeed, to feel the glory and fame it beholds. Now, the need for success is called ambition. Ambition is the feeling inside that pushes someone’s desire to obtain a certain goal, honor, or success. Society also contributes to people’s success.

Success is given to some while others have to throw out years of time and energy, with a couple of mental breakdowns every once in awhile, just to become successful. Some say it’s impossible while others say

Almost every person alive at one point or another has had big dreams to succeed. However, very few have the ambition to go out and work towards those big dreams. The actual definition of ambition is to have a strong desire to do or achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work. In my personal opinion, ambition is the urge to reach success and having the willpower to put in all the effort necessary. Which is something most people in todays society lack. People think that everything in life will be fed to them on a silver platter and they wont have to put in hard work to become successful. This might be true in some circumstances but, what separates those who reach moderate success and those who become very

Ambition is determined from where you come from. People who lives in the ghetto part of town often want success but the people around them influences them to become bad. We might not realize this but we act accordingly to the people who we hang out with. If you hang out with

Everybody hopes to one day achieve some sort of goal. Being successful requires ambition and motivation. Ambition is a strong desire to do or to achieve a particular goal that a person has in hopes to become successful. Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, once said that “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” Ambition is a good thing because people should always work hard to do their best and achieve more. If people weren’t ambitious than they wouldn’t strive to achieve and be successful in life.

Success can be defined in many different ways. My mother came from poverty and lots of hardships which made her persevere to have a better life than what she has come up from. She believes “Success is maintaining your level of ambition until you reach your goals, success is never giving up”.

The most important realization that an individual can have in their life is that no clear way defines the path to success. Some people try to imitate others’ success or follow the expectation of society, but they keep experiencing negative emotions in the process and ultimately realize that it is not the success they want. While some people attempt to figure out their own way toward success, but still lost their way halfway through because they forget to consider their weakness and strength before their journey toward success. In my opinion, to be successful is to choose a goal that you sincerely want to strive for and learn from the inevitable failure to achieve the goal. We always experience many failures in the process of reaching our goals.We should learn from these failures and adjust the approach toward our goals to maximize the probability of success.

Success is to fulfil a goal that you have set for yourself. Achievement of success involves five components: realisation, confidence, motivation, action and perseverance. Step one is to realise your goal and how to achieve it. Step two is to have the confidence to take the steps towards your goal. Step three is to find motivation to keep you on the path towards you goal. Step four is action, the first physical step you take in the process for success. Step five is perseverance. On the road to success, you will most definitely come to setbacks and struggles. The only way to conquer those things and achieve your goal is to have strong perseverance. As David Brink said, "A successful person is one who