Floyd Bostwick Odlum

Having the mind and determination to become successful isn’t an easy task. Success isn’t considered a gift, it should be a hard task to achieve and it matters how it is accomplished. Success

Success is not given by anyone else than yourself. Having lots of money does not mean you are successful. Just because you are liked by lots of people does not make you successful. You have to work hard and appreciate what you get and you will be happy. It doesn't mean that it is bad to

Obviously success is usually defined by how much money you have. In this day in age if you don’t have money you’re a failure; so go get

Hi I am Charles Arthur Floyd also known as “pretty boy” Floyd my greatest achievement is being a criminal such as a bank robber and if people try to stop me to rob a bank I will shoot them. In my younger life my family was poor then when I turned 16 I ran away from home then a couple months later I started to rob banks and being a criminal. I was born February 3rd, 1904 in Adairsville, GA I died October 22nd, 1934 and my location of death was in a cornfield east of Liverpool, OH my cause of death was homicide my remains were buried Akins cemetery in Akins , OK. My gender was male and my religion is Christian and race was white. My father name was Walter Lee Floyd my mother's name was Hamie Helan Echols Floyd my wife name is Ruby Hardgravers

When most people (here in the US or anywhere else in the world) hear or talk about the United States, a common theme is living the “America Dream”. The “American Dream” is the idea that children will have a higher standard of living than their parents and in 1940, 92 percent of them did. But by 1980 that number decreased to 50 percent, in terms of absolute mobility. The term “successful” is a universal term and applies different for every single individual because everyone has different levels of success, some are higher then others and there can be some barriers in the way. There are many stories and evidence that have proven this theme but in the fine details there are many other things that come into play when it comes to becoming “successful”.

The meaning of "success" has numerous interpretations, whether it is your own or society's definition. Within Outliers author Malcolm Gladwell explains that being successful has nothing to do with what kind of person you are, so whether you are intelligent and hardworking or lazy and aloof, it depends on your circumstances growing up. Whether your parents happen to be immigrants, you are one of the smartest men in the country or you make a habit of practicing an activity for a certain amount of hours a day, your own personal success, according to Gladwell is defined by the conditions you grew up in; the idea of being successful varies from culture to culture, therefore, there is no definite meaning of success other than one's interpretation.

How does one reach success? In the novel Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, the main perspective of the novel is that success does not come from an individual simply by being lucky. In fact, success roots from our history, the environment we surround ourselves in, our values, and our cultural legacy. Every human being has the option of becoming successful despite a person’s disability, or the background a person comes from. Success is a gift. Gladwell describes what outliers mean to him, “Outliers are people who have been given opportunities and have the strength and presence of mind to seize them” (Gladwell 267). Malcolm Gladwell explained that often people are categorized into different groups of talent. Naturally, the group

Why can't you be successful? Maybe the only reason people are successful is simply because of luck. Benjamin Franklin once stated that diligence is the mother of good luck. While there are factors in our lives that can’t be controlled, ultimately it’s up to the individual to overcome their obstacles. With that being said many of the factors that can not be controlled can expand an individual's success.

Many people want to achieve the American Dream by starting from rags to riches and it is a very difficult journey. You have to make choices that would either be the best or the worst decisions you make. It is all about taking risk and putting all your effort to keep your business running. Some people have made it like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and many more entrepreneurs you see on TV or you see there products in stores. There is some that have a difficult up bringing and turn that into motivation to become successful like Russell Simmons. A successful entrepreneur accomplishes his or her goals which leads to starting somewhere, has stumbles, and becomes wealthy.

To begin with, success does not necessarily mean having the best home in a city, or owning the car of the year. Everyone’s view of success can be very divergent. It can all depend on where a person stands, or what their past was like. For example, there can be students who might be the first in their families to attend college and getting a college degree can easily turn into their American Dream, it may even be their parents’ dream as well. In addition, the view of Individual opportunity for an undocumented homeless man may differ from the views of an American with a college degree. Owning a home, having

People who are successful today did not make it alone. There are many factors that matter and contributed to their

Most people in today’s society define success as someone who makes a lot of money or has done something important to help form today’s society. People such as Bill Gates or Donald Trump are considered successful because they have lots of money. Even actors whose lives are wrecked and destroyed are considered successful because of the money they have. Others, like Thomas Edison, are considered successful because of accomplishments they achieved in their lives. Thomas Edison, for example, created the light bulb, so most people would consider him successful. In his book, Think & Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill gives 13 steps on how to have the right mindset, attitude, and ability to become successful.

In this age in which we live, success is generally measured by the amount of money you earn, or the amount of wealth or power or number of promotions you’ve accumulated. I find that the older I grow, the more I view the people who are most happy and content with their lives as the most successful. Rich, poor or in between, they’ve tended to treat life as a journey, not a final destination. They took that trip when they were 25 even though they really couldn’t afford it, they ordered the $55 bottle of wine with their filet because they knew that even though it was expensive it would enhance the meal so much more than water would. They took a chance on a start-up company, moved to Europe or Asia and experienced things that most people only dream about. If they managed to grow wealthy from the experience, so much the better. As long as moderation with most things is practiced, things won’t spin out of control.

Frederick Olmstead was a landscape architect who designed many landscapes including Central Park in New York City. He was born in 1822 and died on August 28th, 1903 at 81 years old. Olmstead is very significant because he was the first one to design architectural landscapes and make nature into an art form. Without him, the United States would not have the beautiful layouts of Central Park, the U.S capitol and hundreds more buildings. Olmstead relates to the book because he gave up all his projects to design the landscape for the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893.

There are many factors that contribute to success and luck is just a small part in it. Moreover, even if you have luck but you are not prepared to take advantage of it, luck would be meaningless and worthless. No matter how many successful people you look at, they would have one thing in common, that is they accept every opportunity they and get have failed greatly many times. We all know Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple Inc. We know how successful he is but how much do we know about the paths he has been through to be at this point? Despite to his success, he was a college dropout, fired executive and unsuccessful businessman. Jobs once said “Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.” He has tried many times and failed, though, he didn’t give up. The