Marian Wright Edelman 's Measure Of Our Success

“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it (James Bryce). If measured by the rule of the quote, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow has tremendous worth. Randy Pausch, a professor dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture titled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” at Carnegie Mellon in 2007. In the book, he reflects upon the lessons of his life experiences mentioned in the lecture. The lessons addressed ways to lead a fulfilled life. At first, his experiences seemed to be entertaining stories from his past, but as he progressed through each chapter, I began to realize the mentoring quality of the stories. From the lessons, I carried away invaluable advice. While it would be difficult to visit and elaborate upon every lesson, there were three that were most memorable to me: the importance of obstacles in our life, how honesty is a better character builder than false praise, and the uselessness of complaining.

Life skills play an important role for becoming successful professionally and improving our personal lives. Oprah, in her lifeclass video, talks about being responsible for yourself and not waiting for anyone else to change the circumstances around you as a way to develop the skills necessary to flourish. The story of Robert Sherfields first experience at community college, “How Community College Changed My Life” tells of how Mr. Sherfield let go of his past failures and worked toward a better future for himself. The quote by Charles Noble “First we make our habits, then our habits make us!” is great to remember when developing the life skills necessary to continue to grow in all aspects of our lives. The video, story and quote can all be connected, good habits produce responsible people. Responsible people are aware of their

Even though we come to school to get an education by our own free will or by our parents making us get out of the bed and dragging us here every day, we have learned so much about other facets of life outside of our classes. We have learned many important things like how strong friendship can be, how life can be unpredictable and throw you some curves, forgive yourself, your friends and your enemies, how it's okay to fail, and don’t be afraid to show others you care about them. Life is about taking risks and making mistakes so we can learn from them even if they have a negative effect.

There are many lessons to learn in life. I believe that we are dealt with some trials, some larger than others. We make choices based on our reactions to these certain circumstances some of us regret our choices or decisions and learn from them to do better the next time. I believe that is what life is about. What choices we make and the outcome of the choices and what we can do to make it better is our decision.

Life lessons are learned in many ways throughout life. What makes them unique is that they are defining moments and are almost unforgettable once you have assimilated it into your life because they can improve it greatly. Anne Lamott introduces many significant life lessons in Bird by Bird that people should consider. These lessons such as being yourself, doing what makes you happy, or even controlling the urge of perfectionism can aide a person to a better life.

In life people learn lessons from friends, family, literature, and in life decisions. Most lessons can help a lot for future problems that might occur. All these lessons could possibly change how people think about life and help people learn to be more cautious about situations and problems that could happen later on in the future. Most of the lessons that help a lot are the ones people read from short stories like “Kath And Mouse“ ,“The Long Journey” ,and “ On The Sidewalk Bleeding “.

There is nothing more valuable than having a better understanding of life and having the knowledge to understand

Life can be followed through lessons, whether simple or complicated. Put things back where you found them, play and work some every day, and hold hands and stick together are a few lessons that apply to life today. Life isn’t too complicated for such simplicity.

There is one thing for certain in this world, everyone wants to accomplish something in life and we want to recognize our full potential. In order to do this we must have some skills, and in this case it’s life skills. Life skills are a range of characteristics we

Throughout our life we will always meet many people that teach us major life lessons,

The first lesson is that everything will always be ok; you just to have hope. Let’s face it well have dark periods in our lives that we just cannot seem to see a way out. One of the darkest periods in my life is my freshman year. My day to day life was subject to torment by my peers. The

As, well... cliché, as clichés can be, there are a lot can of very important life lessons can be learned from those short phrases we hear every day. “Put your money where your mouth is”, saying if so sure prove what you know to express the need to stand firm in truth as well as, don’t tell someone they’re wrong unless it can be proven for fact. “Time will tell”, expressing patience and diligence. Stories are usually laden with clichés, such as myths and folklore that discus lessons while providing entertainment so the point is driven home. Rip Van Winkle is a story of a man who showed that “attitude is everything”. Despite the nagging of his wife he remained positive and it paid off for him later in life. In the story House of Usher, a man is overcome with chilling feelings when he arrives at a certain house and it exudes that we should “follow our first mind, it’ll never steer wrong”. Clichés are everywhere, and if paid the right attention there can be a lot to gain from them.

American author Tom Bodett once said, “In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.” Life is a lesson in itself, it is a test, and it is a gift. Some people choose to learn from life and they will have achieved what many people have not, when someone fulfills their dreams and aspirations, they have also passed the test of life; this is how some people are rich and famous while others are not. In Paulo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist the author expresses that life itself is the best mentor, it is suggested throughout the book that in order to fulfill one’s personal legend, they must experience the journey first as it is the journey, not the destination that makes a person who they are.

Tom Bodett once said, “In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.” Life is a lesson in itself, it is a test, and it is a gift. Some people choose to learn from life and they fulfill their destiny. Life is a lesson in itself, it is a test, and it is a gift. If people choose to learn from life and they fulfill their destiny, then they will have achieved what many people have not, when someone fulfills their dreams and aspirations, they have also passed the test of life; this is how some people are rich and famous while others are not. In Paulo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist the author expresses that life itself is the best teacher, it is suggested throughout the book that in order to fulfill one’s personal legend, they must experience the journey first as it is the journey, not the destination that makes a person who they are.

Exist moments in our life where we learned a valuable lesson or gained a new insight about life, but sometimes we are unable to fully understand the magnitude of these lessons due to the lack of our knowledge owing to our age. As Amy Tan in “Fish Cheeks” did not appreciate the purpose behind the particular menu during Christmas Eve until many years later.