Who Is A Successful?

In life obstacles may get in our way when trying to achieve success, but do not quit. People from many cultures all over the world long to show the greatness on the inside of them. In life it does not matter what walk of life you come from, but the walk you take is what defines the future. Success does not come from being rich, poor or having a love for a certain sport. Hard work perseverance, and dedication always play an important factor when one is trying to achieve a specific goal or gain success, not being rich or poor. Tyler Perry is successful actor, producer, screenwriter, and play writer, that has blessed Americans through his amazing works. Success comes from having a mind frame of who you are and where you want to be.

Many people have lived in poverty as a child and grew up to be successful people, this was the case with Walter Mcmillan; however this

There are tons of people in our world today who have become very successful and these people find success in different ways. Some people work hard their whole life to achieve success and others just seem to be born talented in

Sandra Cisneros father grew up with what he was taught about being successful. So the mind set between what he thought was right and wrong differed for his sons and daughter.He believed that since she was the only daughter should would lead to becomes one's wife who is financially stable.Meanwhile, he approved of his son graduating college using his head instead of his hands. I can agree to disagree instead of it being a financial gain, others may use it as personal success. Being prideful in what you love to do, while reaching the goals you’ve set for yourself making accomplishments. Differing the fact that their are many different concepts of what success might be taught to the human mind of many people. For me I consider my cousin Taurean

More specifically, the circumstances and factors that lead to success. In today’s society, success is seen as something brought unto people wholly and entirely through a singular person’s abilities and effort. That line of thinking is inherently flawed, seeing as “success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities,” (Gladwell 155). Where and when a person is born matters.

Imagine back to your childhood. Life was probably simple for most of us, being able to play with our friends and having a stable home. Obviously not everyone has a perfect childhood, but what if someone was extremely poor, went back and forth from homes, was raped at age 9, and got pregnant at age 14, just to have their son be still born. Yet with all this happening, still became one of the most successful people in the world. Who is this person I am referring to? It is Oprah Winfrey.

Imagine being taunted for having to wear potato-sack dresses because of poverty, or growing up in impoverishment American housing projects. Two of the most famous people had to go through those trails in their life, but made it out VERY successfully. Oprah was raised being taunted for having to wear potato-sack dresses because of her poverty. Oprah now has a television network called OWN. She is a talk-show host, a book club president, an actress, a producer, a magazine owner, a satellite radio station owner, a philanthropist, a lifestyle guru, and a single-handed president picker. The other is an African-American born into impoverished American housing projects, Jay-Z. He is now the current CEO of Roc Nation and his net worth is an estimated $450 million. Even though neither of these people hadn’t come from lovely backgrounds, they had various trials, and tribulations, but they made it through and became some of the most successful people in the world. Growing up in a rough environment can be extremely hard. It can either make or break a person. From home life, to schooling, to jail systems, and the streets being an easy backup. growing up in this environment can be huge deals in the success of young African Americans.

Success is a relative term. To a wealthy CEO, success is making his business one million in sales that day. To a child living on the streets, eating dinner that day is a success. What someone might not see though is that the child can teach the businessman a thing or two about about how to live life: humility. Realising that there is more to life than monetary gains, some people just need to appreciate meeting their basic needs. Furthermore, this easy lesson of humility provides the people living in wealth with a sense of how privileged they are.

Many people look at those who are successful and think it is so simple. An example, Slash from Guns N' Roses, he makes shredding on guitar look simple. The thing is though, no one looks at all the hard work that people put in to be successful. Drug addicts, they go through relapses but they still keep moving forward and kick the drugs. Another example would be body builders, it's not like one day they magically decide that they want to have intense muscles. It takes time to be successful. No one really knows how hard it is to be successful until they actually try.

Success is something everyone strives for in life, and the basis of what is needed to gain it has been relatively the same since the 1860s. The means needed to acquire what is needed for success although, were not quite as easy as they are in comparison to today. In 1867, there was a young boy, around 12 years old, named Ragged Dick. He was an orphan who stole and slept in the streets, and also a bootblack, which is someone who shines shoes for a living. In the book Ragged Dick, the author explained, “He would not steal, or cheat, or impose on younger boys, but was frank and straight-forward, manly and self-reliant.” Though he had a rugged upbringing, he had the means for being a successful man. He met a boy named Frank who had come from

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.

I liked the point that Loewen made when he said that “The students blame the poor for not being successful,” because often high school students are taught that the key to success is simply hard work. However, while hard work may help, it is often simply fate or the social standing of one’s family that determines if one is successful. One can’t find fame simply

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.

However, author Corley argued that not all of the rich come from the wealthy family background. There are several wealthy people come from the poor family and their education is only at third or fourth grade, but they still succeed because of their efforts which encourage themselves have a healthy and good habits as gaining more knowledge and skills for their jobs, and their belief that tell them other people can succeed then they can also do it. Thus, they make difference by breaking their habits of poverty to become the rich and be welcome into higher social

The self-made man is often portrayed as a story of rags to riches. A person who overcomes any obstacle thrown at him/her and defies all odds. These stories incite a reaction in readers, often leaving them in awe. How can a person become so successful, even though the universe is seemingly against them? The truth Malcolm Gladwell uncovered in his novel “Outliers” is the people at the top of the ladder did not have everything stacked against them. Gladwell says that there is no such concept as a self-made man. Successful people have been helped along the way by a variety of reasons, such as how wealthy their family was, to their birth month. While I feel that there is no such thing as a self-made man because circumstance and motivation are a key factor in how successful one becomes, I feel as if a person’s luck has a lot to deal with them thriving in their career.