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    gave a glimpse into the life of a former Doctor. After suffering a traumatic brain injury, she suffered in many areas of daily life. As I read through the short period of Claudia’s life, many thoughts had gone through my head. My perception of success was questioned, even my feelings toward my future career as a speech-language pathologist have changed throughout this book. As Claudia and her family went through these trials and tribulations, I found my self rooting for them, questioning them,

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    Mandala Research Paper

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    convey who I am and what is important to me, one such way are symbols in a mandala. What I chose for my mandala were symbols that represented as strength, independence, friendship, family, and success.These consist of my personality, who is important to me, and what is important to myself in the future. One of the symbols that represents me can be symbolized as the Lotus Flower. I put it in the center of the mandala, because it is the symbol that mainly represents me. For me it symbolizes strength

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    Personal responsibility is holding you accountable for all your actions and decisions. Being personally responsible means you take ownership of what you do in and with your life. This means from the time you wake up until you go to bed at night, your life is your responsibility and yours alone. Your values, morals, and beliefs are all contributing factors in how you view being personally responsible. If you have been raised and taught to believe that you should consider your actions at all times

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    Success relies on how high we, as individuals, set our standards. Everyone has their own idea and vision of what success is. My definition for success is an accomplishment. First, when I state that success is an accomplishment I mean any type of achievement. Whether it is overcoming destitutions or becoming rich and famous, if it is a goal that has been attained, then it is a triumph. Second, a successful person that I absolutely have to mention is Michael Clifford. He is famous and a quite wealthy

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    When talking about success most often people think of actors, millionaires, etc. Coming from a small town, a not so wealthy family, and being a first generation college graduate, that’s not what success means to me. To me success could be as simple as getting an A+ on an assignment. Now I am going to be talking about success strategy’s that I think are important, and that everyone could benefit from. First I will talk about self-motivation and the benefits it has. Second I will talk about stress

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    Success Is The Key to Life Everyone has a different opinion on the term success. According to the Webster Dictionary, the word success as a noun defined as achieving wealth, respect, or fame. Success can also be measured in many other ways. Many people throughout today's society strive for their own forms of success. Success has many interpretations; while some people's understanding of the term is similar, everyone's definition is a little bit different. To me, success is when someone or something

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    Epictetus 'Highest Good'

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    My Highest Good What gives people meaning in life? In order to achieve meaning in life, I have to reach my highest good. Aristotle believes that our highest good is happiness. However, not everyone agrees; Epictetus believes our highest good is happiness with tranquility. According to Aristotle and Epictetus, the highest good of happiness and happiness with tranquility, can be achieved in life through success, family, and friends. Above all, without success I would not be able to achieve the highest

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    The reason you are unsuccessful with your diet is because you haven’t yet found the one diet that’s meant only for you. Success for a believer is similar to going on a diet, you have to try the one that’s meant only for you. There are numerous publications on success, but it won’t work for you, even if many have achieved their success by applying those strategies. Our success as believers in based on the will of God, which we will find in the written word of God, the bible and through the leading

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    What makes someone a success? In my opinion, to be a success you must be viewed as one by others by achieving a difficult goal. Anyone can feel successful, depending on how they define success, but that does not mean others will think they are a success. I believe a big part of the idea of success is your point of view. I also think that in order to be seen as a success you must accomplish a goal that will astonish others. Some people I, as well as many people around the world, view as successful

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    “Excellence is a self-imposed standard of conduct. In addition, excellence also,” …means replacing bumbling with efficiency, carelessness with skill, embarrassment with pride” (Johnston page 24). This is what we mean by the word excellence. Excellence is difficult to define because,”… we all certainly recognize it when we observe it in others. And we are refreshed and reassured when we witness it” (Johnston page 25). This word can also be defined as,” a certain style of life, a manner of living,

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