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Title: Sample Definition Essay - "Success"
Description: Do you know someone rich and famous? Is he confident, popular, and joyful all of the time—the epitome of mainstream success? Or, on the other hand, is he stressed, having second thoughts about his life choices, and unsure about the meaning of his life? I am willing to be that it is the second one
Description: Do you know someone rich and famous? Is he confident, popular, and joyful all of the time—the epitome of mainstream success? Or, on the other hand, is he stressed, having second thoughts about his life choices, and unsure about the meaning of his life? I am willing to be that it is the second one
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Sample Definition Essay - "Success"
Success: The Myth
Do you know someone rich and famous? Is he confident, popular, and joyful all of the
time—the epitome of mainstream success? Or, on the other hand, is he stressed,
having second thoughts about his life choices, and unsure about the meaning of his
life? I am willing to be that it is the second one
...
Marketers want us to believe that having lots of
money, living in a big house, and owning all of the latest cars, fashions, and
technology is the key to happiness, and hence, success
...
True success requires respect,
appreciation, integrity, and patience—all of which are traits that by human nature are
genuinely difficult to attain—especially in the face of modern marketers who
relentlessly deceive us, control our thoughts, and usurp our independence in order to
increase their bottom line
...
Sadly, this is not true
...
Though money can
buy conveniences and comforts, one needs much more than superficial luxuries to live
a successful, well-balanced life
...
For example, money can not make one knowledgeable or
wise – that only comes with hard work and committed study
...
All the money in the world cannot teach respect or
courtesy – that only comes with a good up-bringing and a strong concern for the
feelings of others
...
All of these
traits—knowledge, wisdom, love, respect, patience—are essential aspects of a
successful person‘s life
...
Therefore the marketer‘s illegitimate claim that money is
tantamount to success can be easily disproved
...
Similarly, popularity and fame are hardly ever synonymous with success
...
―Success‖ has been sadly commercialized to represent fame
and popularity
...
In the words of Tony Long, a journalist for
Wired News, ―What is a hipster, after all, other than a successful slave to the dictates
of the pop culture police?‖ A ―hipster‖ is merely a mindless conformist locked in a
hopeless struggle to keep up with the current fads
...
Contrary to the popular myth, money does not buy
happiness or make a successful person
...
Fortunately, there is a
way to stop this disgraceful masquerade before all Americans end up deprived of their
wool—or worse—sent to the slaughterhouse
...
Ralph Waldo Emerson gave
priceless insight when he wrote:
To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a
redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived
...
Emerson‘s quote provides a paradigm of success—a model to be admired and strived
for
...
In addition, volunteering time and energy to
good causes, like helping the community, not only benefits others, but brings
happiness and satisfaction
...
Moreover, learning patience and
developing leadership skills can help one to gain a better understanding of life, make
well-informed decisions, and form healthy opinions – all of which are essential to
becoming a successful person
...
‖ It is this kind of sound
judgment and reasoning that sets the exceptionally successful people apart from the
mediocre
...
‖ or ―This ‗success‘ thing is just too much
work
...
It is not easy to
become successful and hardly anyone is truly successful – but it is a noble goal to
strive for
...
With courage and hope our society can forget the
marketer‘s inadequate definition of success and work to attain true success by
modeling respect, appreciation, integrity, and patience – the keys to happiness and
success
...
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Title: Sample Definition Essay - "Success"
Description: Do you know someone rich and famous? Is he confident, popular, and joyful all of the time—the epitome of mainstream success? Or, on the other hand, is he stressed, having second thoughts about his life choices, and unsure about the meaning of his life? I am willing to be that it is the second one
Description: Do you know someone rich and famous? Is he confident, popular, and joyful all of the time—the epitome of mainstream success? Or, on the other hand, is he stressed, having second thoughts about his life choices, and unsure about the meaning of his life? I am willing to be that it is the second one