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The True Meaning of Success

            According to "The American Heritage Dictionary," the primary definition of success is "the favorable outcome of something that has been attempted." Its projected to be an achievement of something that is desired or planned out. Success is an element of life that allows someone to reach outside their means or comfort zone to achieve a higher goal or fulfill a greater purpose in life. Success can change the way a person acts in the world and can contribute to a side of a person that is enjoyable and a side that is detrimental. .
             Around the world people can recognize success in a persons life quickly, it has a certain look that is very identifiable. Although success is recognizable everybody has their own perspective on what success means and looks like. Success is important because its what a person bases their life on , accomplishments that place a person where they want to be in life. Success determines where a person will be in life and nevertheless places a standard on where a person should be according to a process. .
             Success is revealed in many different ways. It can be your biggest fear or it can mean being kind to someone who's unlovable. Undoubtedly, success affects a person in many ways that can change a person for better or worse and also haunt a person because of the success they have not achieved. When a person achieves their goal and becomes successful in whatever their doing it creates an invigorating feeling where one feels accomplished. This accomplishment can be as minor as being disciplined enough to get up for school early in the morning or as grand as scoring the game winning basket to win NBA finals in game seven. .
             Every accomplish or ability to be successful with an aspect of life changes a person in some kind of way. This way may be as little as an attitude because that person has defeated the challenge of waking up early in the morning or as big as the person winning the NBA finals and feeling there is no need to practice anymore because they are just that good.


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