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The Most Important Factor Which Contributes towards a Persons Success Is Himself. Do you agree?

Yes, I agree. A persons success can be subjectively defined as an individuals achievement in life, be it short-
term or long-term goals. This notion can lead to confusion when it undermines collectivism and external factors.
Therefore, we need to look at the issue from different perspectives of social, economic and learning environment to
argue that the most important factor which contributes towards a person success is he himself. There are seven
success factors that you must know in order to start moving forward in life. Systematically implementing these
success factors into your life can help you to put your foot on the accelerator of your own career and achieve the
best life for yourself. These factors include education, skill, ever-widening circle of contacts, good work habits,
positive mental attitude, creativity, and your character.

The first factor is education. In our society, the highest paid people are those who know more than the
average population. They know more of the critical facts, ideas and information than the average person in their
field. As a result, they can make a more valuable contribution to a knowledge-based society and live the best life
possible. They are valued more, respected more and ultimately paid more money and promoted more often. Thus,
these shows that a person can contribute success to his life by giving importance to his education, value the
knowledge he have gained and implement it in the best way to benefit himself and the society. Besides, you can
simply use skill to achieve the best life possible. Your level of ability in your field will determine the quality and
quantity of your work. The better you get at what you do, the easier it is for you to start moving forward to get a
particular level of results. As you increase your skill, through study and experience, you get better and better at
doing the small things that increase the speed and predictability of your results.

The third success factor for moving forward and achieving the best life is by developing an ever-widening
circle of contacts. You will find tha;t every major change in your life is accompanied by a person or persons who
either opens or closes doors for you. The possibility of the best life for you will be determined by the number of
people who know you and like you and who are willing to help you. In order to broaden your network of contacts,
you must network continually, at every opportunity. There seems to be a direct relationship between the number of
people you know and how successful you are. The fourth of the success factors that enables you to get far more done
in a shorter period of time is simply good work habits. Developing good work habits requires that you think before
acting. You make a list and set priorities on the list before you begin. Good work habits require that you consider the
likely consequences, positive or negative of what you are doing.

The fifth success factor for your career and life is to reduce the amount of time that it takes you to achieve
your goals is by developing a positive mental attitude. A positive mental attitude is very much a decision that you
make. Remember, you become what you do. If you engage in the same activities that positive, confident, optimistic
people engage in, you will eventually become one of them and live your best life possible. Anyone can remain
positive when things are going well. It is your ability to look for the good in every situation that you see positive and
start moving forward in life. Creativity is another wonderful way to start moving forward in life and to increase the
speed at which you achieve your goals. Creativity is something that requires that you continually look for better,
faster, easier, cheaper ways to get the job done. Remember, one good idea is all you need to start a fortune.

Perhaps the most important of the success factors to accelerating your life is your character. Self-discipline
combined with honesty will open countless doors for you. Trust is the foundation of all relationships. When people
know you and believe in you and are convinced that they can trust you to keep your word and do what you say you
will do, they will feel that they are far more likely to get the things they want through you, to get the things they
want, faster, sooner, easier and with greater certainty.
 In conclusion, each individual has to make an effort towards his own success story. True we need the help
of others to truly succeed in our life but by implementing the above factors, an individual can attain success much
quickly and less dependent on others. Include education, skill, ever-widening circle of contacts, good work habits,
positive mental attitude, creativity, and your character into your daily routine, and each individual can grasp success.
Each individual must pull his own weight in the race to success because a persons success can be measured by an
individuals achievement in achieving his life goals. As the saying goes, the teacher can only open the door, the
student have to enter it own his own.

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Success is a divergent word. There are no specific ways to define success. If you are happy and glad for achieving
something, I take that as a success as well. In simple terms, success can be defined as attaining things that make you
happy. Happy for finally graduating college? Content with your married life? Glad that your kids have grown up into
useful adults? Since happiness is the goal of living, success is about finally getting a reason to smile. Success is
mostly about you. After all, you determine your life. You are the key to victory and the joy that comes along so, I
agree that you are always the most important factor for your accomplishments. You will succeed if you have the
qualities that take you to it. Some reasons for why you are ultimately the most significant factor in contributing to
your personal success are you are the one in command of setting your path, only your hard work awards you what
you desire and, the failures you encounter are your best teachers.

You are in the role of setting your path. Setting a path is the first step of heading to success. Rationally, there are
many ways to achieve what you want but, only you can choose the road that satisfies your way of doing things. It
goes around the internet by anonymous saying that if you do things in the way you love, you will attain the desirable
results. Life is not that complicated. It after gives you the power of choosing things that are best for you. If you
choose to fail, by default you would fail because that is what you have decided to see. For example, as a college
student, you have a choice to pass your exams with distinction or fail them. It is easy to fail and that is by enjoying
now and suffering the consequences later. However, although you know that picking passing your exams with flying
colours would charge you a lot of time and discipline, you understand that your efforts will bear sweet fruits, so you
choose it. This is how the ability of setting your direction makes you an important individual whilst seeking success
in life.

Besides that, personal hard work solves the equation which spells success as the final solution. Shake your head and
realise that only your hard work will make a change in your life. Your mother can phone you and tell you to put
aside the partying and began studying for the semester exams next month, but if you dont get up and start revising
you will regret later. After all, it is better to suffer the pain of discipline than to suffer the pain of regret. Try to see
this in depth. All of are working to live a better life tomorrow. With hard work now, the exams you sit for the next
week will be easier for you as you attempt answering them. Diligence is the sweetener of your life. The person who
knows this secret will not waste his available time doing things that are extremely temporary and not beneficial.
Something benefits you if it gives you real satisfaction at the end of the day, not once but for the rest of your life.
Only your hard work will let you achieve what you want.

Your failures will eventually grant you success. The famous author of the best-selling Harry Potter series of books
once told in her commencement speech at the Harvard University, It is impossible to live without failing unless you
live so cautiously that you might as well not lived at all-in which case, you fail by default. Failures teach you. They
lead to success. The fire that has been kindled by the heat of your regret is the drive of your soul. It enlightens your
way and shows you the road to success. You are the most important person when it comes to your victory because
you are the direct learner from your failures. You are the major learner and the person who improvises ideas and
things that you have once seen failure in. When you play a direct role in this matter, you have a greater position in
welcoming success in your life.

To wrap things up, I conclude that you yourself are the most important reason to contribute towards your success.
Although there are other supporting factors like friends and family, it is all after all you who would define success. If
other people think you are happy after achieving something, but you are not, that doesnt mean that you have
succeeded in the subject. You determine success for it is your thing.

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Becoming successful has many definitions for each and every one of us. As a student, success means score with
flying colours in the exams or perhaps being awarded with a scholarship to further his studies. On the other hand,
being able to complete a transaction or accomplish a sales target can be considered as success as well for the
employees. In spite of all these different examples, I believe that no one will say no for being successful in
everything that they are doing. I partially agree with the statement that the most important factor which contributes
towards a persons success is himself. In my opinion, other than a persons own effort, luck and support from closed
ones are important in contributing towards a persons success.

First and foremost, effort and determination from oneself plays an important role as to drive us towards success.
Imagine if we want to achieve a target but we never put effort and hard work on it. It is nearly impossible to be
successful. For instance, a school administration plans for the school to be the best school in the nation. Efforts must
come after thoughts to get things done. The school teachers should be trained well on efficient deliveryof the lessons
to the students. Next, the rules and regulations of the school should be adhere strictly by the school community. The
environment of the school have to conducive for its students. In this way, the students can always find themselves a
corner to study. Last but not least, the students need to input their efforts in order to score with flying colours in the
exams. As a result, the school will be able to hit the goal by becoming the best school in the nation. The same thing
goes with a persons success. Hence, effort really plays a crucial role in achieving success.

The next point to be elaborated is luck as one of the most important factor which contributes towards a persons
success. Undeniably our success is determined by how much efforts been done but lick is very important as well to
be successful. As an example, two fresh graduates who are friends have been studying together during their
undergraduate programme and both have achieved first class honour. We can say that both of them have put on
equivalent efforts during their studies. Then, both of them are seeking for new jobs. Unfortunately, both are called
for the job interview of a huge overseas company with only 1 vacancy left. Hence, they are now competitors for the
job with great rewards. No matter how well these two youngsters perform during the interview, the company
administration will only choose one of them. In this case, luck is the determining factor which can contributes
towards a persons success too.

In order to be successful, a person definitely needs the support and help from his family, friends as well as
colleagues. I believe that no one can succeed if there is no moral support from family and friends. Everyone needs
motivation and word of encouragement from people around them to strive harder for success. When things do not
happen as we wish, we tend to be discouraged from the situation. Some may even give up before they try for the
second time. At this time, encouragement from loved ones and little help from them can drive us to continue with
our effort. No one can work alone. Definitely they need advice and aid to overcome the obstacles they faced. Here is
an example. A young woman wishes to become a successful businesswoman. She sets up her own business related to
fashion industry. However, her sales

target and net profit is not like what she had expected. This situation makes her hope in achieving her dreams
become dimmer. Her brother suggests that she create a website for her business as advertisement but she does not
know how to do it. With little help from her brother, a website is created as an alternative way of tv advertisement.
Other than that, her parents also encourage her by giving a little talk of their experience in life. She decides to pursue
her dream and finally she becomes very successful in her business. Hence, support and help from closed ones can
contribute towards a persons success.

Being successful is not about earning a lot of money and what not. Success in the perspective of different
individuals stands for different ways. However, success can only come to you if you want it. Nothing in this
materialistic world is free. To buy success, all you need is commitment and effort. This is because I believe that our
loved ones will always be supportive and encourage us while the factor luck cannot be determined by us.

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Albert Einstein once said that " ... imagination is more important than knowledge.. ", of course refering to the
success of an individual, but how does one go about measuring success in the first place without knowledge? Now, I
don't mean to challenge the great man, for he was merely implying that we can never be too rigid in our definition
and understanding of success. So, how do we know an individual is successful? Firstly, we look at the stability of the
person's lifestyle; whether they have a stable and sustainable job to support themselves and their family. The
character of the individual in question would also be a factor to be brought up, as well as their spirituality. In short,
we can clearly observe that it is the individuals themselves who contribute to their own success. The success
mentioned can be discussed in terms of attitude, wisdom of independence and passion.

To begin with, an individual with the right attitude will most assuredly be heading in the direction of success.
Attitude can be comprehended as an individual's actions or feelings during a given scenario or in general. For
instance, a person who is perseverant will not give up although there have been many failed attempts or setbacks.
Let us have a look at a successful individual, Mr. Thomas Alva Edison, famous for his invention of the light bulb,
which has brought about many other inventions and modifications especially in the technology we use today. Few
people have actually heard of the tale where Edison was shamed in his early schooling life. Fewer still know about
the hundreds of tests he actually performed, some even allegedly on his pet cat, before he succeded in inventing the
light bulb. Can you imagine the world if he hadn't been perseverant and instead had given up after being ridiculed?

How many times have you ever felt that you were all alone, with no one to support you, and because of that just
decided to not risk anything anyway? Yet another important criteria to be aware of is to be able to support oneself,
without relying on others and being able to make the wisest decisions. Life is mostly about probabilities; as they say
in Las Vegas, "Life's a gamble"; an individual has to take chances and risks at some point based on rational thought.
This is to ensure the best outcome possible, we can observe this pattern in nature, where we constsntly see species
adapting by taking chance events in order to survive. It can be concluded, therefore that since it is a factor of
survival, and success is the key to survival, that in order to succeed, one has to be wise in being independent and
taking chances.

What does every successful man or woman have in common? The passion and the desire for success, that is
what. They are all driven by the desire to succeed and use their willpower to achieve their success. Research has
always proven unquestionably that the human mind is much more efficient when directed or driven by goals. This is
most probably because when directed with a vision of the desired success, the individual becomes more motivated to
accomplish the success he has set in his mind. Given he already has the right attitude, he would most probably work
towards achieving the goals without giving up too easily, and provided he is wise in his decision-making, there is a
higher probability of him actually achieving the success.

To sum up, the success of an individual is directly affected by the individuals themselves in terms of how they
act, think and percieve. These can be observed by a person's attitude, wisdom in decision-making, and passion. To
be a successful individual, it is the individuals themselves who clearly create their own path to success. Theodore
Roosevelt mentioned in a speech before ".. Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask instead, what you can
do for your country." He was obviously hinting that the key to success belongs to each individual and therefore
begins with them initiating the change they want to see.

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Success or accomplishments can be the sweetest thing a person ever experienced. However, to obtain that, it is not
an easy job. Several factors can be lending hands or even barriers for our success throughout the journey to grab it.
The person himself is actually the main and apparent factor that contributes towards the success. This is because,
being independent on our own way is usually the best choice and will be the best method to achieve success too.
Independency determines a persons maturity level and the probability for him to achieve triumph in his life. Thus, I
agree with the statement The most important factor which contributes towards a persons success is himself
because success solely depends on self-discipline, self-motivation and hard work.

Many people out there failed themselves due to dearth of self-discipline. They are unable to control their mind
and bring it to a right way where success can be met. A citation from Lao Tzu said if you correct your mind, the
rest of your life will fall into place. A person who knows to control his attitude and mind will be able to achieve
triumph with no barriers and challenges. This is because laziness which is one of the foe for success is on the
opposite of self-discipline. With adequate and stringent self-discipline, one is able to avoid laziness in his workplace
or study area. Therefore, self-discipline is one of the factor that contributes towards a persons success.

Motivated person can think further and are able to make decisions easier. Decision making task is one of the
most essential skill a person have to dominate in order to grab success. Self-motivation in life is a basis factor that
helps a person to keep maintaining his achievement. Some people tend to give up easily and are unable to stand up
to fight. This is due to lack of self-motivation in his life. One has to attain self-motivation through reading books,
implementing meditation or yoga and listen to peoples advice. By doing this, Im sure success is only a stone threw
away from you. Therefore, self-motivation can be considered to be one of the factors that contributes towards a
persons success.

Moreover, Thomas Alva Edison has said success is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration. This clearly shows hard
work is actually the basic framework for ones success. Being hard work is not a skill attained but a gratitude
instead. Hardworking persons are more productive than those people who practice less hard work in their life. As an
instance, workers in Japan who are far more hard working than those in other ASEAN countries are more productive
and their yield proves this too. Being reluctant to be hard working only wastes time and leads us to failure. In short,
hard work is one of the main factor that contributes towards a persoms success.

In conclusion, several factors can be the parameters for achievements. However, a person himself determines on
how to attain success and how long it last. Self-discipline, self-motivation and continuous hard work are the main
factors which leads toward success in his life. All these factors are the vital parameters to measure a persons
success.