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    Trophies are for the winners the ones who put in the hard work to win. They are not for the losers if they don’t want to put in the work to win they don’t deserve trophies. A trophy is a reward for winning not for participating. Trophies are not for everyone. In this essay i will give three reasons to enlighten you why trophies are not for everyone. The first reason why trophies are not for every one is because the winners should be awarded for their hard work and dedication. The winners are

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    “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure” (Twain). This quote portrays to me the fact that people who don’t accept that something is impossible, will have the confidence to push on and make it become possible. Not knowing something isn’t always a bad thing. You have to be completely oblivious to the possible failures that surround your decisions. Failure is a result of the lack of confidence. Having confidence is having the desire and want to accomplish something

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    Everyone has their own personal thoughts of what success really is to oneself. Everyone has their own definition and understanding of success. Some people think that being successful consists of having lot's of money, having material items, or even having things that most regular people don't have. Usually Material things don't last and can only make you happy for a certain amount of time just like money, people think that money is the major key to success but it's not just the only thing. Happiness

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    relate to this considering that most of the successful people that we know achieved their throne by doing what they love the most and neglecting what our society dictates to each and everyone one us. Mike Rose referred to the indirect relation of success /achievement and schooling. Some great billionaires that I know, ended up leaving schooling to chase for their passion. They invested time for recreation and exploration in order to know what they really want to be in life. They shaped their mind

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    The most valuable piece of advice that I have been given was from my older sister. She quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson to me after I had been very upset about badly losing a championship soccer game. She told me that “Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising up every time we fail,” so I should not use this loss as a way to give up, but instead as a motive to become better. At the time I did quite comprehend what she was saying, but now, looking back upon that moment, I realize how those

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    Ego Driver Having no definite goal in your life is like traveling without any destination in your mind—meaningless. Having a big happy family, circle of true friends, prominent jobs, huge houses, expensive cars, fancy dresses, plenty of jewelries and wealth or even in small things such as hair goals, body goals and other ambitions are part of our human existence. Our dreams drive us to do what we must do, teach us patience and perseverance, influence our decisions, and even make us a better version

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    Dumpster Diving Summary

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    the overall experience of it. Once he has completed his general description, the essay takes a detailed turn into what dumpster diving through the years has taught him: everything from determining good food from the bad, how wasteful students in college can be, making sure drinks are safe, the stages a beginning dumpster diver goes through (self-disgust, curiosity, realization, and possibly the dangerous hoarding), and how dumpster diving has a hand in gained weight. Further

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    a motivational speaker. The dictionary definition of success is “a favorable outcome; good fortune.” This is incorrect. Success is achieving your goals through perseverance and diligence. It is when you’ve achieved your goals yourself and they weren’t just handed to you like a “good fortune.” Success makes someone feel triumphant in what they’ve done or become. If you don’t try, you will surely not succeed. Everyone’s goals or ideas of success are different. However, once that goal is achieved, anyone

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    People are motivated by self-interests and self-preservation. People are at war with everyone else, people fear for their safety. Every individual has the right to do anything for self-preservation. Any time there is limited resources, there will be a competition on who gets these resources. Two people will meet and compete for these resources, the stronger one will win and the weaker one will die out. Human beings are intelligent, have problem solving skills, we want to get the most with the smallest

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    “toughness” to achieve excellence whether it is pushing it on the final sprint to the finish, fighting to hold a stunt, or setting up to make a goal against the defense. Having this mentality throughout practice and competition is essential for success and achieving goals, but is hard to gain and must be wanted by the athlete. Coaches are needed to help athletes realized their potential, the reward of succeeding, and

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