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Ben Fountain: An Example Of Ambition

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The reading served as a reminder for what I wish to accomplish in my life. Ben Fountain is an example of patience and persistence. In any career, there will be rejection. A rejection doesn’t mean failure. There are two options when it comes to rejection give up, or get back up and try again. Success is something that has to be worked at. Yes, of course, others and well me, would like everything to happen instantly. These days it seems like the younger generation, my generation thinks that the world owes them something. It doesn’t. People have to work hard, be patient and be persistence, a break will come eventually. If success doesn’t happen in your 20s, it doesn’t mean that you have failed. This is a lesson I had to learn myself. When I was

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