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Summary Of The Secret Of Success By Michael Bond

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In his Essay “The Secret of Success”, Michael Bond illustrates that success is not based on IQ alone but many things in one. He then states that many people can't agree on what success really means, he states that “The US is now more dependent than ever on being born into wealth and privilege”. Bond continues on to say that genes and environment have a huge part in success but overall life. Bond then talks about a professor at University of London, who studies child development and warns that “children under 5 who don't get constant affection can/ will have impaired Social and Emotional skills”. According to Bond, “ There is more to success, though, than innate potential and growing up in an environment that helps you realize the potential”.
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