Jakob Markle
3/16
Advanced Comp.
Ms. Ledoux
Success
The American Dream is to have a nice big house, a fast car, and to have financial freedom.Mainstream marketing and media have fooled the average person into accepting a false, and unreasonable definition for success. The media want us to believe that having lots of money, and owning all expensive cars, clothes, and technology is the key to happiness, and that comes with success. This falsely advertised goal is hardly ever the case in real life.When a person allows his mind to be taken over by mainstream television, magazines, and the internet, becoming successful seems truly impossible. True success requires respect, dedication, perseverance, patience, and grit all of these traits do not come easy especially while being tricked by the media.
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If you are able to laugh often and much then you have definitely achieved happiness. The idea of living well, though, is a broad statement. In order, then, to define success in to this statement, we have to define living well is. There are different ways success can be achieved: societal success, personal success, and academic or professional success. Success entails having a positive outlook and good work ethic to help you pursue your dreams and goals throughout your entire life. Success is achieving intellectual growth for your own personal enrichment. Success is making the best of the opportunities that are presented to us in order to do good things for ourselves and for those around