We have all heard stories about people who have achieved accomplishment in their life, and we frequently wonder how they did it. Personally, I believe that success is only the consequence of hard work and perseverance. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
To begin with, success is always the result of hard work over a long period of time. achievement happens gradually, and only after a series of correct decisions and small victories. A stroke of luck, in contrast, is generally perceived to be a one-time event. The experience of my uncle, a successful entrepreneur, is a compelling example of what I mean. Since 2005, he has run a immensely profitable technology firm which manufactures and sells a wide range of products. His business started very small when he invested his savings to develop and market a single brand and hire his first employee. When that brand became popular, my uncle compounded his success by introducing new products and gradually increasing the size of his company. His team later grew from a single employee to include a staff of dozens. While my uncle might have been lucky at one stage of his company’s growth, the long-term success of his firm cannot simply be the consequence of good fortune.
Secondly, advance is usually the result of careful planning, research and education, all of which require numerous work to achieve. For instance, a number of people said that my uncle was lucky when his initial product offering was successful. However, he was confident that his product would be a hit even before he started manufacturing it. This is due to the fact he spent thousands of dollars on market research and focus groups. It was this investment of time and money, not luck, which assured the early achievement of his business. Likewise, when his small firm merged with another firm merely before that company rose to prominence some called him lucky. However, my uncle had spent weeks interviewing the research and development team at that company and predicted their accomplishment based on what they told him. Had he not been confident of their potential, he would not have completed the merger. Again, this victory was the result of diligence rather than luck, despite what a number of observers say about it.
We have all heard stories about
people
who have achieved accomplishment in their life, and we
frequently
wonder how they did it.
Personally
, I believe that
success
is
only
the consequence of
hard
work and perseverance. I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explore in the following essay.
To
begin
with,
success
is always the result of
hard
work over a long period of time.
achievement
happens
gradually
, and
only
after a series of correct decisions and
small
victories. A stroke of luck,
in contrast
, is
generally
perceived to be a one-time
event
. The experience of my
uncle
, a successful entrepreneur, is a compelling example of what I mean. Since 2005, he has run
a
immensely
profitable technology
firm
which manufactures and sells a wide range of
products
. His business
started
very
small
when he invested his savings to develop and market a single brand and hire his
first
employee. When that brand became popular, my
uncle
compounded his
success
by introducing new
products
and
gradually
increasing the size of his
company
. His team later grew from a single employee to include a staff of dozens. While my
uncle
might have been lucky at one stage of his
company’s
growth, the long-term
success
of his
firm
cannot
simply
be the consequence of
good
fortune.
Secondly
, advance is
usually
the result of careful planning, research and education, all of which require numerous work to achieve.
For instance
, a number of
people
said that my
uncle
was lucky when his initial
product
offering was successful.
However
, he was confident that his
product
would be a hit even
before
he
started
manufacturing it. This is due to the fact he spent thousands of dollars on market research and focus groups. It was this investment of time and money, not luck, which assured the early achievement of his business.
Likewise
, when his
small
firm
merged with another
firm
merely
before
that
company
rose to prominence
some
called him lucky.
However
, my
uncle
had spent weeks interviewing the research and development team at that
company
and predicted their accomplishment based on what they
told
him. Had he not been confident of their potential, he would not have completed the merger. Again, this victory was the result of diligence
rather
than luck, despite what a number of observers say about it.