Failure rate

I believe we live in a society where the opportunity to be successful is supposed to be available to everyone yet isn’t. Each individual is supposed to have the opportunity to surpass their potential and become the best possible version of themselves yet they don’t. These days, success means graduating high school, going to college, and getting a well-paying job. But the opportunity to go to college isn’t available to everyone making it hard for them to get a well paying job and earn the money…

According to Merriam Webster failure is an Anglo-French word meaning a lack of success, nevertheless my definition of failure is that it is a stimulus to work towards success. Failure is part of life as is breathing or eating, failure is constantly integrated into each and everyone’s life. It would be undoubtedly dishonest to say that one has never experienced failure. Similarly, When I was eight years old my whole world came crumbling down , I was pulled out school, placed on an airplane, and…

A salmon working tirelessly to get upstream. Michael Jordan being rejected from the high school team and spending hours on the court. Bill Gates having his first business fail. These seemingly disparate events have one important commonality: an incorrigible determination and unwavering perseverance. All my life I've been told that success is attainable through hard work and, more importantly, resolve. This notion is simple to conceptualize and easy to understand, but it's this mantra that led…

two distinct categories: those who succeed, and those who fail. Why is this? Why isn’t everybody a success? Those denoted as failures will argue only the lucky succeed, or only the privileged prevail. Those failures will claim that their deficiencies are circumstantial; that they never had a chance, because they adopted their identities, as failures, at birth. Those failures, however, are gravely mistaken. The fact of the matter is, as best stated by Thomas Merton, “A person does not simply,…

Life can be difficult at times. Everyone has goals in life but there's not always a clear path to accomplish them. Some people go through hard times and give up on their dreams. Some people, like my mother, are driven to accomplish their goals regardless of the obstacles they face along the way. For me, giving up is not an option because I strongly believe you can accomplish anything if you try hard enough. This is something I have learned from watching my mother throughout my life. I look up…

Harry S. Truman once said, “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” Ever since I was young (about ages three and four) I relied on my courage, determination and imagination to overcome difficulties in a world of psychoactive medications. Specifically they were for ADD and ADHD. The meds ended up being prescribed to me until my eighth grade year, and after that they were substituted for mood stabilizing,…

to explain is if people do not experience the consequences of failure and learn from it, then one will not achieve the greatest glories of living their life. His view of failure being a successful idea, rather than a negative idea, expresses how incompetently failure is labeled in today's age. Consequently, if failure is deemed to be feared to accomplish, then everyone who wants to try succeed may never attempt to do so. Thus, failure is not something we should fear and view as a negative…

Failure, what is it? Its when People give up on something or themselves; to doubt yourself. Failure is not believing in yourself. Most people fail at some point in their lives. It’s a necessary and basic part of life. This most nearly means that it is a part of nature. From time to time people fail at something before they find success. My point is that everyone needs failure. The most common way people define failure is a lack of success. And a lot says failure is the opposite of success, but…

Geri Jewell once said; “I don’t believe in Failure, I believe there are setbacks that are put into our path to teach us something and move us in a different direction”. Geri Jewell was a famous girl that had Cerebral Palsy, which means she barely had any opportunities of being respected or of being someone important in live. Geri grew up in several town in southern California. “Lonely and Frustrated” that is how her childhood is for a person that has cerebral palsy. Geri went to special schools…

Failure and setbacks are a usual occurrence within society, most people experience many of these within their lifetime. A few years ago I experienced a dramatic setback that eventually allowed me to mature and learn. This setback lasted two years and I am still affected by it. During my middle school career, I was diagnosed with a series of mental illnesses which even caused me to be institutionalized. Throughout my 16 years of life, this was the most toilsome and gruesome experience. All of the…