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    Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin are two major figures in history. Edwards was a very religious Puritan minister‚ and Benjamin Franklin was the opposite; a diplomat‚ inventor‚ negotiator‚ merchant along with many other qualities. Each man had goals in their life. Though the reasons for the goals may be different‚ they both were very serious about accomplishing them. The goals that each man had in life were far from similar. Edwards was very committed to his religion‚ and did much more than

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    Goal Setting For Success

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    Goal Setting for Success Annabelle Beckwith Download free books at Annabelle Beckwith Goal Setting for Success Download free eBooks at bookboon.com 2 Goal Setting for Success 1st edition © 2013 Annabelle Beckwith & bookboon.com ISBN 978-87-403-0580-7 Download free eBooks at bookboon.com 3 Goal Setting for Success Contents Contents Introduction 5 1 Establishing Your Goal 11 2 Refining your goal 28 3 Devising a plan 42 4 Developing the confidence to succeed 54 5

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    Is Height the Key to Success? Ho Io Weng‚ Peta May 3‚ 2010 Abstract Over the years‚ many researchers have tried to make a connection between some of society’s most respected people. The link they agreed upon was their height. The result raised a lot of controversy. Tall people refused to admit that it was their height that gave them a boost up the career chart‚ and shorter ones refused to accept that they would need to work twice as much to get the same results. Researchers not only claimed

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    make books about prominent individuals’ “success” by defining it as greed and proudness. He states that anything is capable to be successful in the first place simply by being what it is. “That a thing is successful merely means that it is; a millionaire is successful in being a millionaire and a donkey in being a donkey.” As the example implies‚ success by itself is meaningless and in individual cases it’s just a way to confirm that you have done what you are supposed to do. How the success was accomplished

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    reading‚ or do things worth the writing." ~ B. Franklin And that is who I’ll be talking about. Unlike many heroes Benjamin Franklin was very human he may not have commanded an army but he stands out from history for another reason. He was amiable entertaining and loved to try out new things. Once when he was trying to cook a turkey with an electric shock and accidentally shocked himself he said‚ “I meant to cook a turkey but instead I cooked a goose.” Benjamin was the model American citizen; he used his

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    In the book Benjamin Franklin by Edmund Morgan‚ we explore the life and accomplishments of an American legend named Benjamin Franklin. Edmund Morgan is certainly in favor of all that Benjamin Franklin has discovered and accomplished in his eighty-four years of life on earth. This book truly enriches the readers’ appreciation for someone so underappreciated in our education system yet so heavily involved with the way America was built and how it remains today. Edmund Morgan truly gives such a deep

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    insignificant instances. “The Autobiography”‚ by Benjamin Franklin‚ shows this. “TRANQUILITY. Be not disturbed at trifles‚ or at accidents common or unavoidable.” (Franklin 81). This virtue means that one should not be in dismay over calamities that can’t be dodged in everyday life. When the boat to Philadelphia was torn at the sails‚ Benjamin and the crew waited out the robust winds. Anxiety is a disorder that makes the average person worry about the miniscule dilemmas. The disorder‚ anxiety‚ shows

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    Success vs. Excellence Success or excellence‚ which is more valuable? So many people desire to be successful‚ yet struggle to attain excellence. Excellence is far more precious and valuable than success. It is more fulfilling and rewarding. In fact‚ when success and excellence are contrasted‚ one can see that‚ in our world‚ excellence is essential. Success is driven by pride and arrogance while excellence is steered by self-effacement. A successful person catches the eye of the crowd and receives

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    Characteristics of Success What determines how effective someone is in receiving their "picture-perfect" world? Let’s say one man worked hard‚ harder than anyone else in his community. He thought outside the box and showed determination‚ but another man was more successful than him. The second man worked hard and thought resource fully just as the first. How was he more successful? He had something the other didn’t. Working hard and thinking creatively to create a desirable world may seem to

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    Achieving success in college is something every college student is worried about. Success is a choice and in order for someone to get what they want they need to know what they want. As J. Krishanamurti once said‚ "In oneself lies the whole world‚ and if you know how to look and learn‚ then the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either that key or the door to open‚ except yourself." Now‚ believe it or not‚ it often takes someone the same amount of energy to get

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