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    Dealing with Adversity "All the adversity I’ve had in my life‚ has strengthened me. You may not realize it when it happens‚ but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you." --Walt Disney   Success is a journey‚ and persistence is one of the keys to deal with adversity or any challenge that we face. Basketball legend‚ Michael Jordan said: “Over and over and over again‚ I have failed. And that is why I succeeded. I thought they had something I lacked until I learned that

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    Adversity is either chosen or brought upon someone; either way‚ the obstacle is either overcome or not. No matter wealth‚ age‚ or location‚ all people face adversity for it is synonymous with life. Life is the struggle for survival and success and order‚ while adversity is the representation of disorder and failure. Without either‚ it would be impossible to differentiate one’s achievements from one’s failures. Overcoming adversity is the basis of all great‚ successful people similarly to how concrete

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    Types of friends

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    types of friends you have. There are many types of people in the world and many types of friends. Knowing that‚ it becomes more important to select the right people so that one might have the correct friends. Friends are the ones whom we encounter each of them everyday‚ whether in work‚ school‚ home‚ or somewhere else. Based on intensity of friendship‚ you could classify friends into 3 main kinds that you may have in your life. The first type of friend that we might have is “pest friends”. They

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    Economic prosperity of a country entirely depends on the economic resources it has. These economic resources are classified as Natural resources‚ financial resources and Human resources. Natural resources comprise of fertile land‚ ideal topography‚ abundant forests‚ sufficient mineral resources and excess water supply. Financial resources include the capital needed for the economic activities. Human resources include the population‚ its growth rate‚ skills‚ standard of living and working capacity

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    INTRODUCTION However‚ every income is taxable under income tax law‚ whether it is received in cash or in kind‚ whether it is capital or revenue income‚ but still some incomes are given exemption from tax. In this lesson we will study those incomes which are exempt from tax. Here are some of the important items of income‚ which are fully exempt from income tax and which can be utilised by a resident individual Indian assessee for the purpose of tax planning. ➢ AGRICULTURAL INCOME:

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    Types of friends People do not live without making friendships. Having friends is really important in the real life. Some of them last for the whole life and some is not. There are three types of friends‚ the general acquaintance friends‚ social friend‚ and true friends. Firstly‚ the temporary friends are the friends that you know a little bit of them or even you know their names only. These friends you know them for a while and then you forgot them. For example‚ trying to make friends for a benefit

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    quote‚ “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant‚” means that while overcoming obstacles a person’s talents are shown that otherwise would remain unknown to the person. Horace is saying that adversity plays in the development of a person’s character and understanding turmoil and hardship. Times of struggle elicit different talents showing the true depth of human nature‚ unlike prosperous times. Those who are never faced with adversity are

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    Consequences of Adversity When faced with adversity some people fail‚ and others prevail. For those who fail the problem is bigger than they are‚ and for those who prevail the problem is manageable. We can reflect this to the book; Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper. This essay demonstrate what causes some to prevail or fail by citing examples from the book. In the chapter of the book Tears of a Tiger “Dear Lord” B.J. actually prevailed. The reason B.J. prevails throughout

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    everyone. However‚ these are not the only problems. Every day we are all faced with adversity‚ ranging from simple tasks‚ a math test‚ to seemingly impossible ones‚ such as moving on from the loss of a good friend or family member. We are challenged to be strong and overcome this diversity. Sometimes we feel hopeless‚ unable to believe in ourselves‚ and we come close to quitting. It is then that we need a friend‚ someone that can be there for us in our times of need to support and keep pushing us

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    understand them . I agree that friendship require time and energy .I think that friendship contains love‚ faith and honesty‚ and for that you need to spend time to know that other side very quit‚ so friendship require time and energy for two reason. First reason is that some friends are friend for life second is that people cannot live alone. The first reason why friendship worth time and energy is that some friends are friend for life .According to the reading‚ some of your friends are friends for life

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