Bill Cosby once said‚ "I don’t know what the key to success is‚ but I know that the key to failure is trying to please everyone." Arthur Miller created a character who in many ways was directly related to the statement of that exact quote. Willy Loman was his name‚ selling was his game. All his life‚ Willy tried to achieve the "American Dream." Therefore‚ Willy had to do things in an American way and think like a capitalist. Willy was a hard worker‚ yet it seemed as though nothing ever went right
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How to Have a Successful Life 1. You must believe in yourself in enough to know you can succeed at anything you put your mind too. Don’t listen to anyone who puts your dreams down or says you can’t succeed at what you’re after. You already know you can and you will. 2. Success just doesn’t come to you‚ you have to go out and take it by the horn. Keep yourself motivated and focused on the prize that lies ahead at the end of the road. You will eventually reach your goal with a mindset like
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if any. Stop wasting time‚ daydreaming about the future. Avoid thinking over things you have no control over. Ultimately‚ it is what you do in the present is what matters. Failure is the father of success – No one succeeds all the time. Many successful individuals and organizations have their share of small and big failures. Instead of giving up‚ they learn from the mistakes they committed and persist trying. You are what you think – Negative thoughts weaken you. but positive thoughts energize
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knows because he cannot face the truth of his life that he has not accomplished as much as he has planned. Therefore Willy’s downfall is his own doing which is brought about by his unrealistic dreams‚ his pride‚ his incorrect career choice and his failure to manage problems. At a young age willy observed an eighty year old salesman‚ who made a lot of money. He took orders from no one‚ instead people took his orders. When the late salesman‚ Dave Singleman passed‚ all the people he ever knew came including
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What is really meant by success? We are different individuals with different views and ideas about a certain matter. And every time we are asked about our dream in life‚ we often say that we want to be successful in life. The question is what is meant by success? When can we say that you are already successful? Our professor (Ma’am Jimenez) asked this during our last class prior to our examination in her class. We had offcourse our own definitions and indicators of success. Well‚ some of my
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Dr. Vivone English 3R‚ Period 8 June 6‚ 2012 Death of a Salesman In the play “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller‚ the main character Willy Loman was a man with high hopes and dreams for his children as well as himself. However‚ these dreams caused him many problems throughout his life that in the end drove him to his death. Willy never seemed to have much direction in his life. He never became that big salesman that he had considered himself to be. Many people including Biff believed that
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Kristen Campbell ENGL 1302 Kimberly Dill 3/7/2012 Standards of Success Success‚ as described by Winston Churchill‚ is “…going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” This has taken on greater meaning in our modern day‚ as the path to success has seemingly become more complex. Is the American dream still valid? I would say yes‚ considering that we are currently in a recession. The term “American Dream” is used in a number of ways‚ but really the American Dream is an idea that
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make a fortune while Willy stayed back to do his own work. His is a turning point in Willy’s life. This point unfortunately proved to be the starting point for his fall to failure. These characters‚ while choosing similar career paths‚ went down different roads in life through the career path. Through Ben’s success and Willy’s failure‚ it is clear to see how Ben is a foil character for Willy. In the Novel death of a salesman‚ Willy’s career and life takes a downward once he decides not to follow his
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Ong Learned helplessness is the tendency to fail to act to escape from a situation because of a history of repeated failures in the past (Ciccarelli & White‚ 2009). To describe learned helplessness in person is that recognizing that repeated failures will arouse the idea of a difficult task and impossible to solve. They sometimes blame the outside factors for their failure than their lack ability or skill. This thought not only affect their willingness to learn but also their self-esteem. There
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