...Success: A Journey" "Success is a journey, not a destination" Ben Sweetland Cameras flashing. Beautiful women walking out on the red carpet, waving and smiling. Red lipstick smeared on perfectly. Crowds awe and reporters talk excitedly. Everywhere, expensive diamonds and brand names slapped on her body costing more than 10,000 dollars apiece. This glamorous life is usually what society perceives as success. But what is success? Is it money, is it fame, or is it hard work? Success is not determined by who you are, what you are, or what you have; it is a journey, a movement of one place to another. Once, a long time ago, I remembered my mother and I always point out random women walking down the street and commenting on her clothes, personal appearances, and just basically what she was wearing. If that woman happened to wear a Gucci bag and had a Jaguar, my mom would say she was a successful woman because she had money. There was always this connection of success as having material things. After all, it's not only my mom who saw material wealth as success, often it's us all, as human beings. Another example would be famous celebrities such as Paris Hilton who had the easy life filled with shortcuts and influence. Often people refer that lifestyle a success. However, success is a movement from starting from scratch with no shortcuts and ending with improvement of one self and mistakes. Yet, all her life, Paris Hilton had the money, had the opportunities, and now she is still...
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...revised. Towards the end of the guide I shall include relevant issues and controversies about flood re to show how it is being portrayed and viewed. In order to complete this task sufficiently and effectively I have coordinated a plan, in which I have illustrated the main areas I aim to focus on As this is a guide, I will introduce with a brief history of flooding in the UK and some of the impacts it has had I shall then go onto introducing Flood Re and its main aspects, including who it is run by and what Flood Re represents The next step will be to state how the operation was developed, mentioning the revised statement of principles on the provision of flood insurance, As well as any other legislative initiatives taken for the success of the operation. The guide will include how Flood Re is funded and essentially state the consumers and the insurers’ role in terms of insurance policies and payments. I will go on to explaining how Flood Re operates, including who and what Flood Re actually insure and explain the general operations of the system. Lastly I will state the current views of Flood Re, stating whether or not Flood Re is actually useful and whether or not the UK need it. In addition I will analyse the impacts it has on the UK economy (i.e. high economic costs of over...
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...Success has many different definitions. For example, an Olympic athlete may define success differently than a stay at home mom. You must understand what success means to you in order to achieve it. Although, many people view it differently it is most commonly defined as an accomplishment of an aim or goal. You can be successful in areas such as your education, career, and your personal life. A successful education is important since your area of study will lead you to your career. A higher education of some sort is often required for a career. Completing levels of education shows that you have a drive and commitment to learn and apply information and formulas to achieve goals. In order to be academically successful you should poses skills such as: good study habits, commitment, and concentration. Most people consider a successful career high paying. But, In my opinion, a successful career is loving what you do. Since we all have different skills, interests, experiences and expectations, there’s no one career that’s best for everyone. Everyone have natural talents and tasks that may easy to them. When we use our talents, we seem to enjoy the work or educational step it may take to become closer to your career goals. Knowing what your natural talents are is a key to choosing the right career. You should also choose a career based upon your social needs. For example, say you like being around a large crowed or helping people; perhaps a teacher or social worker would be an ideal...
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...“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.- Lao Tzu.” From the minute you were born, it is the first step in your personal journey. A personal journey is something everyone experience in their lifetime. This experience teaches us many things about ourselves and what’s important to have in our personal journey to succeed. Having a personal journey means that you become wiser and smarter because from the experience you learn skills that are important. A personal journey is one that teaches you to be honest, persistence, and to controlling and know your inner self. These three can be seen in the poem “From the Odyssey,” The Narrow Road of the Interior,” and Ted Talk “Success is a Continuous Journey.” Honesty is an important...
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...Someone once told me "I know you'll be successful." But what is success? I think the definition of success cannot be pinned down to one single thing. Aspects of life must intermingle and converge, resulting in a fusion of moments and a synthesis of ideas. Because one man's idea of a successful and fruitful life may not be the same as another man's hope for a brighter future. How one defines success is therefore integral to that person's experience of life in and around him. As we are creatures of habit, we can proceed through life with preconceived notions of what is and what should be, convinced that what has worked in the past must also work in the future. In that way we deny ourselves the virtue of malleability. We are often our own worst enemies. The Chinese philosopher and military tactician Sun Tzu likened the successful soldier to water. "Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing." The brilliance of this idea is not in the likening of life to war, rather in revealing the simple truth that we are a product of our experiences and how we adapt determines our success, along with what path we take. Each hill and valley we encounter provides us with an opportunity to adapt and change, gives us the chance to use our talents within the realms of our potential to evolve our life in new and sometimes unexpected ways. God's plan may be unknown and unfathomable...
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...Life is a journey. What defines a journey? A journey is a process an individual must go through to achieve a greater and more meaningful goal. A journey often contains obstacles that strengthen and motivate the subject to work hard under the circumstances presented. The foundation for any journey is determination. With every motion, hurdles are thrown into the plot, and it is the determination the character posses that will suggest the success of his or her journey. It is the level of the strength of mind that is enormously shown through the process of a journey whether the destination has been reached or not reached. Determination is innate. Enrique’s Journey, written by Sonia Nazario, is the grueling challenge a young, Honduran boy must...
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...Zia Ficocelli Mr. Frank ENC1101 5/27/2015 Success is Happiness If the destination isn’t worth the road that is paved, then why walk the road? Success is about accomplishing things in life, and being happy through out all the adventures. While many people define success by the end result success is more about the journey, and being happy along that journey. No matter how the world turns it will never fall out of orbit. A goal can be small or big. Accomplishing a goal is a great thing; it is a part of being successful. Hard work is the key. The more effort put into a task, the more that will come out of completing the task. For instance, working out. More sweat, less weight. Success is happiness in accomplishments. Therefore you would be happy because of the pride you feel that comes with setting and reaching a goal. Finding happiness in a sense of fulfillment. While completing any goal though, it is important to be happy along the way. Completing long-term goals can absorb all energy inside and out. However, excitement and cheer is something to keep in hand throughout the adventure. Why would anyone spend years of their life trying to become something and hate themselves the whole time? At the end of the road, dissatisfaction and bad memories will be all the brain has to remind itself of why they’re there in the first place. It’s a waste of time to be unhappy. Following dreams cannot be that way. Remember to stay positive. Learn how to cope with the bad and...
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...any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without prior permission of the copyright holders. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained herein is comprehensive and accurate, SPRING Singapore will not accept any liability for omissions or errors. CONTENTS 3 Foreword 4 Business Excellence Initiative 6 Impact of Business Excellence Journey 12 Case Studies 15 Conrad Centennial Singapore (Conrad) 21 Qian Hu Corporation Ltd 27 Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd 33 Teckwah Industrial Corporation Ltd 39 TNT Express Worldwide (S) Pte Ltd 45 Housing & Development Board (HDB) BE BE FOREWORD The business excellence initiative helps organisations strengthen their management systems and processes for higher productivity and growth. There has been a growing number of organisations embarking on the business excellence journey. Currently, about 800 organisations, employing some 550,000 employees or 20% of the workforce, are certified by SPRING for attaining commendable performance on the business excellence journey. The implementation of the business excellence framework by organisations requires the commitment and involvement from the CEO to all levels of employees. This publication provides insights into how organisations have adopted the business excellence framework from the perspective of staff in participating organisations. These insights were gained from a survey of participating organisations from the...
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... II. (Credibility statement): I have researched our guest speaker and have followed many of his career successes. Perhaps, you are familiar with him and some of his successes as well. III. THESIS: It is both an honor and privilege to be able to introduce to you to a man that has forged his own definition of success in the entertainment industry and a role model to many. BODY I. If you don’t already know, you will learn all about our guest’s journey to become a successful comedian and his transition into becoming a successful television and radio personality. A. He will describe what it takes to be successful in the entertainment industry and how is it always a revolving door and constantly changes. B. Hopefully you will be moved greatly, once you hear about journey. In talking about his journey to he acknowledges the peaks and valleys because to him, success is a series of ups and downs. Transitional Statement: Now, that I have talked about how the topic will affect you, I will now talk about the speaker expertise. II. His career has spanned over 30 years and he has grown from someone known locally to an international success. A. Our guest has numerous amounts of successful ventures, such as a television and radio personality, and bestselling author. B. You’ve seen him on the Kings of Comedy, The Family Feud and heard him on his nationally syndicated radio show The Steve Harvey Morning Show. Transitional Statement: Now that...
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...Compare and Contrast Argument Essay The journey one may take are infinite in possibility and reason. Adam Shepard, who wanted to gleam light upon the controversial American Dream by starting from the bottom up to reveal that it is truly alive and well, and Chris McCandless, who sought liberation from our corrupt world by casting off his past life for adventure and a self-reliant lifestyle as a new free individual in the outside world, are both men who chose to take on a self made journey to prove their desired perspectives. However, these two views clash and mingle at a bold point in that they both embark to demonstrate things that we already possess but don’t think we have, straying from one another through their mindsets and environments....
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...Centuries ago, when transportations were undeveloped, travelers would need to travel through long, harsh, and dangerous journey to get to where they need to be. Not knowing what the next day will bring, travelers takes on the risk to finish what their mission was no matter what unpredictable events lies ahead. John of Plano Carpini, William of Rubruck, Rabban Sauma, and Marco Polo were four of these explorers in 1200s. Each of these travelers had different agenda but what made them important and famous were the different stories they brought back home and the knowledge gain from these trips. Each mission was different and some of them didn’t even have missions or an agenda, it was just to travel. This paper illustrates the travel of the four explorers and whether or not they succeed on what they were told to do or if the mission was just a waste of years of traveling. John of Plano Carpini was chosen by Pope Innocent IV to head the mission of convincing the Mongols to not attack and conquering Europe as they had with many other countries due to their strong army. John already sixty-five at this time wasn’t the likely candidate to go on this mission but with his good Christian background, the Pope believes he was the one that can stop the Mongols. John’s political incentive was to stop the Mongol from invading any more of Europe. John wanted to form some type of treaty that would allow the two sides to not fight against one another but rather fight against the Holy Roman Emperor...
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...Table of Contents Analysis of the Endurance expedition: 3 Was the exploration a success or a failure?: 5 Relentless pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled”: 5 Analysis of the Endurance expedition: The expedition of E. S in 1915 can be analyzed as a scientific endeavor, as an entrepreneurial venture and as well as an imperial opportunity. Scientific Endeavor: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the world was eager to know the unknown parts of the world. England was not behind that race. They wanted to accumulate the fullest information about the great unexplored and little known areas of Earth’s surface. Explorers had it in their mind that the exploration ought to be conducted on scientific methods. The quest for scientific knowledge drove many explorers and their supporters to go for polar expedition. Ernest Shackleton’s journey was also considered as a scientific quest. Though the South Pole was already discovered in 1911, and it looked like he had nothing new to discover. Yet he wanted to go beyond the South Pole. The thrust of knowledge to see beyond that point is of course considered as a scientific endeavor. It is considered as an endeavor because, it was not easy to pursue. Collecting money, gathering the right crew, putting together the right nutrition for the crew members, managing in the proper way and most importantly surviving in the challenging weather were not very easy to achieve. Entrepreneurial Venture: At...
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...Through pushing away from the feminine and seeing marriage as a trap, Frederica and women can continue her journey and her education through traveling and moving through her hardships and finding success within herself. In Still Life, the heroine Frederica learns that she will be going to college at the University of Cambridge and traveling to France before the start her semester. While this is a continuation of the rejection of the feminine, it is also the beginning of hardships. Hardships according to Murdock the part of the journey that the heroine realizes that it is not easy to become equal in societies eyes. She will constantly battle the stereotypes of females and with each success she becomes stronger in her own character. As she...
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...Obtaining success is a journey; it can be quite easy and at times really tough, but what determines if you achieve and attain that goal, is your motivation and drive behind it. In the book Frankenstein, personal interests and goals drive the characters to be able to overcome obstacles and succeed. Each character has a motive or a goal that drives them; whether it be curiosity or revenge. Victor and the creature, two major characters in the novel, both had different drives for success, but both of these, although different, lead them to success. At a young age Victor Frankenstein interest were in sciences such as chemistry, and the balances between life and death. Fascinated by the secret of life, begins researching the studies of anatomy of the human body, biology, electricity, Galvanism, and pseudo-genetics. Fueled by curiosity to learn about the hidden laws of nature of heaven and earth, arrogance, and the urge to do what only god can do and create life, Victor creates the creature bringing new life into the world. Victor’s motivation and research went into his true intentions finding a way to be able to cheat...
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...“A New Hope” changed my life, but like all pivotal points in an adolescent’s life, I was too young to realize it. Seeing the film, I fantasized about the hero’s journey Luke embarked on. From being one with the force to wielding a lightsaber, at one point in time I began to think that Star Wars was real. As it turns out, his quest was real, and corresponds to the “Hero’s Journey”, a pattern in life and in art that everyone experiences and can learn to recognize. The Hero’s Journey begins with a call to action, a path that will separate the hero from their home and family. As Star Wars begins, war rages on between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire. Princess Leia’s plea for help reaches the planet of Tatooine. A droid by the name of...
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