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Success comes to people because of hard work, not because of luck.How far do you agree to this statement.

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Introduction
When someone succeeds, people often attribute that to
luck
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. While I admit that
luck
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 may have a role to play here, I don’t know anyone who achieved
success
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 only because of
luck
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.
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, I disagree with the argument that
success
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 or failure is a matter of good or bad
luck
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.
Body paragraph 1
If we look around it is not hard to see that most people who achieved
success
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 in
life
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 had faced many hardships in their early
life
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. Apple INC’s Steve Jobs,
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, was given up for adoption immediately after he was born. He faced hardships in his early
life
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 but went on to found one of the most enduring businesses in the world. Steve Jobs never attributed his
success
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 to
luck
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. Neither did Bill Gates, the richest man in the world. They were visionaries who toiled hard to win their goals.
Body paragraph 2
Helen Keller, whose story continues to inspire millions of people even today, didn’t even have many faculties that we take for granted. She could neither hear nor
speak but
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speak, but
 none of these disabilities prevented her from achieving what she wanted in
life
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. There are several
such
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 examples of people who fought against all odds to achieve their goals. Many of them came from backgrounds that we consider unlucky. Still through determination, dedication and hard work they were able to achieve
success
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, fame and money.
Body paragraph 3
Of course, there are a few people who achieved
success
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 because of good
luck
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. Children born to rich and famous parents,
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, do not have to struggle to become famous or rich. We can perhaps attribute their
success
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 to
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luck but
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luck, but
 in reality
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success
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 does not
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 long.
Conclusion
To conclude, if a person is determined to succeed nothing, not even bad
luck
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, can prevent them from achieving what they want. Fortune, after all, favours the brave

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