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Success is often measured by wealth and material possessions. Do you think wealth is the best measure of success? What makes a successful person?

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Different people
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 bounded by their own perspective in judging how successful an individual is. Others opine that a successful person owns different luxurious items. I strongly believe that wealth is the basis of
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individual
success
 and it may achieve through self-discipline and hard work. Others may perceive that
success
 can be measured not only by having billions of money in
bank
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their bank
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account
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 but by fulfilling their humanitarian act.
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, those persons who are not fascinated
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 material things
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 particular, diverted
self fulfillment
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 by
practicing
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 charitable work.
Instead
 of saving money, they would
prefferably
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preferably
 allocate it
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donation
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 fund, in
such
 a way they would obtain the ultimate
success
 which they are aiming for the rest of their lives.
However
, I believe that obtaining the do you think wealth is the best measure of
success
? What makes a successful person?
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Affluence
  • Materialism
  • Fulfillment
  • Well-being
  • Philanthropy
  • Societal norms
  • Personal growth
  • Economic power
  • Subjective
  • Humanitarian
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