Some people believe that success in life depends on hard work and determination, while others believe that other factors like money and personal appearance are important. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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It is believed by some that
success
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can be achieved by hard
work
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and
determination
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,
whereas
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others say that
money
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and good looks can lead to
success
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.
This
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essay will discuss both these views. I personally believe that more often
success
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comes from hard
work
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and perseverance and only on some odd
occasion
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money
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and looks
can
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play a role. The main reason why some people say that
determination
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and hard
work
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is
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an important
prerequisite
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prerequisites
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for
success
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,
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is that
determination
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gives people an impetus
of setting
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to set
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up goals, which lead to
success
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, Marie Curie (Madame Curie) determined to finish her husband’s lifetime unfinished
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after his death and eventually discovered radium.
Similarly
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, hard
work
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is
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very important as without hard
work
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determination
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is of no value. It has been well said that ‘Genius is one
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per cent
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inspiration and ninety-nine
percent
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, perspiration’. Take the example of businessmen. Only those
succeed
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who succeed
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who have
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determination
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the determination
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and who put in a lot of sweat and toil
in
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into
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their business. Those who advocate that
money
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and good looks are needed for
success
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, believe that good looks increase the confidence of a
person
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and
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that a
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confident
person
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has more chances to succeed in his life. With good looks a
person
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can succeed in the acting and modelling fields. They
also
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opine that
money
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is needed to become an entrepreneur and those who have the capital to invest have more chances to succeed.
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, a
person
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with lots of bank balance may sustain through any ups and downs in business and
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succeed, but any
person
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without any financial backing may break down if his business goes through a bad phase.
To sum up
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, I believe that
success
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depends on how firmly people hold on to their
determination
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and how much effort they put into their
work
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. A powerful background of
money
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as well as
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attractive looks can help a certain number of
persons
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people
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to succeed, but too much reliance on these is
unpractical
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impractical
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.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • perseverance
  • discipline
  • resilience
  • effort
  • tenacity
  • external factors
  • financial resources
  • favorable appearance
  • perceptions
  • advantages
  • intrinsic
  • extrinsic
  • sustainable
  • facilitating
  • undeniable
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