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.

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