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Many people tend to think that only a person who has talents or a person who has a good education will become successful in life. On the contrary, research has shown that a person`s success depends largely on his attitude, enthusiasm and commitment. Each of us are born with a different type of talent. However, many people do not succeedin life because they do not have a positive attitude.

Life is full of challenges. Only a person with a positive attitude can cope with these challeges and moves forward in life. We all have problems in life. It is now we react to them that makes the difference. Some of us tend to make mountains out of molehills. We overreact and thus feel miserable when we think about our problems. If only we have the right attitude and look for solutions to problems and view challenges as opportunities to gain experiences, our problems and challenges will seem small. We will then realize that ‘every cloud has a silver lining’. Only when we learn to handle our problems and concentrate on the problem at hand can we be successful.

A successful person is a person who sets goals and then commits himself to achieve these goals. We should set goals for our education, career, financial standing and family. Once we have set these goals, we must take the appopriate action to achive these goals, we must take the appropriate action to achieve these goals. For example, a student who wants to score 10As in his SPM must be willing to be diligent and put in the effort to study a few hours a day. Goals are the road map to the lives we wish to live. Once we have set them and worked on them, we can accomplish many things.

Another quality that draws the line between successful and unsuccessful people is perseverance. They do not give up easily. The lives of great men show us how every one of them had, at one point in their lives, failed to achieve their goals. However, their persistent attitudes have resulted in work that has benefited mankind. Thomas Edison, the great scientist, tried out many experiments and failed. It is because he remained undaunted and because of his perseverance, that he is credited with over 1000 inventions. If Thomas Edison had given up after a few unsuccessful attempts, we would have neither heard about him nor benefits from his inventions.

A person who wants to be uccessful should have no time for selfpity. He should be future-oriented and lock beyond the challenges and adversities that he faces. A self-confident person will realize that problems and challenges are hurdles that must be overcome in order to enjoy the fruits of his labour.