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    A popular adage states: ‘hard work pays.’ Well‚ I am not writing this to dispute the wisdom of this saying. All I am saying is: smart work pays better than hard work. This is why managers in a construction firm for example gets paid astronomically higher wages than the labourers. No one will dispute the fact that labourers do heavy‚ tiring physical work in the sun and the rain. Yet they get paid low wages‚ while the management get transported from their air-conditioned homes to their air-conditioned

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    Mr. Segura 09/10 /11 Do people work better if they are paid more? I have to say that most people will do more work if they are paid more money. That’s also one of the main reasons why people seek new and better paying jobs in the working World.Sure‚ there is a mental and a physical limit of the amount of work that a person is able to do within a certain amount of time. Yes‚ there are times during the year when those limits are exceeded for a short interval. Well‚ if you have a reasonable employer

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    Succeed in Math

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    Gabrielle La Madrid Professor Rudd English 099 02 October 2012 Succeed in Math To understand the differences in society that deals with success in Mathematics‚ a person should know the difference between how men and women use math to aim towards their bright future. Students should know the challenges that intimidate citizens from different countries and how they gain their hope. One of the differences is whether or not

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    my hard work. I have always been smaller than other kids my age. At 15 years old I was 4’ 10’’ and looked like I was eleven years old. Although this was an advantage at the airport‚ when I would begin to take off my shoes and the TSA Officer would look at me and say‚ “Don’t worry twelve and under can keep their shoes on.” I was often discredited for my size. Especially because I played volleyball‚ a sport known for its height. I constantly struggled to make a team I deserved to be on because people

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    Determination to Succeed

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    Since I was young‚ I have striven to achieve my goals; I call it a "determination to succeed." Without a "determination to succeed‚" giving up in life‚ when a situation seems impossible to overcome‚ becomes second nature. The methods one uses to overcome the challenges faced in life affects how one acquires success. For example‚ my ancestors did not overcome their struggle for equality without self-determination to better their lives. Thus‚ their lives have been an inspiration for me. The motivation

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    what is luck

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    Luck is defined as “The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events” or simply “fortune”. However in the Quote “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity”‚ the author leads us to believe otherwise. The quote tells us that luck does not happen by “chance fortune” as the definition implies‚ but comes from being well prepared for the task at hand. The quote as we are familiar with it was stated by Oprah Winfrey in 2010; however it is not often known that the quote is believed to have

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    I selected the article about Colin Bisset‚ who is “inspired to do nothing”. I chose this article because it seems interesting‚ I mean how can someone be inspired to do nothing? Oxford Dictionary defines the word inspired: “of extraordinary quality‚ as if arising from some external creative impulse”. It doesn’t seem to me that wanting to do nothing is creative. The author was walking through the “lush gardens of a grand country home” with a friend and says to his friend that he would love to live

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    Hard Work Does Pay Off

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    Being brought up in a house full of hard working American citizens where each person helped the world positively in a different way has helped implant positive ethics and values into my overall character. As a child all I could remember was how hard my family worked. My father would work overtime at General Motors‚ while my mother would put her love for creativity into people’s homes by wallpapering and painting. Growing up in this type of atmosphere allowed me several advantages. I could have

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    Why do we need a diploma to succeed in business? What do we have behind us after graduation? On the one hand - specific knowledge and skills with the hope to use them in practice when applying for a job. On the other hand - the diploma‚ which ostensibly shows that this baggage we have. "We need a person with a higher education ..." - these words are full of almost all offers of employment. How is it important for an employer‚ what high school diploma in your hand? Does a diploma

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    Things do not change; we change I believe we change depending on the situation. When you are faced With a difficult task in life people tend to change. A lot of things in life People have the power to change them. If your in a relationship with Somebody‚ In order for things to change we have to change. If you really love somebody and they aren’t willing to change for you its never going to work. I believe in change‚ I also

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