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The person I think is successful is Lizzie Velasquez. This is because when she was in high school, Lizzie was labeled the ugliest woman in the world. She had 400,000 people who didn't know her telling her to kill  herself. Lizzie ignored this and thought she was beautifula nd used those negative comments to drive her towards success and she has now achieved all of her goals.

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This image is perfect for my definition of success. This is because I said that success is happiness and this image shows how they go together.

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I chose this quote because I believe it compliments my description of success nicely. This is because it clearly states that to be successful in life, you need to learn to love yourself which is the exact point i'm trying to make.

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The song I chose is called "Migraine" by Twenty-one Pilots. The reason I chose this song is because I believe it perfectly displays the way a person feels when insecure. In the song Tyler, the singer, describes the thought process of someone who is insecure and has to hide his true emotions with the line, "Am I the only one I know, waging my wars behind my face and above my throat? Shadows will scream that I'm alone." This line is talking about how he has to pretend to be happy when in reality he is internally fighting himself because he doesn't feel like he is good enough. I believe that this goes hand in hand with my idea of what success is because in the song he doesn't feel good about himself, and that is what makes him unhappy and feel like his success is not worth anything.

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The third reference i'm making is to the article "Catching Kayla." I chose this article because in it Kayla states that she is persistent to overcome her disability and isn't shy about it. This supports my definition of success because  Kayla is successful due to the fact that she didn't shy away from the public eye because of her disability. She was happy with herself and confident enough to  go out and try to make her dream tangible. Kayla turned the impossible possible, and this was only due to the fact that she didn't listen to others who told her she couldn't. She tried her hardest and achieved.

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I am making a text reference to "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes. This is because the main character in this short story, Charlie Gordon, is insecure about his intelligence and volunteers to be part of an experiment that goes south. I can back this up because in the story he says, "It's because I'm dumb," and other stuff like "I can't wait to get smarter." This supports my idea of success because Charlie didn't accept himself and like himself, and so he his life changed forever and not for the better. He was no longer oblivious to the cruelty of his "friends," and he was no longer happy. Charlie gained intelligence but lost soon after and though in the end he was accepting of his fate, he had to go through a lot. I have linked a pdf of the story.

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Throughout our unit, we have read several passages on success. From poems to novels, we analyzed every piece of text we got. Yet for some reason, the one that stuck out the most was the poem "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson. In the first three stanzas of the poem, the writer describes Richard Cory's life and personality. The stanzas explain how he had everything and how everyone wanted to be him. The fourth and final stanza showed the audience that though Richard Cory had everything, he wasn't happy. As you can see in the image below, the last sans states that as the people on the pavements worked, Richard Cory suicided and everyones life goal wa to be him before that incident. This poem supports my definition of success because it shows that even though the outside world was happy with his achievements, he wasn't. And that cost him his life.

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The image I chose is a yellow forest. The reason i chose this image is because to me, success=happiness and both, the color yellow and nature, symbolize happiness.

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I chose this image because it shows that happiness and success go hand in hand. This helps support my definition because I said success means to be happy or content with yourself and this image puts my word into picture form.

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This song is called "The Judge" by Twenty-one Pilots. The reason I chose this song is because when you look closely at the lyrics, you can see that the song is a message to his thoughts asking them to set him free from the self-doubt and insecurities he is feeling. I have linked this to a website that talks about the lyrical meaning as well even though I interpreted some the lyrics a little differently .

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In this video, a leadership coach, Rosalie Puiman, explains why self-validation is the most important yet over looked part of being a successful leader. The reason I chose this video is because every successful person we have discussed, rich or poor, was  leader. MLK JR., Gandhi, Steve Jobs. Nobody worked for anyone else but themselves. This video proves that the most important part of being successful is being self-confident and Believing you can do something without the approval of others.

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Leadership coach Rosalie Puiman talks about the power of self-validation for everyone who wants to have an impact in the world.

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This quote is stating that if you live off of the approval of others, your own thoughts, choices, and opinions will cease to exist. I think that it compliments my definition of success perfectly because it shows that if someone needs to get everything they do approved by another, they won't have any self-worth.

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I believe this video goes well with my definition of success because the speaker, Lizzie Velasquez, talk about how she was successful in achieve her goals due to the fact that she was happy with how she was born. From 8:33-9:40, Lizzie talks about how she found a video labeling her the worlds ugliest woman but instead of listening to the comments for her to kill herself, Lizzie tells the audience that she chose t see what she had and be grateful for it.

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How Do YOU Define Yourself    Lizzie Velasquez at TEDxAustinWomen

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The definition I chose for success is happiness. This quote explains that because it speaks of self-validation, a term constantly repeated in my padlet, which is another word for being happy and accepting of yourself instead of relying in the opinion of others.

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Success(n.) The state of feeling of content, happiness, and accomplishment for yourself and not needing the approval of others; Self-validation.