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Success is when someone who achieves their goals and overcomes obstacles.

One person who I think achieved success is Logic.

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Success is when a person achieves their own dreams and goals against every challenge

Taraji p. Henson she told everyone in her hometown she wanted to be an actor and very few believed her especially after she had her son at 19, but she moved to LA and made her dream come true all on her own.

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A successful person is intelligent and takes advantage of opportunities when they arise.

One such example is Donald Trump, a businessman who took advantage of political chaos to become the president of the United States.

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a successful person is someone who does great in their field, he does n't change his goal when it gets hard, ex excels.

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Success is someone who achieved whatever they wanted in life. Successful people are always pushing to do better and be better.

Nusret Gökçe is someone I consider successful, because he went from working a not so good job to owning his own chain of high class steak restaurants.

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I think that a successful moment is when a person achieves their goals by working hard and breaking boundaries, someone that I think has done that is our former president Barack Obama who was our first black president and broke a social norm in our society of only having older white males running our country

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A successful person is someone who excels at what they enjoy doing, Nick Symmonds is a successful runner and businessman. He enjoys running and is also an olympic medalist.

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Nick Symmonds rocked the track & field fans in US when as a Divsion III athlete, he came on the scene and started shaking up the 800 meter world. Dick Patrick wrote his column on the 800 meter race, and Nick Symmonds, who is a solid chance to reach his goal of a medal in London.

Symmonds took his fifth US title in a row, with his OT title. KD Robinson, rid himself of the demons from 2008, running a perfect race for KD. Duane Solomon made his team, as he and coach Johnny Gray made their dreams a reality.

But, in this 800 meters, Nick Symmonds hit goal 1, now, on to London, where Nick should be in the battle for medals. Here, Dick Patrick gives you a view into Symmonds racing brain and his race in Eugene.

Nick Symmonds, 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials
Photo by PhotoRun.net

By Dick Patrick

EUGENE, Oregon
June 25, 2012

Nick Symmonds surprised himself in April after coming off altitude training in Flagstaff, Ariz., and running a 1:43.9 800 leg at the Penn Relays. It was the earliest in the season the half miler had ever broken 1:44, and the London Olympics were four months away.

"I started panicking for a minute: 'Am I peaking too early?" Symmonds said.

So he did what any modern runner would do. He called his sports psychologist, Jeff Troesch, who's based in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

"He said why don't you not worry about that," Symmonds said. "Why don't you say maybe you don't even know what you're capable of yet. I thought, 'Wow, that's really good. I just came off altitude. I hadn't done any sharpening work. Maybe I don't know.'"

Symmonds will get to find out if he can achieve his goal of an Olympic medal after winning the 800 Monday at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials. His fifth consecutive national title came in typical Symmonds style, running from behind and thrilling the Hayward Field fans who have adopted the Idaho native who now lives in nearby Springfield and trains in Eugene.

Symmonds worked his way from the back of the pack to sixth as Charles Jock took the field through a scorching first lap of 49.86 seconds. After picking off a couple of runners on the back stretch, Symmonds drew even with leader Duane Solomon with 100 left.

He pulled away for the win in 1:43.92, his first sub-1:44 at Hayward. Khadevis Robinson, 35, took second (1:44.64) and Solomon hung on for third (1:44.65), achieving both a personal best and the necessary Olympic A time standard.

Now Symmonds' attention turns to becoming the first U.S. Olympic medalist since Johnny Gray, now Solomon's coach, earned a bronze medal at the '92 Games. Symmonds has been getting closer to an international medal after being eliminated in the semifinals at the 2008 Beijing Games. He was sixth at the 2009 world championships and fifth last year.

"That semifinal is so unforgiving," said of the three-round format at major international meets. "You've just got to get to it; then you've got to run a perfect race. There's going to be 24 (semifinalists) toeing the line to make the final. Most of those guys all belong. Unfortunately, you can only take eight.

"There's a lot of luck into it, a lot of timing. But once you've made the finals, anybody has a shot at the medal. My preparation this year has gone phenomenally. I've just got to not doubt myself and believe in my abilities to stick with the east Africans."

Symmonds, who won seven NCAA Division III titles at Williamette University in Salem, Ore., thinks he's just reaching his peak years: "In college I ran six months of the year and goofed around the other six months. I didn't train that hard in high school. I played ice hockey in the winter, hiked in the summer. Whereas a lot of athletes train hard in high school and college, I feel I'm on a delay. At 28, 29, 30, these are going to be my best years."

Symmonds trains plenty hard now. He feels more confident in his kick thanks to twice weekly gym/weight sessions with University of Oregon strength coach Jim Radcliffe. "When I'm coming down the home stretch, if you look at my races in '07 and '08, my form would break down a little bit," he said. "Now I'm actually strong enough to hold my form for 790-some meters."

Nick Symmonds, 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials
Photo by PhotoRun.net

Leading up to the Trials, Symmonds quieted one of his crusades - for athletes to be able to have more freedom in displaying sponsors on uniforms. He auctioned off a temporary tattoo on his left shoulder for $11,100, though he has to cover the logo for a Wisconsin-based marketing company for this meet and most others. He created a stir by publicizing his attempt to get celebrity Paris Hilton to be his date during the Trials.

During the Trials, he's been all running. "There needs to be a certain balance between fun and business," he said. "Compartmentalizing is something I've had to work on even to this day. If I feel myself out of balance at all, I'll call (Troesch). Using him as a sounding board and being able to talk to him has really helped me find that balance.

"When I was in Australia (during the winter), I didn't have that balance and I ran some abysmal races. I couldn't break 1:48. I came back and said I need to start having fun with the sport again. That's what the last three months have been about and it's paid off."

When he goes to London, should Symmonds go for a run in Hyde Park, he won't be besieged by well wishers as he was Sunday while running at Pre's Trial. The London Olympic Stadium crowd won't be cheering loudly when he is introduced or when he reaches the leader's shoulder on the home stretch. All those advantages helped in Eugene.

"This crowd doesn't want to see me just make the team," Symmonds said. "They want to see me win. It allows me to race with a little more aggression. I know I need to be on the leader's shoulder with 100 to go or I don't have a chance to do that. I know if I' picking people off as soon as I get onto the leader's shoulders, they're going to rise to their feet and go crazy. That's the Track Town community. It's just such an advantage."

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Nick Symmonds, in Eugene, his race was won, for London, a race to be run, by Dick Patrick, note by Larry Eder

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Nick Symmonds rocked the track & field fans in US when as a Divsion III athlete, he came on the scene and started shaking up the 800 meter world. Dick Patrick wrote his column on the 800 meter race, and Nick Symmonds, who is a solid chance to reach his goal of a medal in London.

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The definition of success is "the accomplishment of an aim or purpose." I believe that this aim or purpose to be happy and satisfied with what one does and where one is in life. A person that I think is successful is Shawn Spencer (James Roday) because he is always enjoying himself by being humorous and joking with his friends. It makes him more enjoyable to be around and it is the main personality of his character in the show Psych.

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A successful person is one who can shoulder responsibilities and be accountable, makes hard decisions and stands by them. A successful person has willpower and the passion to succeed.
John Pierpont Morgan was a very successful man. John built a financial empire based on banking and investments.

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He embodies success because he was literally living on the streets without parents or a family and almost no friends. He had to keep himself accountable for everything and keep his head straight. It's a situation I can't even imagine being in. With some help he was able to get all the opportunities he wished for and eventually went on to be one of the greatest NBA players we have ever seen. Rags to riches, with help along the way.

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This Peruvian Comedian did not start out with success and did not think he could make it at all. Throughout his early years he has struggled to find his place in the world, has had some trouble along the way with woman, drugs and poverty. One day he feels and sees his passion for laughter which leads him to join a drama club in Lima. As he started with small roles in working with children and small stupid humor, he finally got the start to be a big actor on tv for adult humor. The show "pataclown" gives him the spotlight and opens more doors than he could ever imagine. Sometimes in life we do not know how or where we truly belong but the truth of the whole matter is that everyone has a purpose. Big or small the purpose means as much as you decide to see it. Success isn't measured by how good you are, the amount of money you make or the people you effect, It is about how much fun and purpose you see yourself while trying to achieve your goal and knowing that in the end all is worth the risk with a pure heart.
-Nick Castro

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A successful person is one that chooses his path strategically, understands what it takes to do it, and follows through regardless of the knocks. A successful person doesn't change his goal or succumb to doubts of others and continues to do what they do and it works for them. Ray Kroc, the entrepreneur behind McDonald's continued to embody his vision inspire of his battles with the McDonald's brothers over control and inspite of his lack of creativity in marketing in some regards

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A successful person is someone who can get through the hard times and come out with a sense of purpose greatness. Colonel Harland David Sanders was fired from a dozen jobs and traveled all around the United States looking for someone who would sell his chicken. He finally got a business deal in Utah and created Kentucky Fried Chicken which is now one of the most recognizable businesses in the world.

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A Successful person is someone is very responsible for things and who work harder to accomplish the goals of life. Bill Gates is great example because he is a very poor guy. he decided to study to make his parents proud. one day in at the age of 24 in his personal lab, he created a very interesting with all parts together it is a computer. So he didn't make a computer at once he tried many times but finally he got what he want. So working harder will give you success at all the time.

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A successful person is someone who sets their own person goals and responsibilities, and reaches those goals. Steve Jobs is someone who really speaks respect because he wanted to create something different and hard to reach, and from his garage he created one of the most successful companies in the world. That is because of setting goals for himself and achieving them.

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A Successful person is someone who is determined, who is willing to help others. A successful person makes the society a better place. Walt Disney was a successful person he established Disney World, Disney movies, etc to entertain people. Behind all the work he was fired by a newspaper editor because he “lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” However he did not give up and therefore he became one of the famous people in the world.

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A successful person is someone who loves what they do and make money doing it.  Successful people work hard and love what they do. George Miller is a very successful youtuber with 4.6 million subscribers and makes an average of $600,000 dollars a year.  He makes wacky videos with his friends including Ian Carter and truly seems to love what he does.
-John Degioanni

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A successful person is someone who is determined to fight for their beliefs and achieve their dreams in life. They have a goal in life and they work hard to accomplish it. They also create positive impacts on the rest of the world and become role models for others.
Steve Jobs was a successful person because he changed the world through advanced technology and made a huge impact.

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A successful person that sets a goal and tries to accomplish it and aim for a purpose. Oprah is the perfect example of a successful person. She set her goal and excelled way passed that. She also did more than just make money she took the initiative to give it back to charity, and to help the less fortunate.

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Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of spongebob squarepants.He is someone I consider to be very successful because he used his knowledge of marine life and his wacky personality to create the most successful cartoon series ever.

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A successful person is a someone who knows what they want to do with life. They are someone who do what they love and they are able to do what they believe is right.
Mark Zuckerberg  is a great example because he did not care about what other people thought of him. He did what he believed was right and did not really question himself if he is doing a right or wrong.

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A successful person is someone who knows what they want to do in life, and chases that dream.
J.K Rowling is the perfect example of someone who came from nothing, and worked their way up to the top. She is the author of Harry Potter (best seling series, selling 500 million copies). She has a net worth of over $1 billion.

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A successful person is someone that is driven and dedicated. A successful person works hard and works through adversity.

Dr. Ben Carson exemplifies someone who is dedicated and driven. He also overcame lots of adversity in his youth to become the successful doctor and public figure he is today.

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A successful person is someone who has accomplished their life goals and continues to work to become better everyday. A successful person is never content with how far they have gotten and are always hungry to keep on succeeding. This hunger that successful people have is the reason they got to where they are in the first place.

Cristiano Ronaldo embodies success to me because he is already a great player, but he is restless and always striving for more.

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A successful person is someone who is determined to do what they desire and what makes them happy and feel accomplished. A successful person does whatever it takes to reach their lifelong goal, they learn about themselves and become comfortable and content with what they do and what they become, but aren't afraid to get out of their comfort zone.

Yo-Yo Ma dedicated his life to music and even though his parents were strict with him and his sister, they learned to appreciate it and enjoy it and Yo-Yo Ma was happy to let it be his career and do good in the world. He became a great role model for his kids and many others.

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A successful person is someone who is happy with what they've done and accomplished in their lives, someone who's achieved their goals and dreams of where they wanted to end up. What a successful person does is go through life, strong, determined, and with their goal in mind, doing whatever they can to get to it. Ian Carter is one of those people that dedicated his life to being something he loved, being an actor, comedian, and all around great person.

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A successful person is someone who is able to create something in life and be an overall happy as well as a creative person.
Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook and is now very rich and still continues to create great things for the world. Lots of his profits are also given to charity.

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A successful person is one that is driven and eager to learn. A successful person doesn't stop with one thing, they keep striving
for bigger and better things.

Leonardo DiCaprio embodies success to me because his not only a great actor but a very involved advocate for various environmental causes. It shows that he doesn't stop with being an actor and he is relentless to make causes that are important to him as an equal priority.

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A successful person is someone who is happy with their own self and their accomplishments. That can manifest itself in the form of art, athletics, raising a family or holding a steady job. A successful person is someone who achieves their personal wealth and power goals without compromising their morals.

J.K. Rowling is a successful person, most well known for the Harry Potter series and her "rags-to-riches" story. Rowling rose to such fame and fortune through her own energy and creativity, all the while keeping within her moral boundaries. In 2012, Forbes took Rowling off the billionaire list because she donated about $160 million to charity.

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A successful person is someone who is courageous and ambitious. A successful person always take the responsibility.

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A successful person is someone who looks beyond money, power, they are true to others, and they are truly happy to serve others.

Oprah Winfrey is truly an amazing person. She became famous out of strength and hard work. she also motivates a lot of people and is just an incredible human being that is very honest and true. She is also know as the most influential women in the world

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a successful person is someone who can provide for there family and who is happy with their accomplishments. My grandfather has built technology that has helped trained doctors that in return have assisted others in helping save peoples lives. he also has built

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A successful person is someone who achieves happiness. A successful person is able to be happy in any circumstance. A successful person can make others happy.

A successful person does activities that raise peoples self esteem. This will give them happiness even when they are struggling the most and really need to be happy. Reggie Dabbs is someone who lifts other people up. He can help someone when they are in a difficult situation.

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A successful person is someone who can live without fear or questions about survival. A successful person can speak out and make a difference.

Dove Cameron is an actress who makes a difference in the world by using her show and showing girls who they can really be.

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A successful person is someone who is kind and ambitious. A successful person doesn't for the world to tell what to do. They can face against the odds.

Malala Yousafzai is a woman who fought for girls right to learn in Pakistan even though it could've costed her her life. Also the youngest person to ever receive the nobel peace prize.

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A successful person is someone who has worked hard and made something of themself and holds up to their morals and values. Someone i consider to be very successful is Dwayne Johnson. He was a wrestler in the WWE like his previous family members and has continued to become a renowned actor and body builder. He offers fans insiration in many different forms while continuously unholding his values.

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A successful person is someone who is able to overcome the challenges in their life to accomplish their goals. They persevere no matter how bleak things look.

Debi Connor recovered from a near fatal horseback riding accident to go on to compete and win on a national level. She worked hard to get to where she was and she wasn't going to let her injury take it away.

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A successful person is someone who inspires other people and uses their influence to help people that don't have a voice.

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A successful person is someone  that is happy with what they do and who continues to be hard working. A successful person strives for their goals while helping people strive for success.

Ellen started as a hyperactive child who learned how to read and write quickly. As a young actor she starred in Open House. Now she has her own show called the Ellen show where she meets people who make a difference and shares her success.

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A successful person who is someone that achieved their goal and got what they wanted the most in life. They continue to strive for greatness even though they reached to the highest level.

Martin Luther King Jr is a successful person. He help lifted whites and blacks to not be segregated. He also started his big speech to talk about having peace towards others.

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A successful person who is someone who has accomplished something that makes them happy. If someone is successful they have to be hardworking but also have dreams that they are able to reach. When someone is successful they typically have financial security or a plan for their life.

Albert Einstein, he didn't speak until he was four years old and many people thought that he was stupid. He overcame that criticism and was very successful in his field.

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A successful person is a person who has over come challenges or have made success on their own.

Albert Einstein is a successful person. He was told that he would never do anything in life any thing in life. He was frowned upon and though to be crazy. He then became one of the greatest minds ever.

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A successful person is someone who  does what they love as a career and can make a living doing it.
Daniel Tosh is somebody who embodies success in me. He does what he wants when he wants, and makes a ton of money being funny and ripping on people. He went from working a $15 and hour telemarketing job to being one of the funniest people on TV. What a guy.

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A successful person is someone who is hard working. They are dedicated to what their goals are and are humble. They have determination and perseverance and are resilient.

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A successful person is someone who is able to achieve their dreams through determination and courage. They are happy with their life whether or not they are rich and are open to criticism.

Walt Disney was a successful person because he pursued his dreams and was always open to ideas and criticism. He was happy with his creations and was satisfied with his life.

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A successful person is someone that is happy with what they have and can be happy no matter their standing in society. They also learn from their mistakes to make themselves better.

Steve Prefontaine was successful because even thought he was not that rich he was happy.
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."

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A successful person is someone that is happy with their life and has everything they could want in life. Successful people are smart and has their eyes on the prize and does what they need to do.

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A successful person is someone that is happy with their life descusions and has little that they regret.
Successful people are happy and have a good attitude towards all situations. They never stop trying to be better.
This is Cornelius Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt got his fortune through his dominance of railroads and shipping. He built and controlled many of the most significant railroads in America, such as the New York railroad and the Grand Central Terminal.

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A successful person learns from failure. A successful person is smart and uses their abilities to better themselves and others around them.
J.K. Rowling learned from her failures and her mistakes to create one of the most well known and loved book series in the world.

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Success is being able to overcome obstacles with no excuses. It's the idea of achieving happiness and reaching towards one's goal. It's a long process, it's not something that'll happen overnight. For instance, people who wants to go to Law School will take the business classes.

Helen Keller is an example of a successful person because she's the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree.

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Success is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It takes a lot of hard work, time and sheer dedication. Every successful leader, entrepreneur or idealist has had their own unique journey as they strove for what they believed in and proved to society that anyone can break free from the chains they think are holding them back. Although each of them had different a different path, their destination was the same: success.

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A successful person doesn't worry about what others think about them or their goals, they just do them with determination.

If beyonce quit overtime someone told her she couldn't be Queen, the world wouldn't have been blessed with her music.

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A successful person is hardworking, respective, and king. A successful person does everything they can to get to their goal, and helps others as they go.

Rachel Carson is an example of a successful person because she worked hard to reach her dream job, while also writing a book that would help humanity realize how dangerous pesticides are.

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A successful person is determined and never gives up.

A successful person does whatever it takes to reach their goal and fulfill what they feel is their purpose.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a very successful person. Even with everyone who told him that a peaceful protest wouldn't do anything, he persevered, and he made such an impact that his story is taught to kindergarteners today.

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A successful person is hardworking.
A successful person does all costs it takes in order to achieve and fulfill his/her goal.
Haben Girma
She is a deaf-blind but worked hard and went to Harvard law. She's lost her two important senses but is happy now. She does things more than  a person with all 5 senses.

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A successful person is content with life and has made progress towards their goal. A successful person does well in life, makes money and has good family and friends around them.

Lionel Messi is a great soccer player who has set many records and enjoys life.

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A successful person is overall happy, and hardworking. They are also determined to follow their dreams and make a difference in the world.  A successful person makes time to make sure they are trying to accomplish their dreams. They also do not give up just because their life gets rough.

Oprah Winfrey grew up in a small town and had a rough childhood being assaulted by men and friends of her own mother. When she was older she went on to be a part of different TV's shows and then went on to have her own show and her own network. She has become one of the most influential women in the world.

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A successful person is someone that has nothing and changes it to something. Walt Disney was very poor when he was younger but was able to create the Disney Company that makes millions of money off of movies, amusement parks, and etc.

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A successful person is happy, healthy. loved and respected.
Arch Archunde
He was just an 18 year old kid who was disowned and disinherited because he decided to follow what he believed in. In turn he wound up raising 6 kids, married to an incredible woman and helping others through his job and callings. He's happy healthy and supported by those who love and respect him.

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A successful person is happy with their life
A successful person has achieved their ultimate goal in life.

Bill Gates is believed to be the richest man in the world and created Microsoft. Lots of his money goes to charities.

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Success is when someone does what they like and becomes well-known in that field because of the advances they made.

Steve Jobs was interested in technology and his ideas like the I-phone, I-pad, and others increased his fame

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Anyone who is truly happy and is content with where their life is at.

Lebron James
Part goat and won multiple NBA finals.

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The meaning of success lies in the courage of overcoming your fears and failure and continue doing your work without being disheartened.

Einstein was interested in physics and won the noble prize and invented the theory of relativity.

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A Successful Person is content.

A Successful Person takes action.

Mahatma Gandhi lived a pious life. He lived a life where he wore simple hand made clothes. He was content with his life. He practiced non-violence. He took action through his words.