“When people succeed it is because of their hard work. Luck had nothing to do with success.” Do you agree or disagree with the quotation above? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your position.
One does not have to look far to find success stories of people around the world. Just flip a newspaper or surf the internet and you will find hoards of people- Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Ratan Tata to name a few.
The one thing you will find common among them would be hard work. There is no denying that they all had their fair share of struggle and they fought well. Had Steve Jobs given up his work just because he was thrown out of his own company, the world would not have seen the light of the famous Pixar animations.
Anything we do requires hard work. Be it a tiny for...
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