Thinking About Success

1. Opportunity

2. Hard Work

3. Skill

4. Luck

I believe that in thinking about success, the four characteristics above are necessary, in that exact order. I feel that success comes greatly from the opportunities that are offered to you and that are at your disposal to take advantage of whenever necessary. What opportunities you choose to take advantage of, however, are your choice and has to be a commitment to yourself and to your community. With your choice of opportunities comes hard work and if you are willing to assert yourself in a hard working manor. It takes hard work to achieve anything which is why I placed it second. After working so hard and putting the opportunity first, you develop a skill. A skill only comes after strenuous activity and "hard work" which is why I placed it after hard work, because one comes right after the other and they are in direct correlation with each other. The last, and least important key to success, I believe, is luck. This is because luck only comes at spontaneous times and doesn't always help or hurt you. There is such thing as bad luck as well as good luck. Luck doesn't play a key role in the success of your life so I put it last as it is on a whim and not a dependable aspect, nor is it what you should base your thoughts of success on. I think opportunity can overall make or break your success in life, because whatever is at your complete and full disposal is what you will carry with you throughout life and you might not always have access to the same opportunities as others around you.