2012年4月21日星期六

How does an individual’s definition of ‘needs’ and ‘wants’ influence his/her notion of success?


To become a successful person, there are a lot of ways to achieve their goals. The successful person must be aware of consequences they want to achieve success, one might have to must give up something; the results can be seen at the final destination. Success requires understanding of the definition of "need" and "want". Every individual have their own ‘needs’ and ‘wants’ in their life. Take an example of William Henry Gates, he is the chairman of Microsoft. He is the world's richest between 1995 and 2007. He and his wife, has donated $ 3.46 billion to establish a foundation to support charities in global health and education sectors. He set up his own Foundation to help others, the name of the Foundation is named by using he and his wife's name. In many cases, people need to live in what does not and cannot live without according to their different needs and wants. There are two types of long-term successful people such as the materialistic and contributor.

Materiality is very important for everyone; people cannot leave them, such as food, clothing and water. For examples, being employment does not mean only as safety needs but also monthly incomesit proved whether your life is good or bad. If people income is high, may be after a few years they will be able to have their own house, do not need to go to rent an apartment any more. If people have money, they can go start their own businesses. Have their business can give the person wealth and success. For next generation, it is very important to have wealth and then use the appropriate method of education, the future generations will be better than we do. Also, in life, people need water and food to replenish their energy, so that they can work better. For example, Bill Gates was born in the Seattle, his father is well-known local lawyer and his mother was the director of the banking system and his grandfather was the governor of the National Bank. He is the chairman of Microsoft, by his own efforts to become the world's richest for the 1995 – 2007. In Seattle, he has an area of about 6600 square meters of mansions. These are his efforts to get the material success.

Contributor, they help others who need help. They create a better world for other people. They use their own way to help others. By helping others, they feel success. For example, some people want to become a psychiatrist, because they want to go to help those who need help from the psychological. Some people help others from life, they help those old people sweeping, washing clothes, cooking and when they are free, they will go to accompany those old people who living alone, to sing for them and have a walk with them. However, it is not enough; today people need more material things. Take an example of Bill Gates,
Bill Gates officially retired in June 2008, the property of Gates's $ 58 billion, he announced it will come up with 98% to Bill and Melinda Foundation, the money for the study of HIV and malaria vaccines, and the world's poorest countries to provide assistance and Gates Foundation, donated $ 1.3 million to the Chinese Ministry of Health, when the badly earthquake happened in Sichuan, China. The contribution will be used to support the Ministry of Health water security controls on the earthquake-stricken areas and disease control.

Different people have different “needs” and “wants” that is required in order for them to feel that they are successful in their life. It is all depend on the materialistic and contributor of an individual.

1 条评论:

  1. The introduction is a strong one, with a good thesis statement. The topic sentences however are weaker. The topic sentence on materialistic success not only lack a focus, but also include unnecessary details which cannot be well supported by supporting sentences of that paragraph. The conclusion is also quite rushed.

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