Sunday, October 7, 2007
Self Reliance
I think what Emerson is saying about becoming successful is that an individual should trust their own present instincts, while forgetting about past impressions or the impressions of what others think. Emerson says that an individual has to rely on their ownselves to become successful, i disagree with his argument because no one can just rely on their selves to become successful. A part of becoming a successful person is having connections, an individual has to have connections in higher positions. A person also has to have friends and collegues to help him/her out because you can't always rely on yourself to know what to do in certain situations. A successful person can't make it on their own, they need the help of others to guide him in making the right decisions.
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I agree with your point of view. I also believe that Emerson is wrong in thinking that you have to rely on yourself to become successful. At some point in time we've all relyed on someone. Everyone in school has relyed on teachers to teach them how to become successful. I like the point you make near the end on how we have family and friends to guide us. I find that support and guidance also helpful. I like how you took what he said and you explained how it was wrong. It seemed like what he said was a term of rebuttal and you qualified it, and in my opinion you did a good job of doing that.
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