We learn our most valuable lessons in life from struggling with our limitations rather than from enjoying our successes.
Success is a culmination of the journey of one’s struggles with his limitation in the face of adversities. The statement contends that one usually learns most valuable lessons in life from struggling with one’s limitations rather than from enjoying success. While enjoyment of success serves as a source of motivation and self-belief, it is indeed during one’s struggle to achieve success that the most important lessons of life are learnt.
Indisputably, it is one’s struggle with his limitations that teaches the lessons and skills needed to succeed in life. Foremost, grappling with one’s limitations reveals about one’s weaknesses that must be addressed to achieve the goals. Consider, for example, an Olympic athlete’s training program where he pushes him to his limits. It is during this period that both the trainer and the athlete learn about the latter’s shortcomings which can then be rectified. Further, it is during one’s struggle with the constraints that one learns about endurance and resilience. So was the case with Steve Jobs whose lifetime struggle made him enduring enough to lead Apple Inc to new heights despite suffering from a terminal cancer.
Moreover, it is through one’s struggle with the odds that one learns the skill of bouncing back from a fall. It was certainly through his earlier struggles that Brazilian footballer Ronaldo gained enough will power and strength to make a grand comeback to set new records after being traumatized with a career threatening knee injury. Then, the lessons about the importance of patience and perseverance for success can only be learnt by grappling with one’s limitations. Mahatma Gandhi’s 55 years of struggle for civil rights that ultimately paved way for India’s independence is a testament to this fact.
Apart from lessons for success, one’s struggle with his limitations also imparts many other important traits and skills. Firstly, the traits of valour and heroism are acquired while struggling with limitations in the face of challenges. For instance, it was the struggle of Martin Luther King for civil rights that inculcated in him the spirit of heroism and not his early career as a pastor. One also learns about the lessons of empathy while facing limitations as illustrated by the philanthropic work of many billionaires who rose from poverty. Finally, when confronting with one’s limitation of abilities and means, an individual learns how to use resources judiciously. For example, the Indian Space Research Organization, despite facing financial crunch, succeeded in launching the most frugal unmanned Mars mission ever.
One may argue that enjoying success is necessary to gain the required motivation and confidence to propel further. Without the glory of success, one may not only lose the drive to work hard but also the self-belief much needed to succeed. However, success itself cannot be achieved without struggling and learning the valuable lessons from that struggle. It is through the process of overcoming one’s limitations that one acquires self-belief and motivation to excel further. Even in case of failure, the struggle with one’s limitations gives lessons about the causes of failure as aptly explained in the words of Edison: I won’t say I failed 1500 times; rather I found 1500 ways leading to failure. Lastly, indulged in the glory of success, one may become complacent and lose the sense of purpose in life. Examples of many celebrities who surrendered their success before addictions and scandals duly corroborate this point.
In conclusion, the statement is fundamentally correct in asserting that the most valuable lessons are learnt while struggling with one’s limitations and not by enjoying success. Though success helps to motivate and inculcate self-belief, it is during one’s struggles with the odds that the lessons about one’s weaknesses, strength, resilience, empathy, perseverance, valour, etc. are learnt. On the contrary, immersion in the glory of success may result in complacency and loss of purpose in life.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... scandals duly corroborate this point. In conclusion, the statement is fundamen...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, firstly, however, if, lastly, may, moreover, so, then, while, apart from, for example, for instance, in conclusion, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.4196629213 72% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 21.0 11.3162921348 186% => OK
Pronoun: 42.0 33.0505617978 127% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 104.0 58.6224719101 177% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 12.9106741573 147% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3448.0 2235.4752809 154% => OK
No of words: 637.0 442.535393258 144% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.41287284144 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.02382911018 4.55969084622 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84192906348 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 298.0 215.323595506 138% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.467817896389 0.4932671777 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1021.5 704.065955056 145% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 29.0 20.2370786517 143% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.1166497771 60.3974514979 68% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.896551724 118.986275619 100% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9655172414 23.4991977007 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.44827586207 5.21951772744 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 5.13820224719 214% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.294035340689 0.243740707755 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.101584343757 0.0831039109588 122% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0986255784205 0.0758088955206 130% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.206125291105 0.150359130593 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0914200035278 0.0667264976115 137% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.0 14.1392134831 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.1 12.1639044944 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.82 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 167.0 100.480337079 166% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... scandals duly corroborate this point. In conclusion, the statement is fundamen...
^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, firstly, however, if, lastly, may, moreover, so, then, while, apart from, for example, for instance, in conclusion, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 19.5258426966 118% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 12.4196629213 72% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 21.0 11.3162921348 186% => OK
Pronoun: 42.0 33.0505617978 127% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 104.0 58.6224719101 177% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 12.9106741573 147% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3448.0 2235.4752809 154% => OK
No of words: 637.0 442.535393258 144% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.41287284144 5.05705443957 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.02382911018 4.55969084622 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84192906348 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 298.0 215.323595506 138% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.467817896389 0.4932671777 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1021.5 704.065955056 145% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.99550561798 160% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 29.0 20.2370786517 143% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.1166497771 60.3974514979 68% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.896551724 118.986275619 100% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9655172414 23.4991977007 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.44827586207 5.21951772744 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 5.13820224719 214% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.294035340689 0.243740707755 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.101584343757 0.0831039109588 122% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0986255784205 0.0758088955206 130% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.206125291105 0.150359130593 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0914200035278 0.0667264976115 137% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.0 14.1392134831 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.1 12.1639044944 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.82 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 167.0 100.480337079 166% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.