To be a successful man--小论文.doc

To Be a Successful Man At present, one may meet more work pressure and competitions with the development of technique and economy. So when it comes to life values, every one holds that they want to be a successful man. Being a successful man, one can acquire money as well as reputation. What’s more, they may also get whatever they want. However, it is not easy to get success. To be a successful man means working harder and relaxing less. But what can we do in details to be a successful man? I will show my opinions according to the novel called The Old Man and the Sea. Goal comes first. It is commonly believed that goal is the foundation of success. If only one has a goal to pursuit can he or she reach his career peek and succeed. Just as the old man, Santiago, in the novel. The old man fights with the sharks about eighty-four days and eventually succeeds in catching the fish. If he doesn’t aim at capturing the fish eagerly, how can he insists on so many days with toil and moil? That means goal is very important. Take a daily story as an example. One day, you get on a taxi and are asked where to go. Then you told the driver to go wherever he wants to. Then what will happen? The driver will stay at where he stopped and don’t know where to go. You can’t reach the place you wanted to be. It is the same to your success. If you don’t know what you want to do, how can you succeed? To the general public, it is necessary to have courage and perseverance when one wants to be successful. Courage and perseverance support you to insist on your goals. That’s to say it is your spirit that makes you keep on going. For example, the old man, on The Old man and the Sea, persists on chasing the shark in order to get his fish though he is very tired and badly hurt. He never complains about his suffering and just cares about his ability to kill the shark and gets what he wants. It is the old man’s courage and perseverance that make him succeed in hunting the fish. The old man once says