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53) Some people believe that success in life comes from taking risks or chances. Others 
believe that success results from careful planning. In your opinion, what does success 
come from? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 
 
(a) Success is the sweetest fruit a person desires in life. But the path to success is often so 
very confusing. In fact every successful person have his or her own recipe for this dish. 
Careful planning is no doubt the most rational way to achieve success in life. Unless and 
until we plan our steps ahead of time our work doesn't remain well organized and until our 
effort is organized properly we may not achieve success. However, human beings being 
mortal and their powers being limited, no one can predict the future with a very high 
degree of accuracy. Thus arises the necessity of making predictions and taking risks. There 
may be times when we are faced with multiple alternatives none of which are perfectly 
favorable - we have to make a guess and perhaps hope for the best.
In our country, we are required to qualify in a competitive examination in order to get 
admitted into an Engineering College. The first time I sat for this examination, I failed 
miserably. I had to get admitted into a General college with Physics as my major. I then 
decided to go for the technical colleges a second time. I did it and did it well. In my 
Physics course, however, I barely managed to pass through into the second year. It was a 
great risk. I could have failed in the competitive examination the second time too. I could 
have fell sick on the day of the examination. I could have got into a big trouble. In fact, 
some of my friends who took the same examination with me failed the second time too and 
are now passing through hard times.
So, there cannot be any golden rule to success. It's a recipe with a bowl of planning and 
perhaps one or two spoonful of risks. The exact proportions depend largely on the 
individual concerned and the situation. Those who can identify the correct proportions 
come out with flying colors; others fade into the millions. God has not given us the power 
to predict the future, but he has surely equipped all of us to be able to measure the pros and 
cons. We are all capable of taking calculated risks and that's what is required. How much 
calculation and how much risk. Well, no golden rule! 
(b) Some people believe that success comes from taking risks or chances. Others believe 
that success results from careful planning. In my opinion success comes from careful 
planning because it organizes, prepares and provides guidelines to finally accomplish he 
purpose. 
In my view, a person learns well if he plans ahead of time before venturing any task. This 
not only makes him more organized and thoughtful of how to approach a given task but 
also allows him to keep pace with time. This would ultimately result in the proper