Essay - How to Lead A Successful Life There Are Two Different...

How to Lead a Successful Life

There ********** two different ways ***** go about approaching life. One approach is to sit back and let ***** take its course, accepting what is offered to you, and waiting to find out the answers to questions. The o*****r approach is asking questions and questioning the world around you. The questioning method seems ***** be the better option for being successful at life. As Earlene Larson Jenks says, "Have the courage to act instead of react."

Humans are not born knowing how to lead a successful life. That is taught by physical ***** mental experience. Physical experiences create knowledge by providing evidence that is combined what has previously been learned to ***** ***** knowledge. Clarence Day says that "Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience."

When Humans are *****, they lack past **********, but they do have instincts and by nature are curious. Aristotle says "All men by nature desire to know." Baby's lack *****, therefore ***** are curious about everything ***** them. That is why they touch, taste ***** examine anything ***** ***** are around, no matter if it is a human finger, a hot dog or ***** toy. It is also a proven fact that their quest for knowledge and *****ness over sound is why they imitate and subsequently learn language, and even foreign languages. Babies imitate because they still lack the ***** to communicate like adults, adult words ***** no meaning for them until ***** are taught to what ***** word corresponds.

Eventually, babies learn from their elders ***** ***** use language and the meanings of words. Even *****n, a person does *****t stop le*****rning. John Plomb once said: "You know that children are growing up when they start asking *****ions that have answers." There is so much in*****mation in the world, that it ***** nearly impossible to know everything. Therefore, each person knows some of the information. At one point, some***** recognized this difficulty and was quoted as saying "Knowledge is boundless but the capac*****y of one man is limited." Therefore, if a person ***** curious or needs ***** know ***** specific piece of information it is necessary to ***** an individual who already ***** that information. Adults, at least most of them, are not mind readers. ***** for ***** ***** learn a specific piece of ***** ***** *****nother person, it ***** necessary to ask questions.

***** people live w*****h the mindset that ***** can coast through life and survive simply on ***** knowledge ***** opportunities that are offered to them. However, it seems that this ***** proves unsuccessful, if the sentiments of pervious generations is used as ***** for this idea.

***** are various sayings in the English language regard*****g these mindsets. Some have ***** been linked w*****h a specific company or person. However, the general consensus seems to be that a proactive approach to life is necessary. F***** example, the quote "Things come to those *****o wait" is very popular because it gives the idea that we