Qualities to be Successful (Revised)_“Gotta Dance” by Jackson Jodie Davis

Everyone possesses different qualities but a successful individual requires certain ‘must have’ traits which undoubtedly vary from person to person. An entrepreneur must be competitive, highly motivated and energetic; while an artist should be creative, talented and passionate. No matter what occupation people, determination, having strong self-confidence and being hard-working are the most fundamental and essential qualities required in order to succeed.
There are opinion about the importance of determination is in leading to success in a world full of opinions and judgments from others and many unforeseen obstacles. In a story named “Gotta Dance” by Jackson Jodie Davis, the main character, Katie, keeps on pursuing her dream of dancing even when almost everyone in her family disapproves of the idea. Without the family’s support, the chance for her to attend lessons seems impossible. Nevertheless, by watching tapes and keeping practicing enthusiastically, she learns all her moves in secret. At last, after having her dancing skills mastered, she confidently decides to perform on stage and that is the period during which she gets extremely criticized by her family members. Ignoring all the family’s comments, she works hard at what she desires and achieves her dream. What if she was persuaded by her relatives? If so, there would be neither a wonderful performance nor an once-in-a-lifetime offer from the theatre. And above all, there would be no such thing as great accomplishment in Katie’s life. Stories of unfortunate children who have to abandon their dreams because of their parents’ disapproval still occur nowadays. Undoubtedly, the first key factor is the financial support from which most children are depended on their parents for tuition fees and living expenses. Secondly, children are used to the idea that their work must be highly valued, particularly by their parents or family relatives. Without that mental support, people often find themselves lacking of will. Return to the “Gotta Dance” story, ever since childhood, Katie had witnessed how the path of her brother, Mutt, had been completely planned out by others. Abandoning his dream and living out his life by default, he had no chance to feel accomplished. In contrast, on her road to success Katie had faced all discouraging obstacles but still persisted in pursuing her goal and refused to give up. Therefore, whether people want to succeed in business, to become an expert in their career fields, to master an art, all require a strong will, along a determination mind. Without this quality, most of today successful people would not accomplish their goals.
No matter where people come from, no matter how difficult their lives are, hard work is an indispensable quality which leads to success and separates successful people from others. In other words, regardless of your nationality, religion, family background or social status, it is the willingness to invest time and effort that separates successful people from others. A typical example is in a movie named Mad Hot Ballroom which is about a dancing competition between eleven-year-old students from New York public schools. At the beginning, coming from impoverished families, these young children have neither ideas about nor interests in ballroom dancing. However, with the help of instructors and lots of hard work, they gradually become talented like any young professional dancers. Some people might argue that there always will be limitations for people from lower classes in becoming successful in this society despite their effort. For example, a child of a poor worker, who lives in a slum area, will never have an opportunity to achieve as much as the noble classes’ children who attend private schools. Even with all these barriers, everyone always has chances on the way to achieve their goals by working hard.
Human instinct is to have desires, to pursue dreams and to achieve goals. The secret ingredient to attaining this overall success lies in personal improvement which subsequently leads to the development of our society today. In order to do so, acquiring these three qualities mentioned previously should be a person’s first steps on the golden journey to achievements.