The Glass Castle Motivation

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Have you ever set a goal for yourself that seemed almost impossible to achieve? It is better to dream big because it brings motivation and success. Dreaming brings people the desire to achieve their goals. For example, in the book “The Glass Castle” the protagonist, Jeannette, was very poor, but intended to become a writer. With Jeannette’s financial position she was unable to get a proper education, so she faced many setbacks. She wanted to move to New York and get herself a part time job while she attended college there to become a writer. Consequently, Jeannette got multiple jobs babysitting, at a jewelry store and even tutoring in order to afford to go to a good school. In effect, she finally got the opportunity to move into the city of New York and started her classes while working at a part time job. As a result of her hard work and motivation to become a writer, she pushed through the obstacles and graduated as a best selling author. As you can see, in “The Glass Castle” Jeannette set a goal for herself that brought her the motivation she needed to follow …show more content…

For example, when Elon Musk was a child he dreamed of being the owner of a company. At the age of 12, he taught himself computer programming. After graduating he was enrolled in various universities including Stanford, Queen’s, and Pennsylvania University. Elon wanted to pursue the career of being an entrepreneur. Thus, he started little by little and years after he achieved in being the inventor of Tesla, PayPal, and SpaceX. He became the founder of an online company, PayPal, and co-founded many more things. In effect, Elon went on to being the owner of various stocks. As a result, Elon Musk at this point is a very wealthy and valuable person to the growth of technology. As you can see, Elon Musk dreamed big of becoming an entrepreneur and changing technology, so with hard work and years of studying he was able to find

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