I remember when I was in college, “The Way to Success” was once the writing topic in one examination. Now I would like to pick it up again and share my experiences and opinions with all of you.

A lot of people are wondering why others can gain success, like Jack Ma, entrepreneur of Alibaba, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, etc. Some of them are millionaires when they are very young. Most of us can do nothing but admire them and name them biggest winners. In interviews, in most cases, they will say that their success has been gained through great efforts instead of talents. People are born to win, but not to lose; yet, no one is born with success. Success can only be achieved by great endeavors and through overcoming a lot of difficulties.

There is no shortcut to success. Anyone who intends to achieve success without efforts will surely fail in the end. To be successful, one must set a goal and do whatever he can to gain it. For example, the hero in the famous novel The Great Gatsby was successful with his career and he has endeavored to achieve what he deserves. He sets the goal of becoming one member of the upper society under the drive of winning back the love of his beloved girl. The goal can be categorized not only materially but also spiritually. Pavel Korchagin in the classic inspiring novel How the Steel was Tempered is a man pursuing spiritual fulfillment. His goal is to be a glorious communist soldier and make his contributions to the communist career. Baptized by cruel wars and ruthless invasions, he is being tempered into a spiritually strong man. Despite blindness and paralysis, he has never given up his goal and his heroism has inspired many generations.

We would rather act steadfastly from now on than only marvel at others’ success. Effort is the factor that really matters. “Yesterday is history; tomorrow is mystery; today is a gift and that’s why it’s called present”. So let’s go into action right away and seize the moment! Fighting!