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What is Success?
What is Success?
Reading "The Pact"
Do Now:
Task:
Reach Chapter 1 of the The Pact
Fill in your Sequencing Chart
Answer: What do you think Dr. Jenkins' definition of success is now? Is it different than what you wrote after you watched his speech?
Emerson's definition
Have you ever been inspired to succeed by someone? A parent, a teacher, or colleague, or a business-person?
What was your relationship to this person, and how did they inspire you?
The Pact
Pre-Reading
Watch Dr. George Jenkins speak:
" redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; This is to have succeeded."
Discuss - Take two minutes to think and write.
- We've already seen that Emerson suspects definitions of success that involve material wealth, but do you think you can achieve "success" by Emerson's definition and achieve financial security?
Why or why not?
The Pact, by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt.
Three doctors grew up in the streets of Newark, New Jersey, facing city life's temptations, pitfalls, even jail. But one day these three young men made a pact. They promised each other they would all become doctors and stick it out together through the long, difficult journey to attain that dream.
What do you think Dr. Jenkins' definition of success will be?