Thinking About Success

The order that I chose to rank the four words in is hard work, opportunity, skill, and luck. I chose to rank hard work first because one may have skill and opportunity, but if one has not put time and hard work in to develop that skill then the opportunity will be wasted because they were not able to take full advantage of it. I chose to rank opportunity second because if you have put in the work then what you need next is an opportunity to utilized what you have worked so hard to obtain. Skill came third because yes it is important to be skillful but if one has a skill and has not worked hard to maintain or improve that skill then it is useless. Luck came last because it is unpredictable. It is not needed in order to be successful and is never an attribute that should be depended on or looked for when trying to achieve success.

Zara

Zara has made huge strides in the fashion world and how clothing is produced and delivered. No matter where the clothing is made, China or Spain, it is all moved to the distribution center, commonly referred to as the brain, immediately after being produced. They are able to do this quickly and efficiently by transporting it via an underground monorail that is 124 miles long. Another way that they increase efficiency is that they built 14 factories that are ran by robots who work all day and night instead of subcontracting out to Asia where they have man powered factories that are only worked in during the day.  These are only a few of the innovative ways that Zara is able to deliver new products to their stores twice a week and create over 10000 new designs each year.

Dear Claire,

                America is a lot different than I expected and to be honest quite overwhelming at times. The transition from the rural areas of Ireland to such a large city like New York is tremendous. Luckily I found a group of people who also came from Ireland that I have become close to. I have not really made any other friends besides them. They are just easier to talk to since they came from similar situation and have similar goals for the life that they are striving to achieve. Other groups of people just do not understand me or my life. That seems to be how it goes in America, when you get here you find a group of people that came from the same place as you and you stick with them.

                The Americans are not the most welcoming people, but I am managing. I have found a job, it does not have the best salary, but it is a job and hopefully I will be able to find a better one so that I can make enough money to come visit you, mom, and dad this eventually. I do have to say that I have adopted some of the American ways of life and am adapting to the busyness of the city pretty well. I have learned and encountered some interesting new inventions and ways of life that I had never even heard of and I can not wait to tell you all about them.

Much love,

Your Sister