tailieunhanh - Acing The GRE_03

Tham khảo tài liệu 'acing the gre_03', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | ----------------------- THE GRE ANALYTICAL WRITING SECTION --------------------------------------- check is all it takes to build up a solid savings account. This good habit prevented me from being caught unprepared when I had to fly home unexpectedly when my dad went into the hospital. I know that some people get by without saving regularly. They might put in 25 here or there but some of my friends who didn t make saving a regular part of their routine got caught unawares when a financial emergency came up such as an unexpected car repair a family emergency or their apartment getting robbed. I have heard from my friends time and time again I wish I had money put away like you do. My saving habit has provided me with more security than many of my friends. I feel prepared for almost anything. Although at times 10 of each paycheck seemed and still seems like a lot when I automatically took it right out of each paycheck I found I didn t miss it. When my salary was 40 000 a year I thought of it as 36 000 per year. I learned from my experience as a car owner that I can t afford not to save 10 of each paycheck. You never know when you are going to need an extra 100 or 1 000 life is full of surprises and lots of them are expensive. If like some of my friends I had simply put in 25 here and there I might never have saved enough money to feel secure or prepared for an emergency. This habitual practice has assured me of a stable future something I might not have had if I hadn t regularly put money away ready for anything that might come my way. 9. An individual s greatness should be judged by whether or not that individual is the first to accomplish something great. Just as there are many definitions of success there are also many definitions of greatness. The Scottish poet Alexander Smith said that a great person is someone who does a thing for the first time. He s right and the list of those great people is long and includes the likes of Neil Armstrong Jackie Robinson and