What factors determine someone's level of future success? Types of extrinsic and intrinsic factors in an individual's life is what many people believe is what causes people to be more or less successful. People who believe that an individual's success is determined by intrinsic factors believe that it is due to how mentally healthy an individual is for them to be able to overcome the environment that they are put into. Extrinsic factors are factors that could also influence individual success. Some of these factors could be money, things you see in your neighborhood, or actions you make.In the book “The Other Wes Moore” you can see that some extrinsic factors had an impact on the success of the both Wes’s because the factors were pushing the author Wes to succeed and holding down or limiting the Other Wes from succeeding.If both had the same opportunities and help they would have become identically lucrative they might not both have become authors, but they would have both succeeded and avoided being another stereotype by being in jail and not becoming successful.This happened because they didn't have the equal opportunities or influences as each other.It wasn't their choice for the other Wes to go to jail and for the author Wes to succeed, but the success did come down to the extrinsic factors in their lives.
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Both The Author Wes Moore, and The Other Wes Moore lived in a neighborhood and that impacted their life choices and which were extrinsic factors.The Author is caught tagging a wall by the police with his friend Shea during the time he was not making very good choices.The other Wes began to sell drugs in his neighborhood, which showed how desperate he was to make money.When the author Wes met up with Shea and began hanging out when Shea suggested they tag up a wall so Wes agreed with this and immediately a police car spotted them and they were caught red handed.The other Wes is selling drugs when he is caught by his mother, but his reason of doing` this is the need of money and the very obvious demand in the neighborhood for drugs.The author Wes decided to tag because tagging is very common in the neighborhood and he was not gonna feel very guilty because it's literally all around him,and this showed …show more content…
In comparison, it could be argued that an individual's success is based on the intrinsic factors he or she had dealt with throughout their lifespan.Many can argue this because intrinsic has to deal with his or her genes unlike extrinsic.People can tell you when you make decisions it has nothing to do with your environment or past experiments, and that it doesn't matter what neighborhood you grew up in or the advice
You don't just choose to fail and not succeed, the people that you surround yourself and are a part of your life can impact you and your success.This is because you can get help or you can be dragged down.Weather they help you or not what they are doing for you or showing you is extrinsic.You can be given advice,ideas,money or even education.But when you receive help that guides you to success or failure, then they are called extrinsic factors because the help is happening in real life and is occurring.Finally the factors that guide you to success are always gonna be
Both The Author Wes Moore, and The Other Wes Moore lived in a neighborhood and that impacted their life choices and which were extrinsic factors.The Author is caught tagging a wall by the police with his friend Shea during the time he was not making very good choices.The other Wes began to sell drugs in his neighborhood, which showed how desperate he was to make money.When the author Wes met up with Shea and began hanging out when Shea suggested they tag up a wall so Wes agreed with this and immediately a police car spotted them and they were caught red handed.The other Wes is selling drugs when he is caught by his mother, but his reason of doing` this is the need of money and the very obvious demand in the neighborhood for drugs.The author Wes decided to tag because tagging is very common in the neighborhood and he was not gonna feel very guilty because it's literally all around him,and this showed …show more content…
In comparison, it could be argued that an individual's success is based on the intrinsic factors he or she had dealt with throughout their lifespan.Many can argue this because intrinsic has to deal with his or her genes unlike extrinsic.People can tell you when you make decisions it has nothing to do with your environment or past experiments, and that it doesn't matter what neighborhood you grew up in or the advice
You don't just choose to fail and not succeed, the people that you surround yourself and are a part of your life can impact you and your success.This is because you can get help or you can be dragged down.Weather they help you or not what they are doing for you or showing you is extrinsic.You can be given advice,ideas,money or even education.But when you receive help that guides you to success or failure, then they are called extrinsic factors because the help is happening in real life and is occurring.Finally the factors that guide you to success are always gonna be