IS SUCCESS DUE TO HEREDITY OR

UPBRINGING?

When we search on the internet about success we get enormous

number of sources like articles, videos, pictures, podcasts etc. Some
people define it as wealth, fame or power. The truth is that we all have
a definition about it.
There are plenty factors that affect our future and success.
Starting from our mindset, genetics and upbringing, then people that
we are surrounded by, the environment and the media. Briefly with a
definition success is about reaching for something – and achieving it. It
is about attaining goals of getting something that you did not have
before and you know it is meant for you and you want it to become
your reality.
There is an experiment done with two identical twins that share 100%
of their genes and it is proven that about 70% of the stability in
achievement is explained by genetic factors while 25% is accounted for
by the environment such as growing up in the same kind of family and
attending the same school. The remining 5% was from their not-shared
environment such as friends and other people they are surrounded by.
Moreover there are plenty of exceptions, where the environment or
the person’s friends and surroundings play a bigger role. But in average
this situations are less common because as the famous Macedonian
saying goes: “The day is known from the morning.“
From these explanations we can conclude that heredity and
upbringing both are influencing the character of an individual by
building good habits which give a successful person as an outcome.
Made by: Ilina Dimitrijevska I-A