Cause and Effect

        Consider the following statement by Colin Powell, the first African American to serve as United States Secretary of State and a retired four-star general of the United States Army: "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” Identify a success (or failure) you have experienced in your life? What do you attribute to the causes of your success (or failure) and what were the effects? Write a 300-word response about this experience?