<p>'Are people more likely to be productive and successful when they ignore the opinions of others'</p>
<p>People will be only successful and achieve high goals if they are not concerned with what others think of them. Rosa Parks, Mahatma Gandhi , and Brett Brutler are some of the people who were determined in life and opinions and thoughts of others did not effect them.</p>
<p>Rosa Parks was a first African Women, who on the bus of Birmingham demonstrated her true feelings. She refused to give the seat to the white women, which was occupied by herself. Due to this she was arrested and jailed. Though this adversity revealed that she was a strong person and a lady who refused to listen to others and at the end was successful for fighting for her right.</p>
<p>Mahatma Gandhi , public face of Indian independence movement. He refused to listen to every single person who was against his movement and stayed to his principles. He refused to move from an upscale first class train to a third class cabin and was thrown out of the train, however later again he declined to give up his seat on a stagecoach to a European passenger and was beaten. If Gandhi and listened to others, he would have not been able to bring such a extreme change for his nation.</p>
<p>If a person believes in himself, opinion of others would not effect him. With this same belief was a baseball player, Brett Butler. People thought Butler was too slow and not talented enough to make the big league. Butler ignored everyone's thoughts and proved them wrong. He made a brilliant career in the Major Baseball league.</p>
<p>Every single person has the ability to be achieve his goals and be successful, only if they have faith in themselves and ignore the opinions of others. To achieve accomplishment in life, a person does not need to be concerned of how other think of them. The only way to be productive and successful if others thoughts are ignored.</p>