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achievement
B1Frequent NGSL-2a thing that somebody has done successfully, especially using their own effort and skill
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Perhaps the American Academy of Achievement summarized our speaker's impact best when it noted, "Having already revolutionized the way the world buys books, Jeff Bezos is now transforming the way we read
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University
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What an achievement it is for you—this place and the special feeling it instills—has been a lodestar to me both personally and professionally.
So, given a time-turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition or achievement.
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