The first step to self-knowledge is rejection of the familiar.

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The first step to self-knowledge is rejection of the familiar.

The common theme among a majority of the renowned personalities of the world, irrespective of the field they excelled in, is that they deviated from the norm.Innovators, visionaries and creators are born when humans reject the familiar and walk on the path of acquiring self-knowledge. Self- knowledge stems from the desire and curiosity to pursue the unknown.Taking the less traveled path may be precarious and may not always pan out well for everyone but it is the path that ultimately bores sweetest fruit.

Knowledge in the modern world is often confined within boundaries.This, in turn, limits innovation and creativity. For example, schools follow a strict curriculum often castigating students who deviate from the subjects taught. However, such blinkered mindset often dissuades students from moving towards developing an inherent desire to gain knowledge. Rejection of the known subjects and facts is often met with discouragement.

When these students enter the business world, they are further met with a set of rules and patterns that have been followed over the years. Risk assessment and analysis plays an ever increasing role in today's world.New ideas are often rejected because people are too scared to venture into the unfamiliar territory. This school of thought stifles the thirst for knowledge.Steve Jobs, a master innovator of technology,has proven and even stated that the people are not aware of what they want unless you show them. He followed this approach in enabling his company to reach new heights through ground-breaking projects and products that changed the world forever.

Over the course of history , many distinguished personalities have proven that going against the grain is necessary and often the only way to a solution to a problem. Albert Einstein, a paragon of innovation and a world acknowledged scientist, went against the traditional and well -accepted theories of the time to give the String Theory. Though initially met with contempt and confusion ,many scientists are only now seeing its technicalities and the future it presents.

Thus,even though remaining immured within one's comfort zone is safe and relatively easy ,it is the rejection of familiarity that truly guides the individual towards self-knowledge and even self-fulfillment.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Discourse Markers used:
['but', 'however', 'if', 'may', 'so', 'thus', 'well', 'for example']

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.273901808786 0.240241500013 114% => OK
Verbs: 0.167958656331 0.157235817809 107% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0749354005168 0.0880659088768 85% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0594315245478 0.0497285424764 120% => OK
Pronouns: 0.031007751938 0.0444667217837 70% => OK
Prepositions: 0.116279069767 0.12292977631 95% => OK
Participles: 0.0542635658915 0.0406280797675 134% => OK
Conjunctions: 3.11317450694 2.79330140395 111% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0180878552972 0.030933414821 58% => OK
Particles: 0.00258397932817 0.0016655270985 155% => OK
Determiners: 0.108527131783 0.0997080785238 109% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.00516795865633 0.0249443105267 21% => Some modal verbs wanted.
WH_determiners: 0.0180878552972 0.0148568991511 122% => OK

Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2297.0 2732.02544248 84% => OK
No of words: 356.0 452.878318584 79% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 6.45224719101 6.0361032391 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.34372677135 4.58838876751 95% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.410112359551 0.366273622748 112% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.306179775281 0.280924506359 109% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.244382022472 0.200843997647 122% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.151685393258 0.132149295362 115% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.11317450694 2.79330140395 111% => OK
Unique words: 219.0 219.290929204 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.615168539326 0.48968727796 126% => OK
Word variations: 73.9373081442 55.4138127331 133% => OK
How many sentences: 14.0 20.6194690265 68% => OK
Sentence length: 25.4285714286 23.380412469 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.9153549697 59.4972553346 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 164.071428571 141.124799967 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.4285714286 23.380412469 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.571428571429 0.674092028746 85% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.94800884956 101% => OK
Language errors: 14.0 5.21349557522 269% => Correct essay format wanted or double check grammar & spelling issues after essay writing.
Readability: 56.0465489567 51.4728631049 109% => OK
Elegance: 1.72 1.64882698954 104% => OK

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.479099191665 0.391690518653 122% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.100084893313 0.123202303941 81% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0547087552528 0.077325440228 71% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.626049793731 0.547984918172 114% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.155674917979 0.149214159877 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.203986806407 0.161403998019 126% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.115556070101 0.0892212321368 130% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.30540923144 0.385218514788 79% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0561661339705 0.0692045440612 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.319510614336 0.275328986314 116% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0844053333568 0.0653680567796 129% => OK

Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.4325221239 67% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.30420353982 94% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.88274336283 41% => OK
Positive topic words: 6.0 7.22455752212 83% => OK
Negative topic words: 3.0 3.66592920354 82% => OK
Neutral topic words: 2.0 2.70907079646 74% => OK
Total topic words: 11.0 13.5995575221 81% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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