Discuss a Person That Has Significantly Shaped Your Life.

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“To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.” Kofi Atta Annan. These are motivational words that helped me overcome so many obstacles that came my way. Living an exemplary life is not an easy task but as a role model, a father, a peace keeper and motivational speaker Kofi A. Annan inculcated all these characteristics to be the man he is today. Right from birth, the decisions and choices he made have affected so many lives positively including mine. Kofi Atta Annan was born in Kumasi, Ghana, on 8 April 1938. In 1954, he attended Mfantsipim School. He says that the school taught him "that suffering anywhere concerns people everywhere" Mr. Annan studied at the University of Science and Technology, Ghana and completed his undergraduate work in economics at Macalester College in the United States in 1961. From 1961 to 1962, he undertook graduate studies in economics at the Institut universitaire des hautes études Internationales in Geneva. As a 1971- 1972 Sloan Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mr. Annan received a Master of Science degree in management. Kofi A. Annan was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving two terms from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006 and was the first to emerge from the ranks of United Nations staff. Mr. Annan received a number of special assignments after he was made Secretary General. Since the terrorist attacks hit the United States on 11 September 2001, he has played a leading role in galvanizing global action through the General Assembly and the Security Council to combat terrorism. In 2001 Kofi Annan and the United Nations were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace with the citation praising his leadership for “bringing new life to the organization”. He has received honorary degrees from

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