Assignment for Unit 1

Watch the TED speech “8 Traits Lead to Success”, take notes about the examples that the lecturer has mentioned and then do the relevant exercises on the handout.

 

Exercise 1:

Match the 8 traits with the persons the lecturers interviewed.

 

Passion                                     Rupert Murdoch

Work                                       Alex Garden

Good                                       Freeman Thomas & Carol Coletta

Focus                                       Bill Gates

Push                                        Norman Jewison

Serve                                       Joe Kraus

Idea                                        David Gallo, Goldie Hawn & Frank Gehry

Persist                                      Sherwin Nuland

 

Exercise 2

And the first thing is passion. Freeman Thomas says, “I’m ＿＿＿ by my passion.” TED-sters do it for____; they _____do it for ______. Carol Coletta says, I would pay some one to do what I do.” And the interesting thing is: if you do it for love, the money comes anyway.

Work! Rupert Murdoch said to me, “It’s all ________. Nothing comes easily. But I have a lot of fun.” Did he say fun? Rupert? Yes! TED-sters do have fun working. And they __________. I figured, they’re not workaholics. They’re workafrolics.

Good! Alex Garden says, “To be successful ___ your _________ in something and get damn ________it.” There’s no magic; it’s _______,_______, _______.

And it’s focus. Norman Jewison said to me, “I think it all has to do with ________ yourself on __________.”

And push! David Gallo says, “Push yourself. _________________, you’ve gotta push, push, push.” You gotta push through _______ and ________. Goldie Hawn says, “I always had self-doubts.” I wasn’t good enough; I wasn’t smart enough. I didn’t think I’d make it.” Now it’s not always easy to push yourself, and that’s why they invented mothers. Frank Gehry—Frank Gehry said to me, “My mother pushed me.”

Serve! Sherwin Nuland says, “It was a privilege to serve as a doctor.” Now a lot of kids tell me they want to be millionaires. And the first thing I say to them is: “OK, well you can’t serve yourself; you gotta ___________ something of _____. Because that’s the way people really get rich.”

Ideas! TED-ster Bill Gates says, “I had an idea: founding the first micro-computer software company.” I’d say it was a pretty good idea. And there’s ________to _________in coming up with ideas—it’s just doing some very simple things. And I give lots of evidence.

Persist! Joe Kraus says, “Persistence is the number one reason for our success.” You gotta persist through _______. You gotta persist through crap! Which of course means “________, Rejection, Assholes and ________.”

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