A Lesson On The Eight Rules Of Success for Intermediate - Advanced Students and Teachers
8
Secrets Of Success
Listen
to a TED TALKS video with Analyst Richard St. John giving a short
talk about the 8 secrets to
success. After you have finished watching try and
answer the questions below. Enjoy! JJJ
1. What is
the definition of success in the English dictionary?
2. How do you define success?
3. Do people succeed because they are
intelligent?
4. Do people succeed because they are
lucky?
The Eight Rules
Of Success:
1. Passion – Do you think passion contributes to
success? Are you passionate about what you do?
2. Work – Working hard is the second rule of success;
can you think of anybody successful who didn’t or doesn’t work hard?
3. Focus
– Do you believe that
in order to become successful you need to focus all your attention on one
venture or can your focus be on a few things at the same time?
4. Persist - Do you persist in what you do or do
you give up straight away?
5. Ideas – Write a list of five ideas you’ve
had in the past that you didn’t pursue. Ask yourself why you didn’t pursue them
and if it’s the right time to give one of them a go now?
6. Good – Do you have to be good at what you
do to be successful?
7. Push – Do you need to be pushed in order to
succeed? If so whom do you think should push you?
8. Serve- ‘Millionaires serve others something
with value.’ Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons why you agree or
disagree.
TRANSCRIPT
00:11 This is
really a two-hour presentation I give to high school students, cut
down to three minutes. And it all started one day on a plane, on my way
to TED, seven years ago. And
in the seat next to me was a high school student, a teenager, and
she came from a really poor family. And she wanted to make something of her life, and
she asked me a simple little question. She said, "What leads to success?" And
I felt really badly, because I couldn't give her a good answer.
00:36 So I
get off the plane, and I come to TED. And I think, jeez, I'm in the middle of a room of
successful people! So why don't I ask them what helped them succeed, and
pass it on to kids? So here we are, seven years, 500 interviews
later, and I'm going to tell you what really leads to
success and makes TEDsters tick.
00:56 And the
first thing is passion. Freeman Thomas says, "I'm driven by my
passion." TEDsters do it for love; they don't do it for
money.
01:04 Carol
Coletta says, "I would pay someone to do what I do." And
the interesting thing is: if you do it for love, the money comes anyway.
01:11 Work!
Rupert Murdoch said to me, "It's all hard work. Nothing
comes easily. But I have a lot of fun." Did
he say fun? Rupert? Yes!
01:21 (Laughter)
01:22 TEDsters
do have fun working. And they work hard. I
figured, they're not workaholics. They're workafrolics.
01:28 (Laughter)
01:29 Good!
01:30 (Applause)
01:31 Alex
Garden says, "To be successful, put your nose down in something and
get damn good at it." There's no magic; it's practice, practice,
practice.
01:39 And
it's focus. Norman Jewison said to me, "I
think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing."
01:45 And
push! David Gallo says, "Push yourself. Physically,
mentally, you've got to push, push, push." You've
got to push through shyness and self-doubt.
01:54 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."
02:01 Now
it's not always easy to push yourself, and that's why they invented mothers.
02:05 (Laughter)
02:06 (Applause) Frank
Gehry said to me, "My mother pushed me."
02:12 (Laughter)
02:13 Serve! Sherwin
Nuland says, "It was a privilege to serve as a doctor."
02:19 A
lot of kids want to be millionaires. The first thing I say is: "OK,
well you can't serve yourself; you've got to serve others something of value. Because
that's the way people really get rich."
02:30 Ideas! TEDster
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 no magic to creativity in coming up
with ideas -- it's just doing some very simple things. And
I give lots of evidence.
02:46 Persist! Joe
Kraus says, "Persistence is the number one reason for
our success." You've got to persist through failure. You've got
to persist through crap! Which of course means "Criticism, Rejection,
Assholes and Pressure."
02:58 (Laughter)
03:01 So, the
answer to this question is simple: Pay 4,000 bucks and come to TED.
03:07 (Laughter)
03:08 Or
failing that, do the eight things -- and trust me, these
are the big eight things that lead to success.
03:14 Thank
you TEDsters for all your interviews!
03:17 (Applause)
2 comments
Write commentsI enjoyed the video , I have got some ideas to apply it in my work , thanks :)
ReplyWell done!
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