2015年12月5日 星期六

Assignment #7 The key to success

Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success?
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Vocabulary:
stratospheric

extremely high

motivational 

making somebody want to do something, especially something that involves hard work and effort
perspectivea particular attitude towards something; a way of thinking about something
rookie
a person who has just started a job or an activity and has very little experience
contexts
the words that come just before and after a word, phrase or statement and help you to understand its meaning
stamina
the physical or mental strength that enables you to do something difficult for long periods of time

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My comment:
I agree that grit is the key to success.
In the speech ,she said that Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out, not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years, and working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.
In my personal experience ,for example ,on studying ,I am not a smart student ,the only way I can get great grade is hard-working.But inertia is a common failing ,what can we do to overcome it is grit.
A success person is always a grittier person.Maybe he/she is not smart ,not rich ,doesn't have a good out looking.But be gritty ,success closing.

2 則留言:

  1. yeah, we can never be sure how far from success we are, so grit is a challenge to measure improvement.

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  2. Nice comments, Ven. Just need to pay attention to punctuation:
    In my personal experience ,for example ,on studying ,I am not a smart student ,the only way I can get great grade is hard-working.But inertia is a common failing ,what can we do to overcome it is grit.
    => no need to put space in front of a comma.
    => after a period, you need to give a space.

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