8 secrets of success (based on the TED Talk by Richard St John,
http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success)
1. The following words are all going to appear in the video of the TED talk on 8 success secrets.
Can you imagine how they are related?
Lead to success
Make someone tick
Be driven by passion
For love vs for money
Fun
Workaholics
Put your nose down into smth
Push
Shyness
Self-doubt
Serve
Persist
Failure
2. Also, the following people are all going to be mentioned in the video. Do you know anything
about them?
Rupert
Murdoch
Alex Garden
Freeman
Thomas
Carol Coletta
Norman
Jewison
Frank Gehry
David
Gallo
Goldie Hawn
Shervin Nuland
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Bill Gates
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3. Now watch the talk and see if you were right in 1 and 2.
Who is Richard st. John? Is he a credible person to give success recipe?
4. Do you still remember who is who? Match the names with the right descriptions from
Wikipedia
Freeman Thomas
An American business magnate, investor, computer programmer (Microsoft)
Carol Coletta
Founder or Excite, JotSpot, other web companies
Rupert Murdoch
An Australian American business magnate (News corporation, 20 century Fox, the Wall
Stree Journal,etc)
A CEO of Zynga studios (before that game developer Relic Entertainment, Nexon,
Microsoft Game Studios)
An American actress, film director, producer, occasional singer
An award-winning American scenic and media designer for Broadway
Alex Garden
Norman Jewison
David Gallo
Goldie Hawn
Frank Gehry
Shervin Nuland
Bill Gates
Joe Kraus
th
A Canadian film director (Other Peoples money, the Huricane, etc)
A Canadian-American architect (Guggenheim Museum, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Dancing
House in Prague)
An American surgeon and writer, clinical professor
An American automobile and industrial designer, worked for Porsche, Volkswagen, etc
A director of ArtPlace, a collaboration of leading national and regional foundations,
federal agencies of art, and major banks to accelerate the art and creativity development
5. Watch the video again and comment on the following:
What are the 8 secrets?
Judging from your experience,
would you generally agree
with his findings?
Which are the ones that made
you have second thoughts
about?
6. Here are some of the viewers reviews from TEDs website. Which ones can you relate to?
The most power packed in 3 minutes Ive
listened to. Now Id like to participate in the full
2 hours talk to students.
Super talk. Good old-fashioned hard work and
persistence wins in the end. I do believe it does
help to focus in developing your natural
strengths, its the fastest route.
I like the talk, but I disagree with you about one
thing: the component push. I think the push
must be by yourself, because in this case the
person that is looking for success is you, not
your mom.
Arent we missing the most important?
Self-discipline!
Svetlana Urisman 2014
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7. What would your own advice be to people who pursuit success?
8. Match up the following chunks from the talk. Then remember the context for the chunks and
try to retell the talk. Dont forget the right intonation and mood!
She wanted to
comes easily
Driven
good at it
Its all hard work, nothing
make something of her life
They have fun
with focusing yourself on one thing
Get damn
make it
It all has to do
by my passion
I didnt think Id
tick
Make TEDsters
working
Svetlana Urisman 2014
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