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Success and Failure

The document discusses overcoming failure through examples of famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Walt Disney, and Michael Jordan who all experienced early failures but later achieved great success. It provides discussion questions and encourages signing up for follow-up materials on perseverance and resilience.

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1.

Speak English
2. Feel free to ask questions
3. Be active and share your ideas
4. It’s OK to make mistakes
5. Have fun! 
LET’S BREAK THE ICE
INTRODUCTION

• Failing frustrates me, and I don’t know how to


use failure to achieve and succeed because … .

or

• I can deal with failure and know


how to use it to my advantage
because … .
QUOTE
VOCAB PRACTICE
• While the results are strikingly good, there is also ______________.

• You have to _______________ if you want to be a professional dancer.

• Not getting that job was a _____________ , as the firm went bankrupt only a few
months later.

• The movie’s plot is predictable, the dialogue is second-rate, and the acting is _______.

• Otherwise, the grand project of developing the European patent system is ________.

•The project ________________ when we realized the manufacturer had stopped produci
ng the part we needed.

• Getting the job finished in under a week was ________________.

blessing in disguise / room for improvement / mediocre / doomed to failure /


suffered a setback / push yourself / no mean feat
WHO ARE THEY?
SUCCESS OR FAILURE?
Politician: Ran for political office seven times and was defeated each
time.

Cartoonist: All he wanted to do was to sketch cartoons. He applied with a


Kansas City newspaper. The editor said, “It’s easy to see from these
sketches that you have no talent.” No studio would give him a job.
He ended up doing publicity work for a church in an
old, dilapidated garage.

Inventor: In the first year of marketing his new


soft drink, he sold only 400 bottles.
SUCCESS OR FAILURE?
Politician: Flunked the sixth grade. As a sixteen-year-old in Paris, a teacher
had written on his report card, “Shows a conspicuous lack of success.” He
wished to become a military leader, or a great statesman. As a student, he
failed three times in his exams to enter the British Military Academy.

Athlete: As a high school student, he felt so unpopular


with the girls that he thought he might never be
able to find a wife. That’s why he took a cooking class.
He thought he might never have anyone to cook
for him.
KEY TO THE QUIZ
Would you have given up on politics if you had been defeated 7 times in your run
for political office? Any guesses as to who it was? I’m glad that Abraham
Lincoln didn’t give up. He was defeated for legislature, defeated for speaker,
defeated for nomination to Congress, defeated for Senate, defeated for
nomination to Vice Presidency, defeated again for Senate. Yet he hung in there and
succeeded in becoming the 16th, and one of the most respected,
presidents of the United States.

And what about the cartoonist whom no one would hire?


The one who was told that he had no talent? The old garage
he worked in was in such bad shape that it had mice. One day,
he sketched one of those mice. Any guesses as to the name
of that mouse? The mouse one day became famous as
“Mickey Mouse.” The artist, of course, was Walt Disney.

The soft drink that sold only 400 bottles its first year?
Coca Cola.
KEY TO THE QUIZ
The student who showed a “conspicuous lack of success” on his report card? Who
failed three times to enter the British Military Academy? Many of us would have
given up after one rejection. But Winston Churchill stubbornly refused to accept
defeat and became one of the greatest men of the 20th Century. Though he was
rejected many times by the voters of Great Britain, he finally became the Prime
Minister, standing between Hitler and the free world.

The athlete who was so unpopular with the girls that he


took a cooking class in case he never found a wife?
The one who was cut from the Varsity team his
sophomore year? The cut may have been the best
thing that ever happened to him. Angry and
embarrassed, he began to get up early each morning
to practice with the Junior Varsity coach. Eventually
he not only made the Varsity team, but became the
most popular athlete in the world: Michael Jordan.
WHAT OTHER SUCCESS STORIES DO YOU
KNOW?
VIDEO
Watch the video and name tips on how to overcome the
fear of failure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbcg_IU7Pqk

1) Write down a list with all the reasons why you’re


scared
2) Write down everything that can help you prevent
failure
3) Superhero pose (breathe deeply, stand in front of the
mirror, say to yourself “I’ve got this!”
4) Take the first step
5) Repeat
DISCUSSION
“Some people dream of success, while other people get up every
morning and make it happen.”

"The two hardest things to handle in life are


failure and success."

“Nothing worth having comes easy.”


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