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b). Which piece of advice would you give to your friend? If necessary, give some examples in support of your opinion. Do you follow it yourself?
Ex. 2. Work in pairs. Study the following topic card.
Describe a well-organized person.
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Take it in turns to describe a well-organized person. Before you begin, make a few notes. When you have finished speaking, your partner will ask you several “closing questions”, e.g. Would you recommend other people to follow the way he/she became a well-organized person?
Ex. 3. Work in pairs. Prioritize the following pieces of advice from most to least important.
· making a list,
· dealing with your fear,
· breaking projects down into more manageable segments,
· recognizing the onset of procrastination,
· eliminating distractions,
· rewarding yourself.
You may require some phrases to express your opinion. Study the Useful language box given on page 5 and make use of these phrases. It’s quite possible that you may wish to add some more pieces of advice.
Your partner may wish to challenge your opinion. He may need expressions from the Useful language box on page 13.
Ex. 4. Work in groups of 3 or 4. Choose any quotation given below and comment on it.
a) Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
b) How soon not now becomes never.
c) To think too long about doing a thing often becomes undoing.
d) If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.
e) You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
f) Do the hardest jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
g) Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they started.
You may need to use linking expressions. Study the Useful language box on page 6.
UNIT 5
How self-motivated are you?
Lead-in
Ex. 1. Work in pairs to answer the quiz below. For each statement choose the answer that best describes you. Score one point for each ‘Not at all’ answer, two points for each ‘Rarely’ answer, three points for each ‘Sometimes’ answer, four points for each ‘Often’ answer, five points for each ‘Very often’ answer. When you finish, total up your score.
| Statements to answer | Not at all | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Very often |
| 1. I'm unsure of my ability to achieve the goals I set for myself. | |||||
| 2. When working on my goals, I put in maximum effort and work even harder if I've suffered a setback. | |||||
| 3. I regularly set goals and objectives to achieve my vision for my life. | |||||
| 4. I think positively about setting goals and making sure my needs are met. | |||||
| 5. I use rewards (and consequences) to keep myself focused. For example, if I finish my report on time, I allow myself to take a coffee break. | |||||
| 6. I believe that if I work hard and apply my abilities and talents, I will be successful. | |||||
| 7. I worry about deadlines and getting things done, which causes stress and anxiety. | |||||
| 8. When an unexpected event threatens or jeopardizes my goal, I tend to walk away, set a different goal, and move in a new direction. | |||||
| 9. When I come up with a really good idea, I am surprised by my creativity. I figure it is my lucky day, and caution myself not to get used to the feeling. | |||||
| 10. I tend to do the minimum amount of work necessary to keep my boss and my team satisfied. | |||||
| 11. I tend to worry about why I won't reach my goals, and I often focus on why something probably won't work. | |||||
| 12. I create a vivid and powerful vision of my future success before embarking on a new goal. |
