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Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs are the new rock stars. For those who have the right stuff, the journey of creating, running, and growing a business can be an exciting and highly rewarding experience. This is a journey for champions, a journey for warriors. The modern entrepreneur is more than a business owner. The modern entrepreneur is on a path to change the world. Are you ready to change the world?
Do you know what entrepreneurs do? How can they change the world? Do they help the society solve its problems? Can you give any examples? Can you name any entrepreneurs who have changed the world? What do you know about them?
Ex.1.Study the vocabulary and watch Video 1:
to overcome – преодолеть
obstacle - препятствие
to make a difference – внести свой вклад, изменить мир к лучшему
individual – человек
proof - доказательство
to own - владеть
vision – представление, в и дение
tough – жесткий, суровый
cluttered with obstacles - загромождено преградами
turbulence – вихревой поток
opportunity – возможность
to seize the opportunity – воспользоваться возможностью
success achievement – достижение успеха
to achieve success – достичь успеха
reward – награда
to run a business – управлять бизнесом
to support – поддерживать
tools – инструменты
to stay connected –оставаться на связи
to solve a problem –решить проблему
within your reach – в пределах досягаемости
Ex.2. Answer the questions:
1. Do you agree that one individual can make a difference?
2. The history of what country does the narrator describe speaking about immigrants?
3. Why did they immigrate?
4. Why did those people have to become entrepreneurs?
5. Is it easy to overcome obstacles?
6. Do obstacles help you achieve success?
7. Can you take risks?
8. How do you understand the statement: “Everything is within your reach”?
9. Why do children and adults act differently?
10. What is the main thing about becoming successful?
Ex.3. Translate into English:
1. Каждый человек в своей жизни должен преодолеть много преград, чтобы достичь успеха.
2. Управлять бизнесом нелегко, бизнесмену приходится решать много проблем.
3. Если мы поддержим друг друга, вместе мы преодолеем трудные времена.
4. Воспользуйся возможностью встретиться с этим знаменитым человеком. Я уверен, ты изменишь свое представление о мире.
5. Твой успех – это доказательство тому, что все в твоих руках. Каждый человек получает награду за свои усилия.
Ex.4. Watch Video 2. Read the script below to make sure you understood everything.
Secrets of Successful Entrepreneurs
Running a one-person business is a creative, flexible and challenging way to become your own boss and chart your own future. It is about creating a life, as it is about making a living. It takes courage, determination and foresight to decide to become an entrepreneur. From the relatively safe cocoon of the corporate world, where paychecks arrive regularly, you will be venturing into the unchartered territories of business.
Is there a way to determine whether you can be a successful entrepreneur, or you are better off to work for somebody else? Alas, there is no formula for success. However, most successful entrepreneurs share these ten characteristics. Check if you possess any one of them:
Think success.
To attain the kind of success that you want, you need to dream big. Every success story starts with big dreams. You need to have big dreams for yourself – which you want to be somebody rich, famous or fulfilled. You need to have a clear vision of what you want to achieve. But it doesn’t stop in dreaming alone. You should actively visualize success in your mind that you can almost feel it, touch it or it is within your reach. Play this image back at every opportunity. What does it feel to triple your current income? How will your life change? What will your business look like if you achieved the million-dollar mark?
Successful entrepreneurs possess an attitude of openness and faith that you can have what you want if you can simply envision it as the first step on the path of action to acquiring it. Management gurus have taught us the power of visualization – seeing yourself in your mind as having accomplished your dreams. If you want to be a successful writer, envision yourself signing books for a throng of people who have lined up to have your autograph. If you want to be rich, picture yourself in luxurious surroundings holding a fat bank account. And the process of envisioning success for you should be a constant activity! You need to think that you are successful (or will be one) every single waking hour. A personal development coach shared me her secret to help her continuously visualize her goals for the moment: when climbing stairs, recite your goal with every step you take. So if you want more money, say “I will have money” in every step of the stairs. This technique will reinforce your goal and keep it fresh in your consciousness.
Be passionate with what you do.
You start a business to change any or all part of your life. To attain this change, you need to develop or uncover an intense, personal passion to change the way things are and to live life to the fullest. Success comes easily if you love what you do. Why? Because we are more relentless in our pursuit of goals about things that we love. If you hate your job right now, do you think you will ever be successful at it? Not in a million years! You may plod along, even become competent at the tasks, but you will never be a great success at it. You will achieve peak performance and do what you have to do to succeed only if you are doing something that interests you or something that you care about. Entrepreneurs who succeed do not mind the fact that they are putting in 15 or 18 hours a day to their business because they absolutely love what they do. Success in business is all about patience and hard work, which can only be attained if you are passionate and crazy with your tasks and activities.