B2 – Upper Intermediate
Career and passion go hand in hand when it comes to finding fulfillment and satisfaction in your professional life. While some people are fortunate enough to have a career that aligns perfectly with their passion, many others struggle to find the right balance between what they love to do and what they need to do to make a living.
Finding the perfect balance between career and passion can be a daunting task. It requires self-reflection, goal-setting, and a willingness to take risks. It may involve changing career paths, pursuing further education, or starting your own business. It may also require making sacrifices, such as working long hours, moving to a new city, or taking a pay cut.
Are you living your life on the correct path? Do you ever wonder where you’re headed? Watch this video and learn something.
Vocabulary Questions:
- What does “hot passion of the day” mean? “Do something you’re very passionate about and don’t try to chase what is kind of the hot passion of the day.” Make a sentence with this idiom.
- What does “bluff something out” mean? “Will you bluff it out when you’re wrong or will you apologize?” Make a sentence using this phrase.
- What does “dogma” mean? “Will you follow dogma or will you be original?” Make a sentence using this word.
Discussion Questions:
- What did you learn after watching the video?
- What choices have you made that makes you proud?
- What do you think is your calling?
- Share your thoughts on this, “If you don’t love your work, you’re never going to be good at it.“
- Why do you think Bezos said, “All the curious from the ages would have wanted to be alive most of all right now?“
2 replies on “Jeff Bezos Got Rich When He Understood This”
1. What does “hot passion of the day” mean?
To do something that you really love it and not to chase popular passions
Many of people go to gym because it is a hot passion of the day, but they dont know how to do the exercises.
2. What does “bluff something out” mean? Farol
To try to lie when you do something wrong, instead of apologysing.
You like to bluff it out instead of recognising that it is your fault.
3. What does “dogma” mean? Principio innegable
Something that it is indisputably true.
In Spain there are a lot of people with emphasizing the religious dogma.
1. What did you learn after watching the video?
Each one can choose different walks and it is up to your success in the life. Many people have a lot of skills but they could be considered as gifts, the key is using that in the correct way.
2.What choices have you made that makes you proud?
Two years ago I decide to continue working in my current company instead of changing for more money.
3. What do you think is your calling?
Learn something new every day and to check that things that I have learnt are useful.
4.Share your thoughts on this, “If you don’t love your work, you’re never going to be good at it.“
Work is something that you need to do many time in your live and it is better to love it. It is easier to work.
5. Why do you think Bezos said, “All the curious from the ages would have wanted to be alive most of all right now?“
Nowadays there are a lot of technology and it could be really helpful for this kind of curious people.
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