{"id":25161,"date":"2023-04-06T04:08:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T02:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=25161"},"modified":"2023-04-06T04:08:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T02:08:58","slug":"lucky-rituals-bring-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2023\/04\/lucky-rituals-bring-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky Rituals Bring Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The habits or rituals that lead to rich and famous people to their success are secrets everyone is dying to know, thinking it could hopefully bring them the same fortune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article about superstitious learning and how the eccentric habits of high-flying individuals bring them success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/worklife\/article\/20220708-superstitious-learning-can-lucky-rituals-bring-success<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. What does the phrase “gospel truth<\/strong>” mean, \u201cSome of their behaviours will have been acquired through superstitious learning \u2013 and we may then follow their advice as if it were the <\/em>gospel truth<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d<\/em>? Use it in your own sentence.<\/li>
  2. What does \u201crife<\/strong>\u201d mean, \u201cCreative tasks are especially <\/em>rife<\/em><\/strong> with uncertainty \u2013 which may explain why thinkers like Gates, Beethoven and Dickens adopted such specific behaviours to get their thoughts flowing.\u201c<\/em>? Use this word in your own sentence.<\/li>
  3. What does \u201cspurious<\/strong>\u201d mean, \u201cIt is notoriously difficult to get a new paper accepted by a prestigious journal, she says, and researchers will often find <\/em>spurious<\/em><\/strong> reasons for their successes and failures.\u201d<\/em>? Use this word in your own sentence.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. What are your thoughts on superstitious learning?<\/li>
    2. Give a benefit and a downside of over-imitation.<\/li>
    3. People sometimes attribute success to something so random rather than their own talent or hard work. Share your thoughts on this.<\/li>
    4. What are some rituals that you think bring you luck and success? Where did you learn this from? <\/li>
    5. Have you ever taken a famous and successful person\u2019s idiosyncratic rites and rituals in the hope that you can somehow achieve the same success? Share about it.<\/li>
    6. Why do successful people follow eccentric habits?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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