{"id":28478,"date":"2024-05-19T20:13:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T18:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=28478"},"modified":"2024-05-22T14:38:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T12:38:20","slug":"jeff-bezos-got-rich-when-he-understood-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/05\/jeff-bezos-got-rich-when-he-understood-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos Got Rich When He Understood This"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you living your life on the correct path? Do you ever wonder where you&#8217;re headed? Watch this video and learn something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"&quot;I Got Rich When I Understood This&quot; | Jeff Bezos\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7TWKKww-F30?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>hot passion of the day<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201c<em>Do something you\u2019re very passionate about and don\u2019t try to chase what is kind of the <strong>hot passion of the day<\/strong>.<\/em>\u201d Make a sentence with this idiom.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>bluff something out<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201c<em>Will you bluff it out when you&#8217;re wrong or will you apologize?<\/em>\u201d Make a sentence using this phrase.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>dogma<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201c<em>Will you follow <strong>dogma <\/strong>or will you be original?<\/em>\u201d Make a sentence using this word.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><\/strong>What did you learn after watching the video?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What choices have you made that makes you proud?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What do you think is your calling?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share your thoughts on this, &#8220;<em>If you don&#8217;t love your work, you&#8217;re never going to be good at it.<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why do you think Bezos said, &#8220;<em>All the curious from the ages would have wanted to be alive most of all right now?<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate Career and passion go hand in hand when it comes to finding fulfillment and satisfaction in your professional life. 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