1 . Are you a loser? Great. Because studies show that if you want to be a success, you need to know how to fail.
The Secret of Success
Many social scientists agree that what successful people have in common is this: They were failures.
There’s George Washington, the top general of America’s troops in the Revolutionary War, who lost two huge battles and was nearly fired. There’s Steve Jobs, who developed failed products, before returning to change the world with the iPod, iPhone, and iPad. The list goes on: From Katy Perry and Hall of Fame basketball legend Michael Jorden to Glee star Chris Colfer. They were dropped from record labels, cut from basketball teams, or bullied in school. They used to feel humiliated, lost and hopeless.
But they eventually figured out how to move forward. Experts call this resilience---being able to recover from setbacks. Amy Fineburg, Ph.D.,a specialist in psychology said “We grow by pushing beyond the limits of what we can do today.” So next time you fail a test or strike out at bat or sing off-key, don’t give up.
“That’s how we grow,” says Amy Fineburg, Ph. D., an Alabana educator who specializes in Psychology. “We grow by pushing beyond the limits of what we can do today.”
Miranda’s Story
Miranda stared tae kwon do when she was 7, and for years she lost every competition she entered. She decided to quit. However, at the urging of her father, she worked harder, got improved, kept at it and improved even more. Miranda never became the champion she’s dreamed of becoming, but she stuck with it long enough to earn her black belt by age 12.
“I could easily have said: I’m a failure, I should never have tried,” she says. “But I’m really proud that I kept at it.”
The experience taught Miranda that she could fail and still go on to succeed. Today at 17, she finally winning medal---at Irish stepdancing. When she first started, she was bad at that, too. But her experience in tad kwon do built up her resilience muscles. So she didn’t see her struggle in dance as failures. She saw them as part of the process of achieving success.
The Right Attitude
One of history’s proudest failures was inventor Thomas Edison. He looked at his failures as situations that he could fix. So how resilient are you? Say you do poorly on a text in school, do you say, “I did badly because I watched TV last night?” Then how to move in is obvious: Turn off the TV and study harder. Or would you say, “I failed the test because I have zero talent in math?” With this type of thinking, changes seem impossible to make.
The good news? Studies show that with Practice, people can change their way of thinking.
Just ask Michael Jordan
“I’ve missed more than9,000 shots in my career,” he says. “I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
1. How many people mentioned were failures before they succeed?| A．5 | B．6 | C．7 | D．8 |
| A．Next time you fail a test or strike out at bat, don’t give up |
| B．We grow by pushing beyond the limits of what we could do today. |
| C．She saw her struggles in dance as part of the process of achieving success. |
| D．I failed the test because I have zero talent in math |
| A．Failure is the mother of success |
| B．No success, no failure |
| C．Many a hand makes light work |
| D．No smoke, no fire |
注意：1.书名可以用汉语拼音；
2. 词数：120-150。
说道：“信心比黄金和货币更重要”，“希望像一盏永不熄灭的明灯”。 就此请你按照以下提纲写一篇作文，120-150词左右
1）阐述你对此引言的理解
2）举一个生活中关于信心或希望的真实例子
3）发出号召，鼓励人们在生活中应充满信心、满怀希望
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