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owe my success to having listened respectfully tothe very best advice,
‘and then going away and doing the exact opposite.”
What motivates you?
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Read the article and match the headings to each =
paragraph, There is one heading you don't need.
A Afierce spirit
B Being my own person
C Learning from my mistakes
D_ Needing to show them they were wrong
E The courage to set out and seek my fortune 8
I didn’t get where I am today without
Successful people talk about their inspiration and motivation
Revenge isa terifc motivating force for young
deatve people and it ertainly kept me going
Fight through tothe publication of my fst novel
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the nuns at my school in Tennessee had me
matked down as being somewhere between
slow and stupid. they taught me for 12 years
and even after fd and got smarter,
| was stil thought of as dumb. Tey! be sorry
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to myset in retirement, the single thing they
be most proud of wil be that they had me asa
pupil And soit contnued right through int the
‘workplace where, in my fst teaching job after
leaving graduate school the mae head ofthe
department would come to me whenever the
secretarial staff were off Type this up for me,
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‘What makes you think they are successful? What,
in your view, are the reasons for their success?
Who...”
.K Chesterton, English poet and novelist
¢ Read the article again and write the initials (e.g, AP) of the
person next to the questions below.
1] found it hard to manage on their own.
EL John matkovich,
US actor producer, and director
‘There must have been someting unique
or, at east. ciferent about meas 2 boy
becouse | recall t would sometimes amuse
my brother and his fends to throw beer
Cans at me. Why? Because ofthe cothes
Tore, which they diet ie, because
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‘wanted met, or ust because was fun.
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wo encouraged in me the nation that
Sand alone am responsible for my oun ie,
for what do and dont do, fr my opinions
and bis and its proved to be a great
Source of strength. fm often asked fread
anid take notice of ties, Which ones?
‘hse who love the work? Who hate i?
Or ate indiferent? Asa decor, asin fe,
you have to ‘and be
prepared to:
‘was motivated by the same desire until they became successful
thinks that a conflict helped them become stronger
‘was made fun of by a member of their family
[is geateful for something their parents did wrong
[5] asked a parent for advice
learnt an important lesson from a parent
was treated in the same way at school and at work
EL Marcus Wareing. a
UK chef ]
One of my tutors st Southport Catering
College knew Anton Edelmann, the chef
at the Savoy, and recommended me to
him. | was very nervous of leaving ty
coming to London. |
was a loner who'd never made frends
because | was always working, and I was
happy enough being alone and busy.
But | did come to London, and even
‘though it was avery tough environment |
‘worked like atrouper and was very quick
to lear. The hardest part was being away
feor my farily and having to deal with
‘other people while having no management
‘or interpersonal skills whatsoever. SO |