Vocabulary List 8 Follow Your Passion PDF

Vocabulary List 8 Follow Your Passion Expressions from Stop Trying to Find Your Passion by Thomas Frank be relegated to to be assigned a position or task that you feel is below your capabilities to be assigned work that is less interesting than work you did before “to relegate something to the...

Vocabulary List 8 Follow Your Passion Expressions from Stop Trying to Find Your Passion by Thomas Frank be relegated to to be assigned a position or task that you feel is below your capabilities to be assigned work that is less interesting than work you did before “to relegate something to the back burner” means to postpone it because it is not urgent assumption (n) a belief you have about a situation or person that is not yet proven make an assumption, a reasonable assumption, an underlying assumption be hard-pressed to (do something) not to have enough time, money, or mental resources to latch onto (v) to become very interested in something, especially ideas and trends fulfill (v) / fulfilling (adj) to satisfy, to achieve what is important to you, making you feel useful a fulfilling career, a fulfilling job, a fulfilling relationship (syn: rewarding) innate (adj) what you are born with, what is natural in you and not acquired Children have an innate ability to learn language. Most talent is not innate; it is developed through training and experience. to be unearthed (adj) to be discovered, especially after searching for something for a long time within one’s grasp / within reach in this context, this means achievable emerge (v) to appear, to come out, to become known, to begin to grow (emerge from) Passion for something can emerge from new experiences. low-hanging fruit refers to things and skills that are achievable with minimal effort hit a plateau to reach a period in which you feel you are no longer making progress rewards (n) the result or benefit you obtain from working hard or doing good  Vocabulary List 8 Follow Your Passion have the grit (to do something) perseverance, determination to keep going in the face of difficulty to have something under your belt to have achieved something useful or important grunt work: hard, unsatisfying, and often routine and boring work someone must be willing to do Collocations with advice: give advice, follow advice, ignore advice, ask for advice, pass on advice / sound advice, practical advice, a piece of advice Collocations with passion: pursue your passion, have a passion for something, a lifelong passion, a strong passion for; be passionate about something settle for something (from the advice column) to accept something even though it is not the best, even though it is not really what you wanted Word family: success (n), succeed (v), successful (adj); enjoy success in your career, succeed in getting a more interesting job, be successful in obtaining a degree. Questions that will be on the quiz: #1/What is the central piece of advice Thomas Frank is passing on about finding your passion and enjoying your career? His advice is that identifying an interest you have and focus on working hard to be good it, when you are good at doing something, you will enjoy it more. When you enjoy it more, there is very good chance you become passionate about it. There is an assumption that passion alone brings success, but in reality, when you are good at something, passionate and work even hard to excel and be the best at it, goods things happen. His advice: identify an interest you have that has the potential to be useful to others, and pursue it with all the smart training and sheer determination you can muster You must write at least 3 sentences and include 3 of the following words: advice, assumption, innate, passion or passionate, fulfilling, success #2/Answer one of the questions we discussed in class. I will give you a choice of 3 questions. Q1: “So good they can’t ignore you” about careers? “Pick something you have an interest in and simply work as hard as you can to get good at it.” - This focus on working to build skills and gain experience is the most effective way to discover what kind of work truly fulfills you. Q2: what is “the dip” in reference to following your passion  Vocabulary List 8 Follow Your Passion The Dip is the point at which pursuing a skill become difficult or boring, and that point ALWAYS comes, no matter what you’re doing - putting the focus on skills and experience up front – rather than passion and enjoyment – will be immensely helpful when you reach The Dip