“Your ambitions to
improve your life do not need to be confined by your personality”
By: Christian Jarrett
Published: BBC, 1
February 2017, http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170131-the-secret-to-living-a-meaningful-life
Level of Difficulty:*
BEFORE YOU READ
You will need to
watch the video to be able to answer some of the questions.
·
Brian Little: Who are you,
really? The puzzle of personality
QUESTIONS
1.
What qualities of an extrovert does Brian Little
seem to have? Refer to the video and use your own words
2.
Why does the fact that he is an introvert come
as surprise? Use your own words
3.
What proof does he offer of his introversion?
4.
What does “This” refer to in the phrase “This
isn’t a peculiar quirk”? There are two answers; find both.
5.
What does “This” refer to in the phrase “This is
an empowering finding”? Discovering…………………………….
6.
What is the key to happiness according to Brian
Little?
7.
Read the paragraph that follows the title “How
your projects affect you”. What is the
take home point from this paragraph? In order to be truly happy, you should……
·
Have an ambitious project and striving to
achieve it
·
Having an unassuming project and striving to
achieve it
·
Having a personal project and striving to
achieve it
·
Having a realizable project and striving to
achieve it
8.
What is the reason for the above?
9.
It is implied in the text that the more
motivated you are to work on a project, …
10.
Why do people need consider their true traits
and not just act different all the time?
11.
One way to deal with stalled projects is to:
·
Make the project more realistic
·
Determine an alternative project
·
Reduce the stress in your life and relax
·
Identify your source of unhappiness
12.
Which of the concluding statements below could
be added on to the paragraph beginning “Another strategy…”?
·
In short, parallel projects could be a solution
to the problem
·
In short eclectic thinking could be a solution
to the problem
·
In short, pigeon-holing could be a solution to
the problem
·
In short, the correct working environment could
be a solution to the problem
13.
Read the last two paragraphs of the text. What
overall conclusion can we draw from the text?
·
We have different sides to our personalities and
they are all important
·
We are all free to choose our projects and
follow them throughout our lives
·
Our third natures can enable us to have happy
and fulfilling lives
·
The three forces that govern our lives also
influence our choice of project
WRITING TASK
Use all you have learned to write a paragraph for the Sunday
supplement of a national newspaper about how to lead a meaningful and
fulfilling life
THE SECRET TO LIVING
A MEANINGFUL LIFE
Leading a happy and
meaningful life is a common goal for humanity.
Dr. Brian Little shows us that it is within our capacity to achieve this
goal so what could be better? The article covers an important issue but is
simple and straightforward, which means it can be done quite early on. The
video at the beginning must be watched to be able to follow the text.
1. Possible
answer: he can speak comfortably in public, make jokes and seems to enjoy all
the stimulation he gets from his social environment
2. Possible
answer: he acts like an extrovert
3. He
states at the end of the talk that he is going to take refuge behind the locked
door of a toilet cubicle
4. Enacting
what he calls a free trait OR behaving extroverted
5. Discovering
your core projects
6. Choosing
the right projects and approaching them in the right way
7. The
last one
8. Because
findings show that when someone is engaged in a personal project that makes
them stressed and miserable, this is an even more powerful drag on their
well-being than more obvious factors like poverty. (This answer is much better
than the previous sentence, which is too general. One wants to ask why)
9. The
more likely the projects will be to be sustainable and joyful
10. Because
acting different can take a toll over time
11. Make
the project more realistic
12. The
second one
13. The
third one
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