Tuesday, October 1, 2024

How to Find Fulfilling Work



Discuss:

1. Do you have a clear idea of your working future or are are you still trying to find your vocation?

2. Why is it so hard for many people to make up their minds about the career they want?

Vocab: what's the missing letter?

_rosperous
_abour
a big _sk
_rises (plural of _risis)
perfectly _ormal
at _ost
_aradox
_aralysis
to _cknowledge
_rise spontaneously
have a _alling
_ommanding (adj)
_erilous (adj)
be at the _ercy of
to _ick up on
to _ark concerns
_uthentic (adj)
off-_eat
in _eed of
_ustained reflection
_ar from it
_onundrum
un_ittingly (adv)
_ata
to _ollide
non-_rrevocable
_ranching projects
at heart
to _lex your muscles
_et again
to _ismiss sth
nothing _ess than
_nternalised (adj)
_imidity
_oubt

Watch:

How to Find Fulfilling Work

Take notes:



  •  The word ___________ doesn't appear in Dr. Johnson's Dictionary (published: _____)



  • Besides income, many modern people expect to get _________ and ___________ from work.



  • Six useful ideas for finding fulfilling work:


1. _______________________ is normal. This is called the "_________ of choice"

2.______________________ - the oldest philosophical recommendation.
- set aside the money problem so you can sort out what you actually _____________

3. _________ a lot. It's not i_________gent to take your time on this important decision.

4. __________________. We need to c_________ with the real world in order to understand ourselves.

5. ___________ what makes people unhappy. These things are b_______  o__________s.
Work is really a c_______ for us to ______.
- The idea that "everything has been done and tried is n__________.

6. Be ______________. Many of the top jobs simply go to those who _____ to ask for them.
- a lack of confidence is actually a ___________ of how the world works.





  • The ultimate criterion for a career is one we won't _________________________.





Write these in the order you hear them:


at most

yet again

nothing less than

timidity

in need of

off-beat (adj)

perilous (adj)

far from it

non-irrevocable

at heart (used twice)

to pick up on

to acknowledge



Check

at most

to acknowledge

perilous (adj)

to pick up on

off-beat (adj)

in need of

far from it

non-irrevocable

at heart

yet again

nothing less than

timidity


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