Tuesday 29 November 2011

The 8 secrets of success

This is a three-minute video which comes from TED.com

We all need some listening practice to improve our English, but not only that! 
Would you like to be successful? 
or a millionaire? 
or fulfill your dreams? 
Listen to this video and maybe we learn how!!

Everything he says makes sense to me and I like his humorous style.
But which of the eight secrets of success do you think is the most important? It's probably a combination of all of them, but is one of them more important than the others?
They don't mention "luck", do you think luck is important at all in life? for example, let's say in exams, is luck important?

You can share your opinions below.




You can check here Richard St.John's full bio and more links.

24 comments:

Nariman said...

I'm absolutly agree with that video. We need to push ourselfs if we want to have a successful life, but if we can't we can find our family's push.

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Malika said...

I'm absolutely agree with all you!! We need to push, practise, love and focus.
The family and friends are so important, they can help us.
It's a great idea, watch one video each week!!

Thanks for share Sònia!

vladimir said...

The best one is about the mother!!!
Firstable I thought about my mum))
He's right)

Mireia said...

I absolutely agree with the video and with Nariman.
But my favourite one is "you gotta persist through crap!". I think this is a good one, and funny too. And of course I totally agree with what CRAP mean.

Thanks for sharing teacher!

Karin said...

I agree teacher!
8 simple things about the success.
Passion for this work, have good ideas, persist and push and... always the mother push they, yes!

i like this video, thanks.

Naomi said...

i really like this video, teacher! i think that this video is very interesting with only eight ideas about success.
i'm agree with all what this video say, thanks for share it! see you soon.
thanks.

Sònia Turmo said...

I'm glad you liked it!

Haider said...

good video.... with these secrets any one can get success...

Unknown said...

I agree with Richard St. John when he said you can't serve yourself, you have to serve others something of value. And make others happy always.

Ona said...

What a good video Sonia! Thank's for sharing these advices, it helps me a lot. The sentence "It's not always easy to push yourself, and that's why they invented mothers" is really funny. Without doubt, it's important to push ourselfs if we want to be a successful person, and if we aren't good enough, we should look for our family's push.

Lydia Romera said...

Thanks for share this video Sonia! It's very interesting and it have the leads to success. It helps me a lot!

nathalie said...

The video is amazing! It helps me because if I push myself I getting what I want to do, and you should believe in yourself too!

christiangato said...

Oh my god! I think this secrets are perfect to make my life better. I think i will start to follow these secrets.

Unknown said...

I really like this video. We need to push, practise, love and focus to have a successful life.

Alejandro905 said...

amazing this video, teacher! i think that this video is very interesting with only eight ideas about success.
Passion for this work, have good ideas, persist and push and... always the mother push they, yes! Lovee this video!!

evelyn said...

this video is incredible.Thank you sonia for shared with us.And her adviced are very real because nothing is easy.I think there is that hard-working,and focus in your dreams.

Marc M said...

It's amazing video! I agree with he . We need to do something that we really like, that motivates us. It's always good to have some motivation to help us with a little push.

meritxell.garrido said...

I think they are all important, but the most important thing is to fall in the family and make you want what you believe and do
I liked the video, thanks!

Mario said...


I like this video a lot, since I agree with everything it says.
Nothing is easy, therefore you have to work hard and motivate yourself to succeed.

Natàlia Ruiz said...

Interesting how it seems easy to be successful in life. In my opinion it's a bit harder, however, it's true that with effort almost everything can be possible. Nice video, I'll try to follow the ideas and study for love

Natalia a said...

Its a really interesting video! What the author says is truthful and I like that he marks out the point that says that we don't have to get to where we want for money but rather get to our goals based on our passion.

Melanie Ortega said...

what caught my attention it was when he spoke about passion. He makes me feel inspired and believer of I can follow my dreams and anyone don’t stop this. Great speech.

Rix said...

I really enjoyed this video. It makes me feel inspired to be successful in life, it's not easy but it's possible.