Question

Dilul til passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
1. Have you ever failed at something so miserably that the thought of attempting to do it again
was the last thing you wanted to do?
2. If your answer is yes, then you are not a robot.” Unlike robots, we human beings have
feelings, emotions, and dreams. We are all meant to grow and stretch despite our circumstances
and our limitations. Flourishing and trying to make our dreams come true is great when life is
going our way. But what happens when it's not? What happens when you fail despite all of your
hard work? Do you stay down and accept the defeat or do you get up again and again until you
are satisfied? If you have a tendency to persevere and keep going then you have what experts
call, grit.
3. Falling down or failing is one of the most agonizing, embarrassing, and scariest human
experiences. But it is also one of the most educational, empowering, and essential parts of
living a successful and fulfilling life. Did you know that perseverance (grit) is one of the seven
qualities that have been described as the keys to personal success and betterment in society?
The other six are: curiosity, gratitude, optimism, self-control, social intelligence, and rest.
Thomas Edison is a model for grit for trying 1,000 plus times to invent the light bulb. If you are
reading this with the lights on in your room, you know well he succeeded. When asked why he
kept going despite his hundreds of failures, he merely stated that what he had been not failures:
They were hundreds of ways not to create a light bulb. This statement not only revealed his grit
· but also his optimism for looking at the bright side
4. Grit can be learned to help you become more successful. One of the techniques that helps is
mindfulness. Mindfulness is a practice that helps the individual stay in the moment by bringing
awareness of his or her experience without judgement. This practice has been used to quiet the
noise of their fears and doubts. Through this simple practice of mindfulness, individuals have
the ability to stop the self-sabotaging downward spiral of hopelessness, despair, and frustration
5. What did you do to overcome the negative and self-sabotaging feelings of failure? Reflect on
what you did, and try to use those same powerful resources to help you today.
2.1 On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the following questions in about
30-40 words each.
(2X4=8)
i. According to the passage, what are the attributes of a human?
ii. What is perceived as grit?
iii. How is 'failing' an educational and empowering part of human life?
iv. In what ways can grit be developed?
How does mindfulness help?
V.
(1X4=4)
2.2 On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the following:
10000
i. While inventing the light bulb, Thomas Edison had failed
a. 1000 times
T0000 plus times 100 plus times d. 10000 times
ii. Failure is a part of
life.
b. common c c/human d. ordinary
a. normal
means continue.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Have you ever failed at something so miserably that the thought of attempting to do it again was the last thing you wanted to do?

Explanation:

2. If your answer is yes, then you are “not a robot.” Unlike robots, we human beings have feelings, emotions, and dreams. We are all meant to grow and stretch despite our circumstances and our limitations. Flourishing and trying to make our dreams come true is great when life is going our way. But what happens when it‟s not? What happens when you fail despite all of your hard work? Do you stay down and accept the defeat or do you get up again and again until you are satisfied? If you have a tendency to persevere and keep going then you have what experts call, grit.