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Question 2. Read the 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
rall despite all of your hard work? Do you stay down and accept the defeat or do you get
again and again until you are satisfied? If you have a tendency to persevere and
then you have what experts call, grit.
3. Falling down or failing is one of the most agonizing, embarrassing,
experiences. But it is also one of the most educational, empowering
Ust agonizing, embarrassing, and scariest human
living a successful and fulfilling life. Did you know that perse
educational, empowering, and essential parts of
ng hite. Did you know that perseverance (grit) is one of the
seven qualities that have been described as the
bed as the keys to personal success and betterment in
society?
The other six are: curiosity, gratitude, optimism, self-control, social 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.
L ecording to the passage, what are the attributes of a human?
W at is perceived as grit?
How is failing' an educational and empowering part of human life!
to what ways eas grit be developed?
How does mindfulness help?
22n the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the followings (144)
(D) While inventing the light bulb. Thomas Edison had failed
a. 1000 times b. 10000 plus times c. 1000 plus times d. 10000 times
(i) Failere is a part of life.
anormal b. common chuman . ordinary
in In paragraph 2.
means continue
robots b. satisfied persevere d. flourishing!
(iv) In paragraph 3, the synonym of distressing is
3. embarrassing b. scarient e agonizing d. failing
(V)
belps in preventing individuals from going down the lines of despair.
a. suocess
b. fear
d. mindfulness
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first send the passage man