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From Failure to Success

   Failure is something that we all face in our lives. I’ve sure had my A22 share. I remember that by the mid 1990s, I had worked myself all the way from a sales person to Marketing Director of a thriving company only to discover that I really did not like that position. So I did something radical. I decided A23 to quit that very secure job and start my own advertising based business. It was an original idea in an industry I was very familiar with — a business magazine mailed to local business owners around my community. A great idea plus my hard work ethic would work, I was sure.

   Both my wife and I put everything we had, financially and emotionally, into this idea. It was very exciting to see how fast we acquired our first (and last) 30 clients! Within a couple of months we had a real magazine! Clients were getting fantastic results. There was only one small problem. Although clients were A24 excited about the return they were getting, some still had financial problems and couldn’t continue on a regular A25 basis. The bottom line was that we eventually A26 ran out of money. Then, on top of having to close down the magazine, we even had to sell our car just to pay postage for the last mailing!

   I was devastated … my dream had died. I remember how depressed I was. I had no job, no money, and worst of all — a seriously damaged sense of confidence. Maybe, that’s where you are now.

   It took another two months for me to hit the real bottom when I had to sell our earthquake preparedness kit to buy some food … we were that A27 broke. But I didn’t give up hope to find employment. A week later, totally out of the A28 blue, I received a call from a stranger offering me the best job I’d ever had. An old friend who I hadn’t talked with for years referred me to him. It was nothing short of a miracle, It was eerie.

A22	1) part часть	2) share доля	3) number число	4) quantity количество
A23	1) to hire	2) to retire	3) toquit Quitthejob — уволиться с работы; устоявшееся выражение	4) to stop
A24	1) interested Не употребляется с ABOUT	2) keen Не употребляется с ABOUT	3) worried Beworriedabout — волноваться о ком-либо/чем-либо, переживать за кого-либо/что-либо	4) excited Beexcitedabout — волноваться, возбуждаться (в положительном смысле)
A25	1) basis Onaregularbasis — на постоянной основе; устоявшееся выражение	2) base	3) system	4) routine
A26	1)expired	2) went	3) ran Run out of smth — иссякать, заканчиваться	4)ended
A27	1) break Bebreak — нет такого сочетания	2) broke Be broke — быть на мели	3) broken up Be broken up — нет такого сочетания	4) broken-down Be broken-down — быть сломанным (о механизме)
A28	1)way	2) sudden	3) frame	4) blue Outoftheblue — внезапно, неожиданно; устоявшееся выражение

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To deal with her failure, Claudia
1) applied to Oxford once again.
2) destroyed the rejection letter.
3) took art therapy session online.
4) tried to express her feelings creatively.

Решение:
To deal with her failure, Claudia tried to express her feelings creatively.
Чтобы справиться со своей неудачей, Клаудия попыталась творчески выразить свои чувства.

«By the time her mother got home from work, Claudia had cut up the letter and transformed it into a beautiful piece of art.»

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According to the article, disappointing experiences could result in …

1) a broken heart.

2) a deserved success.

3) a lack of confidence.

4) coping with one’s fears.

How to turn failure to success

A lot of authors speak about how true success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful. But that is easier said than done. We all face situations where we fail and it feels like everything is going wrong. That coveted job interview that does not result in a call back, that amazing person who doesn’t reciprocate romantic interest, that close friend who is not keen on hanging out anymore feature in all of our lives. Somewhere these experiences chip away at one’s sense of self, slowly eroding our self-worth.

Carrie Fisher, who had immortalised Princess Leia in Star Wars, had said it beautifully, “take your broken heart and make it into art”. That is exactly what 18-year-old Londoner Claudia did. She had received a rejection letter from Oxford, like many other students, in response to her application for a Classics course. However, she was not dejected by it. By the time her mother got home from work,

Claudia had cut up the letter and transformed it into a beautiful piece of art.

When her mum posted Claudia’s art on Twitter, it touched a chord among thousands and went viral in a matter of days, having been liked and retweeted more than two hundred thousand times.

Claudia explained her motivations in such a way: “I just thought I had this letter, it’s not often that you get a letter dedicated to you from Oxford. So, I thought it would be funny if I made it into something.” The letter is pretty much summarised in the phrases stuck into the painting: delivering the news, apologising, wishing her well.

She created the painting very quickly, explaining, “I suppose some of my feelings about the letter went into the artwork. Obviously I didn’t know it would go viral as I painted it for myself — but I think the message that it’s associated with now is that Oxbridge doesn’t determine your worth as a person, and I love that.” A lot of people are saying Oxford should now take Claudia on an art course but

that’s not really how it works.

She is joining another premier institution — Durham university — soon, leaving behind her brief disappointment from Oxford as she embarks on the new phase of her life. However, there are life lessons that this young girl can teach us on how to cope with rejection.

It always feels a bit hurtful to be rejected, but when you can turn your disappointment into art, it helps you to move on. After all, closed doors hide open ones. It’s impossible that things go well all the time. Even for those who seem super successful, there are still low points and adverse situations they have had to tackle. But brooding over what did not work out will only lead to missing out newer opportunities. Success and failure can truly be understood only in retrospect. What seems like heart-breaking rejection might turn out to be the start of the best thing ever to happen to you in another five years.

Letting go is important but what is even more important is letting go beautifully. As the proverb goes — “In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you”.

Failure is a part of life. You can call it whatever you want — a setback, an emotional let down, a breakup, a loss, but part of the reason why the experience is so painful is because at some level you feel you failed. The solution here is being open to the bigger lessons of life. After all, learning a new way to see situations can be the very key to your next success.

Which of the following, according to the article, is NOT the lesson Claudia’s case

can teach us?

1)  All happens for the best.

2)  Keep your face.

3)  Failure is natural.

4)  Love and be loved.

A lot of authors speak about how true success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful. But that is easier said than done. We all face situations where we fail and it feels like everything is going wrong. That coveted job interview that does not result in a call back, that amazing person who doesn’t reciprocate romantic interest, that close friend who is not keen on hanging out anymore feature in all of our lives. Somewhere these experiences chip away at one’s sense of self, slowly eroding our self-worth.

Carrie Fisher, who had immortalised Princess Leia in Star Wars, had said it beautifully, “take your broken heart and make it into art”. That is exactly what 18-year-old Londoner Claudia did. She had received a rejection letter from Oxford, like many other students, in response to her application for a Classics course. However, she was not dejected by it. By the time her mother got home from work,

Claudia had cut up the letter and transformed it into a beautiful piece of art.

When her mum posted Claudia’s art on Twitter, it touched a chord among thousands and went viral in a matter of days, having been liked and retweeted more than two hundred thousand times.

Claudia explained her motivations in such a way: “I just thought I had this letter, it’s not often that you get a letter dedicated to you from Oxford. So, I thought it would be funny if I made it into something.” The letter is pretty much summarised in the phrases stuck into the painting: delivering the news, apologising, wishing her well.

She created the painting very quickly, explaining, “I suppose some of my feelings about the letter went into the artwork. Obviously I didn’t know it would go viral as I painted it for myself  — but I think the message that it’s associated with now is that Oxbridge doesn’t determine your worth as a person, and I love that.” A lot of people are saying Oxford should now take Claudia on an art course but

that’s not really how it works.

She is joining another premier institution  — Durham university  — soon, leaving behind her brief disappointment from Oxford as she embarks on the new phase of her life. However, there are life lessons that this young girl can teach us on how to cope with rejection.

It always feels a bit hurtful to be rejected, but when you can turn your disappointment into art, it helps you to move on. After all, closed doors hide open ones. It’s impossible that things go well all the time. Even for those who seem super successful, there are still low points and adverse situations they have had to tackle. But brooding over what did not work out will only lead to missing out newer opportunities. Success and failure can truly be understood only in retrospect. What seems like heart-breaking rejection might turn out to be the start of the best thing ever to happen to you in another five years.

Letting go is important but what is even more important is letting go beautifully. As the proverb goes  — “In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you”.

Failure is a part of life. You can call it whatever you want  — a setback, an emotional let down, a breakup, a loss, but part of the reason why the experience is so painful is because at some level you feel you failed. The solution here is being open to the bigger lessons of life. After all, learning a new way to see situations can be the very key to your next success.

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Original Prompt:  Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said that “success consists of going from
failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” Do you agree with Churchill’s statement about the
important role that failure plays in the pursuit of success? Take a position on this question. Use
reasons and specific examples to support your ideas.

Interpretation: Is failure useful on the pathway to success? Is failure more of a learning opportuny or is it a sign that you aren’t fit to do the job? Is your reaction to failure determined by your unbringing? Should you give up after you have failed to do something, or is failure an unavoidable obstacle?

Possible Knee Jerk Responses: 

    — failure means you didn’t work hard enough, you should never fail

    — failure is hard to deal with, so it is bad

    — the pain of failure isn’t worth the joy of success

Pre-Writing/Brainstorming

    Examples of successes who failed at first:

        — Colonel Sanders

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        — Walt Disney

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        — Oprah Winfrey

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Agree/Disagree

        — We agree with the quote 

Reasons:

«The journey is more important than the destination» 

You can only get better by failing and learning from those failures. 

«I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work» — Thomas Edison

Peer Editing:

Final Draft:

Introduction:

Being successful is not an easy thing. There is a journey that you have to get through with many tough obstacles that you may fail at the first time, but the question is, “Are you going to give up?”. In order to be successful, there is a journey that you must get through to get you to your goal. In other words success. The quote by Winston Churchill that reads “ Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” In other words, this quote means no matter how many times you fail, you shouldn’t give up on what you genuinely want to do. People like Colonel Sanders who turns out to be the “KFC guy” and Walt Disney who is the founder of The Walt Disney Company relate to this quote because they didn’t give up even when they hit rock bottom. Colonel Sanders suffered from depression, poverty, and suicidal thoughts while Walt Disney had his ideas stolen and was out of a job. They both failed several times and they both found the strength to get back up and try again. Though they have passed on, we still see the impact they’ve made when we support their companies. To be successful, you can’t lose hope in what you genuinely want to do. Look back, and see that these people are representations of success. See the mountain they’ve climbed and look to it for inspiration. Yes, you many fall, but you have to get back up and keep climbing until you reach the top.

Body Paragraph 1

Failure is the most important element in the pursuit of success. Many famous examples of this idea are found worldwide, but none as famous as the producer; Walt Disney. In Disney’s early years, he produced animations, called Laugh-O-Grams, for a local theater and they became instant successes. However, in 1923, Disney was forced to declare bankruptcy because the distributors for his Laugh-O-Grams cheated them out of money and his business was closed . Instead of accepting defeat, he went straight back to work and began the Disney Brother´s studios in California. Then the company had their first deal with Margaret Winkler, a New York distributor. However, Winkler was soon discovered to have stolen the rights to Disney’s first character, Oswald the Rabbit. In response, Disney created Mickey Mouse and produced two animations which, to much dismay, never found distribution. Rather than taking defeat, he created another animation, Steamboat Willie which was a huge success. From there, Disney went down in history, becoming one of the most famous people in the world despite his earlier struggles.

Body Paragraph 2:

Everyone who is successful has been through things that has caused them to fail in something they admired dearly. I’ve done some research about success, people you would’ve never thought struggled to get to where they are today. Colonel Harland David Sanders (KFC guy) has been through a lot of things trying to get his chicken famous. Colonel Sanders has had everything taken from him at a young age. He dropped out of school at the age of 16 and was married at the age of 20 where he was divorced two years later. Although, he had thought about giving up and even killing himself several times. At the age of 65, Colonel Sanders decided to conquer his depression, make some chicken, and go door to door selling and convincing people to taste his chicken. To this day we remember Colonel Sanders for the tasty chicken famous around the world.

Opposition Paragraph

People who disagree with this quote would say that Churchill’s approach to failure and success is an target to aim for, but it is not actually achievable. They would argue that a loss of enthusiasm is not only the natural response to failure, but trying to shut those emotions down would be damaging to a person’s psyche. When you have worked hard for something and you are not able to achieve it, it makes sense that would be disappointed and demoralized. Failing at something along with not acknowledging your disappointment will not allow you to realize why you failed in the first place. These people have a good point, it does seem unnatural to ignore feelings of disappointment or sadness. However, the more important message to take from this quote is that after you have acknowledged both why you failed and how it made you feel, you must attack the obstacle again with renewed enthusiasm and commitment to success. Churchill’s quote is not about ignoring or suppressing one’s feelings, it is about never accepting failure and always coming back by learning from your mistakes.

Conclusion

Overall, we come to learn more from our failures and difficulties than from our successes. Failure can bring us to better ourselves and begin our challenge once more, only this time with more wisdom and understanding. Success may feel great once achieved, but is it really success if there was no failure? If everyone was to succeed on their first try, we would not feel accomplished in the presence of success. Walt Disney and Colonel Sanders both faced failure many times throughout the course of their lives and careers, however these are two of the most accomplished people in the world. We are the ones that decide if failure will set us back or push us forward. As Winston Churchill once said, “success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” This statement is most certainly true if we are willing to put in the effort to push through failure and attain real success.

Reflection

       We understood this prompt as asking whether failure was necessary in order to succeed. In general, we agreed with the ideas presented in the quote and think that Churchill’s idea of how failure is related to success is accurate. One of our two main arguments was that the journey, including all of the failure that comes with it, is more important than the destination. The only way you can reach the destination is by going through the trials and tribulations of the journey. Our other main argument was that you need to learn from your failures in order to become successful. There is no point in failing at something if you are not going to learn from your mistakes, get up, and try again. We said that people who would disagree with this quote think that Churchill is telling people to suppress their emotions. Our refutation to this argument was that these people are misunderstanding the point of what Churchill was saying.