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If you feel like checking your emails, don’t. Be strict with yourself. For 25 minutes, do nothing but work. But when the alarm rings, it’s time for a break. Wherever you are: stop! Take five minutes off. Return that call, or check your emails. Go for a walk, or make a hot drink. When the alarm rings, it’s back to business for 25 minutes. And so on, throughout the day. Every four rounds you should take a longer break. The technique can be hard to start with, but most people get there in the end. And you’ll be amazed how much you can do in a day! Planning ahead is also an important part of being successful. Generally, animals don’t plan ahead much. Squirrels hide food to eat in the winter. But this is instinct more than planning. On the other hand, chimpanzees can think ahead. If you offer a chimp a banana, he will eat it. Obviously. Chimps love bananas. But what if you offered him a choice between one banana and a tool to get lots of bananas? A stick to reach fruit from higher in the trees, for example. Which would he choose? The chimp chooses the stick. The chimp has self-control. He can look into the long-term future and imagine a better result. In this case, lots of bananas. What a clever chimp! How about humans? When we are younger we don’t think too far ahead. We are too busy having fun. When we are older we need to look further ahead. One way to do this is to decide on some ‘desired outcomes’. Is our desired outcome to be rich, to have a family, a fast car, travel round the world? All of these? Or none? Once we have decided on our desired outcome, we can look into the future and imagine how success feels. Isn’t it great? (This idea comes from neuro-linguistic programming.) And then we can decide how we are going to reach our goal. It’s not going to be easy. Are we willing to take risks? Are we motivated enough? Are we good enough? What obstacles might come our way? Can we control our fear of failure? Or should we just watch another episode of our favourite TV series?
Unit 9
9.1 a surveyor b advisor c dentist d developer e banker f paramedic g engineer
9.2
This programme is for young people who are thinking about the future and the kind of business they want to work in. You need to think about lots of things, for example, ‘What am I good at?’ or ‘What do I like doing?’. You also need to think
about money. There are two questions you need to answer. One, is the sector I want to work in successful? And two, will I earn a good salary? Let’s look at some of the most popular sectors for graduates at the moment.
First of all, one of the biggest sectors is construction. The construction industry made $1.7 trillion last year. Graduates can expect a starting salary of about $33,000.
What about a sector that focuses on people? Well, the human resources sector made $12.3 billion last year, which is well below construction but is still successful. Starting salaries are around $28,000.
And talking of money, how about finance? You probably won’t be surprised to hear that the financial services industry makes a lot of money – $1.26 trillion a year to be precise. Salaries depend on which area you work in. To give an example, investment banking offers a very generous $65,000 a year. A very good start for a career.
Now gas, oil, solar, wind, all the different types of energy, make up the energy business. Last year, it made $17.5 billion and new recruits get $36,000.
That’s a lot less than was made on computers, though. The IT services industry made $19.3 billion and graduates earned $45,000.
But what is the most important thing in the world? What do we care about most? It’s our health, of course! And that’s why the healthcare industry made an incredible $21.8 billion last year. But the pay isn’t that great; a doctor only gets around $33,000 in their first year.
9.3 A How was your graduation? B It was great, thanks. My parents came and I think they were really proud.
A Of course they were! So what are you going to do now? B Well, I’m going to sleep for a while! A Ha ha! But I mean after the summer. Are you going to apply for some jobs?
B No, I’m not going to do that yet. I’m going to get some experience first.
A But how are you going to get experience if you’re not working?
B Oh, I’m going to work. I’m going to do an internship. A What’s that? B It’s when a company employs a new graduate for a few months or a year and the graduate gets real work experience.
A OK. But are they going to pay you? B No. They’re going to pay for my travel, but they aren’t going to pay me a salary.
A So how are you going to live? Is your father going to help you?
B Yeah, he’s going to give me some money each week.
9.4 a Why did you choose this company?
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