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The Habits of Successful People

By Nik Peachey

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Attitudes to Wealth

Discussion Task

• How much money do you think you need to be rich?
• How would being rich change your life?
• Do you think having more money would make you a better person? How? Why?
• What would you like to do to make yourself rich? E.g. start your own business, become famous for something, etc.
• How many billionaires do you think there are in the world?
• Who do you think are the five wealthiest people in the world?
• How do you think they made their money?
• What do you think these five people have in common?

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Understanding Statistics

Reading Task

Study the infographic and find out what these numbers refer to.

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• $73 billion
• $30,000
• 88%
• 1 hour
• 63%
• 17%
• 219,000
• 400

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Secrets of Success

Reading Task - True or False?

• All of the world’s five wealthiest people are men.
• All wealthy people have the same daily routine.
• Wealthy people don’t eat junk food.
• People are wealthy because their parents taught them good success habits.
• Most wealthy people watch less than an hour of TV each day.
• Poor people don’t write down their goals.
• You are more likely to be rich if you live in Tokyo.
• Women are far less likely to be rich if they live in Japan.
• Most of the 400 richest people in the USA inherited their wealth.

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Your Response

Discussion Task

• Which of the facts in the infographic surprised you most?
• Which of the facts in the infographic do you most doubt?
• Which of the facts would you most like to tell someone else? Who would you tell?
• Which habits do you share in common with these wealthy people?
• What ways could you change your life to become more wealthy and successful?
• Do you believe that following all of the wealthy habits described by the infographic would lead you to become more successful? Why/not?
• Why do you think there are less female billionaires in the world?
• Why do you think there are so many billionaires in Tokyo?
• What do you think is the relationship between wealth and poverty? Is it necessary for some people to be poor in order for others to be rich?
• How do you define success?

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Defining Success

Discussion Task

Which of these images most accurately defines your understanding of success? Why?

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Habits of Success

Create a Research Questionnaire

Notepad

Look at the part of the infographic that gives information on habits.

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• Try to write the questions you think the researchers asked to extract the information.
• Once you have written the questions, use them to interview your classmates.
• Who do you think is the most likely to become successful?

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Fact Finding

Online Research Task

Check the links to the sources of information listed in the infographic. Try to find 10 more interesting facts.

• Forbes - The World's Billionaires


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• BBC - Buffett 'becomes world's richest'

• The Dave Ramsey Show: Interview with Tom Corley

• Yahoo Finance - Daily Habits of Wealthy People

• The Guardian - Which cities do the world's millionaires and billionaires live in?

• Forbes - Mentally Strong People: The 13 Things They Avoid

Share what you discovered with other students in your class.

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Role Models

Online Research Task

Choose a person you feel is very successful.Do some online research and find out how they became successful. See if their habits match the habits described in the infographic.

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Make notes and keep a record of the sources of the information you find. Include:

• The URL
• The name of the publication
• The name of the author(s)
• The date of publication
• Your assessment of the credibility of the source.

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How to Achieve Your Goals

Writing Task

Use what you have learned from this lesson to write an article for a blog aimed at teenagers. Give the article the title 'How to Achieve Your Goals'. Follow this process to write your article.

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• Take notes about the key facts you want to include in the report.
• Arrange the notes into paragraphs and think about what other paragraphs you need in the report, such as an introduction and a summary or conclusion.
• Create the first draft of your report.
• Share your draft with another student and show them the structure of your report. Look at their structure and see if they have any good ideas you can use.
• Write your first complete draft.
• Exchange your draft with another student and edit your partner’s report.
• Look at the edits your partner has suggested and write a final version of the report.

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