Try Someth ng

New for 30 Days

WEEK 2, LESSON 2

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Where learning
happens

PATH
GOALS FOR TODAY

1. Acqu re a new hab t!

Learn the dea of acqu r ng a new hab t n 30
days!

2. Vocabulary!
Learn the vocabulary about hab ts!

3. Talk about hab ts!

Learn how to reflect your op n ons on
hab ts
BEFORE WE START....

Let's answer the quest ons !

What is a habit?
 How long does it take
for a new habit to stick?
Why do people make
changes in their lives?

Have you ever tried to make

changes in your live?
 Who or what has
inspired you to make a
change in your life?
BRAINSTORM
Make a l st of at least 5 th ngs you could do for th rty days.

What w ll you do?

How w ll you ach eve th s goal?
How w ll you hold yourself respons ble?
What w ll you need n order to do th s goal?
P ck a day to start.
What k nds of changes are d ff cult to make?

What k nds of changes are easy to make?

A Message From Our CEO

Let's watch the video again!

A Message From Our CEO

A few years ago, I felt l ke I was stuck n a rut, so I dec ded to

follow n the footsteps of the great Amer can ph losopher,
Morgan Spurlock, and try someth ng new for 30 days. The dea
s actually pretty s mple. Th nk about someth ng you've always
wanted to add to your l fe and try t for the next 30 days. It
turns out 30 days s just about the r ght amount of t me to add a
new hab t or subtract a hab t -- l ke watch ng the news -- from
your l fe.
A Message From Our CEO
There's a few th ngs I learned wh le do ng these 30-day
challenges. The f rst was, nstead of the months fly ng by,
forgotten, the t me was much more memorable. Th s was part
of a challenge I d d to take a p cture every day for a month. And
I remember exactly where I was and what I was do ng that day.
I also not ced that as I started to do more and harder 30-day
challenges, my self-conf dence grew. I went from desk-
dwell ng computer nerd to the k nd of guy who b kes to work.
For fun!
 Even last year, I ended up h k ng up Mt. K l manjaro, the h ghest
mountaFrom
A Message n n Afr ca. I would never have been that adventurous
Our CEO
before I started my 30-day challenges.
I also f gured out that f you really want someth ng badly enough,
you can do anyth ng for 30 days.
Have you ever wanted to wr te a novel? Every November, tens of
thousands of people try to wr te the r own 50,000-word novel,
from scratch, n 30 days. It turns out, all you have to do s wr te
1,667 words a day for a month. So I d d. By the way, the secret s
not to go to sleep unt l you've wr tten your words for the day. You
m ght be sleep-depr ved, but you'll f n sh your novel. Now s my
book the next great Amer can novel? No. I wrote t n a month. It's
awful.
A Message From Our CEO

But for the rest of my l fe, f I meet John Hodgman at a TED

party, I don't have to say, "I'm a computer sc ent st." No, no, f I
want to, I can say, "I'm a novel st."
So here's one last th ng I'd l ke to ment on. I learned that when I
made small, susta nable changes, th ngs I could keep do ng,
they were more l kely to st ck. There's noth ng wrong w th b g,
crazy challenges. In fact, they're a ton of fun. But they're less
l kely to st ck. When I gave up sugar for 30 days, day 31 looked
l ke th s.
 A Message From Our CEO

So here's my quest on to you: What are you wa t ng for? I

guarantee you the next 30 days are go ng to pass whether you
l ke t or not, so why not th nk about someth ng you have
always wanted to try and g ve t a shot! For the next 30 days.
What is the idea of 30-day
challenge?
What habit would you like to
add to your life? Why?
What habit would you like to
subtract from your life? Why?
 Let's discuss!

It s eas er to acqu re a new hab t.

It s eas er to subtract an old one.

 I need to change jobs - after 15 years here I feel I'm stuck n a rut.

I dec ded to follow n the footsteps of the great Amer can ph losopher,
Morgan Spurlock* and try someth ng new for 30 days.

He had no money and no r ch fr ends, so he had to bu ld h s bus ness from

scratch.

A: "Do you want to try dr v ng my car, to see how you l ke t?" B: "Yeah,
sure, I'll g ve t a shot."
 F nd ng a cure for cancer s one of the b ggest challenges fac ng
med cal researchers.

I can't bel eve your k d s about to graduate h gh school. How t me

fl es.

We used glue to st ck the broken p eces together.

If they know the cause of the problem, they can f gure out how to
stop t.
 Stuck in a rut

a. to feel free

b. to feel trapped

c. to be capable of
follow the footsteps
of....
a. to do the same thing
as someone else
previously did

b. to happen as the next

part of something
 from scratch

a. having skill or knowledge because

you have done something many times

b. from the very beginning

 give it a shot

a. to give up to do
something new

b. to try something new

 time flies
a. time goes slowly

b. time flies in the sky.

So we can not touch it.

c. time passes
surprisingly quickly
 time flies
a. time goes slowly

b. time flies in the sky.

So we can not touch it.

c. time passes
surprisingly quickly
 Challenge

a. to pass something
easily

b. a new or difficult
task that tests your
ability
 figure out

a. to understand or solve
something

b. to ignore or neglect
someting
1 If I feel stuck n a rut, I usually….
2 I’d love to follow n the footsteps of…
3 T me always fl es by when I’m…
4 Cook ng from scratch…
5 I’ve always wanted to g ve……. a shot.
6. For me, ......... s a great challenge.
7.It takes me some t me to f gure out ......
Wr te a paragraph on the top c “Try someth ng
new for 30 day” , answer the follow ng
quest ons:
Is t poss ble to change our l fe by do ng someth ng new for 30 days?
What benef ts d d Matt Cutts get after h s 30-day-challenges?
Would you l ke to follow n Matt Cutts’s footsteps?
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