Английский для социологов. Астафурова Т.Н. - 52 стр.

      THE ENTREPRENEURIAL INDICATOR
     Score yourself according to how true the statements below are
for you:
 1. I like to       . all my own decisions.                       YES           ..NO
 2. I am a self                  .                                5 4   3   2      1   0
 3. I am totally self                   .                         5 4   3   2      1   0
 4. I            .. on competition.                               5 4   3   2      1   0
 5. I m good at                    to change.                     5 4   3   2      1   0
 6. I always               . well ahead.                          5 4   3   2      1   0
 7. I have a flair for         teams.                             5 4   3   2      1   0
 8. I m quite capable of                   with complex issues.   5 4   3   2      1   0
 9. I can       .. a fair amount of stress.                       5 4   3   2      1   0
10. I can              . with uncertainty and ambiguity.          5 4   3   2      1   0
11. I have the physical                 . to work long hours.     5 4   3   2      1   0
12. I am quite single                     about my work.          5 4   3   2      1   0
13. I m no stranger to risk                 .. .                  5 4   3   2      1   0
14. I m always                   .. to other people s      ..     5 4   3   2      1   0
15. I m prepared to make              to achieve my         ..    5 4   3   2      1   0

       Work out your score and check it in the answer key. How did
you do? Does the test above take a different view of entrepreneurial
skill from the article?
       d) Complete the quotes
       Complete the following quotations on success:
       1. Success is getting what you want. Happiness is .......... what you
          .......... .
       2. Success comes to those who are too .......... to look for it.
       3. Success is one .......... inspiration and ninety-nine ..........
          perspiration.
       4. There are no rules to success that will work .......... you do.
       5. Many of men owes his success to his .......... wife, and his
          second ........... to his success.
       Do you agree? Do you have a favourite quotation of your own?

      6. DISCUSS
       These days a lot of companies try to encourage the entrepreneurial
spirit inside their organizations. They talk about the ‘entrepreneur’ or


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