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Failure?No!JustTemporarySetbacksDottieWaltersReinforcementTextAnalysisBackgroundWarmingupFailure?No!JustTemporarySetbacksIdiomsWBTRConstantdroppingwearsthestone.滴水穿石Nothingisimpossibletoawillingheart.只要有一颗意志坚强的心，万事皆成。Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.(ThomasEdison)有志者，事竟成。(美国发明家爱迪生.T.)Greatworksareperformednotbystrengthbutbyperseverance.没有恒心只有力量是完不成伟业的。Aboldattemptishalfsuccess.勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。WarmingupIdiomsWBTRAllthingsaredifficultbeforetheyareeasy.凡事必先难后易。Stormsmaketreestakedeeperroots.风暴使树木深深扎根。Livingwithoutanaimislikesailingwithoutacompass.生活没有目标就像航海没有指南针。Youhavetobelieveinyourself.That'sthesecretofsuccess.(CharlesChaplin,Americanactor)人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。(卓别林）Yourhardworkwillpayoffsoonerorlater.努力终有回报。WarmingupIdiomsWBTRFailureisthemotherofsuccess.失败是成功之母。Itisdifficultiesandfailuresthatmakeuswhatweare.Itisdifficultiesandfailuresthatshapeus.失败造就人。Fromsmallbeginningscomesgreatthings.伟大始于渺小。Successcoversamultitudeofblunders.(GeorgeBernardShaw,BritishDramatist)成功由大量的失望铸就。(英国剧作家肖伯纳.G.)WarmingupQuestionsforreferenceWBTR(1)Mostpeoplehatefailure,whatdoyouthinkofit?(2)Haveyoueverfailedinsomething?Ifyes,thinkaboutwhatyouhavegotfromyourfailure.(3)Whatistherightattitudetowardfailure?WarmingupFailureandSuccessWBTRIsFailureaBadThing?Failureisquiteacommonthinginourlife.Aslongaswedothingswewillsurelyencounterdifficulties.Ofcourseweshouldtryourbesttogetoverthem，butinmanycases，itisnotsoeasy，orevenimpossible.Thenhowshouldwefacefailure？WarmingupFailureandSuccessWBTRDifferentpeopletakedifferentattitudestowardsfailure.Whenfacedwithfailure，somepeoplebecomefrustratedandlosetheirself-confidence.Theyrefusetomakeanyfurtherefforts.Thesepeoplewillprobablyneveramounttoanythinginlife.Somepeoplejustdon'tfearfailure.Theyfirmlybelievethatfailureisthemotherofsuccess.Asaresult，notonlycanfailurestopthem，buttheydrawusefullessonsfromitandtryevenharder.Suchpeoplearesuretosucceedsomeday.WarmingupFailureandSuccessWBTRDoyouagreeordisagreewiththefollowingstatement?Mostexperiencesinourlivesthatseemeddifficultatthetimebecomevaluablelessonsforthefuture.Sharewithusyourexperience,andusereasonsandspecificexamplestosupportyouranswer.WarmingupFailureandSuccessWBTRWhatissuccess?Somepeopleseemtosaileasilythroughlife,overcomingeveryobstacletheyencounterwithease.Thentherearethosewhomanagetoavoidmostdifficulties,bylimitingtheirexperiencetowhat’sfamiliarandeasy,andnevertryinganythingnew.Arethesepeoplesuccessful?Whichdoyouprefer?WarmingupBackgroundCultureTipsAuthorGenreTimeBWTRFailure?No!JustTemporarySetbacksBackgroundAuthorBWTRDottieWalterswasthepresidentofWaltersInternationalSpeakersBureauaswellasafoundingmemberoftheNationalSpeakersAssociation(NSA)andfounderoftheInternationalAssociationofSpeakersBureaus(IASB).DottieWaltersBackgroundAuthorBWTRShebeganatinyadvertisingbusinessonfoot,pushing2babiesinabroken-downbabystroller,inaruralcommunitywithnosidewalks.Shebuiltthatbusinessinto4offices,285employees,and4,000continuouscontractadvertisingaccounts.Aninternationallyrenownedspeaker,authorandspeakingcareerconsultant,shehelpedpioneerthisindustryaswellshapedtheworldofpublicspeakingasweknowittoday.ShehasbeeninterviewedonCNN,ABC,GoodMorningAmericaandhundredsofotherTVandradioprograms,newspapersandmagazinesworldwide.BackgroundCultureTipsBWTRRecessionsIntheUnitedStates,theunofficialbeginningandendingdatesofnationalrecessionshavebeendefinedbyanAmericanprivatenonprofitresearchorganizationknownastheNationalBureauofEconomicResearch(NBER).TheNBERdefinesarecessionasasignificantdeclineineconomicactivityspreadacrosstheeconomy,lastingmorethanafewmonths,normallyvisibleinrealgrossdomesticproduct(GDP),realincome,employment,industrialproduction,andwholesale-retailsales.BackgroundCultureTipsBWTRRecessionsTherehavebeenasmanyas47recessionsintheUnitedStatessince1790(althougheconomistsandhistoriansdisputecertain19th-centuryrecessions).Cyclesinagriculture,consumption,andbusinessinvestment,andthehealthofthebankingindustryalsocontributetothesedeclines.U.S.recessionshaveincreasinglyaffectedeconomiesonaworldwidescale,especiallyascountries'economiesbecomemoreintertwined.BackgroundCultureTipsBWTRRecessionsInthe19thcentury,recessionsfrequentlycoincidedwithfinancialcrises.Determiningtheoccurrenceofpre-20th-centuryrecessionsismoredifficultduetothedearthofeconomicstatistics,soscholarsrelyonhistoricalaccountsofeconomicactivity,suchascontemporarynewspapersorbusinessledgers.BackgroundCultureTipsBWTRRecessionsAlthoughtheNBERdoesnotdaterecessionsbefore1857,economistscustomarilyextrapolatedatesofU.S.recessionsbackto1790frombusinessannalsbasedonvariouscontemporarydescriptions.Theirworkisaidedbyhistoricalpatterns,inthatrecessionsoftenfollowexternalshockstotheeconomicsystemsuchaswarsandvariationsintheweatheraffectingagriculture,aswellasbankingcrises.BackgroundCultureTipsBWTRRecessionsMajormoderneconomicstatistics,suchasunemploymentandgrossdomesticproduct,werenotcompiledonaregularandstandardizedbasisuntilafterWorldWarII.Theaveragedurationofthe11recessionsbetween1945and2001is10months,comparedto18monthsforrecessionsbetween1