Bill Gates Credits ‘Think Week’ For Success
Interesting Facts in Easy English
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- firm believer: a person who feels strongly about something
- biannual: occurring twice a year
- innovation: a new invention, product, or idea
- strategize: to come up with a plan
- retreat: an escape from everyday life
- implement: to put into use; to make something happen
- entrepreneur: a person who takes a risk in order to develop a new idea or business
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Bill Gates Credits ‘Think Week’ For Success
Comprehension Questions
- What was ‘Think Week’?
- What did Gates mainly do on these retreats?
- What did Gates do at the end of ‘Think Week’?
Discussion Questions: If you could afford to take a ‘Think Week’ retreat, where would you go and what would you do?
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18 comments
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Nedra says:
1-think week is a week who peoples can think and innovate.
2-he was reading and strategizing during his retreats.
3-he summarized his thoughts, send an email to his executives then he work a lot to put plans into actions.
-if I would take a think week retreat, I would travel to on other country and try to think about an innovative project in the protection of the environment. -
takwa says:
it is good that i live in a rural area where it is very quiet and beautiful , surrounded by mounntains on every side and beautiful green forests. whenever i want to thnik and immerese myself in my thoughts , i go there , so it will Always be the refuge for arranging my thoughts
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Laila khlifi says:
BG put his ‘think week’ starting from his employees’ ideas. But in the end it’s Bill Gates who won fame and fortune.
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Ben Banneni Rebah says:
If i could take a ‘think week’ retreat, i would spend it in a natural surrounding toremove all distractions and do some meditation to bring inspirations
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Fetha Bennani says:
If i can take a think week retreat, i would spend it far from the crowded city. i organise my priorities and doing my plan-list for the next steps : for my work or in my life generally.
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Wissal BOUSSAADIA says:
NOTHING TO REPORT
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Lahouil Tarek says:
Think week is a break time from office, during which Bligates reflects about his future plan of developing his company.
Gates
Gates mainly read, and took notes the best idea of his employees.I will try to rest, in the meantime I will think about, rethink and evaluate my previous steps, then reflect about my next steps without making the same mistakes.
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Lahouil Tarek says:
Think week is a break time from office, during which Bligates reflects about his future plan of developing his company.
Gates
Gates mainly read, and took notes the best idea of his employees.
At the end of think weeks, Gates summarized his thoughts and sent out emails and reading lists to his executives.I will try to rest, in the meantime I will think about, rethink and evaluate my previous steps, then reflect about my next steps without making the same mistakes.
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Med Ali Melki says:
I would try to be closer to the little family (mother and father)
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Med Ali Melki says:
I was trying to get closer and be more like the little family (mother and father)
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zeineb madhi says:
1)think week is a break from office life
2)Gates spend time thinging about the future of his company and computer industry
3)At the end of the week, Gates summarized his thoughts and sent out email and reading lists to his executives -
CHEDIA TURKI says:
– Think Week is breaking from office life
– Gates spent time alone thinking about his company and the
future of the computer industry
– Gates summarized his thoughts and sent out e mails
and reading lists to his executives. -
CHEDIA TURKI says:
– Think Week is a break from office life for 7 days
– Gates spent time alone thinking about his company and the
future of the computer industry
– Gates summarized his thoughts and sent out e mails and reading lists to his executives, He had follow-up meetings to put plans into action -
ZAMMOURI Amal says:
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seif eddine says:
Think Week is a challenge to all the good and bad actions taken during the week, it is also an opportunity to reflect on the mistakes and how to correct them and solve them.
What I did all week, bad and good things, so should I keep it and what needs to change in attitude. -
Sabri ismail says:
For me the think week is like the sammary of the all good and bad actions maked during the week, it’s olso the opportunity to think about errors and how to correct and resolve it.
I have a cafeteria in my City where i take my time to make my “think week”, the subjects is about my job career, my daughter and her musique course and her sports activity or competition, it’s usually about my family. -
Donia says:
Think week is also my ritual that i do every weekend at 6AM when all my family sleep at this time, it s only me and my cup of coffee my Pen and my journal where i write what i did during all the week Bad and good things then what i have to keep and what i have to change in my behaviour and attitude.
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Soumaya ALOUI says:
I think I will spend time with God to lead me to the right thing .