[speaker] eight things lead to success: passion work focus good: put your nose down and be damn good at something push: push yourself; pushed by your mother serve: you gotta serve someone and exchange for money IDEAS: listen; observe; be curious; ask questions;problem solve; make connections Persist: persist your failures and persist your CRAP:criticism; rejection; assholes; pressure
[speed] 2:17 before the world up, in 2010, several exhibition matcheswere rigged, and no one was punished for this. Several questions about World Cup and football. 1:42 corruption is a serious problem in football field. Likeother international committees, FIFA also has moral problems. First, corruption and complacency make it hard to fightfraud. Second, wherever a match is held, there is a great chanceto bribe the referees or national officers. Finally, football has not conquered China, America andIndia. 1:46 it is good for FIFA that Mr Blatter has left. But it isstill hard to reform FIFA’s structural problem. FIFA needs to be regulated by one country or a union. Butit now answers to no government. The author says it is better to authorize theright to hold the gagme to the highest bidder or the successive winner in eightyears. 1:55 Spain is nearly a standing winner in World Cup. There aretwo main reasons: first the there are more penalties against visiting teamsthan home team. Second hectic schedules can tire visiting teams out and newcircumstances can spook them. For instance, a famous football club in Londonoffers cramped dressing room with high shirt-hangers and low kit-lockers. 1:42 Such factor mentioned above do make a difference. Thenumbers suggested that the chance for host country to win the game is 50%, andthe chance for them to win games on road is 32%. Several examples are presentedto show the difference. For instance, when visiting teams play games in America,people will make more noises. For that, Spain has invested a lavish amount ofmoney to construct their stadiums, and they are expected to be the winner thisyear. [obstacle] 7:27 main point: does World Cup really benefit the hostcountry? A Brazilian woman says the stores in stadium are only forFIFA people not for them. Only 600 people are allowed to sell things outsidethe stadium. Therefore, it seems that World Cup is not for Brazilians but forelites at the top of the society. A lot of people protest holding World up on the street. Brazilhas high level of income disparity. People are wondering that why the countryinvest hundreds of thousands of money in holding the match rather than in narrowingthe disparity. There are other concern such as police brutality and themovement of some houses. However, the renovation of airports and otherinfrastructures create a lot of temporary and permanent jobs for Brazilians. |