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Knowledge Base: Tutor Reading Dare To Be You Year 8
1. Why this book?
A light-hearted non fiction text. Syed reminds you that it’s fine to be yourself, to make mistakes, take risks and to be the per son you want to be. An important message for
us to remember.
2. Context
Matthew Syed
Has written seven bestselling books on the subject of mindset and high performance and has worked with many leading organisations to build a mindset of continuous improvement. He is also a multi-awardwinning journalist for The Times and The Sunday Times and presenter on BBC Radio 4. Matthew Syed is a regular contributor to television and radio and, in his previous career, was the England table tennis number one for almost a decade.
4. Vocabulary
Self doubt
Doubt is a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction. (firmly held belief or opinion).
Self Doubt is a lack of faith in oneself : a feeling of doubt or uncertainty about one’s abilities, actions, etc.
Determination
Showing the strong desire to follow a particular plan of action even if it is difficult.
Distinctive
Having a quality or characteristic that makes a person or thing different from others.
Resilience
The capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties.
3. Themes
Coping with change
Our world is changing at pace and, like us all, you will likely face all kinds of challenges throughout your life. Syed hopes to encourage you to understand that you can overcome fear and needn’t avoid failure, and to equip you with techniques that can help you throughout your life.
See your differences as the strengths that they are
Syed highlights why we should all embrace our differences and how doing so will not only make us happier and less worried or anxious, but can also be a really inspiring force for change big and small. Doing so can be really hard, especially when you’re growing up, when it’s often easier and instinctual to want to fit in and go along with everybody else. Syed has lots of advice and ideas to help.
Building confidence to follow the path that is right for you and nobody else.
Syed explores how to believe in yourself and have the confidence to follow your own path to success, whatever that might look like for you.
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