Learning activity 1

Evidence: Modeling excellence

Fuente: SENA

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Aristotle.

For this evidence, go online and find information about the daily routine of at
least three people you consider role models. You should compare their routines
and find the things they have in common. Then, you should write a three-
paragraph composition about their commonalities and the way your routine
resembles or will resemble theirs. Make sure you use the conjunctions (so,
either, neither, too) you learned in this learning activity.

The structure of the composition is as follows:

Paragraph 1: A short description about why you decided to choose those

people and a short description about who they are.

Paragraph 2: The similarities you found in their routines.

Paragraph 3: The way your routine reflects or will reflect their routines.

Look at the example below:

Example:

For this composition, I decided to get information about three high-achievers

that inspire me to do my best in everything I do. They are goal-oriented people
who are always on the lookout for exciting ways to grow both professionally and
personally.

 Elon Musk is a Canadian magnate, inventor, and investor.

 Ray Kurzweil is an American computer scientist, inventor, futurist and a
director of engineering at Google.
 Jason Silva is a Venezuelan-American filmmaker and performance
philosopher.

Even though they belong to different generations, I was able to find several
commonalities in their routines:

The three of them think commitment is the most important quality you should
have if you want to achieve your goals. Jason doesn’t start his day without
looking at his to-do list first and Ray doesn’t either.

Setting goals is an essential element for success according to them. Before they
go to bed, Jason and Ray write what they plan to accomplish the next day. Elon
does too, but he prefers to write his goals in the morning. They all have a
notebook to keep track of what they do and make sure they are focused on their
priorities.

Elon doesn’t watch TV. Neither do Jason or Ray. They think it is a passive
activity that makes them waste time. They prefer to read and go online to find
the most recent articles about their interests. Jason and Elon always take notes
about what they read and so does Ray.

Additionally, they think a balanced diet is a key element in regards to high

cognitive abilities. Jason never eats processed carbs or sugar and neither does
Elon. Elon and Ray enjoy working out because it promotes the birth of new
neurons. Jason does too, but he doesn’t go to the gym. He likes rock climbing
and bodyweight training.

In regards to mortality, Ray has a very particular approach. He thinks dying

should be treated as a disease. He feels technology will make us immortal, and
Jason does too. Elon is more cautious in his optimism, but he also thinks our
well-being is being enhanced by technology.

In my case, I think I have not been as organized as I can in regards to my goals.

From now on, I will start using the day planner to check off the activities that I do
during the day. In regards to diet, I am going to start cutting down on carbs and
sugar. I know it is not going to be easy because most people don’t know
anything about their detrimental effects so they are always offering them. It was
 good to find out that they also think commitment is essential if we want to get
ahead in life. That was a lesson my dad taught me when I was a child and I
couldn’t feel more grateful for that.

Evidence Solution

Paragraph 1

Select these characters because they are great innovators in song and sports their
developments, they have become influential throughout the world and are very
successful.

John Jairo Rivera Valencia (b. Pereira, Colombia; February 23, 1974), 1 known as
Johnny Rivera, is a Colombian popular music singer, actor, and Colombian
businessman.

Johnny Rivera in concert.

A love disappointment led him to compose his first hit: El Dolor de Una Partida,
which started playing in his native Pereira; from there, he pasted each of his songs
to all corners of the country.

James Rodríguez4 (Cucuta, Norte de Santander; July 12, 1991) is a Spanish

nationalized Colombian footballer1 who plays as a midfielder for Real Madrid Club
de Football of the Spanish First Division. He is also an absolute international with
the Colombian soccer team.

He received in 2009, 2012 and 2014 the revelation player award of the First
Division of Argentina and in the Premiere Lia of Portugal. He was chosen in 2014 by
the International Center for Sports Studies as the second best offensive midfielder
in Europe, he was also chosen as the Puskás prize in the World Cup that year.5

Absolute international with the Colombian team since debuting in 2011, he was
winner of the Golden Boot of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, after scoring six goals
that allowed his team to reach the tournament quarterfinals, being to date the best
performance of Colombia in a World Cup

Yeison Orlando Jiménez Galeano (June 26, 1991) was born in Manzanares,
Caldas, Colombia. Colombian popular music singer and composer, currently
considered one of the benchmarks of the new generation of the popular genre.
Jiménez was released in the mid-2010s, when he released his first album, Con el
Corazon (2015), which includes the hits Ya No Queda Nada, Te Voy a Olvidar and
La Vecina Con Antena. Later he rises to fame with the single Aventuro, a song that
has more than 38 million views on YouTube. His talent and passion for the genre
have made him one of the artists with the most potential in recent years, being
recognized by great exponents of the genre such as Pipe Bueno, Giovanny Ayala
and Johnny Rivera.

Son of the merchants Orlando Jiménez Aristizabal and Luz Fenny Galeano, he
grew up in a modest family, which worked in a bar in his hometown; with the
passage of time the happy family began to have various problems linked to the
consumption of alcoholic beverages and the infidelity of the artist's father, it was
around this time that abuse and domestic violence by his father appeared, which
became aggressive with her mother. While he was going through this tough stage,
he became interested in music, specifically in the popular northern genre, which
motivated him to participate in music events and festivals; When he was only seven
years old, he participated in the Children's Song Festival, where he stood out for his
talent, crowning himself as the king of children's songs, a title he achieved on
several occasions consecutively.

A short time later, his family situation worsened, to the point that his mother, tired of
the abuse, decided to move to Manizales with little Yeison, eight years old. In
Manizales a new and difficult stage begins, due to the economic problems of the
family, since it was only him and his mother who went through difficult moments of
monetary shortage, even so, his mother provided him with a good education and
tried to promote the career of the little aspirant. During these years, he continued to
appear in festivals and musical events, such as the National Festival of the
Colombian hall Aguagas and the National Meeting of Neira bands and musical
groups, among others, in which his presentations were outstanding, positioning
himself at the top of each event.

Paragraph 2

For these characters, their routines of success are: we realize that the 3 prisoners
from poverty to today have emerged, make changes, investments and strategies for
the development of their activities.
For yeison and jhonny, it is important to be an artist. For James it is also.

If you fail, go ahead and accept your mistakes. yeison jimene, james rodriguez and
jhony rivera, the creator's career is full of failures, we should not fear failure,
because failure is not the end of the road.
So should you take failure as the opportunity to learn and improve? Yes. For them,
they believe that these traps are part of life, but you have to learn from them.

For these artists and athletes, they want to go down in history not for millionaires,
but for successful singers or athletes who helped the world. For yeison and jhony, it
is important to develop their songs that make us happy, just like james with their
sport. So is it important to them to be millionaires? It is not important to them
because it is better to contribute to the world with their ideas, developing their
songs.For these characters, their success routines are, always anticipate future
trends, create a more connected world, make changes, investments and strategies
for the development of their activities. For Zuckerberg and Jobs, it is important to be
visionary. For Bezos it is too.
If you fail, go ahead, accept your mistakes. For Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs and
Jeff Bezos, the creator's career is full of failures, we should not fear failure, because
failure is not the end of the road.
¿So, should you take failure as the opportunity to learn and improve? Yes For them,
they believe that these pitfalls are part of life, but you have to learn from them.

For these entrepreneurs and creators, they want to go down in history not by
millionaires, but by innovators or successful entrepreneurs who helped the world.
For Zuckerberg and Jobs, it is important to develop their companies, so does
Bezos. ¿So, is it important for them to be millionaires? It is not important for them
because it is better to contribute to the world with their ideas, developing their
companies.

Paragraph 3

As for me, my success routines are always to be an entrepreneur, failures are never
a reason for limitation, because they are the opportunity for work and personal
growth.
Furthermore, I try to contribute to the world with my way of developing my company.
So I want to be remembered for contributing to society and helping the worldAs for
me, my success routines are always to be an entrepreneur, failures are never a
cause of limitation, because they are the opportunity for work and personal growth.
In addition, I try to contribute to the world with my way of developing my company.
So I want to be remembered for contributing to society.

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Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the learning

guide in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to
develop them and deliver them correctly.

Criterios de
evaluación
Intercambia puntos de vista en el contexto, haciendo uso de la
estructura
gramatical y el vocabulario requerido.