TED Talk Matt Cutts 30 Day Challenge. Warm-up Questions 1. Have you ever heard of a “New Year’s Resolution”? What is it? What is involved in making one?

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TED Talk Matt Cutts 30 Day Challenge

Warm-up Questions 1. Have you ever heard of a “New Year’s Resolution”? What is it? What is involved in making one? What kinds of resolutions tend to be made? Have you ever made one? How did it work out? 2. Americans often have trouble making their New Year’s Resolutions last. Can you think of why this might be? What might help them in making the resolution work out better?

Vocabulary stuck in a rut desk-dwelling computer nerd (do something) from scratch sleep-deprived sustainable give (something) a shot

Discussion Questions 1. Which of Matt’s 30-day challenges do you think would be the hardest for you to accomplish? Why? 2. Which of his challenges was the most humorous? 3. Which was the most creative? What makes it so? 4. Suppose you are motivated to take up Matt’s advice to take on a 30 day challenge. Come up with 3 ideas: (a) a hard one, (b) a funny one, & (c) a creative/inspirational one.