ENGL 101 Padlet by

Alex "Poatan" Periera- A man of Persistence

rafisayeedi5 — 2024-01-31 13:50:09 UTC

-Alex Periera came from nothing and battled addictions from the time he was a teenager, yet he constantly persisted in his pursuit of greatness.

- From years of poverty in Brazil, to being a 2-weight glory kickboxing world champion, as well as a 2-weight UFC World champion

-in just 7 UFC fights he has beaten 4 current, or former UFC champs.

-it only took Alex Periera 2 years to win 2 UFC titles

Elon Musk 'Taking responsible risks'.

malikali03262003 — 2024-01-31 13:57:10 UTC

Elon Musk is known for taking bold risks and pursuing ambitious ventures that many others might consider too risky.
Musk was born to South African father and a Canadian mother. He displayed an early talent for computers. At age of 12 he created video game and sold it to a computer magazine.
In 1988 after obtaining a Canadian passport, Musk left South Africa as he sought the greater economic opportunities available in U.S. After living near relatives in Canada, he came to the university of Pennsylvania on a scholarship where he received two degrees in business and physics. He chose to settle in U.S because ' it is where great things are possible' he says.
He enrolled to pursue his PhD in energy physics at Standford but dropped out 2 days later to start his own company called zip2 with his brother. He later sold the company for $341 million and did not waste any time founding his 3rd company called X. He had 2 failed launches before succeeding 3rd time to which he why he is a billionaire today.

https://www.ilctr.org/entrepreneur-hof/elon-musk/

Anthony Richardson Patrick Mahomes "Thinking Flexibly" A man of Leadership

anthonyrichardson439 — 2024-01-31 14:05:59 UTC

-His flexible thinking lead him to a lot of goals and higher achievements like being the AFC champions going to the super bowl and being super bowl champions all because Patrick knows how think on his feet and has great communication with is team

-The son of former MLB pitcher Pat Mahomes Sr., Patrick played baseball in college and almost went pro. But his success on the football field at Texas Tech University changed his plans. Mahomes was drafted into the NFL in 2017 as the 10^th overall pick and has since won two league MVP awards.

Dwayne "The Rock Johnson "Applying past knowledge to new situations"

shafisayeedi10 — 2024-02-02 13:11:27 UTC

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson applying past knowledge to new situations. - his past football career The rock used to be a football player but that was cut short due to injuries and being a football player helped him to be tough and got him ready for wrestling.

- the WWE career now the rock had a great WWE career, but it wasn't very long. but football helped him with being able to get roughed up and not complain about it.

-Acting career I'm sure everyone has seen the rock in movies like fast in furious or jumanji now how does football or WWE help with acting. well, if anyone really knows the WWE you know its pre-determined. and they read off a script when they go out and talk so it was helpful for him in the future as actor as reading a script and performing it wasn't too difficult.