Assignment #8

 1.  stratospheric :   adj. / relating to the stratosphere

        ➪The detection of living cells in stratospheric samples.

2.  motivational :  adv. / giving you motivation (= enthusiasm)

        ➪She ' s becoming quite the motivational speaker.

3.  characteristic :  n. / pleasure or satisfaction

        ➪It was, after all, a human characteristic.

4.  stamina :   noun. / the physical and/or mental strength to do something that might be difficult and will take a long time

        ➪The triathlon is a great test of stamina.

5.  inversely :  adverb. / a long piece of writing on a particular subject

        ➪Subjects are asked to predict prices and their earnings are inversely related to their quadratic forecasting errors.

What do you think is the key to success?

1.  Grit. Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. 

2.  We need to measure whether we've been successful, and we have to be willing to fail, to be wrong, to start over again with lessons learned.