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Read the article and choose the
answer
(a, b, c or d) that fits
best according to the text.
Legacy - is something that
people have achieved
and that
continues to exist after they
stop working or die.
Stages of life
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lasts until late adolescence and early adulthood. People are born helpless. They can’t walk,
talk, or feed themselves. As children, they learn by watching others. Here, the first stage of
their life starts.
First, they learn physical skills and then they develop social skills. Finally, in late
childhood, they learn to adapt to their culture by observing the rules and norms around them.
This helps them behave in such a way that is
generally considered acceptable by society. The goal of this stage is to teach young people how
to function within society so that they can be autonomous and self-sufficient adults. Older
adults help them reach this point through supporting their ability to make decisions and take
actions themselves.
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lasts into a person’s mid-30s. This stage is about learning what makes people at this stage
different from the others around them. In this stage, people begin making decisions by
themselves, testing and understanding themselves. The stage involves a lot of trial and error
and experimentation. It is a process of self-discovery. When people try things, some of them go
well. However, they’re just going to be bad at some other things, no matter how
hard they have tried. The goal is to stick with the ones that go well for a while and move on.
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lasts until one reaches retirement age. In this stage, people get rid of the activities and
hobbies that are a waste of time. Also, they say goodbye to their old dreams that are clearly
not coming true any time soon. Then they double down on what they’re best at and what is best
for them. They double down on the most important relationships in their life, on their mission
in life and maximise their own potential in this life.
People arrive into this stage, after they have spent somewhere around half a century. They did great things, worked hard, earned everything they have now. They’ve reached the age where their energy and circumstances no longer allow them to pursue their purpose any further. In this stage, people want to be sure that their legacy will continue. This could be as simple as supporting and advising their children what to do or passing on their
projects, or maybe just by teaching someone the secrets of their job.