Band 6: Describe a role model for youngsters (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I would like to talk about one of the most renowned entrepreneurs, Elon Musk. He is a visionary entrepreneur I came to know through various media sources, newspapers, and magazines. I have not met him personally, but if I ever get a chance, I would definitely love to meet him. There are many things that inspire young people about Elon Musk. First and foremost is his relentless hard work that he puts into everything he does. For example, when he launched the SpaceX rockets into space, he lost billions of dollars, but he never gave up. He worked tirelessly to succeed in his mission. Now he's continuously working towards Mars colonization. I believe he will definitely succeed in the future. Moreover, the second most important quality to learn from him is his patience. He never gives up on anything he sets his mind to. Lastly, he only sleeps for two to three hours a night. He believes that sleep is just to give the body a rest, but we should not relax completely. These three qualities, when taken as inspiration from Elon Musk, can definitely help a person succeed in any goal they set out to achieve.

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I would like to talk about one of the most renowned, uh, entrepreneur who is none other than eln Musk. He is a visionary entrepreneur I came to know. I became aware of him through various media sources, newspapers and media and I have not met him, but uh, if I ever get a chance, definitely I would love to meet him. And uh, there are many things that inspire um, youth, um, by Alan Musk. And the first and primary most is, is his relentness, hard work that he puts on, on any work. For example, uh, when he launched the space rockets into the space he has lost some billions amount of money but still he never gave up. He tried hard and hard to succeed in his mission. Now he’s continuously working for the Mars colonization. I think definitely he will succeed in the future. And uh, moreover um, paty, the second most important quality that one should learn in him is the patienty he had that he would never give up, uh, in whatever thing that he do. And the last thing is he will just sleep for two to 3 hours. He always considered that sleep is just to give a rest to the body. But we should not relax completely. These three things when we uh, take inspiration from the Aln must definitely a person would succeed in whatever um, goal that he has targeted to achieve.

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