English Topics: The Role of Failure in Personal Growth

Ice Breaking Topics

  • What is "reality"?
  • What are your top three personal values and why are they important to you?
  • What’s the most spontaneous thing you've ever done?
  • How have your tastes changed as you've grown older?
  • Do you think there is ultimate truth, and can we ever really know it?
  • What scientific or technological advance blows your mind?
  • How do you handle feelings of burnout or exhaustion when working tirelessly towards your goals?
  • Have you ever traveled to a country where you didn't speak the language?

Main Topics

  • How do you usually feel when you experience failure?
  • Can failure be a positive experience? Why or why not?
  • Have you ever learned something important from a failure?
  • Why do some people fear failure more than others?
  • How does your culture view failure in general?
  • Should schools or workplaces encourage people to take risks and possibly fail?
  • What’s the difference between failing and being a failure?
  • Do you think success without failure is meaningful?

Free Topics

  • Do you prefer to drink coffee or tea? (or neither?)
  • Have you ever taught yourself a new skill? What was it?
  • What do you dream about most?
  • How worried are you about the future?
  • Who's the most attractive person you have seen?
  • What are your thoughts on the concept of 'existence'?
  • What sport would be the most entertaining if the athletes were required to wear clown shoes?
  • What is the funniest prank you have ever pulled?