Close-up p 70. Challenges. Speaking

1. Were you to have muscle pain, would you give acupuncture a whirl?
2. When was the last time you faced a daunting challenge and you decided to take the plunge? Did you rise to the challenge?
3.  Do you know anybody who after having made a name for themselves and having been on a roll, had to confront a major challenge and everything ended in a great debacle? Have you ever done anything that was met with complete failure? Do you think fear of failure should deter you from trying again?
4. If you were offered a job overseas, would you jump at the chance? Is this one of your main ambitions? Which is the greatest ambition you have pursued? Do you know anyone who has a burning ambition to travel somewhere? Do you?
5. When was the last time you felt a rush of adrenaline while completing something that had posed a challenged? Do you enjoy the satisfaction of completing a difficult task?
6. When was the last time your mind whirled? Was it because of challenges you had to respond to?
7. What challenges bring out the best in people? and the worst? What challenges is the world facing nowadays? Can you give examples of economic, environmental, intellectual, political, and technological challenges? 
8. Would living in a small village present an enormous challenge? Would you feel cut off and isolated?
9. When you started at your workplace did you fit in immediately or did that become a huge challenge at first?  
10. Do you enjoy setting and achieving realistic goals? Are you an ambitious person? What are your ambitions? What ambitions have you already fulfilled? Have you ever secretly harboured a lifelong ambition? Can you tell us about it? Have you ever taken up a difficult challenge?
Add two more to ask a partner:
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12. __________