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From the Ted Talk by Kate Adams: 4 larger-than-life lessons from soap operas

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(Laughter)

But I knew my story wasn't over, that it couldn't be over. I just had to tap into everything I had ever learned about soap operas. I had to be brave like Erica and refuse to sueernrdr, so every day, I made a decision to fight. I had to be vnubellrae like saientphe and sacrifice my ego. I had to ask for help a lot of times across many states. I had to be adaptable like Carly and elovve my sllkis, my mindset, and my circumstances, and then I had to be resilient, like Stefano, and resurrect myself and my career like a phoenix from the ashes.

etlueavnly I got an interview. After 15 years in news and entertainment, nine mohtns of unemployment and this one interview, I had an offer for an entry level job. I was 37 years old and I was back from the dead.

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But I knew my story wasn't over, that it couldn't be over. I just had to tap into everything I had ever learned about soap operas. I had to be brave like Erica and refuse to _________, so every day, I made a decision to fight. I had to be __________ like _________ and sacrifice my ego. I had to ask for help a lot of times across many states. I had to be adaptable like Carly and ______ my ______, my mindset, and my circumstances, and then I had to be resilient, like Stefano, and resurrect myself and my career like a phoenix from the ashes.

__________ I got an interview. After 15 years in news and entertainment, nine ______ of unemployment and this one interview, I had an offer for an entry level job. I was 37 years old and I was back from the dead.

Solution


  1. stephanie
  2. evolve
  3. eventually
  4. vulnerable
  5. skills
  6. months
  7. surrender

Original Text


(Laughter)

But I knew my story wasn't over, that it couldn't be over. I just had to tap into everything I had ever learned about soap operas. I had to be brave like Erica and refuse to surrender, so every day, I made a decision to fight. I had to be vulnerable like Stephanie and sacrifice my ego. I had to ask for help a lot of times across many states. I had to be adaptable like Carly and evolve my skills, my mindset, and my circumstances, and then I had to be resilient, like Stefano, and resurrect myself and my career like a phoenix from the ashes.

Eventually I got an interview. After 15 years in news and entertainment, nine months of unemployment and this one interview, I had an offer for an entry level job. I was 37 years old and I was back from the dead.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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soap opera 7
soap operas 7
opera lesson 4
erica kane 3
watching soap 2
final episode 2

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soap opera lesson 4

Important Words


  1. adaptable
  2. ashes
  3. brave
  4. career
  5. carly
  6. circumstances
  7. day
  8. dead
  9. decision
  10. ego
  11. entertainment
  12. entry
  13. erica
  14. eventually
  15. evolve
  16. fight
  17. interview
  18. job
  19. knew
  20. laughter
  21. learned
  22. level
  23. lot
  24. mindset
  25. months
  26. news
  27. offer
  28. operas
  29. phoenix
  30. refuse
  31. resilient
  32. resurrect
  33. sacrifice
  34. skills
  35. soap
  36. states
  37. stefano
  38. stephanie
  39. story
  40. surrender
  41. tap
  42. times
  43. unemployment
  44. vulnerable
  45. years