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From the Ted Talk by Richard St. John: 8 secrets of success

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(Laughter)

(Applause) farnk Gehry said to me, "My mother pushed me."

(Laughter)

Serve! Sherwin Nuland says, "It was a pileivgre to serve as a doctor."

A lot of kids want to be meiirlonilas. The first thing I say is: "OK, well you can't serve yourself; you've got to svree others something of value. Because that's the way people really get rich."

Ideas! TEDster Bill Gates says, "I had an idea: founding the first micro-computer software company." I'd say it was a pretty good idea. And there's no magic to creativity in coming up with ideas — it's just doing some very splmie things. And I give lots of evidence.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

(Applause) _____ Gehry said to me, "My mother pushed me."

(Laughter)

Serve! Sherwin Nuland says, "It was a _________ to serve as a doctor."

A lot of kids want to be ____________. The first thing I say is: "OK, well you can't serve yourself; you've got to _____ others something of value. Because that's the way people really get rich."

Ideas! TEDster Bill Gates says, "I had an idea: founding the first micro-computer software company." I'd say it was a pretty good idea. And there's no magic to creativity in coming up with ideas — it's just doing some very ______ things. And I give lots of evidence.

Solution


  1. millionaires
  2. privilege
  3. serve
  4. simple
  5. frank

Original Text


(Laughter)

(Applause) Frank Gehry said to me, "My mother pushed me."

(Laughter)

Serve! Sherwin Nuland says, "It was a privilege to serve as a doctor."

A lot of kids want to be millionaires. The first thing I say is: "OK, well you can't serve yourself; you've got to serve others something of value. Because that's the way people really get rich."

Ideas! TEDster Bill Gates says, "I had an idea: founding the first micro-computer software company." I'd say it was a pretty good idea. And there's no magic to creativity in coming up with ideas — it's just doing some very simple things. And I give lots of evidence.

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