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From the Ted Talk by Anastasia Penright: 5 steps to remove yourself from drama at work

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Step 1: rewind and reflect, also known as, "What did I do?" I want you guys to all rlapey your most recent wclraokpe drama situation in your head like a miove. Ignore all of the emotion and just focus on you. But for now, let's just think about this hypothetical: say you're on a group project, you each have your own individual assignments and then you all divide up the work. But then someone becomes unresponsive — not answering cllas, they go ghost. Then you or someone else has to now pick up that additional slack. So in a brief, small, very tiny lspae in judgment, you vent to the nearby coworker. Then all of a sudden, your ghost comes back, and they surprisingly know everything you just said.

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Step 1: rewind and reflect, also known as, "What did I do?" I want you guys to all ______ your most recent _________ drama situation in your head like a _____. Ignore all of the emotion and just focus on you. But for now, let's just think about this hypothetical: say you're on a group project, you each have your own individual assignments and then you all divide up the work. But then someone becomes unresponsive — not answering _____, they go ghost. Then you or someone else has to now pick up that additional slack. So in a brief, small, very tiny _____ in judgment, you vent to the nearby coworker. Then all of a sudden, your ghost comes back, and they surprisingly know everything you just said.

Solution


  1. workplace
  2. calls
  3. movie
  4. lapse
  5. replay

Original Text


Step 1: rewind and reflect, also known as, "What did I do?" I want you guys to all replay your most recent workplace drama situation in your head like a movie. Ignore all of the emotion and just focus on you. But for now, let's just think about this hypothetical: say you're on a group project, you each have your own individual assignments and then you all divide up the work. But then someone becomes unresponsive — not answering calls, they go ghost. Then you or someone else has to now pick up that additional slack. So in a brief, small, very tiny lapse in judgment, you vent to the nearby coworker. Then all of a sudden, your ghost comes back, and they surprisingly know everything you just said.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
workplace drama 4
vent buddy 3
deep thought 2
work language 2


Important Words


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  3. assignments
  4. calls
  5. coworker
  6. divide
  7. drama
  8. emotion
  9. focus
  10. ghost
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  12. guys
  13. head
  14. ignore
  15. individual
  16. judgment
  17. lapse
  18. movie
  19. nearby
  20. pick
  21. project
  22. reflect
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  24. rewind
  25. situation
  26. slack
  27. small
  28. step
  29. sudden
  30. surprisingly
  31. tiny
  32. unresponsive
  33. vent
  34. work
  35. workplace