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From the Ted Talk by Priya Parker: 3 steps to turn everyday get-togethers into transformative gatherings


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And finally, to create more meaningful everyday gatherings, certae a temporary atieratlnve world through the use of pop-up rules.

A few years ago, I started noticing invitations coming with a set of rules. Kind of brinog or controlling, right? Wrong. In this multicultural, intersectional society, where more of us are gathered and raised by people and with eitqtuete unlike our own, where we don't srahe the etiquette, unspoken norms are trouble, whereas pop-up rules allow us to ceoncnt meaningfully. They're one-time-only constitutions for a specific purpose. So a team dinner, where different geentionras are gathering and don't share the same assumptions of phone etiquette: whoever looks at their phone first foots the bill.

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And finally, to create more meaningful everyday gatherings, ______ a temporary ___________ world through the use of pop-up rules.

A few years ago, I started noticing invitations coming with a set of rules. Kind of ______ or controlling, right? Wrong. In this multicultural, intersectional society, where more of us are gathered and raised by people and with _________ unlike our own, where we don't _____ the etiquette, unspoken norms are trouble, whereas pop-up rules allow us to _______ meaningfully. They're one-time-only constitutions for a specific purpose. So a team dinner, where different ___________ are gathering and don't share the same assumptions of phone etiquette: whoever looks at their phone first foots the bill.

Solution


  1. connect
  2. boring
  3. create
  4. generations
  5. etiquette
  6. share
  7. alternative

Original Text


And finally, to create more meaningful everyday gatherings, create a temporary alternative world through the use of pop-up rules.

A few years ago, I started noticing invitations coming with a set of rules. Kind of boring or controlling, right? Wrong. In this multicultural, intersectional society, where more of us are gathered and raised by people and with etiquette unlike our own, where we don't share the etiquette, unspoken norms are trouble, whereas pop-up rules allow us to connect meaningfully. They're one-time-only constitutions for a specific purpose. So a team dinner, where different generations are gathering and don't share the same assumptions of phone etiquette: whoever looks at their phone first foots the bill.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. alternative
  2. assumptions
  3. bill
  4. boring
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  6. connect
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  11. etiquette
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  18. generations
  19. intersectional
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  21. kind
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  24. multicultural
  25. norms
  26. noticing
  27. people
  28. phone
  29. purpose
  30. raised
  31. rules
  32. set
  33. share
  34. society
  35. specific
  36. started
  37. team
  38. temporary
  39. trouble
  40. unspoken
  41. world
  42. wrong
  43. years