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From the Ted Talk by WorkLife with Adam Grant: Authenticity is a double-edged sword

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CM: I recognized that the only way I could sruvvie at the CIA was that I had to give up. I had to drop some of the things that I thghout were really important for me. So yes, in that snese, I became less authentic.

Open Cloze


AG: Unfortunately, the pressure to _______ can be even stronger for members of nondominant groups. That might be true if you're a salesperson in an organization dominated by engineers, or a native Southerner in a team of New Yorkers, or more fundamentally, a woman of color in a _________ run by white men. For Carmen, being a double minority _________ the challenges of having heretical views.

CM: I recognized that the only way I could _______ at the CIA was that I had to give up. I had to drop some of the things that I _______ were really important for me. So yes, in that _____, I became less authentic.

Solution


  1. workplace
  2. conform
  3. thought
  4. survive
  5. amplified
  6. sense

Original Text


AG: Unfortunately, the pressure to conform can be even stronger for members of nondominant groups. That might be true if you're a salesperson in an organization dominated by engineers, or a native Southerner in a team of New Yorkers, or more fundamentally, a woman of color in a workplace run by white men. For Carmen, being a double minority amplified the challenges of having heretical views.

CM: I recognized that the only way I could survive at the CIA was that I had to give up. I had to drop some of the things that I thought were really important for me. So yes, in that sense, I became less authentic.

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