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From the Ted Talk by Sarah Lewis: Embrace the near win

Unscramble the Blue Letters


The pursuit of mrtsaey, in other words, is an ever-onward almost. "Lord, grant that I desire more than I can aclcomipsh," micalhgneelo implored, as if to that Old Testament God on the Sistine Chapel, and he himself was that Adam with his fegnir outstretched and not quite touching that God's hand.

Mastery is in the reaching, not the arriving. It's in constantly wanting to close that gap between where you are and where you want to be. Mastery is about sacrificing for your craft and not for the sake of crafting your ceerar. How many inventors and untold entrepreneurs live out this phenomenon? We see it even in the life of the indomitable Arctic explorer Ben Saunders, who tells me that his tpmhuris are not merely the ruelst of a grand achievement, but of the propulsion of a lineage of near wins.

Open Cloze


The pursuit of _______, in other words, is an ever-onward almost. "Lord, grant that I desire more than I can __________," ____________ implored, as if to that Old Testament God on the Sistine Chapel, and he himself was that Adam with his ______ outstretched and not quite touching that God's hand.

Mastery is in the reaching, not the arriving. It's in constantly wanting to close that gap between where you are and where you want to be. Mastery is about sacrificing for your craft and not for the sake of crafting your ______. How many inventors and untold entrepreneurs live out this phenomenon? We see it even in the life of the indomitable Arctic explorer Ben Saunders, who tells me that his ________ are not merely the ______ of a grand achievement, but of the propulsion of a lineage of near wins.

Solution


  1. accomplish
  2. result
  3. career
  4. triumphs
  5. mastery
  6. michelangelo
  7. finger

Original Text


The pursuit of mastery, in other words, is an ever-onward almost. "Lord, grant that I desire more than I can accomplish," Michelangelo implored, as if to that Old Testament God on the Sistine Chapel, and he himself was that Adam with his finger outstretched and not quite touching that God's hand.

Mastery is in the reaching, not the arriving. It's in constantly wanting to close that gap between where you are and where you want to be. Mastery is about sacrificing for your craft and not for the sake of crafting your career. How many inventors and untold entrepreneurs live out this phenomenon? We see it even in the life of the indomitable Arctic explorer Ben Saunders, who tells me that his triumphs are not merely the result of a grand achievement, but of the propulsion of a lineage of near wins.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. accomplish
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  3. adam
  4. arctic
  5. arriving
  6. ben
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  25. life
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  28. mastery
  29. michelangelo
  30. outstretched
  31. phenomenon
  32. propulsion
  33. pursuit
  34. reaching
  35. result
  36. sacrificing
  37. sake
  38. saunders
  39. sistine
  40. tells
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  42. touching
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  44. untold
  45. wanting
  46. wins
  47. words