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From the Ted Talk by Brittany Packnett: How to build your confidence -- and spark it in others

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So how do we crcak the code on confidence? In my emaisiottn, it takes at least three things: permission, community and coitiusry. pmorisesin births confidence, community nurtures it and curiosity affirms it. In education, we've got a saying, that you can't be what you can't see. When I was a little girl, I couldn't show confidence until someone sweohd me.

My family used to do everything together, including the mundane things, like buying a new car, and every time we did this, I'd watch my parents put on the exact same pocnfrermae. We'd enter the dealership, and my dad would sit while my mom sophepd. When my mom found a car that she liked, they'd go in and meet with the dealer, and inevitably, every time the dealer would turn his attention and his body to my dad, assuming that he clotrolned the purse strings and therefore this negotiation. "Rev. Packnett," they'd say, "how do we get you into this car tdoay?" My dad would inevitably respond the same way. He'd slowly and silently guretse toward my mother and then put his hdnas right back in his lap. It might have been the complete shock of negotiating finances with a black woman in the '80s, but whatever it was, I'd watch my mother work these car dealers over until they were basically giving the car away for free.

Open Cloze


So how do we _____ the code on confidence? In my __________, it takes at least three things: permission, community and _________. __________ births confidence, community nurtures it and curiosity affirms it. In education, we've got a saying, that you can't be what you can't see. When I was a little girl, I couldn't show confidence until someone ______ me.

My family used to do everything together, including the mundane things, like buying a new car, and every time we did this, I'd watch my parents put on the exact same ___________. We'd enter the dealership, and my dad would sit while my mom _______. When my mom found a car that she liked, they'd go in and meet with the dealer, and inevitably, every time the dealer would turn his attention and his body to my dad, assuming that he __________ the purse strings and therefore this negotiation. "Rev. Packnett," they'd say, "how do we get you into this car _____?" My dad would inevitably respond the same way. He'd slowly and silently _______ toward my mother and then put his _____ right back in his lap. It might have been the complete shock of negotiating finances with a black woman in the '80s, but whatever it was, I'd watch my mother work these car dealers over until they were basically giving the car away for free.

Solution


  1. shopped
  2. controlled
  3. estimation
  4. showed
  5. performance
  6. today
  7. crack
  8. curiosity
  9. permission
  10. hands
  11. gesture

Original Text


So how do we crack the code on confidence? In my estimation, it takes at least three things: permission, community and curiosity. Permission births confidence, community nurtures it and curiosity affirms it. In education, we've got a saying, that you can't be what you can't see. When I was a little girl, I couldn't show confidence until someone showed me.

My family used to do everything together, including the mundane things, like buying a new car, and every time we did this, I'd watch my parents put on the exact same performance. We'd enter the dealership, and my dad would sit while my mom shopped. When my mom found a car that she liked, they'd go in and meet with the dealer, and inevitably, every time the dealer would turn his attention and his body to my dad, assuming that he controlled the purse strings and therefore this negotiation. "Rev. Packnett," they'd say, "how do we get you into this car today?" My dad would inevitably respond the same way. He'd slowly and silently gesture toward my mother and then put his hands right back in his lap. It might have been the complete shock of negotiating finances with a black woman in the '80s, but whatever it was, I'd watch my mother work these car dealers over until they were basically giving the car away for free.

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