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From the Ted Talk by David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence

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I wanted to talk to you taody about creative confidence. I'm going to start way back in the third grade at oldaake School in Barberton, Ohio.

I remember one day my best friend Brian was working on a project. He was making a horse out of the clay our teacher kept under the sink. And at one point, one of the girls that was sitting at his table, seeing what he was doing, leaned over and said to him, "That's tberrile. That doesn't look anything like a hrsoe." And Brian's souelrdhs sank. And he wadded up the clay horse and he terhw it back in the bin. I never saw Brian do a project like that ever again.

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I wanted to talk to you _____ about creative confidence. I'm going to start way back in the third grade at _______ School in Barberton, Ohio.

I remember one day my best friend Brian was working on a project. He was making a horse out of the clay our teacher kept under the sink. And at one point, one of the girls that was sitting at his table, seeing what he was doing, leaned over and said to him, "That's ________. That doesn't look anything like a _____." And Brian's _________ sank. And he wadded up the clay horse and he _____ it back in the bin. I never saw Brian do a project like that ever again.

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  1. oakdale
  2. shoulders
  3. threw
  4. today
  5. terrible
  6. horse

Original Text


I wanted to talk to you today about creative confidence. I'm going to start way back in the third grade at Oakdale School in Barberton, Ohio.

I remember one day my best friend Brian was working on a project. He was making a horse out of the clay our teacher kept under the sink. And at one point, one of the girls that was sitting at his table, seeing what he was doing, leaned over and said to him, "That's terrible. That doesn't look anything like a horse." And Brian's shoulders sank. And he wadded up the clay horse and he threw it back in the bin. I never saw Brian do a project like that ever again.

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