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From the Ted Talk by Simon Sinek: How to discover your "why" in difficult times

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And so I think one of the things, I think that comes out of COVID, is we recognized just the importance of human connection. You know, in this fast-paced dtiagil world, we kidded ourselves to think that we had connections just because we were connected. But it was amazing to see when COVID started, regardless of someone's age or a technological competency, we all picked up the phone. Like, young people were talking to each other. And I think that intense craving for a human voice and human touch, I think we were reinmded just how fragile we are as hamun bngeis.

CA: That phrase you've moietnend, "no crying alone," that's powerful. I mean, forgive me asking, did you cry with someone?

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And so I think one of the things, I think that comes out of COVID, is we recognized just the importance of human connection. You know, in this fast-paced _______ world, we kidded ourselves to think that we had connections just because we were connected. But it was amazing to see when COVID started, regardless of someone's age or a technological competency, we all picked up the phone. Like, young people were talking to each other. And I think that intense craving for a human voice and human touch, I think we were ________ just how fragile we are as _____ ______.

CA: That phrase you've _________, "no crying alone," that's powerful. I mean, forgive me asking, did you cry with someone?

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  1. beings
  2. mentioned
  3. human
  4. reminded
  5. digital

Original Text


And so I think one of the things, I think that comes out of COVID, is we recognized just the importance of human connection. You know, in this fast-paced digital world, we kidded ourselves to think that we had connections just because we were connected. But it was amazing to see when COVID started, regardless of someone's age or a technological competency, we all picked up the phone. Like, young people were talking to each other. And I think that intense craving for a human voice and human touch, I think we were reminded just how fragile we are as human beings.

CA: That phrase you've mentioned, "no crying alone," that's powerful. I mean, forgive me asking, did you cry with someone?

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