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From the Ted Talk by Carla Harris: How to find the person who can help you get ahead at work

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

And that's something that could happen. But even that will be valuable information for you that will help to inform your next conversation with a ssoopnr that might make it a little bit more impactful.

I cannot tell you how important it is to have a sponsor. It is the critical relationship in your career. A moentr, frankly, is a nice to have, but you can svurive a long time in your career without a mentor, but you are not going to ascend in any oagontaiizrn without a sponsor. It is so critical that you should ask yourself regularly, "Who's cyiarnrg my paper into the room? Who is carrying my paper into the room?" And if you can't answer who is carrying your paper into the room, then I will tell you to divret some of your hardworking eeringes into investing in a sponsor relationship, because it will be critical to your success.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

And that's something that could happen. But even that will be valuable information for you that will help to inform your next conversation with a _______ that might make it a little bit more impactful.

I cannot tell you how important it is to have a sponsor. It is the critical relationship in your career. A ______, frankly, is a nice to have, but you can _______ a long time in your career without a mentor, but you are not going to ascend in any ____________ without a sponsor. It is so critical that you should ask yourself regularly, "Who's ________ my paper into the room? Who is carrying my paper into the room?" And if you can't answer who is carrying your paper into the room, then I will tell you to ______ some of your hardworking ________ into investing in a sponsor relationship, because it will be critical to your success.

Solution


  1. energies
  2. carrying
  3. survive
  4. divert
  5. organization
  6. sponsor
  7. mentor

Original Text


(Laughter)

And that's something that could happen. But even that will be valuable information for you that will help to inform your next conversation with a sponsor that might make it a little bit more impactful.

I cannot tell you how important it is to have a sponsor. It is the critical relationship in your career. A mentor, frankly, is a nice to have, but you can survive a long time in your career without a mentor, but you are not going to ascend in any organization without a sponsor. It is so critical that you should ask yourself regularly, "Who's carrying my paper into the room? Who is carrying my paper into the room?" And if you can't answer who is carrying your paper into the room, then I will tell you to divert some of your hardworking energies into investing in a sponsor relationship, because it will be critical to your success.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. answer
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  5. carrying
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  11. happen
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  17. investing
  18. laughter
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  20. mentor
  21. nice
  22. organization
  23. paper
  24. regularly
  25. relationship
  26. room
  27. sponsor
  28. success
  29. survive
  30. time
  31. valuable