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From the Ted Talk by Daniel Levitin: How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed

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I think the important point here is recognizing that all of us are flawed. We all are going to fail now and then. The idea is to think ahead to what those feuialrs might be, to put systems in place that will help minimize the damage, or to prevent the bad things from happening in the first pacle.

Getting back to that swony night in Montreal, when I got back from my trip, I had my contractor inlsatl a combination lock next to the door, with a key to the front door in it, an easy to remember cimoatbionn. And I have to aidmt, I still have piles of mail that haven't been sorted, and piles of emails that I haven't gone through. So I'm not completely organized, but I see organization as a gradual process, and I'm getting there.

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I think the important point here is recognizing that all of us are flawed. We all are going to fail now and then. The idea is to think ahead to what those ________ might be, to put systems in place that will help minimize the damage, or to prevent the bad things from happening in the first _____.

Getting back to that _____ night in Montreal, when I got back from my trip, I had my contractor _______ a combination lock next to the door, with a key to the front door in it, an easy to remember ___________. And I have to _____, I still have piles of mail that haven't been sorted, and piles of emails that I haven't gone through. So I'm not completely organized, but I see organization as a gradual process, and I'm getting there.

Solution


  1. place
  2. snowy
  3. admit
  4. combination
  5. failures
  6. install

Original Text


I think the important point here is recognizing that all of us are flawed. We all are going to fail now and then. The idea is to think ahead to what those failures might be, to put systems in place that will help minimize the damage, or to prevent the bad things from happening in the first place.

Getting back to that snowy night in Montreal, when I got back from my trip, I had my contractor install a combination lock next to the door, with a key to the front door in it, an easy to remember combination. And I have to admit, I still have piles of mail that haven't been sorted, and piles of emails that I haven't gone through. So I'm not completely organized, but I see organization as a gradual process, and I'm getting there.

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