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From the Ted Talk by Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: How to turn your dissatisfaction into action

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On one occasion, I got out of my car to call for help for a man who had clpesalod on the road. I accidentally stepped in liquid that was coming down the road from where he lay. I rushed to my parents' huose, washed my feet in chlorine. I'll never forget waiting for that man's test results as I constantly checked my temperature then and throughout the outbreak.

The Ebola fight was probably the most challenging but rewarding exceniepre of my life, and I'm really gaerutfl for the dtiscatasfisoin that opened up the sapce for me to srvee.

Dissatisfaction can be a constant presence in the background, or it can be sudden, triggered by events. Sometimes it's both. With my hometown, that's the way it was.

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On one occasion, I got out of my car to call for help for a man who had _________ on the road. I accidentally stepped in liquid that was coming down the road from where he lay. I rushed to my parents' _____, washed my feet in chlorine. I'll never forget waiting for that man's test results as I constantly checked my temperature then and throughout the outbreak.

The Ebola fight was probably the most challenging but rewarding __________ of my life, and I'm really ________ for the _______________ that opened up the _____ for me to _____.

Dissatisfaction can be a constant presence in the background, or it can be sudden, triggered by events. Sometimes it's both. With my hometown, that's the way it was.

Solution


  1. grateful
  2. collapsed
  3. space
  4. serve
  5. dissatisfaction
  6. house
  7. experience

Original Text


On one occasion, I got out of my car to call for help for a man who had collapsed on the road. I accidentally stepped in liquid that was coming down the road from where he lay. I rushed to my parents' house, washed my feet in chlorine. I'll never forget waiting for that man's test results as I constantly checked my temperature then and throughout the outbreak.

The Ebola fight was probably the most challenging but rewarding experience of my life, and I'm really grateful for the dissatisfaction that opened up the space for me to serve.

Dissatisfaction can be a constant presence in the background, or it can be sudden, triggered by events. Sometimes it's both. With my hometown, that's the way it was.

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  1. accidentally
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  20. hometown
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  23. life
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  30. results
  31. rewarding
  32. road
  33. rushed
  34. serve
  35. space
  36. stepped
  37. sudden
  38. temperature
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  40. triggered
  41. waiting
  42. washed