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From the Ted Talk by Tracy Young: How vulnerability makes you a better leader

Unscramble the Blue Letters


My patrens were refugees of communism. Growing up, I watched my mom and dad work two full-time jobs without ever complaining, so my siblings and I could live a better life than they did. I was proud to be their daughter. And I understood the inarmgimt part of my identity well.

The female part of my idtentiy, however, was much haedrr for me to own. I never wanted to draw attention to my gender, because I was afraid I wouldn’t be taken seriously as a CEO. So I focused my enegry on the things that I thought were important, sftuf like making my team laugh. I rbeemmer I would painstakingly write and rehearse jokes before every all-hands. Or I'd be the first one in the office and the last one out, because I thought that these things mattered.

Open Cloze


My _______ were refugees of communism. Growing up, I watched my mom and dad work two full-time jobs without ever complaining, so my siblings and I could live a better life than they did. I was proud to be their daughter. And I understood the _________ part of my identity well.

The female part of my ________, however, was much ______ for me to own. I never wanted to draw attention to my gender, because I was afraid I wouldn’t be taken seriously as a CEO. So I focused my ______ on the things that I thought were important, _____ like making my team laugh. I ________ I would painstakingly write and rehearse jokes before every all-hands. Or I'd be the first one in the office and the last one out, because I thought that these things mattered.

Solution


  1. parents
  2. immigrant
  3. remember
  4. identity
  5. harder
  6. energy
  7. stuff

Original Text


My parents were refugees of communism. Growing up, I watched my mom and dad work two full-time jobs without ever complaining, so my siblings and I could live a better life than they did. I was proud to be their daughter. And I understood the immigrant part of my identity well.

The female part of my identity, however, was much harder for me to own. I never wanted to draw attention to my gender, because I was afraid I wouldn’t be taken seriously as a CEO. So I focused my energy on the things that I thought were important, stuff like making my team laugh. I remember I would painstakingly write and rehearse jokes before every all-hands. Or I'd be the first one in the office and the last one out, because I thought that these things mattered.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
war chest 2
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Important Words


  1. afraid
  2. attention
  3. ceo
  4. communism
  5. complaining
  6. dad
  7. daughter
  8. draw
  9. energy
  10. female
  11. focused
  12. gender
  13. growing
  14. harder
  15. identity
  16. immigrant
  17. important
  18. jobs
  19. jokes
  20. laugh
  21. life
  22. live
  23. making
  24. mattered
  25. mom
  26. office
  27. painstakingly
  28. parents
  29. part
  30. proud
  31. refugees
  32. rehearse
  33. remember
  34. siblings
  35. stuff
  36. team
  37. thought
  38. understood
  39. wanted
  40. watched
  41. work
  42. write