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From the Ted Talk by Laura Trice: Remember to say thank you

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Hi. I'm here to talk to you about the importance of praise, adtiomarin and thank you, and having it be specific and genuine.

And the way I got ietretesnd in this was, I noticed in myself, when I was growing up, and until about a few yaers ago, that I would want to say thank you to someone, I would want to praise them, I would want to take in their praise of me and I'd just stop it. And I asked myself, why? I felt shy, I felt embarrassed. And then my question became, am I the only one who does this? So, I decided to investigate.

I'm foattunre enough to work in the rehab facility, so I get to see people who are facing life and death with addiction. And sometimes it comes down to something as simple as, their core wound is their father died without ever saying he's proud of them. But then, they hear from all the fliamy and friends that the father told everybody else that he was puord of him, but he never told the son. It's because he didn't know that his son ndeeed to hear it.

Open Cloze


Hi. I'm here to talk to you about the importance of praise, __________ and thank you, and having it be specific and genuine.

And the way I got __________ in this was, I noticed in myself, when I was growing up, and until about a few _____ ago, that I would want to say thank you to someone, I would want to praise them, I would want to take in their praise of me and I'd just stop it. And I asked myself, why? I felt shy, I felt embarrassed. And then my question became, am I the only one who does this? So, I decided to investigate.

I'm _________ enough to work in the rehab facility, so I get to see people who are facing life and death with addiction. And sometimes it comes down to something as simple as, their core wound is their father died without ever saying he's proud of them. But then, they hear from all the ______ and friends that the father told everybody else that he was _____ of him, but he never told the son. It's because he didn't know that his son ______ to hear it.

Solution


  1. years
  2. family
  3. needed
  4. admiration
  5. interested
  6. proud
  7. fortunate

Original Text


Hi. I'm here to talk to you about the importance of praise, admiration and thank you, and having it be specific and genuine.

And the way I got interested in this was, I noticed in myself, when I was growing up, and until about a few years ago, that I would want to say thank you to someone, I would want to praise them, I would want to take in their praise of me and I'd just stop it. And I asked myself, why? I felt shy, I felt embarrassed. And then my question became, am I the only one who does this? So, I decided to investigate.

I'm fortunate enough to work in the rehab facility, so I get to see people who are facing life and death with addiction. And sometimes it comes down to something as simple as, their core wound is their father died without ever saying he's proud of them. But then, they hear from all the family and friends that the father told everybody else that he was proud of him, but he never told the son. It's because he didn't know that his son needed to hear it.

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Important Words


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