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From the Ted Talk by Bozoma Saint John: The creative power of your intuition

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(Laughs)

Diana Ross. Yeah, the one.

(Laughter)

Beyoncé is another. So at the time, nobody was betting on her. But I'm so grateful that _____ ... ________ my intuition and also followed his. And I would say, today, that we’re pretty successful.

(Laughter)

Now, 20 years later, I still use my intuition, daily. I'm the chief marketing officer at Netflix. You'd probably say that maybe the stakes weren't as high when I was an assistant _______ executive, so I could use my intuition, and who _____. And maybe today, that's different. It’s not. Every day, I am charged with looking at campaigns that are 15 seconds long, 60 seconds long, 90 seconds long, that will _________ you to watch something that's much longer. Every day. And so I have to use my _________ to __________ whether or not something is going to make you cry immediately, is it going to make you _____ immediately, is it going to scare you? Is it going to inspire you? And I feel like if I feel that ... then perhaps you do too.

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  3. understand
  4. laugh
  5. intuition
  6. encourage
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  8. affirmed

Original Text


(Laughs)

Diana Ross. Yeah, the one.

(Laughter)

Beyoncé is another. So at the time, nobody was betting on her. But I'm so grateful that Spike ... affirmed my intuition and also followed his. And I would say, today, that we’re pretty successful.

(Laughter)

Now, 20 years later, I still use my intuition, daily. I'm the chief marketing officer at Netflix. You'd probably say that maybe the stakes weren't as high when I was an assistant account executive, so I could use my intuition, and who cared. And maybe today, that's different. It’s not. Every day, I am charged with looking at campaigns that are 15 seconds long, 60 seconds long, 90 seconds long, that will encourage you to watch something that's much longer. Every day. And so I have to use my intuition to understand whether or not something is going to make you cry immediately, is it going to make you laugh immediately, is it going to scare you? Is it going to inspire you? And I feel like if I feel that ... then perhaps you do too.

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