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From the Ted Talk by Tom Nash: The perks of being a pirate

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But, being psruliveoy faced with so many ultimatums, one's feocrd to be astute in adapting to new situations.

That club night went on to become the longest-running weekly club nghit in Sydney, and we as DJs went on to play Australia's biggest msiuc festivals. So eventually, I either learned qkluicy, or the standards of clubs have gone really downhill.

(Laughter)

Coming csole to death can be an educational experience. It's certainly true that one's priorities receive somewhat of a realignment immediately afterwards. And it's also true that some of those priorities are met with an increased sense of urgency. But another, more salient realization that comes to light is the triviality of our own self-importance and self-consciousness. To truly uedrannstd the extent to which your self-consciousness prohibits you from engaging in opportunities should lead everyone to take rikss they otherwise wouldn't. We're merely a blip on the time line of the uvsinere, right? Act accordingly.

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But, being __________ faced with so many ultimatums, one's ______ to be astute in adapting to new situations.

That club night went on to become the longest-running weekly club _____ in Sydney, and we as DJs went on to play Australia's biggest _____ festivals. So eventually, I either learned _______, or the standards of clubs have gone really downhill.

(Laughter)

Coming _____ to death can be an educational experience. It's certainly true that one's priorities receive somewhat of a realignment immediately afterwards. And it's also true that some of those priorities are met with an increased sense of urgency. But another, more salient realization that comes to light is the triviality of our own self-importance and self-consciousness. To truly __________ the extent to which your self-consciousness prohibits you from engaging in opportunities should lead everyone to take _____ they otherwise wouldn't. We're merely a blip on the time line of the ________, right? Act accordingly.

Solution


  1. previously
  2. understand
  3. risks
  4. quickly
  5. forced
  6. music
  7. night
  8. close
  9. universe

Original Text


But, being previously faced with so many ultimatums, one's forced to be astute in adapting to new situations.

That club night went on to become the longest-running weekly club night in Sydney, and we as DJs went on to play Australia's biggest music festivals. So eventually, I either learned quickly, or the standards of clubs have gone really downhill.

(Laughter)

Coming close to death can be an educational experience. It's certainly true that one's priorities receive somewhat of a realignment immediately afterwards. And it's also true that some of those priorities are met with an increased sense of urgency. But another, more salient realization that comes to light is the triviality of our own self-importance and self-consciousness. To truly understand the extent to which your self-consciousness prohibits you from engaging in opportunities should lead everyone to take risks they otherwise wouldn't. We're merely a blip on the time line of the universe, right? Act accordingly.

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