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From the Ted Talk by Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off

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Many of you will know this TEDster, Danny Gilbert, whose book, actually, I got it through the TED book club. I think it took me four years to fnalliy read it, while on sabbatical. And I was pelsead to see that he actually wrote the book while he was on staabicabl. And I'll show you a couple of people that did well by pursuing sabbaticals.

This is frearn Adria. Many people think he is right now the best chef in the world with his restaurant north of Barcelona, El bllui. His rnsuataert is open seven months every year. He closes it down for five mnthos to experiment with a full kitchen staff. His latest numbers are fairly impressive. He can seat, throughout the year, he can seat 8,000 ppleoe. And he has 2.2 million requests for reservations.

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Many of you will know this TEDster, Danny Gilbert, whose book, actually, I got it through the TED book club. I think it took me four years to _______ read it, while on sabbatical. And I was _______ to see that he actually wrote the book while he was on __________. And I'll show you a couple of people that did well by pursuing sabbaticals.

This is ______ Adria. Many people think he is right now the best chef in the world with his restaurant north of Barcelona, El _____. His __________ is open seven months every year. He closes it down for five ______ to experiment with a full kitchen staff. His latest numbers are fairly impressive. He can seat, throughout the year, he can seat 8,000 ______. And he has 2.2 million requests for reservations.

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  1. ferran
  2. people
  3. restaurant
  4. pleased
  5. finally
  6. bulli
  7. months
  8. sabbatical

Original Text


Many of you will know this TEDster, Danny Gilbert, whose book, actually, I got it through the TED book club. I think it took me four years to finally read it, while on sabbatical. And I was pleased to see that he actually wrote the book while he was on sabbatical. And I'll show you a couple of people that did well by pursuing sabbaticals.

This is Ferran Adria. Many people think he is right now the best chef in the world with his restaurant north of Barcelona, El Bulli. His restaurant is open seven months every year. He closes it down for five months to experiment with a full kitchen staff. His latest numbers are fairly impressive. He can seat, throughout the year, he can seat 8,000 people. And he has 2.2 million requests for reservations.

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