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From the Ted Talk by WorkLife with Adam Grant: The problem with all-stars

Unscramble the Blue Letters


MH: And I actually have it in front of me if you want me to read it. So here is what I wrote. "To whom it may concern, I'm probably not the candidate you've been envisioning for the Supernova Product Manager position. I don't have a ddeace of experience as a product manager, nor am I a certified financial planner. But what I do have are skills that can't be taught. I take ownership of projects far beyond my pay grade and what is in my defined scope of responsibilities. I'm entrepreneurial, I get things done and I know I would make an excellent right hand for the cofounder leading this project. I love breaking new gnruod and sirntatg with a balnk slate, and all of my previous bosses would be able to astett to those ttrias."

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MH: And I actually have it in front of me if you want me to read it. So here is what I wrote. "To whom it may concern, I'm probably not the candidate you've been envisioning for the Supernova Product Manager position. I don't have a ______ of experience as a product manager, nor am I a certified financial planner. But what I do have are skills that can't be taught. I take ownership of projects far beyond my pay grade and what is in my defined scope of responsibilities. I'm entrepreneurial, I get things done and I know I would make an excellent right hand for the cofounder leading this project. I love breaking new ______ and ________ with a _____ slate, and all of my previous bosses would be able to ______ to those ______."

Solution


  1. ground
  2. traits
  3. attest
  4. starting
  5. decade
  6. blank

Original Text


MH: And I actually have it in front of me if you want me to read it. So here is what I wrote. "To whom it may concern, I'm probably not the candidate you've been envisioning for the Supernova Product Manager position. I don't have a decade of experience as a product manager, nor am I a certified financial planner. But what I do have are skills that can't be taught. I take ownership of projects far beyond my pay grade and what is in my defined scope of responsibilities. I'm entrepreneurial, I get things done and I know I would make an excellent right hand for the cofounder leading this project. I love breaking new ground and starting with a blank slate, and all of my previous bosses would be able to attest to those traits."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
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brad stevens 4
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shane battier 2
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adam grant 2
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michael lewis 2
emotional contagion 2
national championship 2
head coach 2
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Important Words


  1. attest
  2. blank
  3. bosses
  4. breaking
  5. candidate
  6. certified
  7. cofounder
  8. concern
  9. decade
  10. defined
  11. entrepreneurial
  12. envisioning
  13. excellent
  14. experience
  15. financial
  16. front
  17. grade
  18. ground
  19. hand
  20. leading
  21. love
  22. manager
  23. ownership
  24. pay
  25. planner
  26. position
  27. previous
  28. product
  29. project
  30. projects
  31. read
  32. responsibilities
  33. scope
  34. skills
  35. slate
  36. starting
  37. supernova
  38. taught
  39. traits
  40. wrote