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From the Ted Talk by Dorie Clark: The real reason you feel so busy (and what to do about it)

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So I would like to propose that we make a change. Because if we are ever going to succeed in beating back busyness once and for all, first of all, we have to get real and angdlewokce what is actually behind some of the busyness that is filling our days. We have to really get hsonet about what it is that’s motivating us so that we can make a different choice. Because it is about our cihoce. We need to recognize that real freedom is about creating the space so that we can breathe, the space so that we can think. Ultimately, real freedom is about choosing how and with whom we want to be sdepning our time.

Open Cloze


So I would like to propose that we make a change. Because if we are ever going to succeed in beating back busyness once and for all, first of all, we have to get real and ___________ what is actually behind some of the busyness that is filling our days. We have to really get ______ about what it is that’s motivating us so that we can make a different choice. Because it is about our ______. We need to recognize that real freedom is about creating the space so that we can breathe, the space so that we can think. Ultimately, real freedom is about choosing how and with whom we want to be ________ our time.

Solution


  1. choice
  2. honest
  3. spending
  4. acknowledge

Original Text


So I would like to propose that we make a change. Because if we are ever going to succeed in beating back busyness once and for all, first of all, we have to get real and acknowledge what is actually behind some of the busyness that is filling our days. We have to really get honest about what it is that’s motivating us so that we can make a different choice. Because it is about our choice. We need to recognize that real freedom is about creating the space so that we can breathe, the space so that we can think. Ultimately, real freedom is about choosing how and with whom we want to be spending our time.

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Important Words


  1. acknowledge
  2. beating
  3. breathe
  4. busyness
  5. change
  6. choice
  7. choosing
  8. creating
  9. days
  10. filling
  11. freedom
  12. honest
  13. motivating
  14. propose
  15. real
  16. recognize
  17. space
  18. spending
  19. succeed
  20. time
  21. ultimately