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From the Ted Talk by Amber Hikes: Want to truly succeed? Lift others up while you climb

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You may think about where you first started in this work and feel so proud of what you've learned and how bvrae you’ve been as you ceilmbd. I need you to hold that feeling. Please hold that feeling, but also chase that feeling, because what good is our power and success, what use is it making it to the top if all it affords us is a bird’s-eye view of everyone we’ve left behind? If your jnroeuy in inclusion feels easy, you have packed too lghit. So feel proud, feel uplifted, feel accomplished in your commitment to equity, but also feel like you have more work to do because lifnitg — it’s difficult. And your help — it’s estsniael.

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You may think about where you first started in this work and feel so proud of what you've learned and how _____ you’ve been as you _______. I need you to hold that feeling. Please hold that feeling, but also chase that feeling, because what good is our power and success, what use is it making it to the top if all it affords us is a bird’s-eye view of everyone we’ve left behind? If your _______ in inclusion feels easy, you have packed too _____. So feel proud, feel uplifted, feel accomplished in your commitment to equity, but also feel like you have more work to do because _______ — it’s difficult. And your help — it’s _________.

Solution


  1. climbed
  2. journey
  3. light
  4. lifting
  5. brave
  6. essential

Original Text


You may think about where you first started in this work and feel so proud of what you've learned and how brave you’ve been as you climbed. I need you to hold that feeling. Please hold that feeling, but also chase that feeling, because what good is our power and success, what use is it making it to the top if all it affords us is a bird’s-eye view of everyone we’ve left behind? If your journey in inclusion feels easy, you have packed too light. So feel proud, feel uplifted, feel accomplished in your commitment to equity, but also feel like you have more work to do because lifting — it’s difficult. And your help — it’s essential.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations




Important Words


  1. accomplished
  2. affords
  3. brave
  4. chase
  5. climbed
  6. commitment
  7. difficult
  8. easy
  9. equity
  10. essential
  11. feel
  12. feeling
  13. feels
  14. good
  15. hold
  16. inclusion
  17. journey
  18. learned
  19. left
  20. lifting
  21. light
  22. making
  23. packed
  24. power
  25. proud
  26. started
  27. success
  28. top
  29. uplifted
  30. view
  31. work