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From the Ted Talk by WorkLife with Adam Grant: We don't have to fight loneliness alone
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Bess: I'm Bess Carey, I'm an HR manager.
AG: Jessica and Bess work for the same company but they barely know each other.
Jessica: Alright, I am eeitcxd or isteetrned to know what the last thing you read or watched was that gave you, like, a ton of joy.
Bess: Ummm ... I have no ... I have no idea.
Jessica: Well, is there a thing that you regularly go back to, like when it's cold and you're bummed, and you just need ...
AG: So how do you create a raipd connection? Here's what Jane Dutton is listening for.
JD: What is the first move that was made? What was the first qeuoitsn? Did they go to something that's sort of routine, like, you know, "Where'd you grow up?" or do they go to a question that really communicates deep interest and kind of positive regard for another, like, "What is the most mfnuaeginl thing that happened to you this week?"
Open Cloze
Bess: I'm Bess Carey, I'm an HR manager.
AG: Jessica and Bess work for the same company but they barely know each other.
Jessica: Alright, I am _______ or __________ to know what the last thing you read or watched was that gave you, like, a ton of joy.
Bess: Ummm ... I have no ... I have no idea.
Jessica: Well, is there a thing that you regularly go back to, like when it's cold and you're bummed, and you just need ...
AG: So how do you create a _____ connection? Here's what Jane Dutton is listening for.
JD: What is the first move that was made? What was the first ________? Did they go to something that's sort of routine, like, you know, "Where'd you grow up?" or do they go to a question that really communicates deep interest and kind of positive regard for another, like, "What is the most __________ thing that happened to you this week?"
Solution
- excited
- question
- interested
- rapid
- meaningful
Original Text
Bess: I'm Bess Carey, I'm an HR manager.
AG: Jessica and Bess work for the same company but they barely know each other.
Jessica: Alright, I am excited or interested to know what the last thing you read or watched was that gave you, like, a ton of joy.
Bess: Ummm ... I have no ... I have no idea.
Jessica: Well, is there a thing that you regularly go back to, like when it's cold and you're bummed, and you just need ...
AG: So how do you create a rapid connection? Here's what Jane Dutton is listening for.
JD: What is the first move that was made? What was the first question? Did they go to something that's sort of routine, like, you know, "Where'd you grow up?" or do they go to a question that really communicates deep interest and kind of positive regard for another, like, "What is the most meaningful thing that happened to you this week?"
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
| collocation |
frequency |
| feeling lonely |
5 |
| feel lonely |
3 |
| research suggests |
3 |
| vivek murthy |
2 |
| health implications |
2 |
| reported feeling |
2 |
| working remotely |
2 |
| sad desk |
2 |
| desk lunch |
2 |
| happy hour |
2 |
| company parties |
2 |
| shared photos |
2 |
| greater sense |
2 |
| lonely work |
2 |
| felt lonely |
2 |
| chatty table |
2 |
| environmental health |
2 |
| puerto rico |
2 |
| salsa dancing |
2 |
| feel connected |
2 |
| work program |
2 |
| accounts payable |
2 |
| autism inclusion |
2 |
| jane dutton |
2 |
ngrams of length 3
| collocation |
frequency |
| sad desk lunch |
2 |
Important Words
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- hr
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- jane
- jessica
- joy
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- listening
- manager
- meaningful
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- positive
- question
- rapid
- read
- regard
- regularly
- routine
- sort
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- ummm
- watched
- week
- work