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From the Ted Talk by Taylor Cassidy: Why real change is about more than just going viral

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Instead, pclae your resolve in knowing that you have the very ability to impact one person and change their life, because you have the ability to change the world ... But you also have the ability to impact one person who has the ability to change the world as well. And that is still so cool.

OK, you may be tinhinkg, "Taylor, alright, I've got my message, I'm snikitcg by it, I know where my rselove is placed. So why in the world, whenever I post a video on Instagram, it doesn't even get 10 likes? Why is that?" And I'll tell you, even though there might not be millions of ppoele looking at your video, you really don’t know who is going to stop on it and truly take to heart the words that you have to say.

Open Cloze


Instead, _____ your resolve in knowing that you have the very ability to impact one person and change their life, because you have the ability to change the world ... But you also have the ability to impact one person who has the ability to change the world as well. And that is still so cool.

OK, you may be ________, "Taylor, alright, I've got my message, I'm ________ by it, I know where my _______ is placed. So why in the world, whenever I post a video on Instagram, it doesn't even get 10 likes? Why is that?" And I'll tell you, even though there might not be millions of ______ looking at your video, you really don’t know who is going to stop on it and truly take to heart the words that you have to say.

Solution


  1. place
  2. resolve
  3. people
  4. sticking
  5. thinking

Original Text


Instead, place your resolve in knowing that you have the very ability to impact one person and change their life, because you have the ability to change the world ... But you also have the ability to impact one person who has the ability to change the world as well. And that is still so cool.

OK, you may be thinking, "Taylor, alright, I've got my message, I'm sticking by it, I know where my resolve is placed. So why in the world, whenever I post a video on Instagram, it doesn't even get 10 likes? Why is that?" And I'll tell you, even though there might not be millions of people looking at your video, you really don’t know who is going to stop on it and truly take to heart the words that you have to say.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. ability
  2. alright
  3. change
  4. cool
  5. heart
  6. impact
  7. instagram
  8. knowing
  9. life
  10. likes
  11. message
  12. millions
  13. people
  14. person
  15. place
  16. post
  17. resolve
  18. sticking
  19. stop
  20. thinking
  21. video
  22. words
  23. world