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From the Ted Talk by Dan Clay: Why you should bring your whole self to work

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There's no one kind of way to be a leader. It's about finding your strengths and finding ways to afplmiy them. Before, if a meeting was hard, I'd put on my perfect leader mask. Now, I can say, "Gosh, that was frustrating." We can talk about challenges and sgelurtgs in an open way, rather than everybody pretending that they're fine until it's too late. clncnoaeig an identity takes work. Think of all the wetasd ergney spent pretending, wishing you were someone different. What's most interesting to me, though, is that in this big study of covering, 93 percent of those who say they're doing it also believe their ortogazaiinn values inclusion. So clearly, our workplaces and all of our strange inner voices have a long way to go on acceptance.

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There's no one kind of way to be a leader. It's about finding your strengths and finding ways to _______ them. Before, if a meeting was hard, I'd put on my perfect leader mask. Now, I can say, "Gosh, that was frustrating." We can talk about challenges and _________ in an open way, rather than everybody pretending that they're fine until it's too late. __________ an identity takes work. Think of all the ______ ______ spent pretending, wishing you were someone different. What's most interesting to me, though, is that in this big study of covering, 93 percent of those who say they're doing it also believe their ____________ values inclusion. So clearly, our workplaces and all of our strange inner voices have a long way to go on acceptance.

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  1. amplify
  2. concealing
  3. organization
  4. energy
  5. struggles
  6. wasted

Original Text


There's no one kind of way to be a leader. It's about finding your strengths and finding ways to amplify them. Before, if a meeting was hard, I'd put on my perfect leader mask. Now, I can say, "Gosh, that was frustrating." We can talk about challenges and struggles in an open way, rather than everybody pretending that they're fine until it's too late. Concealing an identity takes work. Think of all the wasted energy spent pretending, wishing you were someone different. What's most interesting to me, though, is that in this big study of covering, 93 percent of those who say they're doing it also believe their organization values inclusion. So clearly, our workplaces and all of our strange inner voices have a long way to go on acceptance.

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