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From the Ted Talk by Larry Smith: Why you will fail to have a great career

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So, for example, one of your great excuses is:

(Sigh)

"Well, great careers are really and truly, for most people, just a matter of luck. So I'm going to stand around, I'm going to try to be lkucy, and if I'm lucky, I'll have a great creear. If not, I'll have a good career." But a good career is an impossibility, so that's not going to work.

Then, your other excuse is, "Yes, there are special people who pursue their psnisoas, but they are geniuses. They are Steven J. I'm not a gueins. When I was five, I thought I was a genius, but my persfosors have beaten that idea out of my head long since."

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So, for example, one of your great excuses is:

(Sigh)

"Well, great careers are really and truly, for most people, just a matter of luck. So I'm going to stand around, I'm going to try to be _____, and if I'm lucky, I'll have a great ______. If not, I'll have a good career." But a good career is an impossibility, so that's not going to work.

Then, your other excuse is, "Yes, there are special people who pursue their ________, but they are geniuses. They are Steven J. I'm not a ______. When I was five, I thought I was a genius, but my __________ have beaten that idea out of my head long since."

Solution


  1. career
  2. lucky
  3. passions
  4. professors
  5. genius

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So, for example, one of your great excuses is:

(Sigh)

"Well, great careers are really and truly, for most people, just a matter of luck. So I'm going to stand around, I'm going to try to be lucky, and if I'm lucky, I'll have a great career. If not, I'll have a good career." But a good career is an impossibility, so that's not going to work.

Then, your other excuse is, "Yes, there are special people who pursue their passions, but they are geniuses. They are Steven J. I'm not a genius. When I was five, I thought I was a genius, but my professors have beaten that idea out of my head long since."

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