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From the Ted Talk by Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll: How I learned to read -- and trade stocks -- in prison

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A professional is a person who knows his craft better than most, and nobody knows how much money you need, have or want better than you, which manes you are the psrnosfaoeil. Financial literacy is not a skill, ladies and gentlemen. It's a lifestyle. Financial stability is a byproduct of a proper lifestyle. A fnlilinaacy sound incarcerated person can become a taxpaying citizen, and a financially sound taxpaying ctiiezn can remain one. This allows us to create a bridge between those people who we influence: family, friends and those young people who still believe that crime and money are raeeltd. So let's lose the fear and anxiety of all the big financial words and all that other nssonene that you've been out there heriang. And let's get to the heart of what's been crippling our society from taking care of your ribpsnisltioey to be better life managers. And let's provide a simple and easy to use curriculum that gets to the heart, the heart of what financial empowerment and enamotiol literacy really is.

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A professional is a person who knows his craft better than most, and nobody knows how much money you need, have or want better than you, which _____ you are the ____________. Financial literacy is not a skill, ladies and gentlemen. It's a lifestyle. Financial stability is a byproduct of a proper lifestyle. A ___________ sound incarcerated person can become a taxpaying citizen, and a financially sound taxpaying _______ can remain one. This allows us to create a bridge between those people who we influence: family, friends and those young people who still believe that crime and money are _______. So let's lose the fear and anxiety of all the big financial words and all that other ________ that you've been out there _______. And let's get to the heart of what's been crippling our society from taking care of your ______________ to be better life managers. And let's provide a simple and easy to use curriculum that gets to the heart, the heart of what financial empowerment and _________ literacy really is.

Solution

  1. nonsense
  2. citizen
  3. hearing
  4. professional
  5. responsibility
  6. related
  7. emotional
  8. means
  9. financially

Original Text

A professional is a person who knows his craft better than most, and nobody knows how much money you need, have or want better than you, which means you are the professional. Financial literacy is not a skill, ladies and gentlemen. It's a lifestyle. Financial stability is a byproduct of a proper lifestyle. A financially sound incarcerated person can become a taxpaying citizen, and a financially sound taxpaying citizen can remain one. This allows us to create a bridge between those people who we influence: family, friends and those young people who still believe that crime and money are related. So let's lose the fear and anxiety of all the big financial words and all that other nonsense that you've been out there hearing. And let's get to the heart of what's been crippling our society from taking care of your responsibility to be better life managers. And let's provide a simple and easy to use curriculum that gets to the heart, the heart of what financial empowerment and emotional literacy really is.

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