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From the Ted Talk by Adam Galinsky: How to speak up for yourself

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And one of the ways we can come across as an expert is by tapping into our passion. I want everyone in the next few days to go up to freind of theirs and just say to them, "I want you to drbiecse a passion of yours to me." I've had ploepe do this all over the world and I asked them, "What did you notice about the other person when they described their passion?" And the answers are always the same. "Their eyes lit up and got big." "They smiled a big binaemg slime." "They used their hands all over — I had to duck because their hands were coming at me." "They talk quickly with a little higher pitch."

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And one of the ways we can come across as an expert is by tapping into our passion. I want everyone in the next few days to go up to ______ of theirs and just say to them, "I want you to ________ a passion of yours to me." I've had ______ do this all over the world and I asked them, "What did you notice about the other person when they described their passion?" And the answers are always the same. "Their eyes lit up and got big." "They smiled a big _______ _____." "They used their hands all over — I had to duck because their hands were coming at me." "They talk quickly with a little higher pitch."

Solution

  1. friend
  2. beaming
  3. people
  4. describe
  5. smile

Original Text

And one of the ways we can come across as an expert is by tapping into our passion. I want everyone in the next few days to go up to friend of theirs and just say to them, "I want you to describe a passion of yours to me." I've had people do this all over the world and I asked them, "What did you notice about the other person when they described their passion?" And the answers are always the same. "Their eyes lit up and got big." "They smiled a big beaming smile." "They used their hands all over — I had to duck because their hands were coming at me." "They talk quickly with a little higher pitch."

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