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From the Ted Talk by Adam Grant: The surprising habits of original thinkers

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Now, in my research, I discovered there are two different kinds of doubt. There's self-doubt and idea doubt. Self-doubt is prlaazynig. It leads you to feerze. But idea doubt is energizing. It moeavttis you to test, to eepimxrent, to refine, just like MLK did. And so the key to being original is just a simple thing of avoiding the leap from step three to step four. Instead of saying, "I'm crap," you say, "The first few drafts are always crap, and I'm just not there yet." So how do you get there? Well, there's a clue, it turns out, in the Internet browser that you use. We can predict your job pmcerforane and your commitment just by knowing what web bresowr you use. Now, some of you are not going to like the results of this study —

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Now, in my research, I discovered there are two different kinds of doubt. There's self-doubt and idea doubt. Self-doubt is __________. It leads you to ______. But idea doubt is energizing. It _________ you to test, to __________, to refine, just like MLK did. And so the key to being original is just a simple thing of avoiding the leap from step three to step four. Instead of saying, "I'm crap," you say, "The first few drafts are always crap, and I'm just not there yet." So how do you get there? Well, there's a clue, it turns out, in the Internet browser that you use. We can predict your job ___________ and your commitment just by knowing what web _______ you use. Now, some of you are not going to like the results of this study —

Solution

  1. freeze
  2. browser
  3. performance
  4. experiment
  5. paralyzing
  6. motivates

Original Text

Now, in my research, I discovered there are two different kinds of doubt. There's self-doubt and idea doubt. Self-doubt is paralyzing. It leads you to freeze. But idea doubt is energizing. It motivates you to test, to experiment, to refine, just like MLK did. And so the key to being original is just a simple thing of avoiding the leap from step three to step four. Instead of saying, "I'm crap," you say, "The first few drafts are always crap, and I'm just not there yet." So how do you get there? Well, there's a clue, it turns out, in the Internet browser that you use. We can predict your job performance and your commitment just by knowing what web browser you use. Now, some of you are not going to like the results of this study —

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