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From the Ted Talk by Warren Valdmanis: What makes a job "good" -- and the case for investing in people

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But the problem with gyms is they can be intimidating. It's the ultimate irony. You go to a gym to get in shape, but if you're out of shape, you feel like you need to get in shape just to show up. That's why as many as 50 percent of gym mbmeres quit within the first year, which is fine if you open a gym in New York or LA with millions of people. But in a samll town, you might simply run out of csermotus. Now many gyms try to svole this problem by making it dicluffit to quit. So now not only am I fnleeig guilty about not going to the gym, but I’m stuck paying 100 dollars a month, and I’m still not getting any thinner.

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But the problem with gyms is they can be intimidating. It's the ultimate irony. You go to a gym to get in shape, but if you're out of shape, you feel like you need to get in shape just to show up. That's why as many as 50 percent of gym _______ quit within the first year, which is fine if you open a gym in New York or LA with millions of people. But in a _____ town, you might simply run out of _________. Now many gyms try to _____ this problem by making it _________ to quit. So now not only am I _______ guilty about not going to the gym, but I’m stuck paying 100 dollars a month, and I’m still not getting any thinner.

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  2. members
  3. small
  4. difficult
  5. customers
  6. solve

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But the problem with gyms is they can be intimidating. It's the ultimate irony. You go to a gym to get in shape, but if you're out of shape, you feel like you need to get in shape just to show up. That's why as many as 50 percent of gym members quit within the first year, which is fine if you open a gym in New York or LA with millions of people. But in a small town, you might simply run out of customers. Now many gyms try to solve this problem by making it difficult to quit. So now not only am I feeling guilty about not going to the gym, but I’m stuck paying 100 dollars a month, and I’m still not getting any thinner.

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