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From the Ted Talk by Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Today's Friday, usually people have mgenites on Monday. Just don't have it. I don't mean move it; I mean just erase it from memory, it's gone. And you'll find out that everything will be just fine. All these discussions and dsciineos you tuhohgt you had to make at this one time at 9 a.m. on Monday, just forget about them, and things will be fine. People will have a more open morning, they can actually think. You'll find out all these things you thought you had to do, you don't actually have to do.

Open Cloze

Today's Friday, usually people have ________ on Monday. Just don't have it. I don't mean move it; I mean just erase it from memory, it's gone. And you'll find out that everything will be just fine. All these discussions and _________ you _______ you had to make at this one time at 9 a.m. on Monday, just forget about them, and things will be fine. People will have a more open morning, they can actually think. You'll find out all these things you thought you had to do, you don't actually have to do.

Solution

  1. meetings
  2. thought
  3. decisions

Original Text

Today's Friday, usually people have meetings on Monday. Just don't have it. I don't mean move it; I mean just erase it from memory, it's gone. And you'll find out that everything will be just fine. All these discussions and decisions you thought you had to make at this one time at 9 a.m. on Monday, just forget about them, and things will be fine. People will have a more open morning, they can actually think. You'll find out all these things you thought you had to do, you don't actually have to do.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
uninterrupted time 4
great work 3
work day 3
long stretches 3
real problems 3
expect people 2

Important Words

  1. decisions
  2. discussions
  3. erase
  4. find
  5. fine
  6. forget
  7. friday
  8. meetings
  9. memory
  10. monday
  11. morning
  12. move
  13. open
  14. people
  15. thought
  16. time