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From the Ted Talk by Patty McCord: 8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for
Unscramble the Blue Letters
loessn eight: Every company needs to be excited for cganhe. Beware of the smoke of nlsatoiga. If you find yourself saying, "Remember the way it used to be?" I want you to shift your thinking to say, "Think about the way it's going to be." If I had a dream company, I would walk in the door and I would say, "Everything's changed, all bets are off. We were running as fast as we can to the right, and now we'll take a hard left." And everybody would go "Yes!" It's a pretty exciting world out there, and it's changing all the time. The more we embrace it and get exiectd about it, the more fun we're going to have.
Open Cloze
______ eight: Every company needs to be excited for ______. Beware of the smoke of _________. If you find yourself saying, "Remember the way it used to be?" I want you to shift your thinking to say, "Think about the way it's going to be." If I had a dream company, I would walk in the door and I would say, "Everything's changed, all bets are off. We were running as fast as we can to the right, and now we'll take a hard left." And everybody would go "Yes!" It's a pretty exciting world out there, and it's changing all the time. The more we embrace it and get _______ about it, the more fun we're going to have.
Solution
- change
- lesson
- excited
- nostalgia
Original Text
Lesson eight: Every company needs to be excited for change. Beware of the smoke of nostalgia. If you find yourself saying, "Remember the way it used to be?" I want you to shift your thinking to say, "Think about the way it's going to be." If I had a dream company, I would walk in the door and I would say, "Everything's changed, all bets are off. We were running as fast as we can to the right, and now we'll take a hard left." And everybody would go "Yes!" It's a pretty exciting world out there, and it's changing all the time. The more we embrace it and get excited about it, the more fun we're going to have.
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