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From the Ted Talk by Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

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Now let me give you a successful example of the law of diffusion of innovation. In the summer of 1963, 250,000 people showed up on the mall in Washington to hear Dr. King speak. They sent out no invitations, and there was no website to cehck the date. How do you do that? Well, Dr. King wasn't the only man in America who was a great orator. He wasn't the only man in America who suffered in a pre-civil rights aimecra. In fact, some of his iedas were bad. But he had a gift. He didn't go around tenllig people what needed to change in America. He went around and told people what he believed. "I believe, I believe, I believe," he told people. And people who believed what he beveiled took his cause, and they made it their own, and they told people. And some of those poeple created structures to get the word out to even more people. And lo and behold, 250,000 people showed up on the right day at the right time to hear him speak.

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Now let me give you a successful example of the law of diffusion of innovation. In the summer of 1963, 250,000 people showed up on the mall in Washington to hear Dr. King speak. They sent out no invitations, and there was no website to _____ the date. How do you do that? Well, Dr. King wasn't the only man in America who was a great orator. He wasn't the only man in America who suffered in a pre-civil rights _______. In fact, some of his _____ were bad. But he had a gift. He didn't go around _______ people what needed to change in America. He went around and told people what he believed. "I believe, I believe, I believe," he told people. And people who believed what he ________ took his cause, and they made it their own, and they told people. And some of those ______ created structures to get the word out to even more people. And lo and behold, 250,000 people showed up on the right day at the right time to hear him speak.

Solution

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  3. people
  4. check
  5. telling
  6. america

Original Text

Now let me give you a successful example of the law of diffusion of innovation. In the summer of 1963, 250,000 people showed up on the mall in Washington to hear Dr. King speak. They sent out no invitations, and there was no website to check the date. How do you do that? Well, Dr. King wasn't the only man in America who was a great orator. He wasn't the only man in America who suffered in a pre-civil rights America. In fact, some of his ideas were bad. But he had a gift. He didn't go around telling people what needed to change in America. He went around and told people what he believed. "I believe, I believe, I believe," he told people. And people who believed what he believed took his cause, and they made it their own, and they told people. And some of those people created structures to get the word out to even more people. And lo and behold, 250,000 people showed up on the right day at the right time to hear him speak.

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