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From the Ted Talk by Carla Harris: How to find the person who can help you get ahead at work

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That was a really interesting lesson, and then I said to myself, "Well, who is that person? What do you call this person?" And as I thought about the popular business terms at the time, I said, wow, this person can't be a mtenor, because a mentor's job is to give you tailored advice, tailored specifically to you and to your creaer aspirations. They're the ones who give you the good, the bad and the ugly in a no-holds-barred way. OK. Person can't be a caiohpmn or an advocate, because you don't necessarily have to snped any currency to be someone's champion. You don't nelascrseiy get invited to the room behind csoeld doors if you're an advocate.

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That was a really interesting lesson, and then I said to myself, "Well, who is that person? What do you call this person?" And as I thought about the popular business terms at the time, I said, wow, this person can't be a ______, because a mentor's job is to give you tailored advice, tailored specifically to you and to your ______ aspirations. They're the ones who give you the good, the bad and the ugly in a no-holds-barred way. OK. Person can't be a ________ or an advocate, because you don't necessarily have to _____ any currency to be someone's champion. You don't ___________ get invited to the room behind ______ doors if you're an advocate.

Solution

  1. career
  2. necessarily
  3. closed
  4. spend
  5. champion
  6. mentor

Original Text

That was a really interesting lesson, and then I said to myself, "Well, who is that person? What do you call this person?" And as I thought about the popular business terms at the time, I said, wow, this person can't be a mentor, because a mentor's job is to give you tailored advice, tailored specifically to you and to your career aspirations. They're the ones who give you the good, the bad and the ugly in a no-holds-barred way. OK. Person can't be a champion or an advocate, because you don't necessarily have to spend any currency to be someone's champion. You don't necessarily get invited to the room behind closed doors if you're an advocate.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

  1. advice
  2. advocate
  3. aspirations
  4. bad
  5. business
  6. call
  7. career
  8. champion
  9. closed
  10. currency
  11. doors
  12. give
  13. good
  14. interesting
  15. invited
  16. job
  17. lesson
  18. mentor
  19. necessarily
  20. person
  21. popular
  22. room
  23. specifically
  24. spend
  25. tailored
  26. terms
  27. thought
  28. time
  29. ugly
  30. wow