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From the Ted Talk by Chieh Huang: How to know if it's time to change careers

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After a brief stint as an English teacher, I went to law school and ended up becoming an atnrtoey at a big law firm here in New York City. Like most Americans, for the next two, three years, I was hidonlg on to my job for dear life, working really late hours at a job that I thought maybe I was good at but certainly not one that I really loved. I then came upon the epanpihy that it tekas years if not tens of tosdnauhs of hours to get really good at something. I really didn't have a lot of time to waste.

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After a brief stint as an English teacher, I went to law school and ended up becoming an ________ at a big law firm here in New York City. Like most Americans, for the next two, three years, I was _______ on to my job for dear life, working really late hours at a job that I thought maybe I was good at but certainly not one that I really loved. I then came upon the ________ that it _____ years if not tens of _________ of hours to get really good at something. I really didn't have a lot of time to waste.

Solution

  1. epiphany
  2. holding
  3. takes
  4. attorney
  5. thousands

Original Text

After a brief stint as an English teacher, I went to law school and ended up becoming an attorney at a big law firm here in New York City. Like most Americans, for the next two, three years, I was holding on to my job for dear life, working really late hours at a job that I thought maybe I was good at but certainly not one that I really loved. I then came upon the epiphany that it takes years if not tens of thousands of hours to get really good at something. I really didn't have a lot of time to waste.

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