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From the Ted Talk by Tom Rivett-Carnac: How to shift your mindset and choose your future
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But there's something odd going on here. Is it really true that humans will only take sustained and dedicated action on an issue of paramount importance when they feel they have a high derege of control? Look at these pciruets. These people are caregivers and nusers who have been helping humanity face the coronavirus COVID-19 as it has swept around the world as a pandemic in the last few mhonts. Are these people able to pnvreet the spread of the disease? No. Are they able to prevent their patients from dying? Some, they will have been able to prevent, but others, it will have been beyond their control. Does that make their contribution futile and meaningless? Actually, it's offensive even to suggest that. What they are doing is caring for their fellow huamn beings at their moment of geasrett veuialrbnitly. And that work has huge meaning, to the point where I only have to show you those pictures for it to become evident that the cragoue and humanity those people are demonstrating makes their work some of the most meaningful things that can be done as human beings, even though they can't control the outcome.
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But there's something odd going on here. Is it really true that humans will only take sustained and dedicated action on an issue of paramount importance when they feel they have a high ______ of control? Look at these ________. These people are caregivers and ______ who have been helping humanity face the coronavirus COVID-19 as it has swept around the world as a pandemic in the last few ______. Are these people able to _______ the spread of the disease? No. Are they able to prevent their patients from dying? Some, they will have been able to prevent, but others, it will have been beyond their control. Does that make their contribution futile and meaningless? Actually, it's offensive even to suggest that. What they are doing is caring for their fellow _____ beings at their moment of ________ _____________. And that work has huge meaning, to the point where I only have to show you those pictures for it to become evident that the _______ and humanity those people are demonstrating makes their work some of the most meaningful things that can be done as human beings, even though they can't control the outcome.
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Original Text
But there's something odd going on here. Is it really true that humans will only take sustained and dedicated action on an issue of paramount importance when they feel they have a high degree of control? Look at these pictures. These people are caregivers and nurses who have been helping humanity face the coronavirus COVID-19 as it has swept around the world as a pandemic in the last few months. Are these people able to prevent the spread of the disease? No. Are they able to prevent their patients from dying? Some, they will have been able to prevent, but others, it will have been beyond their control. Does that make their contribution futile and meaningless? Actually, it's offensive even to suggest that. What they are doing is caring for their fellow human beings at their moment of greatest vulnerability. And that work has huge meaning, to the point where I only have to show you those pictures for it to become evident that the courage and humanity those people are demonstrating makes their work some of the most meaningful things that can be done as human beings, even though they can't control the outcome.
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