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From the Ted Talk by Christiana Figueres: The case for stubborn optimism on climate

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Optimism is not about bdinlly ignoring the rteilaeis that sunrorud us, that's foolishness. It's also not a naive faith that everything will take care of itself, even if we do nothing. That is irresponsibility. The optimism I'm speaking of is not the result of an achievement, it is the necessary input to meeting a challenge. It is, in fact, the only way to increase our chance of success. Think of the impact of a pviitose mindset on a personal goal you have set yourself. Running a marathon, learning a new lanuggae, creating a new cnrtouy, like my father, or like me, reaching a global agreement on climate change.

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Optimism is not about _______ ignoring the _________ that ________ us, that's foolishness. It's also not a naive faith that everything will take care of itself, even if we do nothing. That is irresponsibility. The optimism I'm speaking of is not the result of an achievement, it is the necessary input to meeting a challenge. It is, in fact, the only way to increase our chance of success. Think of the impact of a ________ mindset on a personal goal you have set yourself. Running a marathon, learning a new ________, creating a new _______, like my father, or like me, reaching a global agreement on climate change.

Solution

  1. positive
  2. language
  3. blindly
  4. surround
  5. country
  6. realities

Original Text

Optimism is not about blindly ignoring the realities that surround us, that's foolishness. It's also not a naive faith that everything will take care of itself, even if we do nothing. That is irresponsibility. The optimism I'm speaking of is not the result of an achievement, it is the necessary input to meeting a challenge. It is, in fact, the only way to increase our chance of success. Think of the impact of a positive mindset on a personal goal you have set yourself. Running a marathon, learning a new language, creating a new country, like my father, or like me, reaching a global agreement on climate change.

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