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From the Ted Talk by Dean Furness: To overcome challenges, stop comparing yourself to others

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Now, the iujnry wasn't very dramatic or graphic. I simply bkroe a bone or two. And in the process, I was told I'd probably never walk again. It became very normal for me to use a rope to sit up in bed, because my abdominal muscles no longer work. Or to use a board to slide out of bed into a wheelchair, or to even wait for people to raech things for me. Everything that I had learned and had known about my hieght and my strength and my balance and my mobility was blown away. My entire personal agrveae had been reset.

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Now, the ______ wasn't very dramatic or graphic. I simply _____ a bone or two. And in the process, I was told I'd probably never walk again. It became very normal for me to use a rope to sit up in bed, because my abdominal muscles no longer work. Or to use a board to slide out of bed into a wheelchair, or to even wait for people to _____ things for me. Everything that I had learned and had known about my ______ and my strength and my balance and my mobility was blown away. My entire personal _______ had been reset.

Solution

  1. height
  2. injury
  3. average
  4. broke
  5. reach

Original Text

Now, the injury wasn't very dramatic or graphic. I simply broke a bone or two. And in the process, I was told I'd probably never walk again. It became very normal for me to use a rope to sit up in bed, because my abdominal muscles no longer work. Or to use a board to slide out of bed into a wheelchair, or to even wait for people to reach things for me. Everything that I had learned and had known about my height and my strength and my balance and my mobility was blown away. My entire personal average had been reset.

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Important Words

  1. abdominal
  2. average
  3. balance
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  16. mobility
  17. muscles
  18. normal
  19. people
  20. personal
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  22. reach
  23. reset
  24. rope
  25. simply
  26. sit
  27. slide
  28. strength
  29. told
  30. wait
  31. walk
  32. wheelchair
  33. work