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From the Ted Talk by Ernesto Sirolli: Want to help someone? Shut up and listen!

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So now you're rebuilding Christchurch without knowing what the smartest people in crchhriutcsh want to do with their own mnoey and their own energy. You have to learn how to get these people to come and talk to you. You have to offer them caifientondilty, privacy, you have to be fantastic at helping them, and then they will come, and they will come in droves. In a community of 10,000 people, we get 200 clentis. Can you imagine a community of 400,000 people, the intelligence and the paosisn? Which presentation have you applauded the most this morning? Local, passionate people. That's who you have applauded.

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So now you're rebuilding Christchurch without knowing what the smartest people in ____________ want to do with their own _____ and their own energy. You have to learn how to get these people to come and talk to you. You have to offer them _______________, privacy, you have to be fantastic at helping them, and then they will come, and they will come in droves. In a community of 10,000 people, we get 200 _______. Can you imagine a community of 400,000 people, the intelligence and the _______? Which presentation have you applauded the most this morning? Local, passionate people. That's who you have applauded.

Solution

  1. confidentiality
  2. clients
  3. christchurch
  4. money
  5. passion

Original Text

So now you're rebuilding Christchurch without knowing what the smartest people in Christchurch want to do with their own money and their own energy. You have to learn how to get these people to come and talk to you. You have to offer them confidentiality, privacy, you have to be fantastic at helping them, and then they will come, and they will come in droves. In a community of 10,000 people, we get 200 clients. Can you imagine a community of 400,000 people, the intelligence and the passion? Which presentation have you applauded the most this morning? Local, passionate people. That's who you have applauded.

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Important Words

  1. applauded
  2. christchurch
  3. clients
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  5. confidentiality
  6. droves
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  9. helping
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  12. knowing
  13. learn
  14. local
  15. money
  16. morning
  17. offer
  18. passion
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  20. people
  21. presentation
  22. privacy
  23. rebuilding
  24. smartest
  25. talk