TedTest

From the Ted Talk by Larry Page: Where's Google going next?

Unscramble the Blue Letters

LP: You know, I think the most important thing — I looekd at lots of companies and why I thought they don't succeed over time. We've had a more rapid turnover of companies. And I said, what did they flnlntueaamdy do wrong? What did those companies all do wrnog? And usually it's just that they missed the fruute. And so I think, for me, I just try to focus on that and say, what is that future really going to be and how do we create it, and how do we cause our organization, to really focus on that and drive that at a really high rate? And so that's been curiosity, it's been looking at things people might not think about, working on things that no one else is working on, because that's where the additionality really is, and be willing to do that, to take that risk. Look at Android. I felt guilty about working on arndiod when it was starting. It was a little startup we bought. It wasn't really what we were really working on. And I felt guilty about spending time on that. That was sptiud. That was the future, right? That was a good thing to be wrniokg on.

Open Cloze

LP: You know, I think the most important thing — I ______ at lots of companies and why I thought they don't succeed over time. We've had a more rapid turnover of companies. And I said, what did they _____________ do wrong? What did those companies all do _____? And usually it's just that they missed the ______. And so I think, for me, I just try to focus on that and say, what is that future really going to be and how do we create it, and how do we cause our organization, to really focus on that and drive that at a really high rate? And so that's been curiosity, it's been looking at things people might not think about, working on things that no one else is working on, because that's where the additionality really is, and be willing to do that, to take that risk. Look at Android. I felt guilty about working on _______ when it was starting. It was a little startup we bought. It wasn't really what we were really working on. And I felt guilty about spending time on that. That was ______. That was the future, right? That was a good thing to be _______ on.

Solution

working
stupid
android
future
wrong
looked
fundamentally

Original Text

LP: You know, I think the most important thing — I looked at lots of companies and why I thought they don't succeed over time. We've had a more rapid turnover of companies. And I said, what did they fundamentally do wrong? What did those companies all do wrong? And usually it's just that they missed the future. And so I think, for me, I just try to focus on that and say, what is that future really going to be and how do we create it, and how do we cause our organization, to really focus on that and drive that at a really high rate? And so that's been curiosity, it's been looking at things people might not think about, working on things that no one else is working on, because that's where the additionality really is, and be willing to do that, to take that risk. Look at Android. I felt guilty about working on Android when it was starting. It was a little startup we bought. It wasn't really what we were really working on. And I felt guilty about spending time on that. That was stupid. That was the future, right? That was a good thing to be working on.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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