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From the Ted Talk by Ryan Martin: Why we get mad -- and why it's healthy

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They tend to overgeneralize, they use words like "always," "never," "every," "this always happens to me," "I never get what I want" or "I hit every stoplight on the way here today." Demandingness: they put their own needs ahead of the needs of others: "I don't care why this peosrn is driving so slow, they need to speed up or move over so I can get to this job interview." And finally, inflammatory labeling. They call plpoee folos, idiots, monsters, or a whole bunch of things I've been told I'm not alwleod to say during this TED Talk.

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They tend to overgeneralize, they use words like "always," "never," "every," "this always happens to me," "I never get what I want" or "I hit every stoplight on the way here today." Demandingness: they put their own needs ahead of the needs of others: "I don't care why this ______ is driving so slow, they need to speed up or move over so I can get to this job interview." And finally, inflammatory labeling. They call ______ _____, idiots, monsters, or a whole bunch of things I've been told I'm not _______ to say during this TED Talk.

Solution

  1. person
  2. fools
  3. people
  4. allowed

Original Text

They tend to overgeneralize, they use words like "always," "never," "every," "this always happens to me," "I never get what I want" or "I hit every stoplight on the way here today." Demandingness: they put their own needs ahead of the needs of others: "I don't care why this person is driving so slow, they need to speed up or move over so I can get to this job interview." And finally, inflammatory labeling. They call people fools, idiots, monsters, or a whole bunch of things I've been told I'm not allowed to say during this TED Talk.

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Important Words

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