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From the Ted Talk by Larry Smith: Why you will fail to have a great career

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So people looking for good jobs are going to fail. I want to talk about those looking for great jobs, great crreeas, and why you're going to fail. First roeasn is that no matter how many times people tell you, "If you want a great career, you have to pursue your passion, you have to pursue your dmaers, you have to prusue the greatest fascination in your life," you hear it again and again, and then you decide not to do it. It doesn't meattr how many times you download Steven J.'s Stanford commencement address, you still look at it and decide not to do it.

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So people looking for good jobs are going to fail. I want to talk about those looking for great jobs, great _______, and why you're going to fail. First ______ is that no matter how many times people tell you, "If you want a great career, you have to pursue your passion, you have to pursue your ______, you have to ______ the greatest fascination in your life," you hear it again and again, and then you decide not to do it. It doesn't ______ how many times you download Steven J.'s Stanford commencement address, you still look at it and decide not to do it.

Solution

  1. dreams
  2. careers
  3. reason
  4. matter
  5. pursue

Original Text

So people looking for good jobs are going to fail. I want to talk about those looking for great jobs, great careers, and why you're going to fail. First reason is that no matter how many times people tell you, "If you want a great career, you have to pursue your passion, you have to pursue your dreams, you have to pursue the greatest fascination in your life," you hear it again and again, and then you decide not to do it. It doesn't matter how many times you download Steven J.'s Stanford commencement address, you still look at it and decide not to do it.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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