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question:Read the following context and choose the correct option to answer the question. Context: When people are huddled at a conference or professional event, the subject often turns to the value of failure and embracing feedback. “It is the key to self improvement!”, many chant, channeling their inner self-help gurus, Sadly, many don’t quite practice what they preach. Seeing the value in critical feedback and the lessons that failure can offer is a tough pill to swallow. For those confident in their capabilities, their social standing (in their companies/communities etc), and their abilities, the pill goes down a little easier. For those who experience imposter syndrome, feel insecure about their work, or are new in their careers, it is more difficult. Here’s the thing: these are not binary personalities. While some people are overly confident about themselves, and some people are overly insecure about themselves, most people have a blend of both. As such, even the most confident people can feel the sting when they get critical feedback or screw something up. This is a guide with some things I have learned over the years about how to turn feedback and failure to your advantage. In my not-so-humble opinion, the perfect blend of a human being is confidence in their ability to execute and accomplish their goals, but with a healthy dose of awareness of their current limitations. Let’s face it, overly confident people are often not just at risk of being swallowed up by ego, but can also lack the empathy to understand other folks they need to work with who don’t share the same confidence. An understanding of our current limitations is healthy. When we understand we are not great at something, but we are eager to learn and improve, it opens us up to counsel and tuition. The confidence piece plays an important role in helping us to remember: “I might suck now, but I am going to learn and get better”. When we have this in our heads it makes the journey more palatable: we know that our failure to succeed right now is temporary and it will improve. Question: What is probably true about most people? Options: A. not enough information B. most people want to be timid C. most people want to be criticized D. most people probably want to be confident A:
answer:D. most people probably want to be confident
question:You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Answer the following question: I've had two. Both happened in Newport RI when I was in the US Navy. First, I lived in a cottage that was in an old motel. It had a cottage in front where the landlady lived and there were ten little cottages in a half-moon configuration around it. Ours was a party place and we didn't have a phone. This was in the early 1970's. The landlady was in her 50's I'd guess. The only phone was a pay-phone outside her cottage and it was o party line with her phone. When we used it, she would try to listen, especially if we were talking to a girl. We could tell and sometimes we'd ask he to hang up, but other times we'd talk about sexy stuff and let her listen. We could hear her breathing heavy when we did. When we'd be parting, she'd come to the door wearing sexy clothes that were completely inappropriate and want to be invited in. Though we were a bunch of horny sailors, no one wanted any part of that. We never let her come in. I got married and moved into an apartment that was three rooms in a huge old house. They closed that Navy base and all of the sailors were transferred elsewhere. There were bumper-stickers that said, "Will the last sailor to leave, please turn out the lights." In those days, Newport was a small town that leached off of sailors. My landlord said that when my wife and I were completely out and it was completely clean, he'd refund my deposit. We left the apartment immaculately clean and he wouldn't refund my deposit. That was nearly 50 years ago and it still pisses me off. According to the above context, answer the following question. Why is the sailor still pissed off today? OPTIONS: [i] because the Landlord wouldn't refund the deposit; [ii] because the landlady listened to phone calls; [iii] because the landlady showed up at parties in sexy clothing; [iv] not enough information; Answer:
answer:[i] because the Landlord wouldn't refund the deposit;
question:You are an AI assistant. You will be given a task. You must generate a detailed and long answer. Here are two sentences: He had said before the meeting that he planned to urge Chinese officials to move quickly to adopt a more flexible currency system . He has said he plans to urge Chinese officials during the G20 meeting to move more quickly to adopt a more flexible currency system . Are the two sentences saying the same thing?
answer:Yes, the two sentences convey the same general message, but they phrase it in slightly different ways. Both sentences indicate that the speaker plans to encourage Chinese officials to adopt a more flexible currency system at a faster pace. However, the differences in the sentences lie in the specific context in which this encouragement is expressed. In the first sentence: "He had said before the meeting that he planned to urge Chinese officials to move quickly to adopt a more flexible currency system," the use of "had said before the meeting" suggests that this statement was made in the past, prior to the actual meeting. Additionally, the syntax implies that the speaker already attended the meeting and is recounting something that was stated before it took place. On the other hand, the second sentence: "He has said he plans to urge Chinese officials during the G20 meeting to move more quickly to adopt a more flexible currency system," employs the present perfect tense "has said," which denotes a connection between the past and the present. This suggests that the statement was made at some point in the past, and its implications are still relevant. Furthermore, it specifically mentions "the G20 meeting," whereas the first sentence does not provide any particular context about the meeting. In summary, both sentences communicate the same core message that the speaker intends to press Chinese officials to adopt a more flexible currency system rapidly. The variations in the sentence structures and tenses, along with the added detail of the G20 meeting in the second sentence, contribute to the unique nuances present in each statement.
question:You are an AI assistant, who knows every language and how to translate one language to another. Given a task, you explain in simple steps what the task is asking, any guidelines that it provides. You solve the task and show how you used the guidelines to solve the task. Detailed Instructions: You're given a sentence and your task is to classify whether the sentence is acceptable or not. Any sentence which is grammatically correct, has a naturalistic text, is written by a native speaker and which minimizes superfluous content is acceptable, otherwise unacceptable. If the sentence is acceptable then write "acceptable", otherwise "unacceptable". Problem:John is ready for you to inspect bunk. Solution:
answer:Step 1: Understand the task The task requires us to classify a sentence based on its grammar, naturalistic text, native-speaker quality, and lack of unnecessary content. We need to determine if the sentence is acceptable or unacceptable based on these criteria. Step 2: Examine the sentence Sentence: John is ready for you to inspect bunk. Step 3: Analyze the sentence based on the guidelines - Grammatically correct: The sentence has proper subject-verb-object order and it seems there are no obvious grammar mistakes. - Naturalistic text: The sentence appears to be somewhat natural, but the use of the word "bunk" feels incomplete without context or a proper noun. It might be more natural to say "the bunk" or "the bunk bed." - Native-speaker quality: The sentence doesn't sound like it's entirely written by a native speaker because of the odd use of "bunk." - Minimizes superfluous content: The sentence doesn't have any unnecessary information. Step 4: Make the determination Based on the analysis, the sentence has some issues with naturalistic text and native-speaker quality due to the unusual use of the word "bunk." Solution: unacceptable