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This week ill give you a break from the reading of How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie because honestly yesterday was sunday and now is friday, that’s how fast this week went by.

That said, I couldn’t read this week as I would have wanted so the topic for this week is how to tolerate frustration. Have you ever thought about it ?

Most of the things in life reside on how we manage frustration, whether you are dying to get something, waiting on something to happen or simply on queue at the supermarket. Learning to tolerate frustration is an underrated skill that can and will get you further in many aspects of your life.

How does this topic relates to language and our communication? Well, we sometimes lack the words to clearly express ourselves which impacts how we feel, therefore leading to frustration, maybe you don’t consciously notice it but those sensations you may not understand may have to do with tolerating frustration.

“It’s not the bad things that happen to us that upset us, but rather what we think about these things.”

With this, I want you to picture yourself in the following scenario:

Imagine you went for a hike to the closest mountain park. After a couple of minutes, you find yourself in the middle of the trail and you have just tripped into a mud hole, now you are all tarnished and full of mud all over your clothes and belongings. The moment you stand up from the mud hole you realize your cellphone fell into the mud hole making it inoperative. You keep walking trying to get back to the entrance and it starts raining.

Describe, as detailed as possible, how would you feel?

I para complementar esto quiero mostrarte la “Emotional word wheel” para que te ayude a describir cómo te sentirías en esa situación.

Vocabulary, Phrases and Tools

This week I wanna bring to you the power of pauses and silence.

“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” - Mark Twain

El problema es que una pausa es incomoda y nos da pena el “awkward silence” y necesitamos ruido pero si realmente quieres impactar en lo que estás diciendo, una pausa a veces puede marcar una gran diferencia.

Try it out next time you are speaking in a meeting, with a customer or a presentation.

Week’s Content

Esta semana si hubo contenido, aquí te dejo uno:

Y recordarte que ya está arriba el TOEFL ITP Quick Prep en el cual en 45 minutos te comparto un overview del exámen, los tipos de preguntas y los errores más comunes que se cometen. El propósito es que si estás interesado o interesada en presentarlo y sabes si estás listo, este curso te ayudará a saberlo y sólo cuesta $99 pesos.

Da click sobre la imágen para que te lleve directo al curso. 👇🏻

Recommendations

This week’s recommendation is:

To watch:

“How to make faster decisions”
Before you watch it you can review the following vocabulary in case you don’t know a term:

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