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Continuing with the reading of How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie this week moved to part two of the book which presents Six Ways to Make People Like You and it begins with the following: “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”

Y es que ese siempre ha sido el problema, el egocentrismo y peor aún, cuando no nos damos cuenta que estamos siendo egocéntricos.

Dale quotes Alfred Adler a famous Viennese psychologist who said “It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow men who has the greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury to others. It is from among such individuals that all human failures spring.”

With genuine interest you will basically be welcome anywhere because there is nothing more hedious than fake interest.

Es algo tan fácil, yet, tan dificil que no lo hacemos, lo olvidamos o nuestro ego nos gana.

Dale also mentions that if we want to make friends, let’s put ourselves out to do things for other people - things that require time, energy, unselfishness and thoughtfulness.

El problema también es, esa ligera línea entre poner primero a los demás antes que a uno mismo vs interés genuino y apoyo a los demás.

Think about it. How many things have you recently, genuinly done for others?

Let me know your thoughts!

Vocabulary, Phrases and Tools

Esta semana te quiero compartir 2 idioms

"That's the ticket" - That's exactly what's needed.

"My two cents" - Offering one's opinion or perspective.

Y un ejercicio que he estado haciendo con mis alumnos para cambiar el mindset sobre reducir la traducción e incrementar la interpretación para que cuando te trabes al decir algo sepas que tienes differentes maneras de decir las cosas.

The exercise consists of the following, I’ll give you a paragraph in spanish and you have to think 3 ways to say the paragraph in english.

 "El equipo de proyecto está trabajando arduamente para cumplir con los plazos establecidos en el proyecto y asegurarse de que todos los miembros estén en la misma página."

I would love to read your 3 options so, hit reply and ill be more than happy to give em a read.

Pero, si quisieras saber de que 3 formas puedes decirlo, aqui te comparto 3 options:

• The project team is working hard to meet the deadlines set for the project and make sure that all team members are on the same page.

• The project crew is putting in a lot of effort to stick to the project deadlines and ensure that everyone is on the same wavelength.

• The project squad is grinding to meet the project's set deadlines and ensure everyone is on the same page.

Week’s Content

Esta semana no hubo contenido porque estuve muy cargado de clases y porque la verdad he estado haciendo pruebas para comenzar a lanzar contenido pre-grabado. Uno de los primeros que ya estoy por hacer es sobre TOEFL ITP, si te interesa recibirlo antes que el público en general y casi gratis, contésta el correo para mandarte la info en cuanto esté.

Recommendations

This week’s recommendations are:

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This week I want to recommend an activity that can help you increase your hearing acuteness which basically will help your brain process the listening in English.

The activity is just to force yourself to watch any video you like, in english of course, but at a playback speed of at least x1.25, at the beginning you may struggle to actually understand but, trust me, the more you practice it the better you will get at listening.

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