Last week we started watching a great video together by one of my favorite authors on habits and motivation, James Clear. If you missed it, you can check out the blog post and video here.

Remember what he said about habits?

“If you can change your habits, you can change your life.”

Watching videos in English can be a great way to improve your comprehension and learn new and advanced English expressions. But it’s not always easy to do alone!

Having just a little help can make a big difference in what you understand and learn when you watch real-life videos in English.

So today we’ll continue on with two more big ideas from this video by James Clear.

And I’ll explain the expressions there so you can start making them a part of the English you understand…and can use in real life!

Did you know that I’ve made a worksheet to go with this lesson so that you can practice everything you see here today? I want you to make this part of the English you actually use in real life!

GET THE WORKSHEET: Make sure you practice these learning strategies so you can make them part of your new habit for 2022 with this worksheet made for you by a Neurolanguage coach.

Did you ever notice that your environment can affect your habits?

I’m sure you know what it’s like. If you are trying to eat healthy food…and someone brings you your favorite dessert and leaves it in your kitchen, it makes it hard to change.

But as James Clear points out in his video,

“You don’t have to be the victim of your environment, you can also be the architect of it.
In other words, you can decide not to be passive if your environment isn’t helping you.”

In other words, you can change your environment and design it in a way that helps you.

And you can do that with your habits in mind.

“You can decide to design something to make your good behaviors easier, your bad behaviors harder…”

Also check out my lesson: Smarter not harder: How to boost your business English, faster.

As a neurolanguage coach, I love this next piece of advice.

Because I know how much it can help my clients–people like you who have a goal that is going to take consistent practice over a period of time.

It’s something you can absolutely do if you focus on this great piece of advice from James Clear:

“You should optimize for the starting line, not the finish line.”

In other words, put your effort into getting started on your new habit.

Do the best you can at starting.

That’s the best way to reach your goals.

GET THE WORKSHEET: Make sure you practice these expressions so you can use them in real life with this worksheet made for you by a Neurolanguage coach.

The best way to become more confident using Business English is to practice!

Here’s your Confidence Challenge for this week:

1.Is there a way you can optimize for the starting line in your English or business?

2.Tell me about one area where you can do a really great job at starting a new habit in the comments.

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When you’re not feeling so positive about a person or situation, you might use that or those–to create distance from them!
If your team member has some difficult new clients you might say,

“Those new clients are difficult to manage!”

Or if you’re talking about a restaurant that you just went to and didn’t appreciate very much, you might say…

“Oh, you mean that restaurant with those rude waiters and that expensive food? I don’t know why anyone would go there…”

Just don’t say that to your boss if he has just suggested you schedule your next business lunch there!

Now you’ve reviewed how to use this/these/that and those. Plus you’ve learned about a few very specific situations you can use in your Business English. If you take some time to practice these and learn them, you’ll feel more confident the next time it’s time to use them.

The best way to become more confident using Business English is to practice!
Here’s your Confidence Challenge for this week:

1.Write a sentence in the comments with ‘this’ as if you were scheduling a business meeting (this evening, this week…etc).

2.See if you can use that sentence later in the week when you are speaking English.

If you learned something from this lesson, please share it with your coworkers & friends. You can send your message to them in English for more practice!

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If you would like to take the next step with me, discover my Faster Fluency Conversation Club Membership Program!

It helps you become more confident speaking in conversations, and get a lot more vocabulary on many different topics! And it’s a fabulous community of “English buddies” from around the world!

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Can’t wait to see you in the Club,

Christina

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