good at what you do
Skilled at your work or activity.
Guided listening and speaking practice
English shadowing practice: Making People Feel Good in Conversation
Practise talking about the effect you want your words to have on another person, from building confidence to helping someone feel accepted.
Level: B1 · Intermediate
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Session 1 · 12 prepared sentences That's What Master Communicators Do
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I think our job if you want to really be a master communicator is you are gifting good chemicals.
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good at what you do
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- 010:00I think our job if you want to really be a master communicator is you are gifting good chemicals.
- 020:05You know that phrase like lead people better than you found them.
- 030:07Yeah.
- 040:08I take that quite literally.
- 050:09I think master communicators are literally gifting beautiful chemicals to the other person.
- 060:15They're making people feel super full of dopamine.
- 070:18Dopamine is like very simplified excitement, motivation, energy.
- 080:22They're gifting testosterone.
- 090:24You feel capable.
- 100:25You feel smart.
- 110:26Wow, you're good at what you do, right?
- 120:27And you leave feeling like like I'm so good.
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