Mental strength is important when you are pursuing success. There will be  a lot of ups and downs in the process and as such, it is essential to develop mental resilience that is required in different situations.


KRISTEL TALKS

8 QUALITIES OF MENTALLY STRONG PEOPLE

Descubre la belleza y diversidad de Punta Gallinas en nuestro próximo podcast. Ubicada en la región de La Guajira, Punta Gallinas es famosa por su faro, las Dunas de Taroa y la cultura del pueblo indígena Wayuu. Únete a nosotros en este viaje y descubre Punta Gallinas como nunca antes




Latido Latino

Punta gallinas 

RYAN: I’m so happy this week of midterm exams is finished.
TYLER: Same here. I’m looking forward to relaxing in the mountains 
this weekend. I’ve planned a little hike in the woods. 
And I’m gonna take a canoe trip down the river if the 
weather cooperates.
RYAN: Oh, fun! I’m going to Michigan. I’m taking my camera 
because fall is coming fast. The leaves are already turning 
all shades of red and orange. It will be awesome.
TYLER: Next time you go there, I’ll join you. I’ve heard Michigan is a 
great place to go canoeing


LANGUAGE NOTES
• Midterm Students at universities in the United States often take exams midsemester, 
around October or March of every year. These exams are called midterms. Exams at the 
end of the semester are called finals or final exams and are usually in May.
• Gonna is a colloquial form of “I’m going to.” Other similar constructions include 
“wanna” [want to] or “hafta” [have to]. These are examples of transcriptions of spoken 
English and should not be used in a formal context. Some of these examples are now 
seen in text messages as a means of shortening sentences.
• Awesome: is a colloquial way of saying “excellent,” “cool,” “great.” Last night’s rock 
concert was awesome

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 28: Hobby

Let's practice Japanese pronunciation with 日本語初歩. You can get it with the following link. Today's lesson is Chapter 2, P17/428.

はつおんの練習🗣Pronunciation Practice!!

Let's practice Japanese pronunciation with 日本語初歩 Chapter 2 (これはつくえです)

A short story about gender in professions. Many professions have a masculine and a femenine form (Medico, Medica). In this Podcast we will learn the use of the femenine and the masculine in a simple way.

Spanish conversation made easy

第一节 

很久以前，在一个风景如画、环境优美的山村里，有一名牧童，他每天的工作就是在山脚下放羊。

他是一个心地善良、聪明懂事的孩子。他的这些性格特点，要归功于他的爷爷。他的爷爷是一名名医，每天照顾村里生病的村民。他医术高超，乐于助人，人人都夸他是活菩萨转世。

 一天，牧童回家的路上遇见了一个猎人，这个猎人手里抓着一条雪白晶莹的蛇。在牧童的眼里，这条蛇美丽极了。尤其是在阳光下，它那洁白无瑕的鳞片折射出十分美丽的光环。可是，小蛇好像有灵气一般，望向牧童的眼里充满了悲伤。

牧童的心被触动了。他停下脚步，问猎人：“请问这位大叔，这条蛇您是用它来做什么的？”

猎人诚实地说道：“我要把它杀了，然后炖成汤来给我夫人治病。”

牧童说：“我可以让我爷爷帮您夫人看病，这样是否可以换取这条蛇的性命呢？”

猎人说：“那可以，可是我们没钱支付看病的钱。”

牧童说：“那如果我可以让爷爷免费给您夫人看病呢？”

猎人说：“那倒是可以试试。”

于是，小牧童带着这名猎人去找他爷爷。很幸运，他们得到了爷爷的同意，免费为猎人的妻子看病。交换的条件是：猎人把这条小白蛇交给小牧童处理。

牧童心花怒放，他从猎人手里接过这条蛇，一个人一路小跑到山上的林子里，放走了它。

小白蛇转过头，看着牧童，兴奋地甩动着尾巴，像是在对小牧童表示感谢。转瞬间，它就消失在了林子深处……


小小说

新白蛇演义 第一节 

CHISTES MEXICANOS

UN POLÍTICO.

In this podcast we'll look into some answers to 3 common questions:

1. How to answer: ‘Tell me a bit about yourself.’

2. How to answer: ‘What are your weaknesses?’

3. How to answer: ‘Describe a time you faced a challenge and what steps you took to overcome it.’

Before you'll go further - how would you do it yourself? What will your thinking be while answering?

Question One: The interviewer typically isn’t asking you about your weekend here. Take this opportunity to capture and distill the most important things they need to know about you as an employee—your most impactful job, the skills you’d most like to highlight, as well as some of the previous projects you feel showcase your abilities are all great options.

Question Two: Avoid responding with something that’s not genuine and communicates inauthenticity—saying something like ‘I work too hard!’ doesn’t come across well. Everyone has weaknesses—it’s how we manage them that’s important and expressing what you’ve already got underway to alter it is the key.

QUestion Three: This demands self-reflection and self-examination, focusing on problem solving skills and your attitude to challenges, conflict resolution and how you cope under pressure. Work through the S.T.A.R method if you get a little stuck: first, contextualise the situation for your interviewee by presenting the challenge in a professional manner and explain how it arose in the first place, then explain a little about where you fell in the group in relation to the task at hand.

Use some ideas aboe and also prepare your answers as well. At the end of the day - they are 'buying' your personality, not so much how you answer those questions so don't be shy being yourself, it countrs massively!

Let me know how I can help you privately in your interview preparations!

To Your Success!