This is a big one. Having a global mindset is integral to so many on this site. Understanding other cultures is the reason we learn languages. Having a global mindset is necessary in today's business world. All this week I'll be focusing on Global Business Culture and cross cultural collaboration!

In today's BUSINESS ENGLISH podcast we're talking about ✅ Tips for starting a new job ✅ How to communicate with your new colleagues ✅ Vocabulary to make your first days in a new job easier ✅ How to show your enthusiasm for your new job The podcast finishes with a short quiz to see how much you remember. So listen closely, feel free to take notes, and I hope you enjoy this edition of the Breakout Business English Podcast.

The Missing Element in All Types of Interviews In a job interview, make your case fast and be sure your suit is pressed, too. But it's not what the recording is about :) You might laugh, but it takes a few seconds for an experienced HR manager to decide on the outcome of the interview. One of my students from China working as a general manager for a luxury firm said, "Oh, Anatoly, I watch for the words they use; if they have a victim mentality, the chances of them succeeding with us are low.".  What are you going to do now after reading this? I mean, I hear these remarks by my students who are top managers—they don't want to hear any kind of whining or complaining about the past. All they care about is how successfully you are going to assist and support the company's evolution and growth! The winner's attitude is what they are looking for, and to be honest, it's a rare-case scenario. If you check with yourself, what do you like? A complainer? A thrilled and excited individual? Are you happy about the changes, or does the future seem dark and gloomy? Top managers got themselves trained to pick those nuanses, and so do I, as I've had top performers as my students for 8 years, and I did close to 21 thousand meetings with them—it's evident! Let me know if this text was an eye-opener for you. I would be for me!!! If you want me to listen to your speech and share some recommentations of how to improve your English performance - be my guest, book my classes now!

A new podcast to help you prepare for your IELTS test!

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Use a pause before or after saying sorry. This makes the person you’re talking to listen carefully to what you are saying. Here are a few examples. Sorry, (pause) I'm afraid I have to go. Listen, (pause) sorry Amanda. I'm in a rush. Sorry, (pause) I better get going.

Hi, and welcome to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. This novel centers around a colony of escaped lab rats, the rats of NIMH. They live in a technologically sophisticated and literate society mimicking that of humans. They come to the aid of Mrs. Frisby, a field mouse who seeks to protect her children and home from destruction by a farmer's plow. Listen and follow along. Send me a message for your free pdf copy of this book. The Sickness of Timothy Frisby Mrs Frisby, the head of a family of field mice, lived in an underground house in the vegetable garden of a farmer named Mr Fitzgibbon. It was a winter house, such as some field mice move to when food becomes too scarce, and the living too hard in the woods and pastures. In the soft earth of a bean, potato, pea and asparagus patch there is plenty of food left over for mice after the human crop has been gathered. Mrs Frisby and her family were especially lucky in the house itself. It was a slightly damaged cement block, the hollow kind with two oval holes through it; it had somehow been abandoned in the garden during the summer and lay almost completely buried, with only a bit of one corner showing above ground, which is how Mrs Frisby had discovered it. It lay on its side in such a way that the solid parts of the block formed a roof and a floor, both waterproof, and the hollows made two spacious rooms. Lined with bits of leaves, grass, cloth, cotton fluff, feathers and other soft things Mrs Frisby and her children had collected, the house stayed dry, warm and comfortable all winter. A tunnel to the surface-earth of the garden, dug so that it was slightly larger than a mouse and slightly smaller than a cat’s foreleg, provided access, air, and even a fair amount of light to the living room. The bedroom, formed by the second oval, was warm but dark, even at midday. A short tunnel through the earth behind the block connected the two rooms.