🌟 Weekend watching 🍿

Embracing your negative emotions is crucial to have a balanced and fulfilling life. Psychologist explains why experiencing sadness and grieve may actually be gratifying and become your superpower 😢

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🍿Friday watching 🌿

❓ Why some people are more tenacious than others who give up just too quickly? How can we improve our willpower and discipline? Why doing only what you enjoy doing is not always the key to success?

🎙️ Here are some interesting scientifically proven answers to all these questions.

Enjoy!

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🍿 Weekend watching 🍓

▶️How to set goals and achieve them without feeling frustrated and burnt out on the way? 

🎬 Here is an adorable conversation of experienced journalists for those who are interested in improving public speaking, building confidence and assertiveness.

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🍎 10 juicy idioms to describe your perfect summer ⛱️

1️⃣Summer fling: A short-lived, passionate romance that typically occurs during the summer.
2️⃣Summer breeze: Something pleasant and refreshing, often used to describe a person or situation.
3️⃣Summer of love: A period of time characterized by peace, love, and counterculture, often referencing the 1967 summer in San Francisco.
4️⃣Summer blues: A feeling of sadness or melancholy that often sets in during the summer, usually associated with the end of school or the feeling that things are passing by too quickly.
5️⃣Beat the heat: To find ways to escape the hot summer weather.
6️⃣Summer vacation: A period of time off from work or school during the summer months.
7️⃣Dog days of summer: The hottest and most humid period of summer, typically in July and August.
8️⃣Summer rain: A brief, refreshing shower during a hot summer day.
9️⃣Summer solstice: The longest day of the year, occurring around June 21st.
1️⃣0️⃣Summer blockbuster: A popular movie that is released during the summer, typically an action or adventure film.

🍡Can you add your favorite ones in the comments?
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🏆 Why winning doesn't always equal success?

🏃‍♀️ American gymnastics coach explains the cost of winning in all walks of life and provides advice on how we can contribute to keeping the human spirit for our kids in a highly competitive society

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🤯 Why on Earth did he put full stop at the end of Ok.???

😂 Ever had trouble deciphering what the other person meant in emails or messengers? If your answer is yes, then this book may help you.

👩‍💻 Good digital body language in action: lots of examples and inspiring stories that will help you to boost your digital communication skills both at workplace and in your personal life.

Pdf available in the comments
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🫦Keep a stiff upper lip

🔎(not show their feelings when they are upset-сохранять невозмутимость, держаться молодцом)

📝A person who is said to have a stiff upper lip displays fortitude and stoicism in the face of adversity, or exercises great self-restraint in the expression of emotion.

🎩The phrase is most commonly heard as part of the idiom "keep a stiff upper lip", and has traditionally been used to describe an attribute of British people in remaining resolute and unemotional when faced with adversity. A sign of fear is trembling of the upper lip, hence the saying keep a "stiff" upper lip.

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🪴 10 awesome business idioms that help boost your language level at work:

1️⃣ Think outside the box (мыслить нестандартно) - come up with creative and unconventional solutions to problems.
2️⃣The bottom line (ключевой фактор) - most important factor to consider, especially financial results.
3️⃣ Low-hanging fruit (легкий успех) - easy and achievable goals or tasks.
4️⃣ Ballpark figure (приблизительная оценка) - a rough estimate or approximation.
5️⃣ Move the goalposts (менять правила игры) - change the requirements or expectations unexpectedly.
6️⃣ Hit the ground running (сразу взяться за дело) - start working quickly and effectively.
7️⃣ Be on the same page (в курсе дела) - have a shared understanding or agreement.
8️⃣ Learning curve (кривая обучения) - process of acquiring new skills or knowledge.
9️⃣ Synergy (взаимодействие, синергия) - combined effect of two or more things working together that is greater than the sum of their individual effects.
🔟 Back to the drawing board (возвращать на доработку) - start over from the beginning after a failed attempt.

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☕️ What is the suspended coffee or “caffè sospeso”?

We may consider this custom as a simple and anonymous act of generosity. The best well-known urban legend related to Neapolitan coffee is probably the one concerning suspended coffee or, as they say in Italian language, caffè sospeso. You basically order one coffee but pay for two. The bartender will later give the already paid coffee to the next person who comes in. Nevertheless, this is not to be seen as an act of charity, but rather as the intention of sharing a pleasure.

According to many, this habit started during the Second World War. During those very hard times people could express their solidarity by paying two cups of coffee, including one for those who could not afford it.

That is why caffè sospeso has always been identified as a symbol of popular and social solidarity.

Although this is not a tradition that all bars should comply with, nowadays this custom is making a comeback.

Learn more here
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https://www.lavazza.co.uk/en/coffee-secrets/caffe-sospeso-what-is-tradition

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