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Chris Lipp
Episode 186
Vocabulary
deliberate (verb)
- Definition:
- to think about or discuss something very carefully before making a decision
- Example from the episode:
- “But one of the studies conducted at Stanford, they took two people, one person deliberating on making a decision, like, should we do this, pluses and minuses?”
- Example sentence:
- “The committee will deliberate and decide next week.”
antithesis (noun)
- Definition:
- the complete opposite of something or someone
- Example from the episode:
- “One of the things that, and this is the very first thing I talk about in my book, The Science of Personal Power, is the blame is the antithesis of personal power.”
- Example sentence:
- “The new policy is the antithesis of our previous goals.”
abstract (adjective)
- Definition:
- not concrete or definite, often related to ideas or concepts that are complex
- Example from the episode:
- “So research suggests that abstract language is actually more powerful.”
- Example sentence:
- “The concept of time can be abstract.”
dodge the bullet (idiom)
- Definition:
- to narrowly avoid a difficult or dangerous situation
- Example from the episode:
- “If we do the opposite, let's say we try to dodge the bullet, something bad happens, you know, in work, they say, associate yourself with wins and distance yourself from failures.”
- Example sentence:
- “I dodged the bullet by catching the mistake before it was too late.”