ELL HubMartin Seligman
Martin Seligman
Episode 322
Vocabulary
optimize (verb)
- Definition:
- Definition: to make something work as well as possible
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “So as I look at PERMA, I feel that relationships and meaning are what's most important in my life, and I can try to optimize for those as almost a roadmap for how we can find our way to deeper fulfillment and flourishing simply by thinking through these five variables and what's important for us, and then how to optimize for them.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “She optimizes the layout of her room.””
monologue (noun)
- Definition:
- Definition: a long speech by one person or the private talk someone has in their head
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “Some of your work talks about the internal conversations we have with ourselves, the monologue, that self-tape we have playing in our head.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “I heard a monologue in the play.””
contemplative (adjective)
- Definition:
- Definition: to be quiet and think deeply about something
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “I have to confess I'm intimidated by the title of your endeavor. I used to be fast, and now I'm slow, and I used to be smart, and now the best I can do is be contemplative.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “He was contemplative after the test.””
up to the challenge (idiom)
- Definition:
- Definition: ready and able to do a difficult task
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “The stories they're telling themselves is they don't deserve this, or they're not up to the challenge.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “He feels up to the challenge at work.””