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All Ears English Podcast

AEE 147: Let Go of Good for Great

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Business, Education, Language Learning

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2014

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Taking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training now As an English learner or in your everyday life, why do you need to let go of something “good” to wait for some “great” to come along? Today you’ll hear our personal examples and find out what this means for your English learning. If something is not amazing in your life then you should let it go and wait for something better to come along.   This can be hard. It can be scary to sit in the open space after you let something go. Here is today’s quote: “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” -Jim Rohn   Come back to our site for a summary of today's episode   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is an All-Ears English podcast episode 147.

0:05.0

Let go of Good for Great.

0:07.0

Welcome to the All-Eears English podcast where you'll finally get real native English

0:16.2

conversation and fluency for business and life. We believe in

0:21.7

connection not perfection when it comes to learning English.

0:26.5

Now here are your hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio Girl, coming to you from Boston

0:37.0

and New York City, USA. Are you accepting something in your life that is just good but missing out on

0:47.9

something that could be great like a teacher a class class, or a coach.

0:52.8

Today, listen in to get our philosophy

0:55.5

on how to learn and live better. Are you just afraid of making mistakes when you talk with native speakers? Do you just

1:09.0

want to be able to have a smooth conversation with clients or friends in English, maybe you want to be able to speak

1:15.2

in a group.

1:16.4

You need vocabulary, confidence, and connection.

1:19.6

Our connection method will get you there.

1:22.2

Start your study plan now in our English fluency course.

1:25.9

All ears English.com slash connection.

1:28.3

Hey Michelle was shaken.

1:34.0

Not too much, Lindsey. Are you having a good day or a great day?

1:38.0

I would say I'm having actually a good day, so, but I bet my day could be even better and I bet by the time we finish recording it's going to be a great day because that's usually what happens

1:48.4

Yes yes yes yes yes so tons

1:51.4

Usually recording with you or just recording in general gives me an energy that makes it a great day

1:57.2

Definitely I agree it's a lot of fun a hundred percent but Michelle have you ever had the mean, first of all, what's the difference between good and great in your mind?

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