This is an All-Ears English Podcast episode 1638. Time crunches and business lunches.

Welcome to the All-Ears English Podcast. Downloaded more than 200 million times.

Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by

focusing on connection, not perfection. With your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English

adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio girl, coming to you from Colorado and New

York City, USA. And to get your transcript delivered by email every week, go to allearsenglish.com,

forward slash subscribe. When you have a business lunch with a colleague or a friend,

how can you let them know what your time constraints are so that you finish the lunch on time?

Find out how to navigate this tricky connection skill in business English today.

Did you know that every time you listen to this podcast, All-Ears English, you are joining a

community of millions from all over the world with over 9 million downloads every month.

All-Ears English is helping motivated adults find their confidence in English every week. In fact,

All-Ears English has been featured by Apple Podcasts in the US, China, Brazil, Japan, Canada,

South Korea, and Saudi Arabia, just to name a few. So hit follow right now and hang out with Lindsay,

Michelle, Aubrey, and a fantastic international community.

Hey, Michelle, how's everything going? Hey, Lindsay, I'm good. I'm good. How are you?

Good. Hey, guys, we're on YouTube today. Go over, check us out over there. Have you been busy

these days? I think everyone's busy these days getting back to life, all sorts of things.

I mean, Lindsay, have you started, like, do you ever go on any lunch meetings or networking

lunches or anything like that? I do, but it's a very, yeah, it's good to go to lunch,

networking meetings, events, but your time is so valuable in the middle of the day, especially

for me, like, I know my energy levels. I have energy in the morning, and then I have a window

...