This is an All-Ears English Podcast episode 1698,

how being humble can hurt you in business English.

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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.

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Are you using this one little word that can cause you to seem less confident in the business

and the social world? Find out today what it is and why you should stop using it.

Hey, Lindsay, how are you?

Awesome, Michelle. I'm excited for today. I went to a concert a few weeks ago,

and it was good, actually. Have you been to any concerts lately?

I have not. I would love to go to a concert.

So it was a good time. Was that your first concert in a while?

Yeah, it was an outdoor concert, so it was very low risk.

It was at a beautiful outdoor venue, and it's my ideal kind of concert, which is this.

You sit on the grass, you bring food and wine, and you get to order dinner from food trucks,

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