AEE 2413: How to Be Concise Part 2: Choose Your Words

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Education, Language Learning, Business

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an All-Ears English podcast episode 2413. How to Be Concise, Part 2. Choose your words.
0:09.7	Welcome to the All-Ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English?
0:18.7	We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing
0:23.2	on connection, not perfection, with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS Whiz,
0:30.5	and Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado USA.
0:38.3	To get real-time transcripts right on your phone and create your personalized vocabulary list, try the All-Ears English app for iOS and Android.
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0:59.6	In this part two of our three-part series on being concise, find out what words you can deploy to tighten up your message and where to find those words. Listen in today.
1:17.2	In today's global market, good enough English isn't enough. Are you ready to compete in meetings,
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1:48.5	slash F-L-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E.
1:54.0	Hey, Lindsay, how are you? Good, Aubrey. How's it going? Excellent. I have a question for you.
2:05.6	Okay. What is the biggest culprit that keeps someone from being concise? Honestly, probably using too many words. That's a big one.
2:15.6	Absolutely. And the more words we use, the less impactful each word
2:19.4	becomes. So yes, I am guilty of this. I will find myself sort of saying something in a very
2:25.7	wordy way. And in the middle, I'm like, I wish I could just start over and think about this
2:30.4	and choose my words and make it more impactful. Interesting. It's interesting insight.
2:35.8	Yeah, it's true. It happens to me sometimes too. Sometimes I just wish I could stop talking.
2:42.0	How do I stop talking without making it super awkward? So we're back for a series,
2:48.7	part two of our three-part series on how to be concise.
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