This is an all ears English podcast episode 2489. Stick to or stick with in English.

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Hey there, Michelle. How's it going today? How you feeling?

Yeah, I'm feeling well. Liddy. How are you?

Excellent. Excellent. Michelle, I have a question. You ready? Yes. So do you think that it's good to learn new

things or do you think it's best to just stick to your strengths? Like, stick to what you do really well.

Yeah. It's a complicated question. I mean, I know with our team, we've done Strengths finders, right?

Yes.

So it's good to stick to your strengths, I think, overall.

I mean, maybe not in every situation.

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