In this podcast, I read a poem and share my thoughts on it.

Poem of the Day

朝起きて一番最初（いちばんさいしょ）に何する？ 勉強？　ジムに行く？　朝ご飯たくさん食べる？


Japanese "Taka" it easy

朝起きて一番に何する？

1. 떡볶이가 맵지만 맛있어요. 
2. 피곤하지만 운동하고 싶어요 
3. 이 가방은 작지만 비싸요. 
4. 슬프지만 안 울었어요 
5. 많이 공부했지만 모르겠어요. 

[Translation] 
1. tteokbokki is spicy but tasty. 
2. I’m tired but I want to work out.  
3. This bag is small but expensive.  
4. I was sad but I didn’t cry.  
5. I studied a lot, but (still) I don’t understand. 

Listening Practice

[2]V/A지만: however

Hej, z tej strony Anka, a to jest kolejny odcinek podcastu Polish is fun. Dzisiaj opowiem wam o mojej dzielnicy 🙂

Mieszkam w Rzymie. Rzym to stolica i największe miasto Włoch. Mieszka tutaj około trzech milionów ludzi. .....

A gdzie ty mieszkasz? W dużym mieście, czy  w miasteczku, a może na wsi?

Proszę napisz do mnie, jeśli chciałbyś/chcialabyś transkrypcję do tego podcastu.
Dziękuję  i do usłyszenia!

Polish is fun with Anka

Moja dzielnica

In questo episodio vi racconto "L'avventura" di questa settimana, buono ascolto a tutti!

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Sono rimasto a piedi...in bici!

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Superstitions about LUCK! 关于运气的迷信

Convergent Thinking vs. Divergent Thinking: Why Planning Isn’t Always the Right Thing to Do

You’re overseeing a project and have all the pieces in place.

Your detailed timeline is mapped out. You’ve set expectations with leaders and team members. You’re prepared to keep all the deliverables organized.

Halfway through the project, a team comes to you with a suggestion—they think they’ve found a better way to handle a piece of the process.

Your stomach drops into your shoes. You’re the taskmaster. The organizer. The keeper of the schedule. This change in direction will only throw a wrench into the flawless plan you spent hours agonizing over. Even if it is a better way to go, you’re cringing at the idea of straying from your beloved system.

Sound familiar? It’s a common scenario for project managers. When you’re the one who’s solely responsible for keeping everything on track, it’s understandable that you’ll white-knuckle your tried and true processes.

But, think about this: You may be limiting the wiggle room team members need to take that project to the next level. By planning away every last inch of flexibility, you’re making it that much tougher to adapt to new information and evolving demands.

So, what do you do? It’s time for project management professionals to not only think of themselves as the keepers of plans, but also the ones responsible for pulling the very best out of teams.

To do so, they need to encourage and enable both pieces of the creative problem-solving process: divergent thinking and convergent thinking.

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The Crow & the Pitcher
In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water. The poor thing felt as if he must die of thirst.

Then an idea came to him. Picking up some small pebbles, he dropped them into the pitcher one by one. With each pebble the water rose a little higher until at last it was near enough so he could drink.

In a pinch a good use of our wits may help us out.



Streetwise English

SWE 154 The Crow and the Pitcher (Children's Story)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jlA5UHJqaZFV96-oLroZCmOwT_V01pUn/view?usp=drivesdk