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👑Brevity is a skill that starts with understanding.

Many people tell themselves the story that they understand everything whereas in reality they can’t communicate what they understand.
Practice your skill of understanding with various types of content (video, audio, text) and learn to give yourself feedback. Be curious enough to ask questions like “Do I really understand it?” Did I hear every word of what a person said or did I imagine the other half of the story?

People hear what they expect to hear, and they often think that they understand what they are supposed to understand. When you watch simple videos or listen to “easy” messages, pause for a moment and ask yourself: “Can I express this seemingly simple idea myself? Do I have enough words? Do I understand it enough? How long would it take me?”

Don’t get stuck in the consumption mode. People consume content on autopilot without taking the time to pause and give their own thought process enough conscious attention. Stop the autopilot. Do the exercise. Write down what you understand.
Find dozens of creative exercises for advanced learners who want to achieve #Nativelikefluency in English in our community of practice.

Full audio is available here https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/exercises/exercise-68-focus-brevity-summarize-the-unobvious

Read more in the Community of Practice

https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/ask-anything/what-is-a-road-to-mastery-the-choices-you-make-often-in-life

In the workplace, many people become helicopter managers, hovering over their employees in a well-intentioned but ill-fated attempt to provide support. These are givers gone awry – people so desperate to help others that they develop a white knight complex and end up causing harm instead. – Adam Grant

Another person got a job offer in the UK.
We stated working in Jan 2022.

She did:

- A SPRINT! on Resume, LinkedIn and Cover Letter
- 5 SPRINTs on Clarity to prepare for a job interview
- Lots of independent work in the Community of Practice

It all begins with understanding your own patterns - how you write, how you speak, and how you act.

Awareness makes it possible to create change.

All SPRINTs are available as replays here https://courses.nataliatokar.me/collections/sprints


To join a private group where you can update, transform, and create your resume in English, please text me directly at @nataliatokar

To pay for any of the products in RUB, please contact me directly.

I found another excerpt worth reading! My focus in 2022 is "human relationships" and I want to read the texts that help me understand the beauty and complexity of relationships. I choose to use the English language to navigate this complexity 🙂

I'm also happy to say that I've reached another milestone today. This is the longest reading I have done so far. Almost 20 min, which felt like 5.

You can practice with me. You will find the text I was reading in the description box.


It's the best exercise I know to teach yourself to speak with clarity, develop vocal variety, remove filler words, sharpen your focus, and become more fluent in the language of feeling in English.

More text and thoughts about academic writing - https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/ask-anything/academic-writing-video

‘Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.’

from The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing by Thomas S. Kane


The collection of books to improve your writing skills is already in the Community. https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/webinars/download-writing-skills

Part 4 is available. Watch all 4 parts on variety on my YouTube channel

Check out the new Real-Time Video lesson in the Community of Practice. 54 min of pure practice to work on your pitch, learn variety, listen to the chunks, and practice the rhythm of English. Many people say they have about an hour each day to invest in their English skills but they don't really know what they're supposed to be doing during this hour and if their time has been well spent. With Real-time video lessons, all you need to do is press "PLAY" and follow along. You always know in advance how long the lesson will take, and you can plan your time accordingly. Choose the lesson that aligns with your current focus. Each lesson can be repeated in the future, and trust me, each time you will see more.

As you watch my process, pay attention to the nuances, the miniute details, and adjust your practice routine. https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/real-time-video-lessons/practice-variety-how-to-speak-fast-and-still-stress-all-important-words-41-sec-in-54-min

Do this exercise with me.
Seriously, I think that's my best reading so far!!!

Here is what I have noticed:
- I somehow learned to relax while speaking fast (I'm a fast talker by nature), which means I feel like I DO have the time to say each word and give it the time and the attention it deserves even if I continue speaking fast.
- It became so much easier to stress words and syllables
- I read a 19-min piece!!! That's the longest I have done so far, and I didn't get tired
- my benchmark is "to sound like an audiobook". I think I got closer to this goal with this reading

What do I do to practice reading & speaking better:
- I practice my curiosity skills. I'm always on the lookout for BEAUTIFUL passages to read ... and savor them
- I do the exercises from the Color Vowel System
- I do the exercises from the SPRINT! "Thought Chunking & Pausing" again and again. I never get bored.
- I do self-correction exercises. I record myself, listen to myself, and record again. Learning to give feedback to yourself is one of the hardest skills.


The SPRINT! that I suggest you do if your goal is better presentation skills in English, better clarity, better pronunciation, and better understanding of the English rhythm is "Thought Chunking & Pausing"https://courses.nataliatokar.me/courses/sprint-thought-chunking

It's organized as a routine, and having enrolled once, you get access to a limitless pool of creative exercises and routines. It comes with personalized feedback.

All the links, the audio and the video versions of my reading are in the Community Post. Click to view

https://community.nataliatokar.me/c/ask-anything/natalia-reads-book-lovers-by-emily-henry

How to deal with negative feedback at work? (in English?)