How to Learn English in 2025!

Is 2025 the year you finally become fluent?

This is my year, OK?

It absolutely can be, you  just need the right method.

The best method to finally become fluent is to  learn directly from natives in the real world.

This is the best method because you'll improve.

All areas of your English at the same time.

And that's what we'll do today.

Let's do it.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

First, you'll listen to celebrities in the  real world to test your listening skills,  

to learn natural vocabulary,  and to learn advanced grammar.

In this lesson, you're going to listen to a  short clip of one of the celebrities talking,  

and you'll listen to that clip three times.

And you need to complete the missing words.

After I'll explain all the vocabulary, grammar,  and pronunciation that you need to know.

First, we'll listen to Taylor  Swift's commencement speech at NYU.

Here's the first listening exercise.

You'll hear it three times.

No matter how hard you try to avoid being cringe,  

you will look back on your life  and cringe retrospectively.

No matter how hard you try to avoid being cringe,  

you will look back on your life  and cringe retrospectively.

No matter how hard you try to avoid being cringe,  

you will look back on your life  and cringe retrospectively.

How do you do?

She said no matter how hard you try  to avoid being cringe, you will look  

back on your life and cringe retrospectively.

Let's talk about the grammar because notice avoid.

Then you have a gerund verb.

Avoid being cringe.

And of course to avoid is  to stay away from someone  

or some because it makes you uncomfortable.

Perhaps you could say I've been avoiding.

Notice that present perfect continuous is  started in the past and continues until now.

I've been avoiding speaking English in public  because I'm worried about being cringe.

Also notice here you worry about something, a  noun or doing something, speaking in public,  

the gerund verb because about is a preposition.

You could say I'm worried about  the exam or a gerund verb.

I'm worried about failing the exam.

Now let's talk about that word we've used a lot.

Cringe.

This is colloquial, but very commonly used.

And it means to behave.

In a way that causes embarrassment, awkwardness  or discomfort, either to yourself or others.

Oh my God, it was so cringe, wasn't it?

OK.

That is so cringe.

That is so, so cringe.

You just don't do that.

So it makes sense you would  want to avoid being cringe.

Let's look at to look back on your life.

If you look back on something, it means you  reflect on it and in this case, your life.

Now let's talk about this and cringe.

Do you notice something different?

Perhaps it's the same word,  but in this case it's a verb.

So the verb is too cringe.

And this is to feel a strong emotional  reaction of embarrassment or awkwardness.

And we generally show this physically or visibly.

What I just did that is cringe.

I just cringed.

Here is a real example for you.

I cringe.

I cringe when I look back on when I  reflect on my very first YouTube video,  

which as you can see, is maybe a little cringe.

So she uses colloquial language and advanced  vocabulary retrospectively in the same sentence.

So if you do something retrospectively,  it means you think about past events.

You could say retrospectively  thinking about past events.

I wish I had started speaking English much sooner.

Another way to say this is  in hindsight or looking back,  

you could also say looking back on it,  it being this situation in the past.

So now you have click wheel  and advanced vocabulary.

Our next listening exercise.

You need to complete the  sentence with the missing words.

You'll hear it three times.

Cringe is unavoidable over a lifetime.

Even the term cringe might  someday be deemed cringe cringe.

It's unavoidable over a lifetime.

Even the term cringe might  someday be deemed cringe.

Cringe is unavoidable over a lifetime.

Even the term cringe might  someday be deemed cringe.

How'd you do?

She said cringe is unavoidable over a lifetime.

Even the term cringe might  someday be deemed cringe.

You've certainly heard the word cringe a lot.

So let's look at To be deemed something, this  is the same as to be regarded as or judged as.

So notice all three of these use the verb to be.

For example, colloquial language  is deemed slang by some.

Maybe you but natives use it in  daily speech in all situations  

which is why it's important to learn  the most common colloquial language.

Now remember you can use regarded or  judge but you need that preposition  

as colloquial language is regarded as judged as  slang by some and the rest is exactly the same.

Now notice she used that  modal verb might be deemed.

You need your modal plus base verb,  which is why we have B might be  

deemed if something might happen,  it's saying that it's not certain.

There's some doubt.

You could say I might fail base verb.

I might fail my listening exam.

That's why these exercises are so important.

Our next listening exercise Complete  the sentence with the missing words.

You can't avoid it, so don't try to.

You can't avoid it, so don't try to.

You can't avoid it, so don't try to.

How'd you do?

She said you can't avoid it, so don't try to.

Now, what does the IT represent in this sentence?

The IT represents being cringe, being cringe  because remember, you need that verb in ING.

You can use a void plus noun, you can't  avoid the exam, or you use that gerund verb.

You talk about the action.

You can't avoid taking the exam.

I would summarize Taylor's advice  to you as embrace being cringe.

Embrace it.

What do you think?

Do you agree with that put let's go,  let's go put, let's go in the comments.

Now let's move on and listen to  Donald Trump respond to a very  

interesting audience question during  the previous presidential debate.

And that audience question was, what's one  thing you admire about Hillary Clinton?

Here are the sentences you need  to complete the missing words.

You'll hear it three times.

I will say this about Hillary.

She doesn't quit, she doesn't give up.

I respect that.

I tell it like it is.

I will say this about Hillary.

She doesn't quit, she doesn't give up.

I respect that, I tell it like it is.

I will say this about Hillary.

She doesn't quit, she doesn't give up.

I respect that.

I tell it like it is.

How did you do?

He said.

I will say this about Hillary.

She doesn't quit, she doesn't give up.

I respect that.

I tell it like it is.

Notice he said I will.

Native speakers will commonly form  a contraction and say all, all.

Notice how unstressed that is all.

I'll say this about Hillary.

I'll say this, I'll do this, I'll do that.

I'll help you.

Now this expression, I'll say this about Hillary.

This is used to introduce a statement or opinion.

Another way of saying this is here's  what I have to say about Hillary.

You could say, I'll say this about learning  

English with native speakers and  then you introduce your opinion.

It's a very effective method.

Do you think so?

If you do put that's right, put  that's right in the comments.

Now let's talk about she doesn't  quit, she doesn't give up.

So notice here he used the contracted form.

Does not, doesn't repeat  after me, doesn't, doesn't.

Now let's talk about quit and give up  because they can be interchangeable,  

but they can also have different meanings.

It depends on context.

Quit means to leave a position such as your job,  

or to stop something permanently,  such as learning English.

So in terms of a position, you may know  that Joe Biden quit the presidential race.

He left it permanently.

Now, if you've had enough of your boss and  working overtime without pay, you can say I quit.

You're permanently leaving that position now.

Give up means that you surrender.

You lose hope, so you stop doing something.

You quit because you surrender or lose hope.

So you could say I've been trying to  improve my listening skills for years.

I give up.

So in this case it means you're no  longer going to try, you've just  

lost all hope that is possible for you.

You could also say I've been trying to  improve my listening skills for years,  

maybe I should just quit.

You could continue on and specify the  something I should just quit learning English.

But if it's implied and obvious,  you don't need to say it.

Your friend could respond back or I would  respond back and say don't quit, don't give up.

So here, although different  vocabulary, it means the same thing.

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I respect that.

What does that represent here?

I respect Hillary's  determination, her persistence.

Those are the adjectives we can use to describe  someone who doesn't quit, who doesn't give up.

Those are the nouns we can use to describe the  fact that she doesn't quit, she doesn't give up.

Hillary's determination, she is determined.

Hillary's persistence.

She is persistent.

You could say she keeps going despite setbacks,  

or you could say she keeps  going despite facing challenges.

Because you can use despite  with a noun or a gerund.

And setbacks and challenges,  they represent the same thing.

Now let's talk about I tell it like it is.

This is a colloquial way of  saying I'm being straightforward,  

I'm being honest, I'm being direct.

This is often used before offering an area of  improvement in a direct, perhaps harsh way.

So I could say to you, your  accent needs improving.

I'm sorry, but I tell it like it is.

I'm being 100% honest, direct, even  if it might hurt your feelings.

There's another word to describe  this, which is to be blunt.

So when you're blunt, it means you're very honest,  

even if it might offend someone  or hurt someone's feelings.

To be blunt, your accent needs improving.

So you can use to be blunt at the very  beginning, and then you offer critical feedback.

So let's summarize Trump's advice.

Don't quit.

Don't give up.

What do you think about that?

If you agree, if you're not  going to quit or give up,  

then put, let's go, Put, let's  go, Let's go in the comments.

Now let's move on and listen to Oprah  Winfrey's commencement speech at Harvard.

Here's the sentence you need  to complete the missing words.

You'll hear it three times.

There is no such thing as failure.

Failure is just life trying to  move us in another direction.

There is no such thing as failure.

Failure is just life trying to  move us in another direction.

There is no such thing as failure.

Failure is just life trying to  move us in another direction.

Did you get this one?

She said.

There is no such thing as failure.

Failure is just life trying to  move us in another direction.

We can form a contraction between there is and  say there's, repeat after me, there's there's.

There's no such thing as this Means something  doesn't exist, or something isn't real.

So, said another way, failure doesn't exist.

Using that contraction does not.

Failure doesn't exist.

Failure isn't is not.

Failure isn't real.

There's no such thing as perfect English.

This is something I commonly say to my students.

Said another way, perfect English  doesn't exist so don't worry about  

making mistakes, native speakers make them too.

Next failure is just life trying  to move us in another direction.

So notice here failure is you could  

form a contraction especially in  spoken English and say failures.

Failure is just life.

Now.

Native speakers commonly link our sounds  together, so you could see this with move us in.

It may sound like one word Move us in, move us in.

Repeat after me.

Move us in.

Now move us in another direction.

There's a very common expression  to go in another direction,  

and this means to change your approach or plan.

For example, I was going to enroll in a language  school, but I went in another direction.

I changed my plan.

I changed my approach, and I  subscribe to J Forest English.

So let's summarize Oprah's advice.

Failure doesn't exist.

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Now let's continue with our lesson.

Now let's keep going and focus  on learning phrasal verbs because  

native speakers love using phrasal  verbs, but they can be confusing.

Do you know the difference  between these two sentences?

She called me out in the meeting.

She called out to me in the meeting.

Both of these sentences use a similar looking  but different phrasal verb To call someone out.

To call out to someone, yes, they  look very similar, almost identical,  

but they have completely different meanings.

Today you'll learn these  phrasal verbs and 21 more.

I personally use these 23 phrasal verbs every day,  

and adding these to your vocabulary will help you  understand natives and sound fluent and natural.

First, let's talk about to call someone out.

This means to confront or criticize someone,  often publicly, for their actions or behaviors.

She called him out for not keeping his promises.

This means that in public she said you didn't  keep your promise and that was a bad thing.

She called him out.

Now my students, maybe even you,  always call me out when I make a typo.

They publicly say Jennifer.

You spelled that wrong.

Jennifer, this isn't correct, but that's okay.

I don't mind Birch calling me out though.

Apparently called him out loudly.

It's interesting to hear them call us out on that.

Now let's compare this to to call out to someone.

This means to shout or raise your  voice to get someone's attention.

Hey, hey, John.

Hey, Mary.

He called out to his friend across the street.

He did this to get her or his attention.

So now let's compare these.

He called out his friend.

This is grammatically correct.

It means to publicly criticize.

He called out to his friend.

This is grammatically correct.

It means he shouted to get his friends attention.

Hey, John.

I know this is very confusing,  so you'll want to review it.

Now let's talk about jump in.

When you jump in, it means you  enter a conversation or a situation.

So I could say to you, if we  were in a class or a meeting,  

a live lesson, feel free  to jump in with any ideas.

I'm inviting you to stop me in the middle  of my presentation to share your ideas.

Or maybe managers are tossed and say it's  nice to see Sarah jumping in at meetings.

They're saying it's nice to see  Sarah participating, sharing her  

ideas more actively, maybe because she  feels confident speaking in English.

I'm going to jump in, tell her, make sure I get  this one in and lighten it up just a minute.

Please feel free to jump in at any point.

Now, just like my examples show, this  is generally used in a positive way.

And that's important because  let's compare that to but in.

But in this means to interrupt or intrude  into a conversation in a negative way.

He kept butting in while I was presenting.

He kept stopping me to say something  and I found this very rude.

Just butting in here for some side facts.

Or you could say you should just **** out.

**** out.

It's none of your business.

So notice here I change **** in to **** out.

This means you should stop intruding  in something that doesn't concern you.

**** out Klaus.

So let's review.

Jump or **** into a conversation,  discussion, meeting, or situation.

Notice you need into as one word.

If you specify the noun a conversation  

and but out of a conversation,  discussion, meeting, or situation.

So remember the meaning and that structure.

Next, let's talk about to come  up with this means to think of  

or create something such as  an idea, plan or solution.

They came up with a new marketing  strategy they thought of.

They created.

Because Louis Pasteur came up with his  technique for sterilizing milk in 1865.

I spend time every day coming  up with new lessons for you.

I think about ideas.

I write them down.

I brainstorm for you come up with so now let's  change the preposition and talk about to come  

out with this means to introduce or release  something new usually a product or service.

The way we communicate changed when  Apple came out with the iPhone.

If we were sitting down having this interview  the day that Apple came out with the iPhone,  

you'd be asking me, Really, they're  going to compete with Motorola?

Electric typewriters then came out with  self-contained correction ribbons so that  

you could make corrections right  there on the machine as you typed.

Let's compare these together.

Engineers at Apple came up with  the idea of a smartphone in 2005.

I don't know if that date is accurate.

This means they thought of the idea.

What if we had a phone now?

Apple came out with the iPhone in 2007.

That date is correct.

This means they released the  idea to the public as a product.

The product being the iPhone.

You could buy the iPhone.

Let's review to back out of something.

This means to decide not to do  something you had previously agreed to.

She backed out of the deal at the last minute.

Are you backing out or You said you  were going to finish the English course.

Don't back out now.

Don't even think about.

Backing out, man.

Let's compare this to back something up.

This means to make a copy of data to prevent  loss, something you should do for years.

My husband told me I should back up  my computer, but I didn't listen.

Then you back it up in your computer.

But now that I use Google Docs, my  files are automatically backed up.

A copy of my files are saved in a secure location.

So always back up your computer and don't back  out of things you said you were going to do.

How do you backup your data?

To catch on to something.

This is when you begin to  understand or realize something.

It took him a while, but he  finally caught on to the joke.

Now you don't have to include the  something if context is obvious.

You could say it took him a  while, but he finally caught on.

If you're talking about a joke and the context  is obvious, but she caught on pretty fast.

But either way, people caught on to coffee's  advantages and began making tea from its leaves.

So let's talk about catch up to someone.

This means to reach the same  level or pace as someone else.

She's driving too fast, we'll never catch up.

You can say we'll never  catch up or catch up to her.

If you specify the someone you need the  preposition to hurry, they're catching up.

Now let's look at this sentence.

I need to catch up on my work so  I can catch up to my coworker.

When you catch up on something,  

it means you do the tasks that you  missed or were not previously completed.

With students able to catch up on  work over a coffee in the new cafe,  

let's talk about to get across.

This means to successfully communicate  or convey an idea to others.

He tried to get his point across to get  something across his point across in the meeting.

That'll get our point across, right?

Or I'm not sure what you're trying to get across.

Maybe you need to say it a different way.

Anyways, the point that I'm trying  to get across is that social media  

has made everything just that much more  accessible #12 I love this one to cheer on.

This is when you courage or  support someone, often vocally.

Let's go.

Woo Hoo, you can do it.

The fans cheered on their your team and  I could say to you if you leave a comment  

that is your way of supporting me vocally  so I could say thank you for cheering me on.

I couldn't have done it without your support who  cheered us on and picked us up when we stumbled.

Someone will be there to cheer  us on and pick us up if we fall.

Let's compare this to cheer up.

This means to help someone feel  happier or to become happier oneself.

I brought him a coffee to cheer him up.

Cheer up, they try with  considerable vigor to cheer us up.

Or let's combine these.

The fact that you came to cheer me on, let's go,  

Jennifer, that really cheered me  up, made me happier #14 carry on.

Most students know this.

This means to continue with an  activity or task despite challenges.

She decided to carry on with her  studies despite the difficulties.

Carry on, Let's compare this to carry out.

This means to complete or  perform an action, plan or task.

They carried out the experiment successfully.

And we carried it out as a family.

Let's combine these.

Let's carry on with the experiments.

Notice you need with when  you specify the something.

Let's carry on with the experiments.

Have you carried out?

Have you conducted the first Test?

So remember, you carry on with something and you  carry something out #16 to look into something.

This means to investigate or  examine something in detail.

The company is looking into the issue.

I'll look into it.

Let's compare this to look over something.

This means to review or examine  something briefly or casually.

She looked over the document before signing.

Look over this contract.

Let's combine these together.

I looked.

Into.

I investigated, I looked into the  company and I didn't find any red flags.

Red flags are potential risks or problems.

I didn't find any red flags.

I still need to look over review the contract.

Let's review to check in with someone.

This means to communicate with someone to see  how they're doing or if they need assistance.

He checked in with his supervisor  before leaving for the day.

So how could he do this?

Well he would go up to his supervisor and  say do you need anything before I leave?

Thanks for checking in though.

Now let's compare this to to check up on someone.

This is when you monitor or  observe someone's progress,  

condition, or behavior to ensure all is well.

My dad had an accident so I check up on him.

I observe him and monitor him every day.

Would it kill him to check up on us?

Sometimes to check up on someone  is seen as a negative because it  

suggests that you don't trust someone's abilities.

So you often hear people complain and say  Oh my boss checks up on me every 5 minutes  

suggesting your boss doesn't trust your  abilities and needs to monitor you closely.

Are you checking up on me?

#20 hang out, you should know this one.

This means to spend time with  someone socially in a casual way.

We hung out at home all weekend.

Or it's very.

Common to say to people let's hang out soon,  

let's spend time socially soon  cool, let's hang out tonight.

Don't confuse this with to hang up,  which means to end a phone call.

She hung up before they decided where to hang out.

Don't hang up, don't hang up, don't hang up,  don't hang up 22 to break up with someone.

Do you know what this means?

This means to end a romantic relationship.

He broke up with his girlfriend last month.

Are you breaking up with me now?

You could also say we broke up.

So in this case, because the subject is doing  the action, you don't have to say with someone  

we broke up, I broke up with him, he broke  up, with me, we broke up, we we broke up.

Don't confuse this with to break something up.

This means to separate  something into smaller parts.

The teacher broke up the  assignment into three parts.

From this point, we're going to take the  life of the project and break it up into  

four phases so that we can discuss the  processes that are appropriate to each.

So if you say I broke her up, that sounds weird.

That sounds like you divided her into  smaller parts but if you say I broke  

U with her that sounds sad you ended  your romantic relationship with her.

Being fluent means you can express  your ideas on a variety of topics.

Reading the news is the best way to do that.

Let's do that now so you can learn 58  advanced words and phrases on a topic.

People love discussing their  health in the workplace.

Let's review the headline Why personal health  and Wellness are key to business longevity.

Do you know what key means in this context?

Key means important, critical, or crucial.

Now this functions as an adjective.

Notice you have the verb to be, which is plural.

Because there are two things Health, Wellness.

But key doesn't have an S because  it functions as an adjective.

It would be the same if you replaced it  with R, important, critical, or crucial.

So still you conjugate your verb to be singular  or plural, but your adjective does not take an S.

Now let's talk about longevity.

Notice that pronunciation long JJ.

It has a JA sound, long JA Jevity,  javity, longevity, longevity.

This means lasting for a long time.

So it means for the business  to last for a long time.

So to exist now if the word business we're  not there, this could also be correct.

And it would mean your ability to last to  live for a long time because of course,  

health and Wellness are key to longevity  for us to live for a long time.

So you can attach this to something specific  like a business or a company or even a product.

But without something specific, one would  assume that it's a person's longevity.

Here, notice it says key takeaways.

We know what key means, right?

It's important, critical, or crucial key.

But what about this word takeaways?

Do you know what that means?

Takeaways means points,  lessons, or just information.

This is very commonly used in a business context.

You might start a presentation  or a call or a meeting by saying  

here are the key takeaways from the conference.

And then you would list the most important  points or what you learned instead of key.

It's very common to use main  specifically with takeaways.

Here are the main takeaways from the conference.

Now, if there were only one piece  of information or one lesson,  

then you would use take away in the singular.

So it's singular or plural.

You could say my main take  away from the conference is,  

and then you would say what you  learned or what you remember.

So maybe your main take away what you  remember or what you learned that was  

the most important is the importance of  health for business longevity, longevity.

So this article.

Was very long.

We'll review the key takeaways,  the most important points,  

and notice here you have the actual points  because they're just listing them as points.

So in a meeting, you could verbalize  this as first or the first thing or .1.

Take away 1.

Business leaders who prioritize their  personal health and Wellness are better  

equipped to handle their responsibilities and  inspire their management teams and employees.

Let's review.

Prioritize.

This is a verb to prioritize,  prioritize, prioritize.

Now, you may be comfortable  with seeing priority as a noun,  

and if you use priority as a  noun, you need make as your verb.

You make something.

A priority.

So in this case, it would be business leaders who  

make personal health and Wellness  all priority are better equipped.

So you would slightly change the  

sentence structure because you  need make something a priority.

But in this case, you prioritize something.

So the sentence structure is a little different.

Let's practice this as a verb.

As a verb, you conjugate it  according to your time reference.

So you could say right now, right  now I'm prioritizing prioritizing.

It's in progress.

So it's the present continuous.

I'm prioritizing learning what?

Because remember, you prioritize something.

I'm prioritizing learning phrasal verbs.

I'm prioritizing improving my  pronunciation or my grammar.

So what about you?

Try this.

Put this example sentence in the comments  to practice this expression and let us know  

what you're prioritizing so I can  make a lesson on it in the future.

Let's review equipped.

Notice here the sentence  structure IS2B2B equipped.

You can add a modifier  

like better, but the structure is 2B and  then equipped functions as your adjective.

Notice that pronunciation that  Ed is a soft T equipped equipped.

Now when you say it in a sentence,  especially here because my next sound is A2.

I won't even really pronounce this  because my next sound is AT so I  

would say personal health and Wellness are  better equipped to handle equipped to handle.

So I don't even pronounce it.

So just be cautious of that to make sure  you understand it and understand that Ed.

Now synonyms you could say prepared, able,  ready and then you use the infinitive to handle.

Capable is a very common synonym.

But notice with capable, the sentence structure is  

different because you need  of and then your gerund.

So you would use our better capable of handling  their responsibilities and instead of handle,  

you could use manage, deal  with or address as synonyms.

Now, remember, if you're using capable,  you need to use the gerund form are better  

equipped to handle their responsibilities and  inspire their management teams and employees.

Let's review our next key point.

Our next take away.

Over exertion, whether it's physical  or mental, can lead to burnout.

OK, first, let's talk about over exertion.

First, let's look at the pronunciation,  because notice you have X.

But that's not how it's pronounced.

It's pronounced as exertion,  exertion, exertion, exertion.

And then you just add over in front  of it over exertion, over exertion.

So exertion is the use of  mental or physical effort.

When we add over in front of a  word, a verb, it means too much.

So in this case, it's too much  mental or physical effort.

Now this over in front of a  verb is very commonly used.

You could just say I slept until 8:00 AM.

That's just a statement.

I don't know if this is good or bad.

If you say I overslept, then it means it was bad.

You slept too much.

So that's what it means.

It means you had too much of the verb.

In this case, the verb is sleep.

So you can eat or you can overeat, which  is negative overwork, overdo something.

This is general.

When you don't want to necessarily specify  the verb and you want to be general,  

you can just use overdo, and  then you overdo something.

So you might say to me, Jennifer,  I am so excited to learn English.

I am going to study for 12 hours A day and I  might reply back and simply say don't overdo it.

So don't over study, don't overdo it.

Or if your friend tells you they're  going to go to the gym five days a  

week for four hours every day, you  might say, whoa, don't overdo it.

Don't overwork, don't overdo it.

So let's review this again.

Overexertion, Too much physical or  mental effort in a negative way.

Over exertion, whether it's physical or mental.

So here notice the definition  is mental or physical,  

so they're including both of them in this term.

Physical exertion or mental  exertion can lead to burnout.

Burnout is a state of extreme exhaustion  where you can no longer function.

Can lead to burnout that will negatively  

impact your leadership effectiveness and  the organization's overall performance.

Notice here they added negatively  because impact is neutral.

You can have a positive impact and  a negative impact if it sounds.

Like it's obvious.

Generally, native speakers won't  specify the negative or positive,  

but if they want to be very  clear, they'll specify it.

Here, Using the opposite positively,  you might say adequate sleep.

In this case, it's the subject  of the sentence adequate sleep.

Adequate means enough.

Adequate sleep can positively impact your studies.

Let's move on to our next  point, our next take away.

Leaders who model good health and Wellness  

practices contribute to a  healthier work environment.

So if the leader models something,  

it means they display it because  they do the activities themself.

So if the leader is drinking a lot of water, other  people might see that and say, oh, I should drink  

more water because of course hydration is  part of your overall health and Wellness.

So that could be an example of how you  would model health and Wellness practices.

Some synonyms for model are  demonstrate, exhibit, exhibit.

Notice that exhibit,  exemplify, exemplify, and show.

And remember here, this is your verb contribute.

It's being conjugated with  the subject, which is leaders.

So when you have additional information like this,  

sometimes it can confuse  students, even native speakers.

Here this is also plural.

But if this were singular, it does not  matter because the subject is leaders.

That is what your verb is being conjugated with.

Leaders contribute.

Leaders who model good  health and Wellness practices  

contribute to a healthier work environment.

Boosting.

This is another word for increasing, boosting,  increasing staff retention and company resilience.

Do you know what staff retention means?

Retention is the noun form.

The verb form is retain.

You may be familiar with this because you want  to retain vocabulary, so you learn it, but then  

you have to retain it any information, which  means keep it so you can use it in the future.

So staff retention staff meaning employees  notice staff is a collective noun.

So staff retention is your ability to keep retain  staff, employees, people, so they don't quit,  

they don't go to other companies because  they don't like working for your company.

So coming back to our previous  vocabulary so you can retain it.

The key take away was the  importance of staff retention.

Maybe the key take away of the conference.

The conference was on how to improve  your business performance and one of  

the most important points was staff retention.

Keeping people, employees, staff in your business.

Now you always have to ask yourself  how is the word being used and what  

are the grammatical rules Because here if  you were to replace staff with employee,  

you would not add an as because  they function as adjectives.

They describe what type of retention,  staff retention, employee retention.

But if you were to use them as nouns,  

so I'll put this in parentheses, nouns  retain is your verb, keep is your verb.

You conjugate that.

But then staff is always a collective noun.

But employees is a regular noun,  so it takes a singular plural form.

So you would talk about keeping  or retaining employees because  

there's more than one, but staff is a collective.

So no S Our next take away, new  data released by Babel in 2024.

So now here they're going to explain what  Babel is because it's not common knowledge.

I didn't know what Babel was before this article.

So Babel, it's a survey of 500  business leaders in the UK.

Now, because this information  is between these dashes,  

you can delete what I have highlighted and  the sentence must be grammatically correct.

So often if if you want to include  this additional information either  

between dashes or between commas,  write it first without and then add  

it in just to make sure your sentence  is grammatically correct without it.

So new data released by Babel in 2024  showed that 76% of business leaders wanted  

to strengthen their own physical, mental  and ethical fitness in order to succeed.

Instead of using strengthen, you could use  improve to improve to boost because strengthen  

is the verb form to strengthen their own  physical, mental and ethical fitness.

Ethical fitness would be their ability to  act ethically or make ethical decisions.

Either one of those.

And why are they doing this?

In order to succeed now, native speakers  commonly delete the two words in order.

So you just see.

To succeed and you might think  that this is simply the infinitive.

However, depending on the sentence structure, you  have to understand that it isn't the infinitive.

It's in order to.

And I say that because it's very common to begin  a sentence with, to succeed, to do something.

But this isn't the infinitive  because that's not grammatical.

In English, we don't start  sentences with the infinitive.

So this means in order to succeed,  but it's very common to just.

Use.

The to succeed and leave out in order.

This is done in both spoken and written  English in a casual and professional context.

To succeed, leaders need to  boost their ethical fitness.

So remember, this means the  ability to act ethically.

Again, you need to think about  how this word is being used.

In this case, it's an adverb because it  modifies the verb act to act ethically.

In this case, ethical is an adjective and it  describes what type of fitness, ethical fitness.

Let's move on to our next  key point and over exhausted.

OK, so now you understand what over  exhausted because we're adding over.

In this case, exhausted is an adjective.

Exhausted.

I'm exhausted.

And we know this is going to be an so we  need a noun, an over exhausted leader.

So it would be ah leader.

But because this is a vowel sound, you have  to change your article to an instead of ah,  

a leader, an over exhausted leader.

So of course, exhausted  already means extremely tired.

So adding over really strengthens that.

It emphasizes that sleep deprived.

Deprived means not enough  sleep, but this is prolonged.

For example, you would say I didn't sleep well  last night or I had a terrible sleep last night.

You can replace this with I had an amazing sleep  last night or I slept amazingly last night.

So you can turn these positive.

Now if this takes place for weeks, I  didn't sleep well last night and you  

say this every night for weeks, then you  could describe yourself as sleep deprived.

I'm sleep deprived.

I'm so sleep deprived.

I need to solve this problem.

An over exhausted sleep deprived leader is also  more likely to be a less effective negotiator.

So in this case a negotiator.

This is a person who negotiates.

The verb is to negotiate less capable of.

Remember we talked about capable as  a replacement to equipped and when  

you use equipped or ready able, you need the  infinitive capable of now capable of something.

Empathy is a something.

It's a noun.

You could also use the gerund verb  capable of expressing empathy.

That could be a verb that goes with the noun  empathy less capable of empathy and understanding  

different points, viewpoints and is not able to  drive innovation and change within the company.

Notice here.

So also able that was a replacement to capable.

Or.

Equipped is not.

Equipped is not able to drive.

To drive innovation means to cause it to happen.

To drive change means to cause it to happen.

So to drive something is  very much a business verb.

Synonyms are inspire, encourage or facilitate,  

which is very much a professional or academic verb  to facilitate innovation to cause it to happen.

Our next point, a company culture  that focuses on overall health and  

Wellness will eventually increase staff retention.

So increase their ability to keep staff.

Because remember, staff retention is the concept,  

the noun form of the verb  to keep, to retain staff.

So to increase staff retention, which ultimately  contributes to the longevity, longevity,  

longevity of the business, let's  talk about a company culture.

So this represents the values, beliefs,  

and practices that shape how employees  interact and work within an organization.

It's the same concept of a culture  within a community or a family,  

but in this case, it's within the company.

And often it's management that  really shapes the company culture.

So you could say Apple as a company has,  

we use the verb have for possession  and then, ah, company culture.

And then you would use an adjective.

On the negative side, people  use the adjective toxic,  

toxic company culture to refer  to one that is very bad toxic.

So it's about the worst you could have.

And then for positive adjective,  

you could simply use amazing or any  other positive adjective that you know.

So I'm not sure if this is what the culture  is at Apple because I don't work theirs,  

but we have either the negative or the positive.

Hopefully you would describe the positive for  your company culture, how people interact, how  

they work, how they behave, their values, their  beliefs, all of that would be the company culture.

Now let's move on to our final take away.

Our last main point.

Health truly is wealth.

Have you heard this before?

This isn't new to this article.

The concept of saying health is wealth.

Health is wealth.

This is a very common phrase in English.

Health is wealth.

It means that you should prioritize.

Ah, prioritize.

You should make health a priority  because it is the most important thing.

It is wealth.

Health truly is.

Wealth, especially if you want  to be a good business leader.

Let's end this article with a positive statement  

using some of the vocabulary we  learn to retain that vocabulary.

Health.

Is key.

We learned what that means.

Health is wealth.

We know this is a common saying or proverb.

I will prioritize.

We learned the verb to prioritize  here is in the future simple.

I will prioritize because we use  the future simple for commitments.

For commitments, I will prioritize my health.

I am committed or I will make my health a priority  because we learn to make something a priority.

So choose your favorite.

One from these and write it in the comments  so you retain this vocabulary as well.

And now I'll read the article from  start to finish so you can focus on  

my pronunciation because there were  some advanced words in this article.

Let's do that now.

Why personal health and Wellness  are key to business longevity.

Key takeaways Business leaders who prioritize  their personal health and Wellness are better  

equipped to handle the responsibilities and  inspire their management teams and employees.

Over exertion, whether it's physical or mental,  can lead to burnout that will negatively impact  

your leadership effectiveness and the  organization's overall performance.

Leaders who model good health  and Wellness practices.

Contribute to a.

Healthier work environment boosting staff  retention and company resilience New data  

released by Babel IN2024A survey of 500 business  leaders in the UK showed that 76% of business  

leaders wanted to strengthen their own physical,  mental and ethical fitness in order to succeed.

An over exhausted sleep deprived leader is also  more likely to be a less effective negotiator,  

less capable of empathy and understanding  different viewpoints and is not able to  

drive innovation and change within the company.

A company culture that focuses on overall  health and Wellness will eventually  

increase staff retention, which ultimately  contributes to the longevity of the business.

Health truly is wealth, especially if  you want to be a good business leader.

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