Demonstrate Charisma at Work in English [Leadership Qualities at Work]

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Charisma is a fantastic word to know in English.
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Simply put charisma is a characteristic that combines
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warmth, kindness, and power or influence.
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Someone can have charisma,
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or they can be charismatic. Now in this description,
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I'm using that word warmth, but I don't mean someone's temperature.
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Instead,
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when we use warmth to describe someone's personality or their
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qualities, it is a synonym for using words like kind,
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nice, caring, and patient,
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all very positive qualities. In a dictionary,
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charisma is defined as a personal magic of
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leadership.
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Someone who inspires loyalty and creates enthusiasm,
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someone with positive influence.
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So why is this word so important? Why are we talking about it today?
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Displaying charisma is a powerful,
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effective way to demonstrate friendliness and have positive influence
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at work. Something that we all want to do.
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I am Annemarie with Speak Confident English.
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This is exactly where you want to be every week to get the confidence you want
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for your life and work in English. And in this video today,
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you're going to learn 10 ways to demonstrate charisma in English at
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work.
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And the good news is you already have all the language you need to do this
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successfully.
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[Inaudible].
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Let's start right away with the first way you can demonstrate charisma at work,
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greet everyone.
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It might surprise you because this seems so basic,
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but how often do we ignore other people?
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How often do we stand in an elevator and say nothing?
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How often do we pass someone else in a hallway and say nothing?
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Using a simple hi or hello is a kind way to
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acknowledge the humanity and existence of another person.
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It doesn't seem like much,
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but sometimes a simple high or hello can say so much
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more. It can say, I see you. I acknowledge you.
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And that is powerful.
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The second way to demonstrate charisma is to never underestimate the
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power of politeness. Just like using a greeting,
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remembering to say, please,
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thank you and you're welcome is a simple act of kindness.
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And sometimes it's the simple things we remember the most.
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Do you have someone at work who always says,
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thank you when you do something nice for them. Doesn't that feel wonderful.
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You probably remember that about that individual and
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you can do the same thing for others.
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Strategy number three is to show that you're interested.
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How do you feel when.
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Someone says to you: That's so interesting. Tell me more about that.
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You probably feel pretty good and you probably enjoy talking
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about whatever opinion or experience it might be.
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When people show.
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Interest in us,
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we have a very positive impression of them.
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We think that those people are really interesting, warm,
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kind, and wonderful.
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You can do the same thing for others.
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I actually have a full lesson on this topic of how to be interesting in English.
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And it comes down to just a few simple things,
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such as listening to other people,
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carefully showing that you're listening to them and
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asking questions that indicate you're interested in what they have to
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say.
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I definitely recommend taking time to review that other lesson
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so that you can get all those details.
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The fourth way you can demonstrate charisma at work is to recognize others and
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their accomplishments.
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How do you feel when someone says I'm really impressed with how you did... ,
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Or you did a great job with that presentation, it feels pretty good.
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Doesn't it?
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And you probably have a very positive impression of the person who said
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that. You're grateful for their kind comment.
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You can do the same for other people.
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And the language we use for this is extremely simple.
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You can use sentences, like I'm really impressed with how you...
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I'm really impressed with how you put that presentation together.
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I'm really impressed with how quickly you were able to finish the budget.
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If someone delivers a product to you, you could say,
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this is exactly what I was hoping for, or this is exactly what I envisioned.
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This is exactly what I wanted. Or simply, you did this really well.
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Strategy number five is to tell others when you
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take their advice. Now, I want to be clear in this example,
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I'm not saying that you ask for advice. That's certainly the first step,
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but tell someone when you actually use or follow their advice.
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We all love to give recommendations or share what we think others
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should do.
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But it's particularly powerful when someone says,
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I followed your advice, thank you so much.
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Or thank you,
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I took your advice and it was exactly what I needed.
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It is extremely powerful in the best way possible when
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someone follows our advice and they were successful because of it.
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The sixth way is quite similar to number five,
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tell others when they were right.
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Don't you love it when someone says to you, you were exactly right.
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It validates your opinions, your methods,
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the way you do things, the way you think,
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and someone who is charismatic does that for other people.
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And as I've mentioned before,
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you already have all the language you need to do this successfully in English.
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All you need is you were right.
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You were right about how to handle that difficult client.
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You were right about those budget numbers.
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You were right about that marketing strategy plan. You could also say,
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thank you so much for sharing your idea, your opinion, your advice...
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You were right.
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Number seven might surprise you say no when you need to
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and be clear, but polite.
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It's a little bit strange to say that people who are charismatic,
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who are warm kind and powerful should say no,
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but here's why:
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how do you feel when you ask someone to do something
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and then they cancel on you at the last minute? It's frustrating,
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isn't it? And it probably creates a lot of stress in your life.
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Maybe even a feeling of rejection.
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If someone asks you to do something and you know that you
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either don't want to do it, or you really can't,
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maybe you have too many other things to do, but you say yes,
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out of politeness,
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it is much better to be honest,
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upfront to say no at the beginning,
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in a really clear and polite way. Thankfully, there are some wonderful,
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simple ways that we can do that. And I have a full lesson on that topic.
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I've got a link to that lesson below in the video.
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So if that's something that you want to learn,
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I definitely recommend checking it out.
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Strategy number eight for demonstrating charisma at work is to
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show enthusiasm and celebrate others' successes.
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How do you feel when something wonderful happens in your life and someone says,
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Oh my gosh, congratulations. I am so happy for you.
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And it is genuine, true happiness.
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You probably feel wonderful.
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It is great when other people celebrate with us.
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It's definitely better than someone being jealous or angry
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because they didn't have that successful thing in their life.
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Remember, charisma is this interesting combination of warmth,
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kindness, and power.
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The ability to genuinely be happy for someone else when they've been
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successful is a clear demonstration of those qualities.
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And all it takes are words like, congratulations.
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I'm so happy for you. That's fantastic news.
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That's wonderful. The language we need for that is simple,
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but it's powerful when we use it.
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Number nine on our list of how to show charisma at work is to be supportive.
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Whether someone is having a bad day,
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maybe they've missed a deadline or made a mistake,
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or perhaps there's a big project coming up,
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a presentation in English and they're feeling really nervous about it.
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Having someone else's support may be the one thing they
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need. And all you need to say is, I believe in you,
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I know you can do this. Or if they're in a frustrating situation,
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say, I'm really sorry. That sounds difficult.
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That sounds really challenging. I'm sorry you're going through that.
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It doesn't take a lot of time or effort to be supportive of someone else,
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but it will display charisma that combination of
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warmth, kindness, and power, that personal magic of leadership.
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And finally,
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number 10 on our list is to be helpful.
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When you can,
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two simple questions you can use are what can I do to help?
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Or is there anything I can do to help with that?
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You have 10 simple but effective ways to demonstrate
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charisma at work with your coworkers, your peers, your supervisors,
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anyone you work with and in doing so,
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you are expressing kindness, friendliness,
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and positivity in English. Now, before we finish today,
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I would love to know if there are other strategies you use
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to demonstrate charisma. If so, share them in the comments below.
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If you found this lesson useful to you as always, I would love to know,
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and you can tell me in three very simple ways. Number one,
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give this lesson a thumbs up here on YouTube and subscribe to my channel so that
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you never miss. One of my Confident English lessons. Number two,
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if you know someone who's struggling with communicating at work and wants to
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demonstrate politeness, kindness,
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and friendliness share this lesson with them,
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you can do that by email or by sharing it on Facebook.
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And finally,
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the last way that you can tell me this lesson was useful to you is to share with
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a comment below in particular.
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I want you to share your examples of a demonstrating charisma in English.
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Have a wonderful week. Thank you so much for joining me.
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And I look forward to seeing you next time for your Confident English lesson.
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