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Session #2 - How To Be More Disciplined

Watch The Video Here :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPn3UOt1lxw

The Video’s Vocabulary:

● Rock: If an event rocks a someone, it causes feeling of shock.
– Losing their parents rocked the kids badly.

● Put up with: tolerate or endure something.

– I'm too tired to put up with any nonsense.

● Janitor: caretaker of a building.

– I worked as a janitor when I was 16 years old.

● Unwavering: never changing or becoming weaker.

– Her belief in the project has been unwavering.

● Chore: a routine task, especially a household one.

– The early risers were up and about, doing their chores.

● Juggle: to succeed in arranging your life so that you have time to

involve yourself in two or more different activities.
– Many parents find it hard to juggle children and a career.

● Rollback: reverse the progress.

– They do not want to see any rollback of this agreement.

● Fall behind: fail to keep up with one's competitors.

– Britain has fallen behind in the space business.

● Put through: subject someone to an unpleasant or demanding

experience.
– I hate Brian for what he put me through.

● Land a job: To successfully acquire a job.

– I landed a job in Canada.

● Reminisce: indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events.

– They reminisced about their summers abroad.

● North Star: Metaphorically speaking, your North Star is your personal

mission statement.
– I have determined my North Star.
 ● Do-or-die: persist.
– It’s a do-or-die attempt to succeed.

● Tap into: to manage to use something in a way that brings good

results.
– If only we could tap into all that energy and creativity.

● Buffer: a person or thing that reduces a shock or motivation.

– Family and friends can provide a buffer against stress.

● Dilemma: a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made

between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally
undesirable.
– She faces he dilemma of disobeying ing her father or losing the man
she loves.

● Temptation: the desire to do something, especially something wrong

or unwise.
– He resisted the temptation to call Celia at the office.

Questions:
. What is self-discipline?
. What is self-control?
. Why is developing self-discipline and self-control important?
. Which areas in your life require more self-discipline?
. Which areas in your life require more self-control?
. What is your strong reason why’ behind your work/study?
. How do you deal with motivation buffers?

Accent:
TH: The sound is pronounced when the tip of the tongue is placed between the
teeth.
– Voiced: Whether the weather is cold, whether the weather is hot, we’ll
weather the weather, whatever the weather.
– Unvoiced: I thought a thought but the thought I thought wasn’t the
thought I thought I thought if the thought I thought I thought had been
the thought I thought, wouldn’t have thought so much.

Grammar:
Would vs Could!

Adam could visit us on Monday.

– This tells us that it is possible Adam will visit on Monday
Adam would visit us on Monday.
– This tells us that we can imagine a situation in which Adam wants to
visit us on Monday, but it is not actually possible.

Idioms: