Welcome to the English Conversation Club Podcast: the business English podcast that gets you conversation-ready. How often do you stop to think about your goals? In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Christina and Lyndsie on setting goals…and sticking to them. They’ll talk about: 1️⃣  Lyndsie’s smart go-to method for keeping an eye on her goals all year long, 2️⃣  Why Christina says that setting goals for your life is like driving a car, 3️⃣  Lyndsie and Christina’s favorite way of recording and setting goals, 4️⃣  Christina’s system for going from big “someday goals” to s ..read more

Welcome to the English Conversation Club Podcast: the business English podcast that gets you conversation-ready. In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Christina and guest Linda about hobbies, passions…and if they make us more successful. What if being successful in your business and your job isn’t just about working harder and “hustle?” What if stopping for a minute and relaxing with your favorite hobby is important to success? Some of the highlights of today’s conversation: 1️⃣  Christina’s fun and surprising hobby that she’s been taking part in lately. 2️⃣  What Linda was missing ..read more

Welcome to the Faster Fluency Conversation Club Podcast: the business English podcast that gets you conversation-ready. In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Christina and expert teacher and business communications coach, Andrew on the topic of Elong Musk’s new biography.  They’ll ask some tough (difficult) questions about Musk, for example… 1️⃣  How exactly do you pronounce “Elon”? According to Christina and Andrew. 2️⃣  Is focusing on results and goals at all costs while forgetting people skills and empathy a good policy for modern-day entrepreneurs and business owners? 3️⃣&n ..read more

Welcome to the Faster Fluency Conversation Club Podcast: the business English podcast that gets you conversation-ready. In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Christina and Linda on the topic of gratitude. As the Thanksgiving holiday arrives in the US, the two will talk about what they’re really thankful for. In today’s discussion, you’ll hear about… 1️⃣  Why Christina focuses on what she’s grateful for every day. 2️⃣ What is a ‘funk’ and how to get out of one. 3️⃣  Linda’s thoughts about Christina’s plan for going through hard times based on psychological research! 4️⃣  Why Lin ..read more

Welcome to the Faster Fluency Conversation Club Podcast: the business English podcast that gets you conversation-ready.  In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Christina and Karyn on the topic of the space race and UFO’s!  Only this space race isn’t between two countries…but between Elon Musk and Jeff Besos!  In this pre-Halloween podcast episode, Karyn and Christina will look into this strange topic. They’ll ask some compelling questions and discuss some strange phenomena. 1️⃣  What the heck is a cislunar economy? And why would we need one?   2️⃣  In a capitalis ..read more

Welcome to the Faster Fluency Conversation Club Podcast: the business English podcast that gets you conversation-ready. ?Have you ever worked in a toxic environment? ??What about a work culture that was so “nice” it felt toxic? In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Christina and Sheila about “nice” workplace culture--and whether it’s toxic. Today, the two will dig into this surprising phenomenon that you may experience at some point in your career. They’ll talk about: 1️⃣  What exactly is “toxic” work culture? 2️⃣  Can work culture be toxic even if everyone seems nice? 3️⃣  W ..read more

Welcome to the Faster Fluency Conversation Club Podcast: the business English podcast that gets you conversation-ready.  In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Christina and Linda about small changes you can easily make for a better life.  The two of them are discussing an article they both recently read about 57 small things you can do to change your life for the better. Find out… 1️⃣  Which of these tips and ideas Christina and Linda loved…and which ones they didn’t! 2️⃣   What Christina wanted to do before she started her business…and the book that inspired her to be br ..read more

Welcome to the Faster Fluency Conversation Club Podcast: the business English podcast that gets you conversation-ready. In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Christina and Matthew about whether or not managers are disconnected from their teams. Here are a few questions we’ll ask in this podcast: 1️⃣  How has work culture changed since COVID? 2️⃣  Why managers might not want to wait until employees come to them with problems. 3️⃣ Cultural considerations that keep employees from asking for help--for example, in the US and Japan. 4️⃣ One highly important component for feeling great at ..read more

Welcome to the Faster Fluency Conversation Club Podcast: the business English podcast that gets you conversation-ready. In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Christina and Lyndsie about the surprising #1 exercise successful people use to be happier.    In today’s episode you’ll learn: 1️⃣  What is an energy audit? 2️⃣  How you can track the activities that make you feel tired. 3️⃣  How you can identify ideas that help you recover and feel less tired and stressed. 4️⃣ How to successfully do your own energy audit. If you’re curious about how you can put this exercise i ..read more

Welcome to the Faster Fluency Conversation Club Podcast: the business English podcast that gets you conversation-ready. In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Christina and Karyn about the habits of emotionally intelligent people. The two will discuss emotional intelligence and how it’s become an important soft skill in business. Find out… 1️⃣  What skills: soft skills and hard skills employers are currently interested in. 2️⃣  What are the 7 key emotional intelligence habits? 3️⃣  What is emotional regulation? And why does it matter in your professional life? 4️⃣ How the questi ..read more