Vocabulary: surprise

It was the surprise of my most recent visit. 

Vocabulary: climate

It's blessed with a Mediterranean climate and outstanding organic produce and home to some of the world's most original food traditions

Vocabulary: explain

Georgia was considered the kitchen garden of the USSR, explains restaurateur and sommelier turned professional bon vivant Kristian Brask Thomsen.

Vocabulary: successful

Putting this vision into practice will be essential for successful digital-age manufacturing.

Vocabulary: solutions

Companies can no longer expect to provide ‘end-to-end’ solutions alone.

Vocabulary: customer needs

At the same time, the pressure to meet ever more diverse customer needs requires leaders to forge strong partnerships.

Vocabulary: putting

Putting this vision into practice will be essential for successful digital-age manufacturing.

Vocabulary: offers

While automation offers the sector an opportunity to lower costs and boost quality, manufacturing leaders need to steer their organizations carefully and responsibly.

Vocabulary: causing

Digital technology, robotics and artificial intelligence are causing a fundamental shift in how manufacturers operate.

Vocabulary: it doesn't matter

It doesn't matter whether the devastating event happens in a developed nation like the U.S. or a third-world country, access to reliable power is the thing that keeps us alive and well.

Vocabulary: generation and transmission

The country’s power generation and transmission system could not meet the acute and growing demand for electricity with a record summer season approaching.

Vocabulary: around the planet

Another very serious issue is the world’s increasing demand for electricity and the fact that the infrastructure in many cities around the planet simply cannot keep up. 

Vocabulary: emergency

MOBILEPAC is emergency mobile power, a lifeline to people in need that is fueled by jet engines, generating 30 megawatts of power – enough electricity to power more than 30,000 homes in times of temporary power loss. 

Vocabulary: catastrophic

Last year 15 catastrophic weather and climate events struck, destroying property, uprooting people’s lives in the United States, causing more than $15 billion in damages. 

Vocabulary: put on the table

Rather than trying to fix problems as soon as they occur, Japanese business people tend to put the issue on the table and take time to think about the origin of the problem. Unlike the “Band-Aid” approach, a more pragmatic method corrects the root causes of the issue and prevents the likelihood of committing the same error again and again.

Vocabulary: kaizen methodology

Kaizen is a Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement. The methodology engages all employees in implementing small changes to eliminate waste and boost efficiency. Companies like Toyota, Nestle and Canon use kaizen as a key ingredient in their business models. Lockheed Martin, an American global security and aerospace company, incorporated kaizen in their material management to reduce manufacturing costs, inventory and order-to-delivery time.

Vocabulary: payment

With no more than a simple QR (quick-response) code, merchants and individuals were able to exchange goods, services, and money. No cash registers. No credit payment terminals. The only tool required was a mobile device.

Vocabulary: carrying

Imagine never carrying cash again. I know; it’s crazy. 

Vocabulary: hometown

She was supposed to travel back to her hometown that night, all by herself. He never liked the fact that she travelled
alone. But she loved adventures and it was beyond Virat’s control to win an argument with her

Vocabulary: pressing

He read the message once again before pressing the send button. He then thought of deleting the text message from his phone.

Vocabulary: things that matter most

• How to organize your time so you can tackle the things that matter most first.

Vocabulary: in the day

Time is the great equalizer; whether we choose to admit it or not, we all have the same 24 hours in the day.

Vocabulary: immediately

They couldn’t see how Twitter or Facebook would immediately impact their business, so they were slow to adopt these technologies. They don’t want to play catch-up again.

Vocabulary: relatively common

In an age where hacking is relatively common and banks can not always fend off attempts to invade people’s financial privacy, blockchain is a way to feel a greater sense of control over your transactions.

Vocabulary: quicker and simpler

We can all understand how exchanges can become quicker and simpler when they don’t have to go through a third party.

Vocabulary: efficiency

 One of the clearest and most relevant reasons that many companies are embracing blockchain technology is efficiency.

Vocabulary: variety of reasons

Individuals and businesses use blockchain for a variety of reasons.

Vocabulary: intermediary

Here’s the very short version of it: Blockchain is a way to make transactions and transfers online without the use of an intermediary. 

Vocabulary: blockchain

 If you’re looking for a new, efficient way to carry out transactions, blockchain is a technology that your company might find helpful. 

Vocabulary: adopt

In a market saturated with new and innovative business strategies, it can be difficult to decide which to adopt. 

Vocabulary: description

Make your boss successful.
Regardless of what it says on your job description, your top priority is always to make your boss successful. Similarly, your boss's job is to make you more successful. If your boss doesn't "get" this concept of reciprocity, your top priority is to find a different boss.

Vocabulary: interest

Show interest in your boss's career.
To make yourself invaluable, you want to deliver what your boss needs before your boss knows he or she needs it. Learn how to predict those needs by expressing curiosity about your boss’s experience and perspective.

Vocabulary: competent

Over-prepare for every meeting.
Sometimes your boss will want to "drill down" into the details of your job. Answer with aplomb and your boss assumes you’re competent; hesitate and your boss assumes you're not.  Spending at least an hour of prep for every hour you spend with your boss.

Vocabulary: explain

Explain how you're best "managed."
Since all bosses have a "default" management style, it's up to you to help your boss understand how he or she can help you do your best work.  This requires both self-awareness and the courage to speak up. Cultivate both, then have the conversation.

Vocabulary: do your best

Do your best work.
Bosses know when an employee is "phoning it in." They expect you to do your job as only you can do it--by overcoming obstacles that would prevent other people from succeeding at what you do.  They expect your best, so give it to them.

Vocabulary: clearly

Communicate clearly.
When dealing with your boss, speak and write in short sentences, use the fewest words possible to make a point, and make that point easily understandable. This makes your boss’s job easier which helps make your job easier.

Vocabulary: provide

Provide solutions not complaints.
Nothing irritates a boss more than being forced to listen to you kvetch about things that either you're not willing to change or are outside your boss’s ability to change. Don't bring up a problem unless you have a solution in mind.

Vocabulary: advise

Advise but then obey.
When you see your boss about to make a foolish decision, suggest a better alternative. However, once your boss has made that decision, stop second-​guessing and do your best to implement it— regardless of whether you agree.

Vocabulary: seriously

Take your job seriously.
Your boss doesn’t expect you to be perfect, but appreciates it when it's obvious that truly care about what you do. This doesn't mean you should take yourself too seriously, though. Be serious about your job but be willing to laugh at your own foibles.

Vocabulary: virtue

Develop courage. It’s the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. 

Vocabulary: essential

Our stories and experiences are an essential and unique part of who we are, what drives us, and where we can offer our most powerful life lessons. 

Vocabulary: wait a minute

‘Well, wait a minute. I’m stronger than I thought I was.’”

Vocabulary: confidence and power

1. Speak with confidence and power.

First off, there was her voice. Slow, thoughtful, deliberate, commanding, and so eloquent. She delivered each word thoughtfully, as though it was a gift — and it was. My default nature is to speak quickly and reactively so I learned from Maya the importance of slowing down to carefully considering each word and speak with confidence and power. She did not speak off the top of her head, but from the depths of her soul. She knew who she was and stood firmly within her truth.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marianneschnall/2018/02/13/5-lessons-i-learned-from-my-interviews-with-maya-angelou/#4a1657ac4ce3

Vocabulary: prevent

• Wait for one week before purchasing anything large to prevent impulse buys.

Vocabulary: pack

• Pack food, snacks and drinks for car and day trips. Fast food and convenience stores are expensive.

Vocabulary: each month

• Pay off your credit card each month. If you can't pay all of them, at least pay down your high interest cards.

Vocabulary: simple problems

• Be your own handy-man. You can save thousands if you paint your own walls, put together your own furniture and learn how to fix simple problems around the home. This is why YouTube videos exist.

Vocabulary: making a plan

Whatever your financial goals are, remember that making a plan is the best way to meet them.

Vocabulary: cut costs

• To bump up your savings, take a hard look at your budget. Find any places you can cut costs and redirect those funds to your savings. You can also shop smarter, looking for coupons and finding deals where you can.

Vocabulary: plan

Goals are great and all but, "A goal without a plan is just a wish."

Vocabulary: save

I plan to save for a larger down payment on a future home. I  enjoy my current home but don't think it my best option for the long-term.

Vocabulary: invited

The international market has been a banquet for which Brazil has invited but does not attend.

Vocabulary: expected

Inflation is expected to be below 3% in most price indices.

Vocabulary: favorable

And the moment is extremely favorable for a greater insertion in the international market.

Vocabulary: warm

Drinking warm lemon water each morning can provide you with many health benefits from clearing up acne to boosting your immune system with Vitamin C, helping to fight the common cold and flu.

Vocabulary: flu

Winter can be a difficult time to stay healthy when it seems like everyone around you is infected with the flu. Although there are many natural remedies and precautions you can take to try and fight these nasty viruses, sometimes, their attack is just too strong. So this winter, I decided to try something new by attempting theLemon Water Challenge.

Vocabulary: virtual

But this story continues. If you, as a bitcoin-millionaire in December 2017, had not immediately sold your coins, you would have just over $400,000 of virtual value left as of February 9, 2018. Not bad, but a virtual loss of $600,000 in less than two months.

Vocabulary: excluded

Please note: Since investing in cryptocurrency with money you need as a savings buffer is not advisable, the majority of the population is actually excluded by the above calculation. Only people who see $47,938 as 'pocket change' can afford to take such a risk.

Vocabulary: peaked in

When the cryptocurrency peaked in price on December 17 and was worth about $20,089, the 49.78 bitcoin investment would have been worth a million dollars.

Vocabulary: hit down

As of Friday afternoon, bitcoin was down 28% since late January. On Monday, bitcoin hit $7,000, down 64% from its all-time high of nearly $20,000 in late December.

Vocabulary: make up over

Together, these 15 automotive brands make up over $260 billion in brand value, according to Interbrand.

Vocabulary: calculate

To calculate a brand's value, the agency combines a company's financial forecast with its proprietary "role of brand" and "brand strength" calculations from its analysts across the globe.

Together, these calculations give each brand a value number, which can be used to compare it to all of the others on the list.

Vocabulary: puts together

Every year, Interbrand puts together its list of the world's most valuable brands. 

Vocabulary: valuable

These are the 15 most valuable car brands in the world

Vocabulary: car

Here is the most completed list about all car brands, with its basic information, links to official sites, car logos etc.

Vocabulary: sooner

Electric cars will be cheaper much sooner than expected, with prices in Europe comparable with traditionally powered vehicles next year, according to a report from investment bank UBS.

Vocabulary: computing

Be aware, however, that while higher-mileage and electric cars are inherently less damaging to the environment than conventional petrol-powered vehicles, all else being equal, the ACEEE considers more than just a model’s fuel economy when computing its Green Score.

Vocabulary: optional

Also included are two new range-topping EVs, the Chevrolet Bolt EV (238 miles on a charge) and the Tesla Model 3 (310 miles with the optional long-range battery).

Vocabulary: necessarily

You don’t necessarily have to choose a cramped and spiritless econobox car to own a more environmentally benign mode of transportation these days. In fact, many of the dozen “greenest” vehicles for 2018, as compiled by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) in Washington, D.C., are both stylish to look at and can be downright entertaining to drive, including models from Tesla, BMW, and (albeit a distant step removed) Mercedes-Benz.

Vocabulary: happier

Stop comparing yourself to others.
People who are grateful are more satisfied with their relationships with friends and family. They’re happier, less depressed and less stressed. They feel more in control of their lives, have higher self-esteem and cope better when things get tough. 

Vocabulary: situations

Think Outside the Box. If you want to make the most out of opportunities to flex your gratitude muscles, you must creatively look for new situations and circumstances in which to feel grateful.

Vocabulary: behalf

Watch your Language. Grateful people have a particular linguistic style that uses the language of gifts, givers, blessings, blessed, fortune, fortunate, and abundance. In gratitude, you should not focus on how inherently good you are, but rather on the inherently good things that others have done on your behalf.

Vocabulary: motions

Go Through the Motions. If you go through grateful motions, the emotion of gratitude should be triggered. Grateful motions include smiling, saying thank you, and writing letters of gratitude.

Vocabulary: senses

Come to Your Senses. Through our senses—the ability to touch, see, smell, taste, and hear—we gain an appreciation of what it means to be human and of what an incredible miracle it is to be alive. Seen through the lens of gratitude, the human body is not only a miraculous construction, but also a gift.

Vocabulary: experienced

Remember the Bad. To be grateful in your current state, it is helpful to remember the hard times that you once experienced. When you remember how difficult life used to be and how far you have come, you set up an explicit contrast in your mind, and this contrast is fertile ground for gratefulness.

Vocabulary: focusing

Replace complaints with gratitude.

When you find yourself focusing on what you believe you’re lacking—I wish my car were nicer, my house were bigger, I had more money—replace it with thoughts of what you are thankful for.

What are you grateful for today?

Vocabulary: appreciation

Cultivate appreciation for others and let them know regularly that you are grateful for them and for what they do for you—whether it be helping around the house or always inviting you out for a fun dinner date. Focusing on the positive will make people want to keep doing it!

Vocabulary: gently

The habit of being fully present and not wishing for something in the future or the past—but just being grateful for what is—can really shift your perspective. Catch yourself when that moment escapes you, and gently remind yourself to come back.

Vocabulary: being grateful

Here’s the thing: being grateful has the power to block out negative emotions. You can’t really pay attention to what’s missing or what’s not going well if you only let your mind pay attention to what is.

Vocabulary: focusing

Human nature is to want what we don’t have and to dwell on the negatives—instead of celebrating what we do have and focusing on what’s going well.

Vocabulary: present moment

Focusing on our blessings allow us to celebrate the present moment and keep our attention on the good instead of the bad.

Vocabulary: lucky

Rather than focusing on what I don’t have, I focus on what I do—I am lucky to have a fire, I am lucky to have this job, I am lucky to have a tent, and I am lucky to have your company.

Vocabulary: gratitude

Did you know that gratitude has been scientifically proven to strengthen your immune system and make you happier and more optimistic, as well as less lonely and isolated? It’s true.

2018 message

2018 message

This is your year!
Make your dream come true.
Go with the flow.
Repeat a lot of time " This isn't my problem ".
Be pacient and watch the miracles in your life.
You will have all you are wanting for.