📙 Part 2: Describe something you did in your studies or work that has made you feel confident

This episode's vocabulary

Memorable (adj.) - likely to be remembered or worth remembering.

To reflect (verb) - think deeply or carefully about.

Soft start (noun) - small talk.

To catch up (phrasal verb) - to do something you did not have time to do earlier.

Misconception (noun) - a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding.

Disjointed (adj.) - (especially of words or ideas) not well connected or well ordered.

Chaos (noun) - a state of total confusion with no order.

Chaotic (adj.) - in a state of chaos.

Questions and Answers

M: Rory, hello! Give us your story.

R: I really find making sure everything flows in a logical order for the time given when I'm teaching or giving presentations has been really handy for organizing and presenting information to people. That way, everything is more efficiently done and looks quite professional, as well as being more memorable. I'm not sure there's a specific time and place when this happened. It's more something I've developed over time and using different experiences I've had over the years. And I suppose reflecting on them as well has been quite important. So generally speaking, I have specific things I make sure I'm good, like soft starts to presentation, so people who are late have a chance to catch up. And then reflections at the end to check for any misconceptions and just the things, the main things that people took away from a lesson or a presentation. Between that I try and put everything in a way that allows people to understand what's being spoken about and why it's important and how it works before allowing them to try out what we are focusing on for themselves, so they get a little bit of experience with it too, rather than just talking about it. I wouldn't say it's particularly difficult to do. And I think that's why it makes me feel better about doing things like that in this way, because it's so clear to me I know what to do, and it should be clear to others too. And so if it's clear in my head, I'm not messing around trying to explain things that I already know about very well. If I hadn't come up with this way of doing things, I don't think I'd be quite as good at what I do as I am. I feel like things would be a bit more disjointed, chaotic and unclear. So it's super helpful that I'm able to do this, and hopefully others can as well.

M: Hey! Thank you, Rory, for your story!

R: Thank you!