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    Workers feel overwhelmed by constantly high workloads as the world becomes more digital, globalized, and unpredictable. The book "Your Brain at Work" notes that feeling like there is too much to do has become people's biggest complaint. It discusses pursuing early retirement as a social movement and maintaining endurance in the face of changing work environments and digitization. The speaking session covers prioritizing tasks, pronunciation exercises, answering questions, and discussing priorities and distractions in work.

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    Workers feel overwhelmed by constantly high workloads as the world becomes more digital, globalized, and unpredictable. The book "Your Brain at Work" notes that feeling like there is too much to do has become people's biggest complaint. It discusses pursuing early retirement as a social movement and maintaining endurance in the face of changing work environments and digitization. The speaking session covers prioritizing tasks, pronunciation exercises, answering questions, and discussing priorities and distractions in work.

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    Speaking 5 - Priorities and Distractions

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    Workers feel overwhelmed by constantly high workloads as the world becomes more digital, globalized, and unpredictable. The book "Your Brain at Work" notes that feeling like there is too much to do has become people's biggest complaint. It discusses pursuing early retirement as a social movement and maintaining endurance in the face of changing work environments and digitization. The speaking session covers prioritizing tasks, pronunciation exercises, answering questions, and discussing priorities and distractions in work.

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    SPEAKING SESSION 5

    PRIORITIES & DISTRACTIONS


    Reflect on a photo
    PRONUNCIATION EXERCISE

    “Workers everywhere are experiencing an epidemic of overwhelm. For some


    people, it’s the pressure of a promotion; for others, a downsizing or
    reorganization; but for many, every day involves a constant, massive, and
    overwhelming (very big) volume of work.

    As the world digitizes, globalizes, unplugs, and reorganizes, having too much
    to do has become our biggest complaint.”

    An extract from the book “Your Brain at Work” by David Rock


    NOTE

    - Pursue (v)
    - Early retirement  social movement
    - Unpredictable (adj)
    - Time flies.
    - Digitize (v)
    - Globalize (v)
    - Sanitize (v)
    - Endurance (n)
    ANSWERING SHORT QUESTIONS

    How do you prioritize your tasks at work?


    • Urgency (n)  urgent (a)
    • Date (n) /deit/
    • The
    • As per timeline = according to timeline
    Discussion topic

    “Nobody is too busy, it’s just a matter of


    priorities.”

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