Dear readers,

Welcome to this week’s BEM Blog post. With the summer holiday just around the corner and stifling temperatures outside, it must be hard to keep your focus on work and business. This is why I have prepared a list of 10 inspirational quotes that should cool down your mind just as ice cold water cools down your body.

1. Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

– Norman Schwarzkopf

2. The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can’t do.

–Dennis Waitley

3. Leadership is doing what is right when no one is watching.

– George Van Valkenburg

4. A man should never neglect his family for business.

– Walt Disney

5. If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example.

– Ingvar Kamprad

6. Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

– Bill Gates

7. I don’t pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.

– Robert Bosch

8. You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

– Mahatma Gandhi

9. Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right!

– Henry Ford

10. Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

–Denis Waitley

VOCABULARY:

1. stifling – ciepły duszny , parny

2. potent – mocny, potężny

3. in terms of – w kategorii

4. waking – przytomny, świadomy

5. neglect – zaniedbywać

6. wage – pensja

7. relish – cieszyć się

8. scale the mountain – wspinać się na szczyt góry

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Dear Readers,

Welcome to our first BEM blog post! For the readers of “Business English Magazine“ this will be an additional space to learn about the latest business news, ideas and interesting facts. If you are new to BEM, feel free to join the conversation.

Our first subject is about „personal development/growth“ and starts with the famous quote „A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step“ by a Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu. BEM works hard on delivering quality business English materials to you, that are up to date, relevant to modern business world and applicable in everyday life. All of this helps to develop your English skills, as well as grow as a person, inspired by the ideas we share. That’s what this blog aims to become in the online space.

Self develpoment

In order to be successful we have to work together towards a shared goal: improving our English language abilities & widening our business knowledge horizons.

There are dozens if not hundredths of motivational/personal growth speakers, or what they are sometimes called “gurus” out there. Among them the most well-known is Tony Robbins. He is one of the most successful and inspiring business coaches, having worked with many celebrities including former US president Bill Clinton, Bill Gates and Tiger Woods.
You can learn about his background here:

http://www.squidoo.com/tony-robbins-lifecoach

Tony over the last 3 decades of coaching has developed many inspiring and effective audio-programs and has written several motivational/coaching books. One of them is “Personal Power”. The basic concept of the book is that you are in charge of your attitude towards life/work/play situations and the results you achieve are entirely up to you. Tony uses the term “state” (of emotion) that we are constantly in. It might be happy/sad/motivated/unmotivated etc.
He says: “The emotional state that you’re in determines your behaviour and performance. You are always responsible for your own states.”

Learn more by visiting:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/36266477/Tony-Robbins-Personal-Power-trainleaders-social-media

How this relates to BEM and this blog?
To get value out of this blog you need to focus and be motivated to read it, come back to it and there will be lots of distractions around you along the way.
Throughout future blog posts we would like you to stay with us and follow our “1000miles journey” into the latest business news/ideas. That is the recipe for business English skills development, as well as extending your current business horizons.

We hope that this journey will be interesting and valuable to you,
Please let us know if you have any ideas/suggestions/opinions for future posts.

Vocabulary:

1. to start off with – rozpocząć od
2. up to date – aktualne/zaktualizowane
3. relevant – trafny;stosowny;związany z tematem
4. applicable – odpowiedni;dający się zastosować
5. to aim to become – stawia sobie za cel
6. a shared goal – wspólny cel
7. former – były; poprzedni
8. to develop – stworzyć;rozwinąć
9. inspiring – inspirujący;motywujący
10. several – kilka
11. to be in charge of – zarządzać; kontrolować
12. attitude towards – podejście/ustosunkowanie do czegoś
13. it is up to you – zależy do Ciebie
14. to determine – ustalać;definiować;
15. performance – wyniki/rezultaty (np. w pracy)
16. recipe – przepis

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