- [[English Lesson]] - https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230120-five-ways-to-be-calm-and-why-it-matters - Five ways to be calm – and why it matters - serenity - Gelassenheit - **Stoic serenity** - put all into wider **perspective** - stay calm when making decisions - **Electronic escape** - soundtrack that will promote peacefulness like ambient rainforest sounds - **Art of tranquillity** - visual art, one viewer's tranquil, meditative experience - **Harmony of haiku** - Japanese poetry, haiku, which consists of 17 syllables in three lines - Zen idea of a oneness with creation - the composition of haiku is so intuitive, it is almost unconscious. - **Find your flow** - absorbed in something we love ...enter an almost trance-like state of calm, mesmerised - make a commitment to quiet time - Solution - look /seek / search work towards solutions - search is less formal - find / come up with / produce a / reach / work out solution - propose a solution - complete vs partial - agree on / arrive at solution - solution for/to sth - happy / neat / good / ideal solution - everyone is satisfied - Cares and concerns - stress you out - outwait sth. - wait till it is over - - **1. When someone "brings something to the table", it means that he/she _____________________.** - has something to offer ✅ - has nothing to offer - buy everyone lunch - **2. HP is one of Dell's main _____________________.** - computers - competitors ✅ (contestant / competition) - controllers - **3. It's pretty hard to _____________________ against big, established companies.** - compete ✅ (go up against) - complete - competition - **4. James _____________________ last year.** - changed his jobs - changed jobs ✅ - made a change in jobs - **5. It's not good to _____________________ yourself entirely to your career.** - denigrate - detonate - dedicate ✅ (commit / devote) - **6. Bill, I need your _____________________ on this. What do you think of this design?** - intake - install - input ✅ (thoughts) - **7. I thought you _____________________ at the conference.** - did a really good job ✅ - really did a job - did really a good job - **8. P1: We've got a meeting in 10 minutes. Do I have to _____________________? P2: Yes, you do.** - atone - attend ✅ (take part / show up / be present) - attain - **9. I'd like you to do a little _____________________ on investment strategies.** - present - presenting - presentation ✅ - **10. He's away ______________________ at the moment, but he'll be back in an hour.** - from his desk ✅ - from a desk - from the desk - DONE pick sth. and prepare little excerpt - IT-Governance - umfasst die Abstimmung der IT-Technik und der Prozesse in allen Unternehmensbereichen mit der Strategie und den Geschäftszielen.