Solving Problems

Solving Problems

  1. What should I wear for a job interview?
  2. What’s a quick and healthy lunch idea?
  3. How do I start exercising regularly?
  4. How do I stick to a budget?
  5. How do I wake up earlier without feeling tired?
  6. What’s the best way to prepare for a presentation?
  7. How do I deal with a messy flatmate?
  8. How do I politely end a boring conversation?
  9. What’s the best way to remember names?
  10. How do I manage my screen time better?
  11. How do I stay calm when I’m stuck in traffic?
  12. How do I ask someone for a favour without feeling awkward?
  13. How do I keep in touch with old friends?
  14. How do I stop overthinking simple decisions?
  15. What’s a good way to relax after a stressful day?

  • You should…
  • Why don’t you…?
  • Have you tried…?
  • Maybe you could…
  • It might help if you…
  • One thing you could do is…
  • If I were you, I would…
  • What about trying…?
  • How about…?
  • You might want to think about…

  • Before going on a first date
  • Before starting a new job
  • Before meeting your partner’s parents
  • Before giving a big speech or presentation
  • Before going to live on a desert island
  • Before going to a job interview
  • Before moving to a new country
  • Before time travelling

“I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don’t have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now that’ll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you.”

“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!”

We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.

quiet to loud
slow to fast
pausing
pitch (low to high)

Excitement
Anger
Sadness
Sarcasm
Fear

Emphasise Exercise:

I never said she stole my money. Someone else said it, not me.
I never said she stole my money. I didn't say it at all.
I never said she stole my money. I might have implied it, but didn’t say it.
I never said she stole my money. Someone else stole it, not her.
I never said she stole my money. Maybe she borrowed it, or found it.
I never said she stole my money. She stole someone else’s money.
I never said she stole my money. She stole something else, not money.

I never said he kissed her.