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【從哥大到麥肯錫、Microsoft、聯發科，英文用字的原則竟然都是同一個？】

在職場或學界，講話、用字「精確」常常是專業的象徵。 “The solution is not good.” “The proposal is great.” 以前在賓大和哥大求學時，教授們常常問學生：Can you be a bit more precise? 這也是現在我在企業內訓時常常問學員、或在上課時反問學生的問題。

在英文學習上要增進用字的精確度，最快的方式不是找一本好字典或字彙書。字典給我們字的用法跟定義，但無法帶給我們「思維」的精確度。

一般人想到用字精確度，都從下面2方面著手。

✔︎ 搭配詞上:
把 very clean 調整成 spotlessly clean、
把 full support 升級成 unqualified support、
把 quick reply 升級成 prompt reply。

✔︎ 用字精簡上：
把 very angry 改成 furious
把 very happy 改成 delighted 等等的用法。

但在這篇文章中，我想要特別強調：比「言語精確度」更重要的是「思維精確度」。

什麼叫做 The solution is bad? 有可能要說的是：

➤ The solution can be costly. (所費不貲)
➤ The solution will generate only short-term effects. (只有短程效益)
➤ The solution will not be popular with those in managerial positions. (管理階層不會喜歡)
➤ The solution is far from comprehensive. (不夠全面)

比思考有沒有比 bad 更漂亮的用字更重要的反而是，
「到底什麼叫做 the solution is bad?」，這才能真正展現出我們的專業，在學習英文時，同時把思維深度也加深。

在職場上、學界中要把英文學好、用好，打基礎一定要從 rule-based (grammar) 和 chunk-based (collocations) 兩個面向開始。我 8/24 (一) 晚上在新竹、8/31 (一) 晚上在台北各有一場「改變一生文法、搭配詞公開課」，歡迎你們來聽聽！

8/24 (一) 新竹場
時間: 7:30 - 9:00 pm (7:00 pm 入場)
地址: 新竹市光復路 2 段 295 號 20F-2 (帝國經貿大樓)

✓一秒報名：
https://www.accupass.com/event/2008020326464884814990

8/31 (一) 台北場
時間: 7:30 - 9:00 pm (7:00 pm 入場)
地址: 台北市朱崙街 60號2F (MRT 南京復興站)

✓ 一秒報名：
https://www.accupass.com/event/2008111053271658751494

“A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.” (Proverbs‬ ‭22:1‬ ‭WEB)

The tragedy of Kobe Bryant’s death by a mysterious helicopter crash today got me thinking about this: what is the legacy you’re leaving behind?

I’m not talking about how much money you’ve made, but rather how will you be remembered as a person, and were you a good testimony for Jesus Christ?

How did you show love to fellow men, or who did you help? That’s important.

Kobe Bryant’s basketball career was nothing short of legendary, but his reputation was tainted by his act of committing rape/adultery with a 19 year old girl.

Most of our deeds won’t be recorded so publicly by the media or Internet, but still, God knows.

The legacy you leave behind will be a combination of your decisions accumulated over the years.

To leave behind a good name as your legacy, it begins with following the Holy Spirit one step at a time, day by day.

When you think of living a spotlessly clean life, it can be overwhelming.
But when you break it down to day by day, believing that God is here with you to carry you by His grace each day, your heart can rest in His faithfulness.

We’ve all made mistakes and failed, but a believer who consciously walks by the spirit will leave behind more good, eternal impact than one who lives only by the desires of the flesh.

If you are already a born-again believer, you’re already saved and can never lose your salvation.
However there will still be a difference in eternal rewards between Christians.
There’s no such thing as a standardized ‘rewards package’ that every believer will receive.

The glittery accolades and trophies on earth won’t matter once you’re dead. These rust and will eventually be forgotten. But there are eternal rewards that last forever.

The apostles Paul and Peter compared the Christian life to a race. Will you stroll along in the race and be content just to finish, or will you run like a well-trained competitive athlete to win a top prize?

Pursue the deep things of God and you’ll receive amazing eternal rewards that stand the test of time!

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Ask Boldly Like A Persistent Child

“You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask. You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.” (James‬ ‭4:2-3‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

A child’s persistence is amazing. I know it firsthand. When my three year old daughter Maeleth asks me for something, she keeps asking and doesn’t give up until she gets an answer.

“Daddy, I want that. Can I have that please?”

She asks and waits for an answer. The answer may be yes, no or later, but she expects an answer.

All of us have desires for good things but some of us are afraid to ask God due to certain wrong beliefs.
God’s word says that you don’t have because you don’t ask God in prayer.

“What if I ask too much? I’m afraid that God will think I’m so greedy and selfish.”

“I don’t deserve it. My sins are too great. All I ask is for mercy to be saved.”

Dear brethren, as an earthly father I would give anything that my daughter wants as long as it’s within my means and if the thing she asks for is good/safe for her. I must also give it at the right time for her own good.

If imperfect fathers like me can have that kind of generosity and thoughtful consideration towards their children, what more our perfect Abba Father whose essence is Love?

““Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!” (Matthew‬ ‭7:7-11‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

He is all-powerful, all-knowing, and His presence fills Heaven and earth which He owns. Nothing is too hard for Him to fulfill.

“...your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.” (Matthew‬ ‭6:8‬ ‭WEB)

Before you even speak your prayer, God already knows what’s in your mind and heart.
Still, He wants you to ask Him so that He will grant you your heart’s desires.
He won’t force something you if you don’t ask or give consent—He honors your free will.

If your concern is that your sins disqualify you from receiving anything good from God, then look to the cross.

At the cross, Jesus was beaten, pierced and smitten by God’s fiery wrath for the sins of the world, so that all your sins have been completely punished in Jesus’ body.
Your sins are no longer standing in the way between you and God.
The wages of sin is death and those wages have already been righteously paid in full.

When God looks at your Book of Remembrance in Heaven, it’s spotlessly clean because all your sins were transferred to Jesus’ account—and Jesus paid for those sins by His shed blood and His death.
Your records show that you’re perfectly righteous, just like Jesus!

So ask boldly and persistently for all your needs and for the good things you desire, like a child who believes that God is most delighted to hear your voice and that He loves to answer your prayers.
That’s the kind of pure faith that pleases God.

You qualify to receive God’s blessings not because your behavior is good, but because you’re righteous in Christ thanks to Jesus’ finished work at the cross!

God will surely give you the good things you ask for in His own way and at the perfect time—have faith in Him. Till then, rest assured that your prayers are in the process of being fulfilled!

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