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Why did you think that now was a good time to write about this topic?
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Is it a difficult time for business leaders and organizations collectively to be courageous?
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So to understand that question, you have to first ask the question, what triggers fear?
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So what triggers fear is uncertainty.
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Now, let me back up on that.
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What is uncertainty?
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Uncertainty is different from risk.
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There was a very famous essay written by an economist, Frank Knight.
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Risk is where you know the distribution of outcomes and you can put a probability on them.
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Uncertainty is where you don't know.
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If you look at what's happening around us today, what do we have?
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We have geopolitical uncertainty.
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We have political uncertainty.
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We have technological uncertainty.
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We have economic uncertainty.
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We have health uncertainty.
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We have environmental uncertainty.
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And I can go on and on.
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And I'm not the only one feeling it.
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In a recent essay, an author talked about how in earnings calls,
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CEOs mention the word uncertainty three times as often in this last quarter than they did the previous quarter.
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If you look at the VIX index, which people in the stock market loosely call the fear index, you know, it has spiked.
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So we have manifest uncertainty around us, which naturally normally will trigger fear,
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which naturally and normally leads to the classic freeze response.
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Let's wait.
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We don't know what to do.
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Let's not invest right now.
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We need to just see how this tariffs and whatever else is going to play out.
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And sometimes that may be the prudent response, but sometimes you need to be willing to lean into that fear.

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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

Esta aula de conversação usa o vídeo “Leading with Courage in an Age of Uncertainty”. As palavras que mais se repetem: uncertainty, fear, trigger. Este vídeo tem 29 frases e 278 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 1:51. O falante fala em ritmo natural, cerca de 150 palavras por minuto, próximo de uma conversa do dia a dia. 83% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar. 5 das 29 frases são perguntas, por isso é um bom treino para a entonação de perguntas e respostas curtas.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

15 palavras do vídeo que vale a pena aprender, com pronúncia e significado:

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
uncertainty substantivo/ʌnˈsɜːtənti/incerteza
trigger substantivo/ˈtɹɪɡɚ/gatilho
naturally advérbio/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/naturalmente
essay substantivo/ˈɛs.eɪ/ensaio, redação
topic substantivo/ˈtɑpɪk/tópico, assunto
invest verbo/ɪnˈvɛst/investir
earnings substantivorenda
lean verbo/ˈliːn/inclinar
freeze verbo/ˈfɹiːz/gelar, congelar
technological adjetivo/ˌtɛk.nəˈlɑ.dʒɪ.kəl/tecnológico
probability substantivo/ˌpɹɑ.bəˈbɪl.ə.ti/probabilidade
spike substantivo/spaɪk/espinho, cravo
economist substantivo/iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/economista
manifest substantivo/ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/manifesto
courageous adjetivo/kəˈɹeɪd͡ʒəs/corajoso

Frases que vale a pena repetir

Frases curtas e completas do vídeo que você pode usar na conversa do dia a dia:

  • Uncertainty is where you don't know.
  • We don't know what to do.
  • Let's not invest right now.

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 3 contrações e formas reduzidas, como don't, I'm. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

  • Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, technological /ˌtɛk.nəˈlɑ.dʒɪ.kəl/, probability /ˌpɹɑ.bəˈbɪl.ə.ti/, economist /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/

Sons difíceis para falantes de português:

  • Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: topic /ˈtɑpɪk/, invest /ɪnˈvɛst/, spike /spaɪk/, economist /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/, manifest /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/

Como praticar com este vídeo

  1. Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
  2. Comece na velocidade 0,75×, faça shadowing frase por frase e volte à velocidade normal quando ficar fácil.
  3. Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como uncertainty, trigger, naturally.

O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.

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