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There's only one thing I know for sure about every single organisation.

You will never have enough time, money and people to do all of the things that you would ideally like to do.

So you have to make choices.

And at any point, you've got to be satisfied that you're doing the things that deliver the biggest bang for buck.

Welcome to Moments with Marty.

short sharp shot of leadership insight to help you to stay

on track between our weekly episodes of the No Bullshit Leadership podcast.

Whenever you need approval for resources or to commence a program of work, you'll first need to convince your boss that it's a good idea.

As a former Chief Information Officer and Finance Executive, and of course later as a CEO, I assessed hundreds of investment proposals.

And I made decisions based upon whether or not the business cases were solid, rational and ultimately representative of the truth.

When I analysed an investment proposal, I looked for it to answer a few basic questions.

The first was, how much is this going to cost?

The second was, what do I actually get for my money?

The third question was, when do I get it?

The fourth was, what's likely to get in the way of achieving the stated benefits?

And the fifth was, how big a hole are we in if all this turns to custard?

If you were asking me for resources, your job was to convince me that the proposal was a good idea.

After all, there's only one thing I know for sure about every single organisation.

You will never have enough time, money and people to do all of the things that you would ideally like to do.

So you have to make choices.

And at any point, you've got to be satisfied that you're doing the things that deliver the biggest bang for buck.

Michael Porter, the father of modern strategy, said, The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

There is a relativity to any investment.

What are my other choices for deploying these resources?

Are those choices better in relative terms than the ones in front of me now?

You're in competition if your organization scares resources, which is why many companies use the term capital rationing.

Your boss is much more likely to agree to support your investment proposal if it's comprehensive and well written.

And when I say comprehensive, I just mean that it has to cover all the major food groups.

There are six key areas that you're going to need to address.

The first is strategic fit.

The second is the financial benefits.

The third is the non-financial benefits.

The fourth is any assumptions you've made.

The fifth is the risks.

And finally, the sixth is any supporting and technical data that you have.

So if the investment is large, say $50 million, you might want to walk through the proposal in some detail

and present a lot of data to support your request.

Now that proposal could be, say, 100 pages long.

But if the investment is small, say $50,000, you could probably cover it off in a couple of pages.

The one critical truth you need to accept is this.

If your proposal doesn't clearly demonstrate a path to delivering tangible value, then it doesn't deserve to be approved.

So you want to convince your boss.

Well, how do you reliably do that?

In episode 126 of the No Bullshit Leadership podcast, I laid out the 10 critical factors that are likely to determine whether

or not your boss is going to approve your investment proposal.

This includes things like being crystal clear on the value proposition,

knowing your boss's motivations, and being really familiar with the language of business cases,

including any financial metrics that are going to be used to assess it.

If you can learn to put forward a compelling case for value creation, you'll be much more likely to get your boss to agree to your plan.

And if that isn't enough, well, you know, maybe it wasn't such a good idea after all.

For more depth on this insight, have a listen to episode 126 of the No Bullshit Leadership podcast, Selling Your Proposal.

We'll leave a link in the show notes.

I really hope you enjoyed this moment and it gives you that extra little spark to be a No Bullshit Leader.

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本課的詞彙與口語要點

這節 B2 級別的口語課以影片“Stop Getting Rejected By Your Boss”為素材。影片中反覆出現的詞有：proposal, investment, boss, choices, Bullshit。這段影片共有 53 個句子、737 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 4:26。說話人語速自然，每分鐘約 166 個詞，接近日常對話。 86% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。全部 53 個句子中有 8 個是問句，適合練習疑問語調和簡短回答。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中最難的 15 個單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
podcast 名詞	/ˈpɑdˌkæst/	播客
satisfy 動詞	/ˈsætɪsfaɪ/	滿足 /滿足
approve 動詞	/əˈpɹuːv/	批准, 贊成 /贊成
insight 名詞	/ˈɪnsaɪ̯t/	見地 /見地
compel 動詞	/kəmˈpɛl/	強迫 /強迫
custard 名詞	/ˈkʌs.təd/	卡士達 /卡士達, 吉士
relativity 名詞	/ɹɛl.əˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/	相對性 /相對性, 關聯性 /關聯性
reliably 副詞		可靠地
commence 動詞	/kəˈmɛns/	開始 /開始
tangible 形容詞	/ˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/	可觸控的 /可觸控的
deploy 動詞	/dɪˈplɔɪ/	部署
proposition 名詞	/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/	建議 /建議, 提議 /提議
metric 形容詞	/ˈmɛt.ɹɪk/	公制
spark 名詞	/ˈspɑɹk/	火花
essence 名詞	/ˈɛsəns/	本質 /本質

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	釋義
put forward 動詞	提出

值得反覆跟讀的句子

影片中簡短而完整的句子，可以直接用在日常對話裡：

The second was, what do I actually get for my money?
The third question was, when do I get it?
What are my other choices for deploying these resources?
We'll leave a link in the show notes.

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 14 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 you're, you've, doesn't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: ration /ˈɹæʃən/, proposition /ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/, rational /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl/, assumption /əˈsʌm(p).ʃ(ə)n/
長單詞——注意重音位置: ideally /aɪˈdi.ə.li/, relativity /ɹɛl.əˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/, proposition /ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/

如何用這段影片練習

先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 podcast, satisfy, approve 這類單詞。

什麼是跟讀法？

跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。

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