A 5-Second Experiment That Tells You How Powerful You Feel Flashcards

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Dominant hand

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noun

The hand a person is most likely to use for writing, throwing, etc.

About 10% of people have their left hand as their dominant hand.

He broke his dominant hand so now he needs to learn how to use the other.

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To snap one’s fingers

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verbal phrase

To make a sound using your thumb and middle finger

Please just snap your fingers when you need me.

It’s a bit rude to snap your fingers like that…

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Experimental technique

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noun

A new technique used when conducting an experiment

We will use some experimental techniques to test our theory.

This is just an experimental technique for now.

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Social psychologist

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noun

A psychologist who studies the behavior of humans interacting with each other socially

Social psychologists often study the behavior of other primates to better understand people.

A famous social psychologist wrote that book.

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Get out of one’s own head

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verbal phrase

To be able to see something from other people’s perspectives

One of the greatest skills in life is the ability to get out of one’s own head.

I try to get out of my own head to understand her issues.

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Distraction

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noun

Something that prevents you from concentrating

She works at the office since there are too many distractions at home.

You should try to eliminate all distractions.

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Degrade

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verb

The quality of something becomes less good

One’s memory tends to degrade with time.

Hard drives degrade slowly over time.

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Accumulate

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verb

To gradually increase in amount

He was able to accumulate his wealth over the past 20 years.

We have accumulated a lot of knowledge from our surveys.

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Melt into a puddle of unrealized potential

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verbal phrase

Potential will disappear

If you don’t follow this advice you will melt into a puddle of unrealized potential.

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… never ends well

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phrase

Something always has a bad outcome

Getting married when you are very young never ends well…

Starting the day with strawberries and champagne never ends well…

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Sharpen

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verb

Improve

This practice will sharpen your thinking.

We have developed this course to sharpen their management skills.

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