VIP Class Notes (Tibo)

Myers Briggs test

she made me think something about the desert.
She said If I stay in desert I will see a box and she wants me to describe the box and she wants me to see what are the animals I can see and what’s the
and the result is I am the boss and my partner is the animal and the source of water is mean I forgot.
I talked with my business men on WeChat we have talk then the guy to be honest with you.
this situation made me think because English is not our first language so 2 people are talking use English and it is not their mother tongue.

so how can we make the same sentence and how can we understand each other.

In March I sent a quotation then you think this price too high than US people send to you. I send to you and another sends to you from US you compare them.
You didn’t tell me something you didn’t contact me you sent email to US.
I send the quotation to a normal colleague and she told her boss and her boss sent email to our US boss and totally one mean he said I think US and China has miscommunication.
I don’t know what the guy means I think you ask me the quotation you need to ask me the first.
I am not happy about how it was handled.
You don’t have a system to continue the price or something.
If you don’t think about this I think there are no good employees work here for long time.

it is a good opportunity I enter this industry, we do medical testing.
I didn’t graduate in chemistry, I just think it is interesting and the machine to test cosmetics and tablets I think it is interesting.
I have enough curiosity . so that is why I chose this industry but if I want to stay here for a long time or be stable I need to improve my background / industry knowledge but I don’t think I can do and I am interested in how to earn money. This is what I think about. I need to know this product how to do it and their features but I am not the salesman. I want to let everybody to know / marketing / product evangelist

she made me think something about the desert.
She said If I stay in desert I will see a box and she wanted me to describe the box and she wanted me to say what animals I could see and the result was I am the boss and my partner is the animal and the source of water is….I forgot.
I talked with my business partner / client on WeChat we had a talk then the guy said to be honest with you.
this situation made me think because English is not our first language so 2 people are talking using/in English and it is not their mother tongue. / when two people talk and use a second language there will be misunderstandings. / misunderstandings are unavoidable

so how can we make the same sentence and how can we understand each other.

In March I sent a quotation then he said this price too high / it is higher than what the US people sent to me / it is higher than the US office quotation.
He compared our quotation with the one from our US office.
He didn’t tell me anything and directly sent an email to the US boss.

I sent the quotation to a normal colleague and she told her boss and her boss sent an email to our US boss and in the end  he said I think US and China have a miscommunication. / there was a communication issue between the US and China.

I don’t know what the guy means I think you ask me the quotation you need to ask me at first.
I am not happy about how it was handled / managed
You don’t have a system to align  the price or something. / to make sure both offices quote the same price.
I am unhappy about it because I feel it was not a personal mistake but a process issue.
If you don’t think about this I don’t think any good employee will work here for  a long time.
I don’t have decision power because my boss is always behind me. it is frustrating

Vocabulary

to frustrate (v) : make unhappy
Working on holidays is frustrating

align (v) : to keep in a same line / at a same level
The policies of Canada and the US are usually aligned

unavoidable (adj) : it will happen for sure 不可避免的
making mistakes is unavoidable especially at the beginning

be honest with you 说实话
to be honest with you I am a trader but I don’t think trading is fulfilling

evangelist (n) : someone who talks about a new technology
Tom is a VR evangelist , he tries to make people curious about VR.

trading (n) buying and selling of products
Trading can be very profitable

curiosity (n)好奇
Kids are full of curiosity
Curiosity is important in life

curious (adj)
I am very curious / I am a curious person

process (n) 过程
Big companies should have clear processes

process (v) : deal with 处理
I process the requests of clients

source of water (n)水源
I had to find a source of water in the desert

start up (n)very new company / innovative company
Start ups usually don’t have clear processes

honest (adj) saying the truth
Tom is not always honest

desert (n) 沙漠
The desert is very hot

fulfilling (adj) something that makes you feel complete
This job was not fulfilling

to fulfil (v) 满足
my curiosity was fulfilled when I learned the answer