Leadership Language

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Apple Execs Defend Siri Delays and Apple Intelligence

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

capability: 능력, 역량
And as we got into the conference, we had V1 working to do basic capabilities that we showed off at the conference.

beaten path: 늘 다녀 생긴 길, 익은 길
We had something working, but then, as you got off the beaten path…

integrated: 통합적인
An experience that integrated into everything you do.

interactive: 상호적인
Is this the effort to make Siri this more interactive AI companion?

sentiment: 정서, 감정
back foot: 불리한 상황
There’s a lot of sentiment that Apple is on its back foot here.

naïve: 순진한
And again, I’ll hang onto that naive theory that if we build great products and tell people about them, everything else will work out.

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Sam Altman’s Simple System for Better Thinking

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

inspire:  영감을 주다
What inspired this, where does this come?

trial and error: 시행착오
Lots of trial and error.

medium: 매체
competence: 능력, 역량
Another thing I’ve been thinking about when it comes to the influence of AGI on creative mediums is just the competence with the written word is going up so much.

uninterrupted: 방해받지 않는, 연속된
And now I will take any 11 minutes uninterrupted that I can get, like sitting in the back of a car.

generative: 생산적인, 생성을 잘하는
Because I’m much more generative with my mouth than I am with my fingertips.

obviously: 분명히, 당연히
observation: 관찰, 관측
This is like obviously a very common observation.

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What Makes a Leader Great?

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Vocabulary & Expressions

have nothing to do with (something): (무언가와) 관련이 없다
Leadership has nothing to do with rank.

formal authority: 공식적인 권한
I also know people at low levels of organizations that have no formal authority, but they’ve made a choice.

look after: 관리하다, 돌보다
…the choice to look after the person to the left of them, the choice to look after the person to the right of them.

servant leadership: 자신보다 타인을 위한 봉사에 초점을 두고 구성원들의 이익을 우선시 하는 리더십
And this is what servant leadership means…

bottom line:  매출, 수익
I serve your dream rather than you serve my bottom line.

integrity: 진실성, (청렴결백한) 도덕성
…the courage to believe in people, the courage to speak truth to power, the courage to do the right thing and have integrity.

undervalued: 저평가 된
I think courage is a very undervalued characteristic of leadership.

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Making Your Business Pitch Irresistible

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Vocabulary & Expressions

compelling: 설득력 있는
Anyone who has a small business has to be able to talk about it in a really compelling way.

convoluted: 난해한, 복잡한
…use simple words instead of long, convoluted words or jargon.

talk down to (someone): ~를 얕보는 듯한 투로 이야기하다
And by the way, I wouldn’t think of this as talking down to people…

rubbish: 쓸모없는 것
If your pitch, your idea, cannot fit on the back of a napkin, it’s rubbish.

verbally: 구두로, 말로
When I deliver information to you verbally, you’ll remember about 10 percent of this conversation tomorrow.

retention: 기억(력)
But if I were to show you pictures like that napkin, retention soars to 65 percent. 

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Wharton Professor’s Guide to Giving Feedback

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Vocabulary & Expressions

think for (oneself): 스스로 생각하다, 스스로 판단하다
…they realize there might be multiple perspectives on a problem, and they have to learn to think for themselves.

opponent: (논쟁 등의) 상대
…you have to acknowledge when your opponent has made a good point.

criticism: 비판, 비평
I think most of us are terrible at hearing criticism.

have high expectations: 기대가 크다, 기대가 높다
I’m giving you these comments because I have very high expectations of you, and I’m confident that you can reach them.

establish (one’s) credentials: 자격을 증명하다
I walked in, and I felt like I have to establish my credentials…

a dagger to the heart: 가슴에 비수를 꽂는 것
It was like a dagger to the heart.

night-and-day different: 전혀 다른
…I basically delivered a carbon body of the same material from before, but the feedback forms were night-and-day different. 

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How Do Filler Words Benefit Us?

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Vocabulary & Expressions

pepper (one’s) conversation: 대화 중간중간에 섞이다
And some of the most frequent targets of this communication regulation are the ums, ers, and likes that pepper our conversations.

disfluency: 눌변, 말더듬
Historically, these speech components had been lumped into the broader bucket of disfluencies…

imbue: 스며들다, 물들이다
…and expectations of where a conversation will go can imbue even words that seem like filler with vital information.

buy time: 시간을 벌다
fish out: 찾아내다
Hesitation phenomena can buy time for your speech to catch up with your thoughts, or to fish out the right word for a situation.

literal meaning: 문자 그대로의 뜻
…ignoring their literal meaning to convey something about the sentence in which they appear.

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Writing Emails With Military Precision

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Vocabulary & Expressions

muddled: 뒤죽박죽인, 혼란한
concise: 간결한, 간명한
You probably send and receive tons of emails a day, some long-winded and muddled, some concise and clear.

elicit: 이끌어 내다
Well-organized emails can elicit quicker and higher-quality responses…

broadcast: 방송하다, 알리다
The military uses keywords to broadcast the nature of the note.

clog: 막다, 꽉 막히다
And, to prevent clogging inboxes, share links to attachments rather than attaching files.

credentials: (보안) 자격 증명
Doing so also ensures that the reader has the right security credentials to see the file. 

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Easy Networking Tips for the Networking Haters

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Vocabulary & Expressions

frightening: 겁나는, 두려운
…networking can be frightening and embarrassing.

despise: 싫어하다, 경멸하다
If you despise walking into what can feel like an ocean of strangers…

reinvigorate: 재활성화하다, 되살리다
dormant ties: 오랫동안 연락이 끊긴 관계
Our existing networks are powerful and can become more impactful by reinvigorating dormant ties…

paralysis: 무력, 무능
This can distract us from the fear and paralysis that can come with the idea of having to introduce ourselves…

confined: 갇혀 있는
Whether you are attending events in the real world or confined to the virtual realm…

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Mr. President, Are You Still Up for Coffee?

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Vocabulary & Expressions

commander-in-chief: 총사령관, 총지휘관 
…super special guest today, the commander-in-chief of the United States of America…

win points with (someone): (윗 사람 등에게 잘 보이려고) 점수를 따다 
You are winning a lot of points with me right now…

Fallon and Letterman: 미국 유명 토크쇼 호스트인 지미 펠론과 데이비드 레터맨 
…like when you’re doing it with Fallon and Letterman?

back up: (차를) 후진시키다 
Back it up.

put on an act: 연극을 하다, ~하는 체 하다
Do you ever think about every person you talk to is putting on an act, a total show?

anonymity: 익명 
That moment when you lost your anonymity…

with all due respect: 외람된 말씀이지만
With all due respect…

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President Biden Calls NASA

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Vocabulary & Expressions

touchdown: 착륙하다
Touchdown confirmed.

folks: 사람들
with bated breath: 숨을 죽이고
And tell all your folks down there I watched it with bated breath like millions of other people around the world.

pass on to:  ~에게 전달하다
I absolutely will pass it on to the team.

pal: 친구 (가까운 친구)
keep going: (격려하는 말로) 계속해
Thanks pal, keep it going.

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