Episode Description:
Maybe you’ve heard the old saying, “Is the glass half full or half empty?” That shows, much of how we view life depends on our perception and focus. Likewise, as we go through life, we can focus on what we DON’T have, or we can focus on what we DO have. Focus on the negative, and we get jealousy. Focus on the positive, and we get gratitude. And the amazing thing is, we have 100% control on what we focus on! It’s a choice we make, every moment of every day.
Question of the Day: Why do some people get jealous?
Word of the Day: corrosive (Listen to hear this word in context and find out what it means.)
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Check your listening ability.
1. What is a singular, common obstacle of the common themes of the first three episodes of the Life App Podcast?
2. With what color does the English language associate envy?
A. yellow
B. blue
C. red
D. green
3. How can we know jealousy is a human problem around the world?
4. What is the English translation for a Chinese idiom about jealousy?
A. drinking vinegar
B. eating crow
C. bite the hand that feeds you
D. tall glass of water
5. What is the tenth commandment?
6. T/F Graduation can help minimize the amount of jealousy you have in your life.
7. At 14:58, what can you infer “Eureka” means?
A. this word should have been edited out of the podcast
B. an exclamation said when you discover or realize something for the first time
C. Eureka is the patron saint of gratitude
D. an exclamation said out of jealousy
8. ___________________ is the concept people of all ages can have thinking that they deserve to be given something, especially money or a job.
9. What is a good cure for depression, according to Karl Menninger?
Answer Key:
1. Jealousy
2. D. green
3. Both English and Chinese have colors associated with envy. We can assume other nations deal with this issue too.
4. A. drinking vinegar
5. Do not covet.
6. False. Gratitude can offset and replace jealousy, not graduation.
7. B. an exclamation said when you discover or realize something for the first time
8. Entitlement
9. Leave your house and go help someone who is worse off than you.
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