Traust du dich? Wörter über Risiko und Mut | B2/C1

Welcome to a new podcast episode. My name is Tom, and today we're taking a chance. together Okay, that may have sounded a bit more dramatic than it actually was really is. For me, it is important that one not only speaks about things, but also deals with it. The most honest thing one can do is to take a risk. Of course, something is risky, yet one should still get through the matter despite that. go wrong. Of course. But many people can talk a lot, says the podcaster, and they can tell many stories. That might also sound incredibly clever coming from them. Perhaps they are also very much present in a conversation, or appear very present in a conversation. much smarter than you. Yes, but when it comes to actually demonstrating whether one can put it into practice, What people say then is a completely different matter. That is why the topic of risk, taking a risk, daring to take a risk, is important to me. Theme. Because I think many people should do it, take a risk that is, however, a healthy one Measure has, where one just, when things go wrong, one still knows, okay, I am not completely broke right now, or else I won't be able to do anything afterward, but one must slightly weigh the risk, and when assessing it in that way Then one faces the challenge. And for that, today I've brought a few words, word groups, that we'll go through together look at it So, the first point I've actually already mentioned: we use the verb "eingehen" with risk. Taking a risk means going into risk, taking a chance, for example She took a big risk when she quit her secure job. She had an incredibly secure job, perhaps, well, she might have been a civil servant. but then it's probably almost certain, probably there aren't so many people who are civil servants and then become self-employed and subsequently stop being civil servants. There are probably, I don't know, whether there are any at all, but are there It is certain. But let's say this person has a very secure job and is taking a big risk. by this person then leaving this secure job and perhaps starting their own small Companies start up or perhaps move to another country. And there are indeed many things that are unknown, uncertainty, and the unknown holds Of course, some risks, taking risks, and the plural of "das Risiko" is "die Risiken." Just for your information, it might be that one or another of you is interested. What else do I have? Putting something on the line, something on the line, so he put his entire career on the line put at stake to push this project through. If not, he works at some company, perhaps at some startup, but he is very successful, and in this company he advocated for a specific project, that the company is carrying out a certain project. But he is the person who advocated for the company taking on this risk. Regarding this project, and hopefully also successfully then. And he has just risked something, perhaps his career in this case, for If things go wrong, his job might not be quite as secure afterward. One would probably say "to put something at stake" in English, not the Steak, something you can eat, but the one spelled S-T-A-K-E, you could probably say. You can also risk your health, you're risking your health. by smoking five cigarettes every day, I know that, or you could have a friendship to risk it by doing something or by doing something and then through The thing you did—did you lose the friendship with that other person? put at risk You took a risk. One might say the same thing about gambling. Then we have, we've already said this at some point before, to dare, to venture, to dare something is much the same to risk something Yes, that perhaps just a small remark, a minor note at the side. A nice word is also the doer, the maker, but on In German we just say he's a real doer, so the kind of person, I don't know, with a doer, one wouldn't necessarily assume that this a person who speaks little and only acts, but rather is a doer, is somehow a person who simply does things in life. Starts a company, I don't know, what else is a doer, he founds a charity organization, helps the sports club in the region, um, I don't know, advocates for some Stuff in, then set up a second company or something, I don't know, sets up Many employees are involved; she's a real doer, meaning a woman who is the female version of a go-getter. There's both the maker and the made, after all. Um, a, a, another beautiful one, yes, another beautiful one, another beautiful little one Phrase is actions rather than words, actions rather than words, so city not City but Stadt with S-T-A-T-T, also Doing instead of Words, Actions instead of Words, or following words with actions Let actions follow words, I believe that's almost it, it almost explains itself On its own, right? Moreover, you don't just talk about it—you actually do it, you implement what you talk about. We'll continue, um, yes, that might not be so super important, what I still wrote down have, Mummhaben, Mummhaben is good, Mumm is something similar to having courage, Mummhaben, to have guts, to have nerve, for example, she really has guts, to look her boss straight in the face to say, uh, what she thinks about this project, she actually thinks that what's there, What they're doing is somehow completely bananas, and yet she really has guts, going up against the boss. to go and say, Mum, uh, boss, Mum, boss, uh, that's totally, totally rubbish, What you're doing there, uh, and here's the justification, yes, so, uh, yes, I've still got here written down, nerve, nerve is also somewhat similar, someone has nerve, someone Hey Mumm, um, then, um, we had something like that a long time ago, back in the early episodes, but that's fine, really. to repeat it once again, to leap over one's own shadow, when one is over one's own Shadow jumps, then one overcomes oneself, so, one is afraid, or one would like, one he is in his comfort zone and does not want to leave it, but then he jumps to go beyond one's own shadow and, uh, take risks, for example, or just simply When faced with an unpleasant situation, we still have the confidence to take something upon ourselves. Being able to trust oneself is somehow beautiful; trusting oneself is self-confidence. You have them yourself, so, um, yes, you're not entirely sure whether you actually possess these abilities, and then your partner might remind you of it, or your, I don't know, someone else Family member, you must also trust yourself; you have the abilities, of course. You don't always know everything, but you're prepared, you're familiar with this matter Good job, believe in yourself, so to speak, trust yourself more, yes, so trust yourself Do a bit more, you have significantly more skills than what you're doing. namely, maybe there's someone who's actually at work, um, maybe could trust themselves more, but somehow plays it too safe, uh, plays it too safe We had that recently, um, yes, exactly, right, then I also went in to Cold water splashes, I think that's relatively clear, so something like, um, In English, you would also say "to jump into the cold water" or "to jump in at the deep end." or something like that, so jumping into the cold water, meaning not being extremely well prepared yes, one could almost say that someone jumps into cold water without preparation, which is what I would do For example, not do that, so I'm not someone who likes jumping into cold water. but with me, it has to be thoroughly thought out, it has to make sense, and, um, and if Then I, and I don't jump into cold water—I wait until the water is warm. me, first just the little finger, then maybe the hand, and so on, and when I eventually realized, yes, okay, there, the water is that deep, the pool is that wide, and, uh, that's the temperature, and so on, somehow only then would I probably Jump into the water, and certainly not into cold water, I don't know, um, I don't know, How it is with you, is it good to jump into the cold water? Or is that rather not a good idea? I'm trying to teach you German here. I'm not a philosopher, so feel free to write in the comments, if you disagree with that. Um, that's somehow also a nice one, a fine expression, to take flight forward, to take flight forward Probably I would categorize it in a way like, a little bit, just a little bit like, to be with your back against the wall, yes, you're also up against the wall, and then you can you're not really doing it anymore, so you can't go backward, you might not really be able to go so far back Page. You must therefore attack forward. You are fleeing forward, normally you flee backward, that is, away and off, away. But to take flight forward means Given this emergency situation, you don't run away, but instead launch a strategic attack, One could say that instead of ignoring the problem, he took a proactive approach and went all in. openly addressed. That would be an example. Then put everything on one card. Everything on to put all one's eggs in one basket We're putting everything on the line. For example, your investment portfolio. You only have stocks from Company X and you have essentially put everything on the line. But there's still, of course, I mean, we could now delve into investment philosophy. I believe, That's not really interesting for you. Are there any other examples? Everything on one Place a bet. Maybe even a positive one somehow. Bet everything on one card now. We're taking a risk. Now. I don't know, maybe you're trying somehow to be another person approach or somehow, you're at a networking event and you say to your Mate, I don't know if I should talk to this person and so on. And then you just go Just put everything on one card, go there, and directly ask, what does your company do, how are you doing? Like that. Approximately. He put everything on the line and invested all his savings into the company. Exactly. So this is a typical example of someone who has their 200,000 Maybe euros, somehow, and you've almost entirely invested the full 200,000 euros into your company, so that the company continues to run well or function properly or is established at all can. But then you basically have everything in one basket. We don't say that in German, at least not like that—putting all your eggs in one basket. We would risk everything on one chance. Put all your eggs in one basket. No, I don't think so. I Believe me, we don't say that. Paying tuition fees is also nice. Paying tuition fees. So not that way, either. Teach with double E, rather than Teach with E-H-R. So from teaching. So paying tuition means exactly, You did something, and many things you tried didn't really work out well. Works. But trial and error, that is, by iterating or somehow experimenting through trying things out. You still learned a lot, though. You now know what shouldn't be done. I can also benefit from that. to sing a song. So I've really paid a lot in tuition fees, also with Expertly German. And It is still always like that. It's about experimenting and gradually moving forward. try to move forward somehow. So paying tuition fees is really a fantastic way of saying that you tried something, but it didn't work out Many things about it didn't work out, but you've learned a lot through that. I have been with I paid a lot of tuition fees for my first business or company, but it was worth it. It was It's worth it. So those were all the expressions related to taking risks. What do you think? Talk about risk and risk? Do you agree with me? Are you someone who says it is taking total risks is crucial, but the risks must surely be calculated? Or are you someone who... He says no, one should minimize the risk as much as possible in every area. even if the damage isn't that severe, it should still go wrong. Can you Yeah, I'll write in the comments. I'm interested. I like the topic of risk. 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