Hello and welcome back to the English with Neil podcast episode number 20.
Topic of today's episode is positive vibes.
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All right, everyone.
So let's start with today's episode, positive vibes.
Now let's break down these two words individually.
So the word positive means something good or pleasurable, And the word vibe refers to a feeling or energy.
So a vibe is something that you can't see with your eyes.
It's a feeling.
It's something you can feel in your heart or feel in your chest.
So if someone has...
Good vibes.
If you say oh, that person has good vibes, or that person has positive vibes, it means that that person makes you feel good and sometimes you have a connection with that person, and so in today's episode, I'd like to talk about how to spread positive vibes into the world.
I'm all about positivity.
I love being optimistic and having good hopes about the future.
So I like to share five ways that we can be more positive and share positivity in the world.
So the first thing is to smile.
When someone smiles at me, it automatically makes me feel good.
If I'm shopping at the store or if I'm taking a walk in the park and someone smiles at me, I automatically feel good.
And I automatically feel positive and my spirits are higher.
And so smiling at someone really makes a big impact.
So the first thing we can do is we can just simply smile and we'll be sharing positive vibes.
OK, the next thing we can do is greet someone.
So, depending on your culture, it may not be normal to talk to people or greet people that you don't know.
But let's be honest when, when you're walking down the street or if you're shopping at the grocery store and someone says hello.
Hi, how's it going?
It makes you feel good.
And I think the reason is because people like to feel acknowledged.
People like to feel important.
So if someone says hello, it makes the other person feel acknowledged.
It makes them feel important.
It makes them feel like someone cares about them.
So by simply greeting someone, it'll automatically make the other person feel good.
And that's another way that we can share positive vibes.
Okay, the next thing is we can compliment someone.
Complimenting someone means that we can simply say something nice about them.
It can be something about their physical appearance or something that they're working on.
So for example, the other day my son, he drew a picture.
And I thought it was great.
I said, wow, you did a good job.
And he felt really good.
He felt amazing.
He was smiling.
And he's like, I want to do another one.
I want to do another one.
And so I realized that complimenting someone, yes, it makes them feel good.
But also when you're complimenting someone's work.
It gives that person more motivation and they want to do it more and more.
And so by simply complimenting someone, it makes them feel good.
You can compliment something that they're wearing.
You can compliment something that they're doing.
It just makes people feel good.
I think that's a great way to share more positive energy in the world.
Number four is we can have positive attitude about the future.
Another word for positive attitude means to be more optimistic.
So Right now, in 2022, we know that there's so many things going on and it's very easy to get depressed.
It's very easy to feel negative about life.
But if we can just remind ourselves that.
Yes, things are bad right now, but it doesn't mean that they're always going to be bad.
And in my last episode, I talked about some life changing proverbs.
And one of them was after the storm comes the sunshine.
That's an optimistic proverb.
It reminds us that yes, things are.
You know they're not the best right now, but soon.
But in the future things will get better, because hard times don't always last.
Eventually, it will end and there will be something better on the other side.
Let's try to have a more positive attitude and be more optimistic about the future.
And the last thing that we can do to spread positive vibes is to encourage someone.
Simply encouraging someone.
Giving them some positive words, giving them some motivational words to help them keep going.
Right now my sons are in elementary school and some subjects like math and things like that are a little hard.
They're difficult.
But I have to encourage them.
I say, it's okay.
Just keep trying.
Keep practicing.
You'll get better.
If you see someone at work that is really struggling with something, say, hey, keep going.
It's going to be all right.
You know, you can do it.
So encourage someone and it'll make them feel good.
OK, guys.
And so simply doing these things, these five things.
I think they will help bring more positivity into the world.
So let's review them one more time.
So number one is to smile.
Number two is to greet someone.
Number three, compliment someone.
Number four, have a positive attitude and be optimistic about the future.
And number five, give someone encouragement.
And I think doing these things will bring you happiness but, most importantly, it'll make other people feel happy as well.
So that's it for guys for today's episode.
Thank you for tuning in to the English with Neil podcast.
I look forward to speaking with you in episode 21.
Next week, guys.
Take care and talk to you soon.
Peace.
