Autumn Reading in English: Books and Idioms That Boost Your Business English 🍂🍁🍂
Autumn is the perfect time to improve your English not only through listening and repetition, but also – reading! Reading in English expands your vocabulary, shows real-life usage of expressions in a business context, and helps you practice idioms that are useful at work.
Our November Book Recommendations:
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
- Lean In – Sheryl Sandberg
- Atomic Habits – James Clear
- Drive – Daniel Pink
- The Culture Map – Erin Meyer
Mini Glossary from the Books:
- Highly effective – very effective
- To lean in – to actively engage, not avoid challenges
- Atomic habit – a small, daily habit that has a big impact
- Drive – motivation, inner drive to act
- Culture map – a tool for comparing cultures
As a bonus for hour readers: 5 Business Idioms for November:
- Think outside the box – to think creatively / unconventionally
- Hit the ground running – to start something energetically and effectively
- Back to the drawing board – to return to planning after a failure
- On the same page – to be in agreement, to understand each other
- Touch base – to get in touch, to briefly discuss something
