他们之中有两三个人十分坚定地表示，我是不可能搞定这个工作的，而且他们就直接这样对我说了。

And a couple of them had pretty much determined that there was no way I was going to be able to pull this job off, and they said that to me.

youdao

有时，我发现自己把同样的事情对小孩说了一遍又一遍，或者发现在对话中，我在说某句话时，就已经在想下一句要说什么了，这样导致我从未倾听他人。

Sometimes, I listen to myself as I am saying the same thing over and over to my kids, or I find myself already thinking ahead to what I am going to say next in a conversation, so I miss listening.

youdao

当信心走在先时—“因为他这样说了，我就相信了。”—感觉会随之而来。

When faith comes first - "I will believe it because he said it" - the feelings sometimes follow.

youdao

And so in theory after just 2 or 3 steps you were in order of magnitude farther along in this counting process than I would be because I'd still be on person literally 3 or 4.

因此从理论上说,经过这样短短的两三个步骤,你们就有了分级次序，比我数数快多了,因为我才数到第三四个人。

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because it really is one step closer in getting you mastering the English language, step-by-step.

这样的话你就能离说一口流利的英语更近一步了。

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How are decisions made? Does the king simply say, "Do it," And it gets done? Nothing like that.

如何做出决策呢,是国王一拍脑袋说,"就这么定了",是这样吗,绝对不是

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