Game in the Brain

 The difference between the accents of NPCR reader and some of my material is really strong. One is really designed for non-chinese listeners by the enunciation. One is more natural but very difficult to make out – i had to use 0.5 or x0.25 to figure it out, thats the NPCR.

Heck  – there is such a strong accent the words not pronounced “as standard” like Kan 看 was pronounced Ka which are two different words. 

its sounds like the teeth are closed the whole time the person is talking.

Its basically asking to master stock phrases, because you can approach mandarin more of a conjugations instead of of words. If you approach mandarin and see each “Word” as actually a Prefix, Suffix, and Root word, (conjugation system; example latin spanish and tagalog) Imagining 的/地/者 as a suffix.  it becomes easier to recognize words when they deviate from the pinyin and i use the other words for more context.

I finished most of my Studies already. There are some studies that I need

1. Conflict Management (Diplomacy)
2. Leadership/Teamwork (same skill, different side of the coin)
3. Influence and Persuasion. (Persuasion/Influence Skills) 
4. Project Management. (This should be Specialization of Management, focusing in Temporary and High Uncertainty Tasks . I notice this overlaps with Entrepreneurship )
5. Operations Management (This is a different specialization of Management, focusing in repetitive and predictable tasks)
6. Risk Management. (Actions and Knowledge that allow one to TAKE actions to manage risks)
7. Technical Specialization (CCNA, Manufacturing Furniture, and Simple Construction)
8. Language Proficiency (Tagalog, and Mandarin)
9. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Coping Skills, from journaling to Internal Framing and so many other techniques)
10. Management/Operations (THe basic disciplines of Quality Management and Management)