Workplace Basics — Real Fluency Guide

Practice saying these sentences aloud, or whisper if you cannot say aloud. Make sure your tongue moves. Once you are done with one set, repeat it. Do this three times before moving to the next set. Go through the rest of the lessons, one each day. Slowly, these phrases will get imprinted into your tongue's muscle memory and your brain. You will start noticing that you can recall them easily whenever the situation arises.

Set 1

"Let me think through this"

Let me think through this before I respond to the client on pricing.

The data from finance, let me think through this, looks slightly off.

Yesterday's approach may not work here, so let me think through this.

Before I commit to a timeline, let me think through this.

Given the client rejected a similar idea earlier, let me think through this.

Our assumptions, let me think through this, might not hold in this market.

Before presenting it to leadership today, let me think through this.

I'll get back with a clear plan — let me think through this.

Set 2

"Where are we on this?"

Where are we on this for today's client update?

After the new data came in, where are we on this?

With last week's scope change, where are we on this?

Before we sync with design, where are we on this?

From a risk perspective, where are we on this right now?

Given the client follow-ups, where are we on this?

Internally, where are we on this before sharing externally?

If we need to close today, where are we on this?

Set 3

"Let's discuss this separately"

Let's discuss this separately since it's too detailed for this meeting.

After the call, let's discuss this separately.

As it involves specific client concerns, let's discuss this separately.

Because we're short on time, let's discuss this separately.

With the relevant team members, let's discuss this separately.

This point, let's discuss this separately, needs more input.

We can come back with a clear view — let's discuss this separately.

Once we have all the data, let's discuss this separately.