AEE: Buckle Up for This Episode

Summary

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All Ears English Podcast

Episode: "AEE: Buckle Up for This Episode"

Date: March 21, 2026

Hosts: Lindsay McMahon & Michelle Kaplan

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode, Lindsay and Michelle break down energetic, idiomatic ways to kick off a challenging or long task—whether it’s a meeting, podcast recording, or just a daunting day. The episode is packed with natural American English phrases to set the right tone, motivate others, and infuse a little fun or even sarcasm when appropriate. Listeners are guided through when and how to use expressions like "Let’s get into it," "Let’s rock and roll," and "Buckle up," plus more formal or standard alternatives.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Power of Setting the Tone with Language

• Language can motivate and inspire: Opening with enthusiasm energizes everyone involved.
• Importance of co-host energy in podcasting: The duo discusses how they "feed off each other’s energy" to keep things upbeat.
  • Lindsay: “I need your energy, Michelle. I need that back and forth.” (03:42)

2. Situational Uses for Motivational Openings

• Contexts for these phrases:
  • Starting long or challenging recordings
  • Getting into the "meat" of an episode
  • Opening meetings at work, classrooms, or even personal tasks
• Changing the energy: Just a simple idiomatic comment can transform a tired or uninspired group.
  • Michelle: “Sometimes just a simple comment like this could do it.” (04:11)

3. Core Idioms & Expressions to Kick Things Off

A. "Let’s Get Into It"

• Sets a clear signal it’s time to focus.
• Examples:
  • Meeting: “Should we get started? Let’s get into it.”
  • Classroom: “Open up your books to chapter one. Okay, let’s get into it.” (06:31)

B. "Let’s Rock and Roll"

• Casual, energetic, sometimes used sarcastically if the task is boring or daunting.
• Can shift the mood from dull to lively.
  • Michelle: “It is pretty casual sounding, but it’s really just about that energy, that rock and roll energy.” (07:09)
  • Lindsay: “Almost ready to head to the airport? All right, let’s rock and roll.” (07:40)

C. "Buckle Up (Buckle In)"

• Indicates the challenge or “wild ride” ahead—useful for intense, lengthy, or even scary tasks.
• Can be playful, genuine, or sarcastic depending on the context.
  • Lindsay: “Buckle up, because it’s going to be a wild ride.” (10:00)
  • Michelle: “It’s just—it’s like that idea…brace yourself.” (10:24)

D. Other Useful Phrases

• "Let’s Go": Simple, direct, and often drawn out for effect (“Let’s gooo!”). Trending in certain groups and contexts, especially sports. (14:12)
  • Michelle: “I think I’ve heard more people…dragging the O out.” (14:30)
• "Let’s Begin": More formal and measured—useful in professional or academic settings.
• "Here We Go": A friendly, gentle way to get started.

4. Context, Tone, & Personalization

• Use more expressive phrases for fun or intense situations, conservative ones for business or formal settings.
• Lindsay: “What’s the context and what’s the appropriate phrase in that moment? That’s connection right there.” (18:25)
• It’s fine to be sarcastic if that suits your personality.
• Michelle: “Start to play with them and see what contexts these would fit in in your life.” (18:05)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the importance of energy:

  • Lindsay (03:42): “It would never be the same for me at least if this were a solo hosted podcast, I would have no energy to work off of.”
  • Michelle (17:00): “That's what language is for. Just have fun with what you say.”

• On "Buckle Up" and intensity:

  • Lindsay (10:44): “You’ve got to lock in. Yeah. So this one is the most expressive, I guess. So I would reserve this for the fewest situations.”
  • Michelle (10:24): “It’s like that idea…I think we’ve taught this expression before, 'brace yourself'.”

• On trendiness of “Let’s Go”:

  • Michelle (14:30): “I think I’ve heard more people being like, ‘Let’s gooo.’ You know, just to motivate—dragging the O out.”
  • Lindsay (14:47): “Trendy thing. Okay, interesting. I love to know what language trends.”

• Role play with idioms (15:45–17:35):

  • Michelle: “I don’t feel like doing this.”
  • Lindsay: “I know, I know, but we can do it. Buckle up. It’s a lot of work, but we got this.”
  • Michelle: “Okay, fine. Let’s rock and roll.”
  • Lindsay: “Yeah, let’s go.”
  • Michelle: “Okay, so let’s begin. The first page is the easiest.”

Notable Story:

• Both hosts shared they’d been indoor skydiving, leading to a humorous revelation about how in-sync their thinking has become after 12 years of co-hosting.
  • (11:48) Michelle: “Why do we have the same mind?”
  • Lindsay: “Yeah, I know. Did you predict that I was gonna say that, Michelle?”

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:12] – Setting the stage: Podcasting energy, importance of language
• [04:11] – Impact of a motivating comment for daunting tasks
• [05:36] – "Let’s Get Into It": Meaning and uses
• [06:46] – Other ways to express "Let’s get started"
• [07:04] – "Let’s Rock and Roll": Tone and examples
• [08:33] – "Buckle Up": Meaning, stories, and nuances
• [10:29] – Comparison to "Brace yourself"; intensity levels
• [14:12] – Standard expressions: "Let’s go", trendiness discussion
• [15:40] – Role play using all the idioms
• [18:05] – Takeaways: Adapting phrases to context and personality

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Takeaways & Practical Use

• Choose phrases that fit your personality and the situation’s energy level.
• Use fun, idiomatic language to connect and motivate; mix in sarcasm when appropriate.
• In professional or academic settings, opt for straightforward or formal alternatives.
• Experiment with these phrases to add authenticity to your English and build real connections.

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Episode Summary

Whether you’re getting ready for a marathon work session, leading a meeting, or just motivating friends, Lindsay and Michelle have given you a toolkit of authentic American English expressions to spark energy, signal importance, and build connection. So next time you face a long day or a tough project—buckle up, let’s rock and roll, and let’s get into it!

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Transcript

[Narrator/Host]

This is the All Ears English podcast.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Buckle up for this episode.

[Narrator/Host]

Welcome to the All Ears English podcast. Downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection with your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the

[Lindsay McMahon]

New York radio girl.

[Narrator/Host]

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[Michelle Kaplan]

When you are about to get into something challenging, what can you say to motivate and inspire others and to get their energy level up? Find out today.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Lindsay McMahon]

Hey there, Michelle. How's everything going?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Everything good is good over here, Lindsay, how are you?

[Lindsay McMahon]

I'm feeling good. Shall we get into it? What do you think?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah. So, Lindsay, we've been doing some long recording sessions, right?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, we've been recording a lot of podcast episodes for our listeners. We basically live on the microphone.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, exactly. I'm just gonna put it next to my bed while I'm sleeping and see. Maybe we can get an episode out that way. No, that's. But it's a good thing, guys. We absolutely love it. But Lindsay, how do prepare for the start of a long recording session?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Well, you know, it really matters what you say. I mean, that's why we host a language podcast, right? We believe here that language can set the tone for connection, for fun, for enjoyment, for just really focusing in on a task.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

And so especially when, you know, you're staring down a long recording session like we do, sometimes we sit down and we record eight episodes at a time, which takes two or three hours, maybe three. Right. So what, what do we say? Something like what I just said, let's get into it with a little bit of energy in my voice. Can motivate my co host.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right? Yeah, yeah, exactly. You. You want to sound like you have energy behind it. You're ready to go, you're excited, rather than like, okay, yeah, let's. All right. Really? How you like, you. You want to, you know, show how you need the energy of the, of the activity to be. Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

And. And on podcasting, when, when it comes to podcasting, you need to feed off the energy of your co host as well, which is what we do here.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I mean, it would never be the same for me at least if this were a solo hosted podcast, I would have no energy to work off of. I need your energy, Michelle. I need that back and forth.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I'm giving it. Here you go. Here's my energy. Yeah, no, but it's true. It. It would be totally different. It was just if it was solo. But today we're gonna. Yeah, we're gonna talk about these kinds of expressions, right? How to say, basically, let's get started in idiomatic and fun ways to get that energy up.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yes, get the energy up. Because sometimes you can also transform someone's energy if the person you say this to at the beginning of a. What might feel like a daunting task. Daunting is a good bonus word for today, Michelle. Big heavy task. It might shift their energy, right? They might have been tired, but now they see that you're excited. So now they're perking up a bit and they're ready to go. Sometimes just a simple comment like this could do it.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, yeah, definitely. So, yeah, we also might do this even. Even after we've started recording. We might do this when we're getting into the meat of the episode right after the intro. And then we're like, okay, we're like, now that we've spoken a little bit, we've warmed up now, you know, let's get started, right?

[Lindsay McMahon]

It could be anything. It could be starting a recording day that's looking like it's going to be, like, long, right? It could be starting an episode. It could be, like you said, getting into the meat of something.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

In the beginning of our episodes, it's a little lighter. We're greeting each other, we're talking about why are we talking about this? But then at some point, we got to get into the real meat of the stuff, which is going to be a little harder. So these phrases are fantastic for our listeners. Maybe at the beginning of a meeting, right, A big meeting that maybe some of their team members might not be excited about. How do you get them Ready? Mentally. Okay.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, yeah, exactly. So, guys, hit follow wherever. You're listening to the All Ears English podcast. Don't miss anything from us. And yes. Yeah. Let's get into it.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Let's get into it, Michelle. So again, the first thing you could say is exactly that.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Get into it. Yeah, I know. I feel like I say that a lot when we. When we really get into that. The. The meat of the episode. Like I might say. Okay, Lindsay, let's get into it. What's the first word?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, and it's signaling. It's. And this is important. It's benchmarking. Signaling. Hey, it's time to pay attention. Right? We've been bantering a little bit so far, but now for our listeners, like, let's write these down. Right. Let's pay extra attention because we're going to learn something now, right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes, exactly. It's a signal to everyone. Okay. Pay attention closely. Exactly. In a different way. You know, like, maybe you're. Maybe you're listening. Just. Oh, oh, nice. Nice podcast. And now it's like, okay, I have to get my learning brain.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Let me put in my learning ears now, Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes, exactly, exactly.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So some examples. You have any examples?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Sure. So let's say you're at the start of a meeting at work. Should we get started with the meeting? All right, let's get into it.

[Narrator/Host]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Or open up your books to chapter one. Okay, let's get into it. Maybe you're a teacher in a high school or something there.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right, Exactly.

[Lindsay McMahon]

And then you're not just limited to that one. That one is a little, you know, it's standard. Right. But there are other ways you could actually express your personality and have a little more fun with what you say. And what would be one of the

[Michelle Kaplan]

ways, Michelle, this one is really fun. You thought of. This is. Let's rock and roll.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So are we about to take our drum set out, Michelle, and start playing rock music here?

[Michelle Kaplan]

No, this is. This is just about something bigger, something that you need energy for. So it is more. It is pretty casual sounding, but it's really just about that energy, that rock and roll energy. Right? Yeah. It's not just. Okay, let's start, you know?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I don't know, let's. I don't know, something boring again.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Something maybe you're about to face. Like, maybe it's sarcastic and you're about to face a lot of traffic on your way to the airport.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right? Right. Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So you could say, almost ready to head to the airport? All right, let's rock and roll. So there could be a little tone of sarcasm here. If the thing is slightly negative. Going to be hard in a negative way, you could do that, too, don't you think?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right. So. And sometimes, yeah, like, sometimes it is about something bigger and more exciting, and sometimes it's actually just used to lift the spirits of the room. Right. So we only have one more page to get through before we can head to bed. Let's rock and roll. Right. It's. It's not. That's not exciting. But, you know, it's okay. We can do this. Let's get started.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yes.

[Michelle Kaplan]

A little energy. Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

And this next one I like because it sort of has a slightly different meaning that something is going to be a little crazy. Like, this is. You're going on a wild ride now. Right. So what's the first thing you do, Michelle, when you get on a roller coaster?

[Michelle Kaplan]

You buckle up.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I hope so. Oh, my God.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I have.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I have the worst fear that, like, a recurring nightmare that I'll get on a roller coaster and, like, for some reason my thing won't lock and. And like, everyone else's locks, and then I fall out of the roller coaster. Isn't that horrible?

[Michelle Kaplan]

That is horrible. Well, I remember. So how. When's the last time you went to Disney?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Oh, when I was really young. Disneyland. Never been to Disney World, actually.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So we were in. When. When my daughter was just about a year old, we did a Paris London trip.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Oh.

[Michelle Kaplan]

And we. So we went to Disney Paris, and we were on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

And we didn't realize that at the end, there's, like, you're barely buckled in, and then there's a giant drop.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Oh, my God. Is it the boat that goes back and forth? You're, like, on the boat or. No, you're on a boat, but you're

[Michelle Kaplan]

going, you know, through. It's like. I don't know. It's scary. I scare easily. But, yeah, like, yeah, there was this giant drop, and I didn't realize it, and it. Dan is carrying. I mean, she's a baby. Oh, my God. I was like, oh, my God. This is really scary.

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[Lindsay McMahon]

It can be really jarring sometimes, these rides. For sure. But that's why we need to always buckle up or buckle in. So this is the next expression. This is when something is going to be a bit more intense than. Than presenting some phrases or reading a chapter. Right. This is more for something that might be a wild ride. Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right. So. Yeah. What is the first example?

[Lindsay McMahon]

So buckle up, because it's Going to be a wild ride. Right, Right. Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

That doesn't have to mean that you're actually going on a ride. It could.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Exactly. This is supposed to be used for other things. This is going to take a long time. Buckle up. It's just kind of signaling the thing maybe might have a little bit more of a scary connotation what you're about to do. Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

We're just intense in some ways.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Intense is the word.

[Michelle Kaplan]

It's just. It's. It's like that idea. I think we've taught this expression before. Brace yourself. Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

It's brace yourself.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Okay. You have to prep, like, buckle up. It. It implies that there's some sort of preparation for your body, for whatever. Yeah. In your mind, that you have to really, like, kind of have lock in, like. Right, right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

You got to lock in. Yeah. So this one is the most expressive, I guess. So I would reserve this for the fewest situations. But, hey, it's good to have some, I don't know, some intense languaging, don't you think?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah. Yeah, exactly. I mean, what about buckle in? I feel like I hear buckle up more, but you. Here, buckle in.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Honestly, I feel like when I say this, I might say both sometimes. I might say, come on, let's buckle up. Buckle in, let's go. I might throw two or three of them together.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Oh, really? Interesting.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I think I do. I don't know. Maybe I'm just weird. No, but it is more rare, for sure. Buckle in. You think it's more rare than buckle up? Is that what you're saying?

[Michelle Kaplan]

I think so, yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, potentially.

[Michelle Kaplan]

But, you know, I mean, in this kind of context. But I think they're both used or,

[Lindsay McMahon]

like, if you're taking someone to do something they've never done before. Like, I remember my niece took me to go indoor skydiving once. And.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Why do we have the same mind?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, I know. Did you predict that I was gonna say that, Michelle?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Well, I was thinking of indoor skydiving, because Dan took me to do that once. And so when you were like, oh, it's gonna be, you know, something more intense, that was your example.

[Lindsay McMahon]

That's hilarious. That's.

[Michelle Kaplan]

That went into my head and then you said it. Lindsay.

[Lindsay McMahon]

That's so weird. That's really weird, Michelle. We've been podcasting together for 12 years, so that's why. But that's a good example because it's, like, a little scary. It's a little dangerous. My niece did not say that to me. She'd say, come on, buckle up. Let's get in like, let's do this. You know, put on your suit. We're going. But she could have, right. If she were older and you know, just. But she was young at that time. She was like 8. So I don't think she had that vocabulary.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Did she do the skydiving of that?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, she did it first and then I went after. It was. What did you think of it? The indoor skydiving?

[Michelle Kaplan]

I, I liked it actually. And I'm, and I'm terrified of everything, of any sort of speed past, you know, 30 miles per hour in a car.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I know. Because you've been stopped for, for going too slow. We know.

[Michelle Kaplan]

That's right. I have. Very good. That's right. We know. Yeah, but. So you liked it too?

[Lindsay McMahon]

I thought it was fun. It was different. It wasn't as scary once I got up there, you know, and definitely nothing like outdoor skydiving, I'm sure. I mean, right. Nothing like that.

[Michelle Kaplan]

But it was, it was fun. And so actually it's interesting because I was just thinking of taking my son for something like that. He's seven. And I was like, I don't know if that, if he's too young, but I, I think he would do it.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, for sure. So, so I mean, the point is like something that's going to be a little more intense. Unless you're being sarcastic. And then if your personality is like that, if you're about to go into a boring like exam or something, or like let's say you have to monitor an exam and it's really boring. You might say that sarcastically. Buckle up. We have a three hour exam today, right? Sure.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Exactly. So this one is really versatile and fun for sure. Yeah.

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[Lindsay McMahon]

All right, Michelle, There's a few more that are a little bit more standard. So for our listeners who don't want to maybe don't want to take a chance or something, we have options for you. So let's go. Let's go. I mean, go. Right. I think our listeners probably know this one and it's, it's basic, but it's It's. It works. Right? Gets the job done.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Okay.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I. I think I've heard recently more people being like, let's go. You know, like. Or, you know, just to motivate. Dragging the O out.

[Lindsay McMahon]

And interesting.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I have heard that being more of a thing recently, specifically drawing that out.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Trendy thing. Okay, interesting.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I love to know what language trends. Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah. So. But you could also just say, let's go. So here we go. Okay. It's time to get started. Let's go.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Right. Or by the end of this ride, you will be so much stronger. Let's go. I mean, you hear this in sporting events. When someone makes a shot, the fans will stand up and say, let's go. Right. You hear that? Sure. That. That one works too. Or let's begin. Now, this is much more measured and conservative, I guess.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right. This is more formal, more like for a meeting or for school. So now that we are all here, let's begin. Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Very stable, I guess. Yeah. In the impression that you're giving. So there's so many ways that we can say this, but the important thing here is we'll talk about this at the end. But it's setting a tone, right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Should we do a role play?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, let's do it. So, Michelle, here you and I are working together on a project for graduate school.

[Michelle Kaplan]

All right. Okay, here we go. I don't feel like doing this.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I know, I know, but we can do it. Buckle up. It's a lot of work, but we got this.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Okay, fine. Let's rock and roll.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, let's go.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Okay, so let's begin. The first page is the easiest. Okay, so we're using a lot of these where we're kind of overdoing it here, but. Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. Or we're just playing off of each other or something. We're having fun. That can happen, too.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, true.

[Lindsay McMahon]

But. Yeah. Unlikely you'd hear so many at one time for the sake of the role play. You guys know why we're doing this, but basically, like, we're being a. Are we being sarcastic here or being genuine? A little bit of both, maybe, right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

A little bit. A bit of both. Yep.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So, yeah, I said, I don't feel like doing this, and you said, I know, I know, but we can do it. Buckle up. It's a lot of work, but we got this. I mean, it's like, get ready. We're going for. For a ride. We got. We're. This is not gonna be over anytime soon.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Like we said, the Context here is there's a big task ahead of us. It's daunting. Right. It's going to be intense. It's going to be hard, so buckle up. And then I said, okay, fine, let's rock and roll. And again, this may not be in your personality to say this, but if it is, just have fun with it.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right?

[Lindsay McMahon]

That's what language is for. Just have fun with what you say, you know?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yep, exactly. And then you said, yeah, let's go.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I was trying to use that intonation you said is trendy right now. I haven't heard that. I haven't heard that before other than at a sporting event when people.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, you know, but I'll.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I'll listen for it now.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So. Okay. I mean, maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like I've heard it more. Who knows? And then more formal, just. Okay, so. So we're kind of playing off each other, having fun. And now I'm saying I'm getting serious. Okay. Okay, so let's begin. The first page is the easiest.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, you might hear that too. From like, again, if you're in an exam, like a standardized test, you might hear it on the recording. Please begin. Right. BE is a very textbook standard. Conservative, just plain phrase.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right? Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. So we have a nice contrast of options for our listeners. Guys, go over to 2575. If you've loved this episode, you want to keep listening. This is five English idioms that hit hard. Go and check that out.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes. Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yes.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So take away again, you know, this is about setting the tone as we talked about and we gave you a lot of ways to do it. Some fun, some sarcastic, some more dramatic, some more basic and serious. Start to play with them and see what contexts these would fit in in your life.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, it's important to set the tone. I mean, are you a leader at your work and do you feel like your team needs a little bit of motivation to get into something that's going to be hard in that moment? Or are you co hosting a podcast and you want to bring the energy level up before you hit record? I mean, what are you doing? What's the context and what's the appropriate phrase in that moment? That's connection right there. Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

All right, Love it. Very fun.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Good stuff. Michelle, you have a good rest of your day and we will talk soon.

[Michelle Kaplan]

All right. Bye, Lindsay.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Bye.

[Narrator/Host]

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[Lindsay McMahon]

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