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What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't a lack of ability, but the way you think about yourself?
In this week's episode of the Real English Conversations Podcast, Curtis Davies is joined by Frederick Martinez, an aerospace engineer, international award-winning author, former NCAA Division I athlete, Team USA Masters weightlifting competitor, and peak mental performance strategist.
Frederick shares how he overcame learning challenges, academic setbacks, and personal obstacles to build a successful engineering career and compete at an elite athletic level. His journey offers an important reminder: your past struggles don't have to define your future. In fact, the things you once considered weaknesses can become your greatest strengths.
Together, Curtis and Frederick explore how limiting beliefs, fear of judgment, overthinking, and self-doubt can prevent capable people from performing at their best. They discuss practical ways to develop mental resilience, build genuine confidence, and train your mind to respond differently when the pressure is on.
You'll also discover Frederick's F.R.E.D. framework—Focus, Resilience, Energy, and Drive—and how simple daily habits, repetition, visualization, gratitude, and taking action can help you become more confident and consistent in your personal and professional life.
For international professionals and English learners, this conversation has an especially important message: don't let the fear of making mistakes, having an accent, or being judged stop you from speaking up and sharing your ideas. Your ability to communicate and contribute is more important than speaking perfectly.
🎯 IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
How to turn learning challenges, setbacks, and past failures into opportunities for growth.

Why capable people experience self-doubt and hesitation when they're under pressure.

How to identify limiting beliefs and replace negative self-talk with more empowering perspectives.

What the F.R.E.D. framework means: Focus, Resilience, Energy, and Drive.

Why repetition and consistent action are essential for building genuine confidence.

How visualization can help you mentally prepare for serious situations and challenges.

How posture, body language, breathing, and energy influence the way you feel and communicate.

How to overcome the fear of judgment when speaking English as a second language.

Why surrounding yourself with supportive people can make a difference in your personal and professional growth.

How to stop waiting for perfection and start taking action toward the person you want to become.

💡 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS CONVERSATION
1. Done is better than perfect.
Waiting until everything is perfect can prevent you from making progress. Take action, learn from the experience, and improve with each new attempt.
2. Failure is feedback.
Instead of treating mistakes as proof that you're not good enough, use them as information that helps you understand what to change and improve.
3. Confidence comes from repetition.
You build confidence by doing something repeatedly, recognizing your progress, and reminding yourself of what you've already accomplished.
4. Change the way you see yourself.
Start thinking about the person you want to become and take actions that reflect that identity.
5. Speak up, even when you're afraid of making mistakes.
If English isn't your first language, don't let your accent, vocabulary, or fear of judgment prevent you from contributing. Communication is about expressing your ideas, connecting with people, and making yourself understood.
👤 ABOUT FREDERICK MARTINEZ
Frederick Martinez is an aerospace engineer, international award-winning author, former NCAA Division I athlete, Team USA Masters weightlifting competitor, and peak mental performance strategist.
Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in demanding engineering environments, elite athletics, and personal development, Frederick helps people understand the mental patterns that influence confidence, performance, and success.
He is the author of The Winning Edge System and shares practical strategies to help people overcome limiting beliefs, strengthen their mindset, and perform at their best.
🌐 CONNECT WITH FREDERICK MARTINEZ
Website: https://www.fredmartinez.net/
Explore Frederick's books, work, and mental performance resources on his website.
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In this week's episode of the Real English Conversations Podcast, host Curtis Davies reveals a powerful secret that even many loyal listeners don't know: there's another Real English Conversations podcast, what we call A Sister Podcast, that's been quietly helping learners around the world for over 10 years:
👉 The English Phrasal Verb Podcast.
If you've been studying English for years but still struggle to sound natural, this is the episode you've been waiting for. Curtis breaks down why most professionals can read and write English perfectly but freeze under pressure when speaking, and how mastering phrasal verbs unlocks your confidence, clarity, and fluency.
You'll hear why expressions like "follow up," "wrap up," "look into," "come up with," and "pull together" are the secret to sounding clear, confident, and professional in real conversations.
🎧 In this episode, Curtis shares:
✅ Why textbook English doesn't prepare you for real communication ✅ The secret to sounding natural and professional in business English ✅ How to practice and internalize phrasal verbs quickly ✅ The story behind The English Phrasal Verb Podcast — and how it's changed lives for over a decade
If you're ready to sound confident, fluent, and relaxed in English, this is your sign to start listening to the podcast that started it all.
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What would your life look like 90 days from now if you finally took a risk on yourself?
What if the biggest thing standing between you and the career, confidence, or life you want isn't a lack of ability—but the beliefs you've developed about what you can and cannot do?
In this episode of the Real English Conversations Podcast, Curtis Davies sits down with Chonsten Jennings, speaker, entrepreneur, and co-founder of The Purpose Engine, for a powerful conversation about confidence, personal growth, purpose, and overcoming the mental barriers that hold us back.
After years of coaching basketball players from college to the NBA, Chonsten walked away from a successful career when he realized it no longer fulfilled him. He faced significant personal and professional challenges before beginning a journey of rediscovering his identity, strengthening his faith, and finding a new direction through entrepreneurship, coaching, and helping others.
Today, he helps coaches and consultants build businesses that allow them to focus on the work they do best. His message is especially relevant to anyone who feels stuck, questions their abilities, or knows they have more potential than they're currently expressing.
For international professionals and English learners, this conversation also explores how confidence, authenticity, and the way we speak to ourselves can influence our communication, professional opportunities, and willingness to step outside our comfort zones.
🎯 In This Episode, You'll Learn:
💪 How to build confidence and overcome limiting beliefs that make you doubt your abilities or hold back from opportunities.
🧠 How to stop letting the fear of judgment control your decisions and focus on what you believe about yourself instead.
🎯 How to recognize your purpose and why it may be closer than you think.
🔄 Why a successful career can still leave you feeling unfulfilled and how to recognize when it's time for a change.
🌱 How difficult experiences can become valuable lessons that help you grow, develop resilience, and help others.
🗣️ How to use positive self-talk to challenge negative thinking and begin changing the way you approach your goals.
🤝 How to connect with people more naturally by finding common ground, being authentic, and focusing on what you share rather than what separates you.
💼 How to build a career or business around your strengths and values instead of pursuing success that doesn't feel meaningful.
⏳ How to approach personal growth over 90 days by breaking old habits, developing new ones, and working toward making those habits second nature.
🌎 How to build confidence in English communication and stop allowing fear of mistakes or other people's opinions to prevent you from speaking up.
🙏 How faith and perspective can help you navigate difficult seasons when you cannot yet see what comes next.

💪 Overcoming Limiting Beliefs and the Fear of Being Judged
Have you ever wanted to speak up in a meeting, apply for a better job, share an idea, or start something new—but stopped yourself because you worried about what other people might think?
You're not alone.
Curtis and Chonsten discuss how easily our own thoughts can become obstacles. We may tell ourselves that we're not good enough, that we'll make mistakes, or that other people will judge us.
But what if we challenged those beliefs instead of automatically accepting them as facts?
Chonsten encourages listeners to imagine what they could achieve if they stopped making excuses, gave themselves permission to try, and began speaking to themselves in a more constructive way.
One of the most powerful reminders from the conversation is that even when you try your best, someone may still have something to say about you. The more important question is: What are you saying about yourself?
For English learners and international professionals, this lesson can be especially important. Your accent, mistakes, or fear of saying the wrong thing don't have to define your potential. You can keep developing your skills while also building the confidence to use them.
🎯 Finding Your Purpose: Why It May Be Closer Than You Think
Chonsten shares how coaching basketball players—even at the highest levels—eventually stopped feeling fulfilling. Although it was an opportunity many people would dream of, he realized that a prestigious career doesn't automatically mean you're doing the work that's right for you.
That realization led him to ask deeper questions about his identity, strengths, values, and what he wanted to contribute to other people.
He also explains why difficult experiences can provide valuable insight into what matters to us. The challenges we overcome can help us develop the understanding and abilities that allow us to support others.
Purpose isn't necessarily about reaching a particular income, title, or professional milestone. It's also about how you use your strengths to make a meaningful difference in other people's lives.
🗣️ How to Communicate with More Confidence at Work
Confidence isn't only important when you're changing careers or starting a business. It also affects how you communicate every day.
If you're an international professional, you might understand English well but hesitate to contribute during meetings. You may have the vocabulary to express your ideas but worry that your colleagues will judge your accent or notice your mistakes.
Chonsten emphasizes authenticity, common ground, and genuine human connection. Rather than trying to impress everyone or present a perfect version of yourself, focus on connecting with the person in front of you.
Curtis and Chonsten explore how communication, confidence, and personal growth can reinforce one another—and why continuing to practice is more valuable than allowing fear to keep you silent.
⏳ The 90-Day Challenge: What Could Change If You Took a Risk on Yourself?
One of the standout moments in this episode is Chonsten's challenge to imagine what could happen if you committed to improving something important over the next 90 days.
He describes a three-stage approach to building habits:
Days 1–30: Work on breaking an old habit.

Days 31–60: Begin building a new habit.

Days 61–90: Continue practicing until the new behavior starts to feel more natural.

The process won't always be comfortable, and progress may not happen exactly as you expect. But trying gives you experience, reveals where you can improve, and helps you build the confidence to continue.
Ask yourself: If you committed to improving your communication, confidence, or career over the next 90 days, what might become possible?
You don't need to have every answer today. You need to be willing to take the next step.

👤 About Chonsten Jennings
Chonsten Jennings is a speaker, entrepreneur, and co-founder of The Purpose Engine, which helps coaches and consultants manage their businesses so they can focus on their core work.
After coaching basketball players from the college level to the NBA, Chonsten made the difficult decision to leave a career that no longer fulfilled him. His subsequent journey of personal growth, faith, entrepreneurship, and rediscovering purpose now informs the work he does to help others grow.
He shares insights on leadership, accountability, personal development, confidence, and finding purpose through life's challenges. He is also working on his book, The Proximity of Purpose: Closer Than You Think.
🔗 Connect with Chonsten Jennings
🌐 The Purpose Engine: https://thepurposeengine.co/
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/Chonstenjennings/

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The Real English Conversations Podcast helps intermediate and advanced English learners, immigrants, and international professionals develop the communication skills they need to succeed in English-speaking countries and international workplaces.
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What if becoming a better communicator isn't about talking more?
What if it's about asking better questions, listening more carefully, and creating an environment where people actually want to share?
In this episode of the Real English Conversations Podcast, Curtis Davies sits down with Andres Lares, CEO and Managing Partner of Shapiro Negotiations Institute, to explore the communication skills that can change the outcome of a negotiation, job interview, business meeting, presentation, or difficult workplace conversation.
Andrés brings a unique perspective to this conversation because English is his second language. Originally from Venezuela, he understands many of the challenges international professionals face when communicating in English — while also having extensive experience in negotiation, influence, deal coaching, and working with organizations across industries and cultures.
And one of the biggest lessons from this conversation?
You don't necessarily become more influential by talking more.
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is ask a great question — and genuinely listen to the answer.
🎯 In This Episode, You'll Learn:
🌎 Why pressure can backfire — and why making someone feel comfortable and in control can lead to better conversations and more information.
🔥 The "Grill vs. Barbecue" approach — Andrés explains why slowing down, building rapport, and developing genuine curiosity can produce better results than trying to get everything immediately.
🪓 Why sharpening the axe matters — how preparation before a conversation can make the actual conversation much more effective.
💬 How to ask better questions at work — including why broad, open-ended questions can encourage people to reveal more useful information.
👂 How to listen without judgment — and why acknowledging what someone says doesn't mean you have to agree with them.
🧠 How to stay composed under pressure — instead of immediately becoming defensive, ask questions such as "Tell me more about that" or "Why is that important to you?"
🎭 How to get beyond rehearsed answers — by asking questions differently and changing the environment or setting.
🕵️ What negotiators and investigators have in common — preparation, questioning, listening, empathy, and emotional intelligence.
💼 How these skills apply to job interviews, negotiations, meetings, and presentations.
🌎 Why these communication principles work across cultures — and which skills are valuable almost anywhere in the world.
💪 How preparation and confidence work together — and why confidence without preparation isn't enough.
👔 What makes a great leader — including trust, integrity, capacity, and the ability to make people believe in you.

🔥 The "Grill vs. Barbecue" Communication Lesson
One of the most memorable concepts in this episode is Andrés' "grill vs. barbecue" analogy.
When we're trying to get information, negotiate, interview someone, or have an important conversation, our instinct can be to turn up the heat.
Ask the question.
Get the answer.
Move on.
But Andrés explains why taking the "barbecue" approach can be much more effective.
Instead of immediately turning up the pressure, you take the time to build rapport, develop genuine curiosity, and understand what the other person actually wants.
The result?
People often become more comfortable, more willing to share, and more open during the conversation.

💬 One of the Most Powerful Communication Techniques
Andrés gives a remarkably simple strategy for moments when someone says something unexpected during a negotiation or important conversation:
Ask another question instead of immediately defending yourself.
Rather than reacting, you can say:
"Tell me a little bit more about that."
or
"Why is that important to you?"
This gives you more information, creates space for empathy and emotional intelligence, and can prevent you from saying something defensive that you later regret.

🎯 How to Ask Better Questions
Andrés recommends starting with broad questions and allowing the other person to decide where they want to take the conversation.
For example, instead of asking:
"What's more important to you — price or payment timing?"
you might simply ask:
"What's important to you in this negotiation?"
Then listen.
If they say "price," don't immediately start negotiating price.
Ask:
"What else is important to you?"
This allows you to discover more of the other person's priorities before you start responding to them.

👂 Acknowledge Without Accepting
Another powerful lesson is the difference between acknowledging someone's perspective and agreeing with it.
You can say:
"I understand what you're saying."
"Thank you for sharing that."
"That's an interesting perspective."
without necessarily saying:
"I agree with you."
Andrés explains that listening without immediately judging or reacting can keep the "information spigot" open. If people feel that everything they say will immediately be judged, they have less reason to continue sharing.

🎭 Getting Beyond Rehearsed Answers
This is especially relevant for job interviews.
Andrés explains that candidates are often prepared for predictable questions about their strengths, weaknesses, experience, and motivations.
The result can be highly rehearsed answers.
One way to get beyond this is to ask the question differently.
Another is to change the environment.
A formal office interview can create a very different communication dynamic from a more informal conversation over coffee.
Changing the context can change the tone — and potentially lead to more authentic answers.

🌎 Communication Across Cultures
For international professionals, this conversation contains an especially important message:
While communication styles can differ between cultures, Andrés believes that some fundamental skills are valuable almost everywhere:
Preparation.
Great questions.
Genuine curiosity.
Listening.
Empathy.
Emotional intelligence.
The cultural differences can then be layered on top of these fundamentals.
Whether you're communicating with colleagues in the United States, China, Germany, Brazil, or somewhere else, these core skills can improve your effectiveness.

💪 Confidence, English & Professional Communication
Curtis and Andrés also discuss something many international professionals struggle with:
The fear of saying the wrong thing in English.
Andrés makes an important distinction: confidence matters, but it needs to be supported by preparation and actual skill.
For international professionals, your accent or vocabulary doesn't necessarily determine how influential you can be.
Preparation, passion, good ideas, and the ability to communicate with the other person in mind can have a much greater impact.

👔 What Makes a Great Leader?
Andrés explains that leadership isn't necessarily about having the highest title or being the person who gives everyone orders.
People follow leaders because they believe in them.
That requires capacity, confidence, and integrity — the sense that the person leading them is capable and also has their best interests in mind.
For international professionals looking to advance their careers, this is a powerful reminder:
Communication isn't simply about speaking perfect English.
It's about demonstrating that you're prepared, capable, thoughtful, trustworthy, and able to engage other people effectively.

👤 About Andres Lares
Andres Lares is the CEO and Managing Partner of Shapiro Negotiations Institute, a company focused on negotiation, communication, influence, persuasion, presentations, and professional development.
Andrés brings an international perspective to his work and is himself a second-language English speaker, making this conversation particularly relevant for global professionals working across languages and cultures.
Shapiro Negotiations Institute has expanded globally and now works across multiple languages and international markets.
🔗 Connect with Andrés & Shapiro Negotiations Institute
🌐 Website: https://www.shapironegotiations.com/
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shapiro-negotiations-institute/home/

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