How Koreans Talk

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Phrases I Use:

1. Stability = 134 죽인다,죽는다, to die

2. Lifestyle = 101 물귀신, water spirits, things that bring us down (or make us stronger)

3. Conversations = 396 발 없는 말이 천리간다, words (ideas) that spread fast and far

4. Vision = 13 보기좋고 먹기좋고, looks good and taste good

5. First Steps = 33 눈도장, to desire what we don't have

6. Direction = 63 갈대까지 가보자, to go to the end

7. Trust = 72 첩첩산증, to take one step at a time

8. Reflect = 똥인지 된장인지 모른다, knowing the difference between crap and the good

9. Habits =  413 한우물을 파라, dig one well

10. Moments = 62 못먹어도고, Give it a go regardless of the outcomes

11. Investments =196 왕따, be quirky, odd, different,

12. Safety = 털어서 먼지 안나는놈없다, we all have dirt on us

13. Showing Up = 191 새옹지마, we'll see

14. Building It = 119 바보, a waste of rice

15. One Thing = 112 고문관, a field manual that doesn't fit the culture

16. Clearings = 67 하늘이무너져도솟아날구멍은있다

17. Plan It = 17 미운놈 떡 하나 준다, be nice to people who don't like you

18. Grow = 

19. Skills = 96 굼뱅이도 구르재주가있다

20. Knowledge = 07 밥먹옂나, food for thought

21. The Right Tool = 8 죽도아니고 밥도아니고, something that isn't this nor that

22. Interpretation = 소확행, small pleasure 

23. The Grind = 금기서화, the four great achievements

24. Metrics = 우물안 개구리, the frog in the well, silo, group think

25. Excellence = 270 고양이목에 방울달기, a mouse hanging a bell on a cat's collar

26. Top of Mind = 268 범도지말하명 온다, Speak of the devil

27. Playing Offense = 88 칼자루 , holding the knife that cuts 

28. Yields = 125 목석, to be made of wood and stone

29. Control = 26 손에장을지진다, to will your desires

30. Worth = 391 - 벼는익을수록고개를숙인다, to be humble as your grow up

31. Overcome = 190 대기만성, 

32. The Elements = 168 나패 뭉 171 유예

33. Prey and Predator =  26 - 

34. Night and Day = 221 개구리 올챙이 적 기억 못한다, the frog doesn't remember being a tadpole

35. Seasons =  15 나는 찬밥, to be cold rice, the bottom of the pole

36. Brace for Impact = 28 두부 짜르듯이, the hard labor of making tofu

37. The Mapped Path = 187 북망산가다, to walk to your death up your mountain

38. Possibility = 181 청개구리, to be a green frog

39. The Unknown = 30 불가사리철 먹듯한다, feeding the monster  

40. What’s Next = 416 달도차면 기운다, the full moon always wanes