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intrapreneur /IN-truh-pruh-NUR/
noun
an employee who creates new ideas or products inside a company, acting like an entrepreneur
"She became an intrapreneur by launching an innovation lab inside the bank."
presenteeism /PREZ-un-TEE-iz-um/
noun
the habit of being present at work while sick or unproductive, which harms performance
"Presenteeism costs companies more than absenteeism, because exhausted people make expensive mistakes."
quiet quitting /KWY-ut KWIT-ing/
noun phrase
doing only the minimum your job requires, with no extra effort or enthusiasm
"After the denied promotion, he started quiet quitting and left exactly at five every day."
golden handcuffs /GOHL-dun HAND-kufs/
noun phrase
financial rewards that make it hard to leave a job you no longer enjoy
"Her stock options were golden handcuffs that kept her in a role she had outgrown."
career pivot /kuh-REER PIV-ut/
noun phrase
a deliberate change from one career path to a completely different one
"At forty, she made a career pivot from accounting to user-experience design."
impostor syndrome /im-POS-tur SIN-drohm/
noun phrase
the feeling that you do not deserve your success and will be exposed as a fraud
"Even after the promotion, impostor syndrome made him doubt every decision he made."
moonlighting /MOON-ly-ting/
noun
secretly holding a second job in addition to your main one
"He was moonlighting as a web designer while working full-time at the insurance firm."
thought leadership /THAWT LEE-dur-ship/
noun
influencing others in your field through original ideas and visible expertise
"Her essays on remote work established her thought leadership in the industry."
portfolio career /port-FOH-lee-oh kuh-REER/
noun phrase
earning a living from several part-time roles or projects instead of a single job
"He built a portfolio career out of consulting, teaching, and freelance writing."
low-hanging fruit /LOH HANG-ing FROOT/
noun phrase
easy tasks or quick gains that require little effort
"The team picked the low-hanging fruit first to show quick progress to the board."
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📝Grammar: 1B: Future forms - present continuous, be going to, will / won't
Use **be going to** for future plans you have already decided. She **is going to** make a career pivot in January.
Use **be going to** for predictions with clear present evidence. Look at those numbers: presenteeism **is going to** cost them their best people, and quiet quitting **is going to** spread.
Use the **present continuous** for future arrangements that are already fixed. We **are interviewing** an intrapreneur candidate on Monday.
The nuance is small but real: **be going to** highlights the decision, the **present continuous** highlights the arrangement. I **am going to** start moo
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