Phrasal Verb Training Put Yourself Out There

hi i’m vanessa from speak english with

vanessa calm do you like to put yourself

out there let’s talk about it today i

want to help you learn and use the

phrasal verb put yourself out there this

is a full expression that often goes all

together so we’re gonna learn it in one

piece put yourself out there what does

this mean

well in simple terms this means to go

outside your comfort zone and do

something unusual do something difficult

for you but let’s break down each piece

of this phrasal verb so that you can

completely learn it let’s imagine that

you go into a bookstore and the employee

is putting some books on the shelf he’s

putting them out there he’s not putting

them away in a box to be hidden in the

back he’s putting them out there to be

on display so that everyone else can see

them and maybe they’ll buy them and take

them home he’s putting them out there

there is in public somewhere where other

people can see it and this is the same

for you put yourself out there this

means that you are doing something in

front of other people maybe publicly or

in front of your friends maybe on the

internet and other people might judge

you they might say something negative to

you this is putting yourself out there

it’s a risk I have trouble putting

myself out there I like to put myself

out there this means that you are

comfortable or uncomfortable doing

something where other people might judge

you this is a risk this is a human thing

that we feel nervous about but when

you’re learning English it’s so

important to put yourself out there you

need to put yourself out there and

find a speaking partner write a comment

in the comments of a YouTube video put

your English out there put yourself out

there this is taking a risk maybe

someone will judge your English maybe

someone will look at it and think what’s

that but you need to put yourself out

there and take the risk

because if you’re going to improve you

need to do something that’s

uncomfortable something that has a risk

so my recommendation for you is to put

yourself out there to do something

outside your comfort zone and try I want

to give you two quick examples before we

go today let’s say that you’re going to

a job interview and the boss is gonna

ask you some serious questions probably

in advance you’re gonna feel nervous

about it and worried what’s gonna happen

so you might say I don’t care I want to

put myself out there and try something

new I want to put myself out there the

boss might think negative things about

you there’s some risk but you’re going

to do it anyway because you want the

chance to succeed so a job interview is

really a time when you put yourself out

there my second example is a more

personal example about myself making

YouTube videos is putting myself out

there when I make a video and teach

about something like this expression

there’s a chance that other people

pretty high chance because it’s the

internet there’s a chance that other

people will judge my words criticize me

say something about me but if I’m going

to succeed and share English with you I

need to put myself out there I need to

do something outside my comfort zone and

take the risk because there’s no way for

me to succeed without putting myself out

there so I hope that this expression is

useful to you and that you can use this

phrasal verb my challenge for you is

the comments can you make a sentence

about a time that you needed to put

yourself out there maybe an interview

maybe going on a date with someone you

didn’t know maybe speaking English with

someone you didn’t know maybe

volunteering for something and you

weren’t sure if it was actually going to

go well this is a great thing to do in

life take a risk

put yourself out there and take the

chance that you will succeed I hope that

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