• Vorfreude = the pleasure of anticipation
• ichigo ichie (一期一会), often translated as “one time, one meeting.”
  • The idea comes from the Japanese tea ceremony. The principle is that even if the same host and guests meet again in the same room, that particular gathering will never happen twice. The people, the mood, the season and the circumstances will all be different. Ichigo ichie is an invitation to treat each encounter accordingly.
• Zeitgeiber = Time Keeper (managing sleep cycle)
• “Hamlet” has almost become a shorthand for a particular type of person: someone intelligent enough to see every side of a problem, but whose intelligence makes it harder for him to act.
• Pronoia - belief that everything in life works out (opposite of paranoia)
• surreptitiously = in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively
• forthwith = (especially in official use) immediately; without delay.
• ultracrepidarian = expressing opinions on matters outside the scope of one's knowledge or expertise
• Atelophobia = fear of not achieving one’s potential
• Solvitur ambulando = Latin phrase which means “it is solved by walking”
• Genericization = when company names become the word (e.g., Kleenex, Tazer, Elevator)
• Chinoiserie = fanciful imitation and interpretation of decorative motifs from Asian art
• fait accompli = a thing that has already happened or been decided before those affected hear about it, leaving them with no option but to accept it.
• Moxie - contagious spirit / courage
• 인연 (Ee-Nyun): fate that something was meant to be between two people
• Unrequited love - not returned love
• Jantelagan - Nordic word discouraging the celebration of one’s possessions
• Eustress = Good Stress
  • Experiences that lead to eustress are usually perceived as challenging but still within our coping abilities, leading to heightened focus and motivation. That delicate balance is where lies the secret to eustress.
• Sprezzatura = “Studied carelessness” - conceal all art and make whatever is done or said appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it