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Simplified Speech #253 – What’s your Achilles Heel?
29 minutes Posted Sep 26, 2026 at 5:43 pm.
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What’s the one thing you just can’t say no to? Andrew and Indiana share their biggest weaknesses when it comes to food, shopping, screen time, and a few basic life skills, and Andrew tells a story about an unexpected visitor at his desk. Along the way, you’ll learn how to use “Achilles heel,” “a goody two-shoes,” “mid,” “cooked,” “your own worst enemy,” and “a coping mechanism.”

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Keep an ear out for these phrases during the episode:

  • An Achilles heel
  • A goody two-shoes
  • Mid
  • To be cooked
  • To be one’s own worst enemy
  • A coping mechanism