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They say people judge you on your vocabulary, and it’s true, but it’s misleading. People hear that saying and they translate it as, “need bigger words”. In fact, this is the basis for a whole industry of “increase your vocabulary” products. Truth is, it’s better to know less words, and know them well. Of course, [...]

Every day, every minute, your interests shape your perception of the world. The world is viewed through a filter, the filter of your mind. Things which catch our interest, stand out. Things which don’t, fade away. That seems so obvious, yet it has wide-ranging effects on how we live our lives. How we see our [...]

The most amazing thing about the mind is that it can learn infinitely complex information with only a finite amount of input. The English language is infinitely complex, because no matter how many English sentences you’ve heard, there’ll always be sentences you’ve never heard. And yet, the mind learns to understand the infinitude of English [...]

WHAT IS LANGUAGE FLUENCY? VOCABULARY NOT DIRECTLY IMPORTANT Intuition suggests you are fluent in a language, when you know all the words. This is false. The way I see it, you’re fluent in a language when you know what things AREN’T words. Or at least, you’re fluent when you know what things aren’t *important* words. [...]

What’s your biggest fear? The three most common fears will surprise you. They surprised me too, but sure enough, through reflection I recognized these fears in myself too. And now I’ve conquered them. I shall discuss them in no particular order. ——– SUCCESS ——– Most people spend their lives sabotaging their every effort, avoiding success [...]

People sometimes ask me what I do when I’m not busy saving schoolbusses full of kittens. Guys it’s important that no matter how successful you are you have to still take time off for leisure. Did you know Aristotle used to do finger painting to relax? And Einstein used to do hang-gliding, thats why his [...]