What books are part of your writing library? There are scads of them out there, but I have found four that are essential or at least rise above the pack.
Your Attitudes Are The Clothes Of Your Soul
How are you dressed?
Gift-Giving: Your Expertise And Wisdom
As a child I was taught the age-old wisdom, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” Once I entered public schools, being the overly-sensitive child which I was, I had to quickly learn the defensive protection of “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Truth be told, however, many of my less-sensitive schoolmates’ words did hurt–I just learned to act as if they didn’t. Thus, I began to wear a mask and keep my feelings inside…
Powerful Words
The Word of God is Truth, and the Truth will set you free. Freedom from fear, despair, suffering, and anxiety is the greatest gift you can get. It fills you with hope, love and faith which transforms into real Power
Emotion, No Longer a Dirty Word
Discover why “emotion” is no longer a dirty word and why successful people throughout history have embraced it for success and the acquirement of wealth and more.
Three Steps to Attracting More Satisfying Relationships
As long as the Law of Attraction has only the ‘DON’T want’ script, it is restricted to orchestrating that script over and over.
Words To Live By?
Are there words to live by? Is it possible that we place too much importance on words, and that language can be as dangerous as it is helpful? Some new ideas on words.
How to Choose Exactly the RIGHT Foreign Word
English has many words with more than one meaning – for example: ‘can’ – to be able to; tin receptacle. Many foreign language words also have multiple definitions. How can you ensure that you choose the correct one? Mistakes can be embarrassing!
Learning Spanish – Part 12 – Conversational Spanish Lessons
This article discusses some of the benefits of conversational Spanish lessons. I explain what my lessons were like at the Spanish school I attended in Antigua, Guatemala for two weeks and in what ways they helped me to improve my overall level of Spanish.
Learning Spanish – Part 8 – First Encounters in Mexico
In this article I start to talk about my travelling experiences through Central and South America. The start of my trip took me to California and then Mexico. I talk a little bit about the benefits of learning about different Spanish cultures and Spanish history and then about some of my early attempts at trying to communicate with the locals in Mexico.
Part 4 – Learning “Parrot Fashion” or Learning Spanish Grammar?
This articles looks at two different general approaches that can be adopted when trying to learn Spanish. The first is learning “parrot fashion” and the second is by learning Spanish grammar. The most important thing to remember is to keep the human brain enthused. Therefore a mixture of both approaches is probably the best policy.
Tales From the Blogosphere
Got a blog? If not, why not? Blogging is all the rage and not a fad. Read on how two blogs have transformed two of my own web sites.