Morning thoughts

"Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people." --Andre Dubus

Morning thoughts

We don’t have to agree on anything to be kind to one another.

English practice tips

Once you are used to speaking the language at the basic level, you'll be more confident to try a conversation with a native speaker when the opportunity comes.

Coaching

Life begins where your comfort zone ends.

Coaching

Because I don't live in either my past or my future. I'm interested only in the present. If you concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy person.

Morning thoughts

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." --Thomas Jefferson

Coaching

Never forget that time enriching your non-work hours is never a waste. It makes you tremendously efficient during your working hours.

Morning thoughts

Positive mind, positive vibes, positive life.

Coaching

Plan your week and manage your time creatively. Have the discipline to focus your time around your priorities. The most meaningful things in your life should never be sacrificed to those that are the least meaningful.

Coaching

Well arranged time is the surest mark of a well arranged mind. -- Sir Isaac Pitman

Night practice

Each night before you go to bed, visualize your completed goals and how your life looks and feels as a result. This is a great way to train your brain to expect your goals to materialize.

Be grateful

The more grateful I am, the more reasons I find to be grateful.

Morning thoughts

Turn your face to the sun and the shadow falls behind you.

Coaching

Never forget that time enriching your non-work hours is never a waste. It makes you tremendously efficient during your working hours.

Morning thoughts

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.

Morning thoughts

Dear God, today I woke up. I am healthy. I am alive. Thank you.

Coaching

Well arranged time is the surest mark of a well arranged mind. -- Sir Isaac Pitman

Morning thoughts

"You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with." --Wayne Dyer

Coaching

Willpower is the essential virtue of a fully actualized life.

Morning thoughts

Today, wherever you go, carry the intention of peace, love, and harmony in your heart.

Coaching

The more you nurture the embryo of self-discipline, the more it will mature.

Coaching

Plan your week and manage your time creatively. Have the discipline to focus your time around your priorities. The most meaningful things in your life should never be sacrificed to those that are the least meaningful.

Quotable Quote

Wage war against weaker thoughts that have crept into the palace of your mind. They will see that they are unwanted and leave like unwelcome visitors.

Coaching

Discipline is built by consistently performing small acts of courage.

Morning thoughts

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Morning thoughts

Self-care is so important. When you take the time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve…

6 steps to make a perfect popcorn at home

Popcorn is something you often eat when you watch a movie at a theatre. It is very easy to make a perfect popcorn at home by following simple steps.

1. Take a large pot and put three tablespoon of oil in it.
2. Heat the oil in a high flame.
3. Put a kernel of corn. When it pops up, pour a quarter cup of corn and cover a pot with a lid.
4. Reduce the flame and shake a pot gently until the corn has popped up.
5. Empty the popcorn into a large bowl.
6. Mix melted butter and salt to taste.

Morning thoughts

"Be yourself! Stay Original!"

The alchemist

"When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream "

Morning thoughts

Don't let anyone push you around in 2017.
This is your year.
You are going to do great things.
You are going to stop feeling guilty.
You are going to stop sacrificing your happiness and goals to others.
Instead you are going to go out and do the things you've always wanted to do while your doubters sit on the sidelines and say " I can believeit!"

Rapport

Rapport is closely linked to tact and diplomacy as well as emotional intelligence and good manners.

Empathy

As an extension to emotional intelligence, empathy is your ability to see the world from another person’s perspective.

Emotional Intelligence

People with higher emotional intelligence can usually use tact and diplomacy more naturally in communication.  Emotional intelligence is a measure of how well we understand our own emotions and the emotions of others.

Assertiveness

The reason for using tact and diplomacy is very often to persuade or influence others to think or behave in a certain way.  Assertiveness is fundamental to this process and a skill that many people lack.

Politeness

Being polite and courteous, respecting other people’s view-points and cultural differences is important in many interpersonal relationships.

Attentive Listening

You need to be able to listen to not just what is being said but also how it is being said in order to understand, and react appropriately to, others.

Morning thoughts

I'm strict and serious about improving myself.
I will not disappoint myself.
I will be my best self, no matter what.

Morning thoughts

If I don't keep myself inspired, encouraged, uplifted, joyful, connected, cognizant, who will? That's why I do what I do. I don't want to wait for a savior; they may never come. I'm the creator of my life and I know I'm deserving of great things and inspiring energy. I have my eyes planted on progression and evolution. Learn to enjoy the journey - it is exhilarating when you embrace it fully.

exhilarating

adj

causing strong feelings of excitement and happiness: an exhilarating helicopter trip.

Morning thoughts

"You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination."
Ralph Marston

Transport type: air

Different kinds of vehicle: aeroplane, jet, helicopter, supersonic aircraft

Parts of vehicle: cockpit, nose, tail, wings, fuselage, joystick

People working with: pilot, ground staff, steward, air traffic controller

Associated facilities: duty-free shop, departure lounge, hangar, runway

Transport type: sea

Different kinds of vehicle: yacht, rowing-boat, fishing-boat, liner, ferry, trawler

Parts of vehicle: engine-room, deck, bridge, gangplank, companionway

People working with: captain, skipper, purser, docker, steward(ess)

Associated facilities: port, buoy, quay, customs shed, light-house, docks

Transport type: rail

Different kinds of vehicle: passenger train, freight train, local train, express

Parts of vehicle: sleeping-car, buffet, restaurant-car, compartment

People working with: engine-driver, ticket collector, guard, porter

Associated facilities: wainting-room, ticket office, signal-box

Transport type: road

Different kinds of vehicle: sports car, estate car, bus, coach, tram, van, lorry

Parts of vehicle: boot, engine, gears, steering-wheel, brakes, tyres

People working with: driver, mechanic, chauffeur, bus conductor

Associated facilities: petrol station, garage, service station

Greek mythology: How Mortals Were Made

    Long, long ago, the Golden Race of men appeared on Earth. Because there were no women, the Golden Race died out, and Zeus replaced them with the Silver Race. These men and women fought often and ignored the gods, so Zeus sent them to the underworld.

    Now, Prometheus, a Titan, tried to create people to live on Earth. He decided to make people who resembled gods so mortals and immortals could better understand each other. The people he made were called the Bronze Race.

    Prometheus often tried to help the mortals he had created. When he saw them shivering in the cold and eating raw meat, he decided to give them fire.

With Athena’s help, Prometheus stole fire from Zeus’ palace and taught the mortals how to use it. 

    Suddenly, people could cook, keep warm, and even forge metal tools.

Zeus was angry at what Prometheus had done, and he punished the mortals, sending a nine-day flood to drown them all.

    However, Deucalion and his wife, Pyrrha, survived and thanked Zeus for his protection.

     When he saw this, Zeus was pleased that two humans had survived. He sent the Titaness, Themis, to Earth. “Follow me,” she instructed the humans, “and drop rocks behind you as you walk.”

     Where Deucalion dropped rocks,men appeared. Where Pyrrha dropped rocks, women appeared. Earth again filled with humans. These were the people of the Age of Heroes, which lasted until the Trojan War.

Greek mythology: 4 Classes of gods

There are four main classes of gods.
 
    The Olympians make up the first group.

    The second class consists of the gods and goddesses who lived elsewhere.

    The third group is made up of demi-gods and heroes. Demi-gods are the children of a mortal and an immortal. Heroes, such as Heracles, are the very few mortals whose heroic deeds  raised them to the rank of the gods.
 
    The fourth group includes the personifications of virtues and vices, such as fear, patience, and envy. While countless temples were raised by ancient Greeks to honor their gods and goddesses, the great majority honor Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, and Zeus.

Greek mythology: Mighty Mount Olympus!

The mythical Mount Olympus, where the most important of the ancient Greek gods and goddesses lived, probably took its name from the real Mount Olympus, located in central Greece. But the mythical Mount Olympus was located somewhere above the earth, and its residents traveled  freely between realms. Some visited the underworld. And, according to Homer, some gods and goddesses vacationed in Ethiopia.

Greek mythology: The Myth of Orion

    Poseidon, god of the sea, had a son named Orion, who was gifted with great skill as a hunter but cursed with poor judgment. Eos, goddess of the dawn, fell in love with him, but Orion was not true to her. He chose to go hunting with Artemis, the goddess of hunting and the moon.
    Orion boasted to Artemis that he was such a skilled hunter that he could kill all of the world’s wild  beasts and monsters. Artemis’ brother Apollo did not trust Orion and did not consider him a good  match for his sister. When he heard of Orion’s boastful claim, he asked Mother Earth to send a huge scorpion to attack Orion. Orion fought valiantly, but he realized that his mortal skills were no match for the scorpion. Hoping for Eos’s protection, Orion plunged into the ocean and swam  toward the island of Delos to reach her.
    As he swam toward the island, though, Eos wasn’t waiting for him, but Artemis was. Apollo joined her there. As he and Artemis stood on the shore, he saw a tiny figure far off in the distance and recognized that it was Orion, swimming toward the island. Apollo challenged his sister to hit the small, distant shape in the ocean with her arrow. Artemis shot accurately and killed Orion.
    When Artemis realized what she had done, she pleaded with Asclepius, the god of healing, to restore Orion to life. Zeus, King of the gods, forbade Asclepius to do so, so Artemis placed Orion’s image in the sky, where the scorpion, the constellation Scorpio, still chases him among the stars.

Greek mythology: The Seasons of the Year

    Happy Demeter, goddess of the harvest, made the world’s plants and trees bloom and grow all year. Her daughter, Persephone, helped her in this work. All was well when they were together, and Demeter allowed the mortals to enjoy the fruits and vegetables that she grew on Earth.
 
    Zeus’ brother Hades, god of the underworld, loved Persephone from afar. He asked Zeus, who was not only the king of the gods but also Persephone’s father, for permission to marry her. Zeus didn’t say yes, because he knew Demeter would never part with her daughter. But he also didn’t say no, as he was loyal to his brother. Finally, Hades decided to act for himself.
 
    One day, when Persephone was alone in a meadow, Hades kidnapped her and took her to the underworld. In that dark place, where almost nothing grew, Persephone was miserable. She refused to drink or eat anything except a few pomegranate seeds.
 
    Demeter was equally miserable without her daughter, and she neglected the world’s plants as she searched for Persephone. Harvests failed, trees and plants withered. The mortals were in danger of starving.

    When Demeter finally discovered Persephone in the underworld, she begged Zeus for help. “Command Hades to release our daughter!” she cried. “Look at her! Persephone is withering away like the plants of the earth.” Zeus agreed. “As long as Persephone hasn’t eaten any food of the dead she shall be free.” “I ate almost nothing,” cried Persephone from inside the underworld’s gates.“Just six pomegranate seeds.” “Then you shall spend six months of each year as Queen of the underworld,” said Zeus. “The other six months you may live with your mother.”

Though Demeter and Persephone cried and pleaded, Zeus was firm. For six months every year, Persephone stayed with Hades in the underworld. While Demeter mourned for her daughter, Earth’s plants and trees drooped, withered, and died. When Persephone returned and Demeter rejoiced, the growing things revived and bloomed again.

Greek mythology: What Is a Myth?

    To the ancient Greeks, myths were both education and entertainment. Some myths explained natural events, and others taught mortals about the ways of the gods.
    Although the  ancient Greeks believed that the gods and goddesses looked and acted a lot like them, they also believed the immortals had special powers, which the myths served to illustrate. Most myths also reminded mortals how the gods preferred to be treated—with honor and respect!

Morning thoughts

Stay positive always, even if you run out of reasons to be optimistic.

Vocabulary: mint

Mint—A spice derived from any one of the plants of the mint family (Labiatae) of which there are numerous varieties. Only spearmint and peppermint are commercially important. Mint is used in mint sauce, fruit cocktails, and beverages in either its dried or fresh forms.

Vocabulary: cider vinegar

Cider Vinegar—The product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentation of apple juice or concentrate thereof. It contains not less than 4 g acetic acid in 100 cm3 at 20°C. It has a light to medium amber color. It is used in salad dressings, mayonnaise, and sauces. The term vinegar refers to cider vinegar, also termed apple vinegar.

Vocabulary: cheese powder

Cheese Powder—A dry form of cheese prepared by slurrying cheese in water to 35–45% solids and further processing into a powder form. Cheese powders are water soluble. They are used in instant soups, dry spaghetti sauce, dry sauces, and snack foods.

Vocabulary: carbonated water

Carbonated Water—A beverage made by absorbing carbon dioxide  in water. The carbon dioxide influences flavor because increased carbonation increases mouth feel. Gas retention is more common in
low calorie-type beverages because of the absence of sugar solids.

Vocabulary: brown sugar

Brown Sugar—A sweetener that consists of sucrose crystals covered  with a film of cane molasses. Molasses gives it the characteristic  color and flavor. There are three grades: light, medium, and dark,
which vary in sucrose content and color. It is used in baked goods, glazes, toppings, and fillings.

Vocabulary: sucralose

Sucralose—High intensity sweetener manufactured by replacing  three hydroxyl groups on the sucrose molecule with three chlorine atoms. The results are a sweetener of 0 cal that is not digested. It is 600 times as sweet as sugar with a similar flavor profile. It is heat stable, readily soluble, and maintains its stability at elevated temperatures. It has been approved for use in specific categories that include baked products, beverages, confectioneries, and certain desserts and toppings.

Vocabulary: folic acid

Folic Acid—A water-soluble B-complex vitamin that aids in the formation of red blood cells, prevents certain anemias, and is essential in normal metabolism. High-temperature processing affects its stability. It is best stored at lower than room temperatures. It is also termed folacin. It is found in liver, nuts, and green vegetables.

Vocabulary: cheese

   Cheese is the product resulting from the coagulation of the milk  protein, casein, by suitable enzymes and/or acid-producing bacteria to  produce a curd which is separated from the whey and can be in the
ripened or unripened form. Examples are
 
    Cheddar cheese: A firm bodied cheese produced by subjecting milk, nonfat milk,
or cream to the action of a lactic acid producing bacteria culture and clotting
enzyme (rennet). It contains not more than 39% moisture by weight and not less than 50% milk fat by weight of the solids.

    Cottage cheese: A soft, uncured cheese prepared by mixing cottage cheese dry curd  with a creaming mixture. It contains not more than 80% moisture and not less than 4% milk fat by weight of the finished food.

    Cream Cheese: The soft, uncured cheese made from pasteurized dairy ingredients
containing not less than 33% milk fat by weight of the finished food and not  more than 55% moisture by weight.

Vocabulary: spices

Spices consist of dried plant products that exhibit flavor and aroma.

Spices are obtained from vegetable substances from which none of the
volatile or other flavoring substances have been removed.

Vocabulary: mustard

 Mustard—A flavorant made from the dried, ripe seed of several closely related genera, species, and varieties of the family Cruciferae; the seed of a plant of the cabbage family. It is used as a flavorant in
baked goods, sauces, and salad dressings. It also functions as an  emulsifier in salad dressings. The ground seed is used for spices.

    Mustard Flour—The ground seed of the mustard plant from which  some of the oil and most of the hulls have been removed. It is used  in salad dressings and sauces, and as a condiment.

Morning thoughts

Your presence in this present moment is the most precious present you will ever receive.

Vocabulary: harm

harm

n.

1. Physical or psychological damage or injury: The storm did great harm to the crops.

2. Immoral or unjust effects: They made a mistake and meant no harm.

tr.v. harmed, harm·ing, harms

To do harm to: pollutants that harm the environment; people who were harmed in the accident.

harm : dano, mal

He meant no harm. 

   Ele não queria fazer mal.

There’s no harm in asking. 

    Não há mal algum em perguntar.

Do more harm than good. 

     Fazer mais mal do que bem.

Out of harm's way.

    Em lugar seguro.

Business Practice:

Making decisions without all the factors or a clear understanding of the consequences could harm employees, customers, the company, and other stakeholders.

Morning thoughts

"You don't have to change that much for it to make a great deal of difference. A few simple disciplines can have a major impact on how your life works out in the next 90 days, let alone in the next 12 months or the next 3 years."

Business Practice: Ethical dilemma vs Ethical lapse

An ethical dilemma is an issue with two conflicting but arguably valid sides, whereas an ethical lapse occurs when an individual makes a decision that is illegal, immoral, or unethical.

Business Practice: Importing and Exporting

Importing: purchasing goods or services from another country and bringing them into one’s own country.

Exporting: selling and shipping goods or services to another country.

Business Practice: tips for improving intercultural communication

Be alert to the other person’s customs.               Expect the other person to have values, beliefs, expectations, and mannerisms different from yours. For instance, don’t be surprised when businesspeople in Pakistan excuse themselves in the middle of a meeting to conduct prayers.  Moslems pray five times a day.

Deal with the individual.
    Don’t stereotype the other person or react with preconceived ideas. Regard the person as an individual first, not as a representative of another culture.

Clarify your intent and meaning.
    The other person’s body language may not mean what  you think, and the person may read unintentional meanings into your message. Clarify your true intent by repetition and examples. Ask questions and listen carefully. The Japanese are generally appreciative when foreigners ask what is proper behavior, because is shows respect for the Japanese way of doing things.

Show respect.
    Learn how respect is communicated in various cultures – through gestures, eye contact, and so on. For example, in Spain let a handshake last five to seven strokes; pulling away too soon may be interpreted as a rejection. In France, however, the preferred handshake is a single stroke.

Business Practice: social responsibility

The concern of businesses for the welfare of society as a whole.

Business Practice: relationship between corporate social responsibility and profits

For years, many companies believed that the only role of a company was to make money and that social problems were the concern of state. It was believed that socially responsible companies could not be profitable. But supporters of social responsibility now argue that a company has an obligation to society beyond the pursuit of profits and that companies can be both socially responsible and profitable. In fact, being a socially responsible company can help improve profits and being profitable can help companies stick to their social mission.

Business Practice: E-mail

Eletronic mail, generally called e-mail, enables users to create, send, and read written messages entirely on the computer. An e-mail document may be a simple text message, or it might include complex files or programs.

Business Practice: How do you make ethical decisions?

If your intent is honest, the decision is ethical; however, if your intent is to mislead or manipulate,
your decision is unethical. You might also consider asking yourself a series of questions:
1. Is the decision legal? (Does it break any laws?)
2. Is it balanced? (Is it fair to all concerned?)
3. Can you live with it? (Does it make you feel good about yourself?)
4. Is it feasible? (Will it actually work in the real world?)
When you need to determine the ethics of any situation, these questions will get you started.

Business Practice: code of ethics

Written statement setting forth the principles that guide an organization’s decisions, which define the values and principles that should be used to guide decision.

Business Practice: ethics

The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or group.

Business Practice: Ethical lapse

Situation in which an individual makes a decision that is morally wrong, illegal, or unethical.

Morning thoughts

The next time you take on a challenge you don't need luck. You need confidence, determination and the Will to get it done.

Morning thoughts

Your past does not have to be your prison. You have a voice an a future. You have a say in your own life. Choose your destiny wisely.

Morning thoughts

Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.

Vocabulary: dash

I prepare my pizza with a dash of oregano.
  dash: pitada, pingo

Sometimes I make a dash for the bus.
   make a dash for: apressar-se para fazer algo.

Morning thoughts

Select wisely what you constantly spend your time.

Morning thoughts

"If you are fully by yourself or well connected to the self, whatever others are saying (good or bad) doesn't bother you much. You are living life with full satisfaction and achievement."

Meet the bees

One of the most interesting inhabitants of our world is the bee, an insect that is indigenous to all parts of the globe except the polar regions. The honeybee is a gregarious insect whose habitat is a colony that he shares with as many as 80,000 bees. Although the individual bees live for only a few days, their colony can be operative for several years. A cursory study of the activities of these insects reveals an orderliness and a social structure that is truly amazing.
For example, bees in a particular hive have a distinct odor; therefore, when an interloper seeks access they can identify him quickly and repulse his invasion.

hive

n.

1.

a. A structure for housing domesticated honeybees.

b. A nest built by wild or feral bees.

c. A colony of bees living in such a structure or nest.

2. A place swarming with activity.

v. hived, hiv·ing, hives

v.tr.

1. To collect into a hive.

2. To store (honey) in a hive.

3. To store up; accumulate.

v.intr.

1. To enter and occupy a beehive.

2. To live with many others in close association.

Phrasal Verb:

hive off

To set apart from a group: hived off the department into another division.

TOEIC- Short readings

Summary of Lesson 7 Book "Complete Guide to The TOEIC Test " - Bruce Rogers

Short readings - TOEIC reading test:

There are 48 questions in this part of test. (100 total)

Types of texts
1. Articles
2. Business correspondence
3. Advertisements
4. Announcements
5. Non-prose readings


Types of questions
1. Overview questions
2. Detail questions
3. Vocabulary questions
4. Inference questions

Format
7-10 single reading passages with 28 questions
04 paired reading with 20 questions


Be pacient.
Be critical.
Be consistent.

See you later,
Bye bye

Extraordinary life

When somebody has attained an extraordinary life, they have found a way to maximize their resources, their time, their physical energy, their health, the people they know, and the concepts they've learned. They've learned to not only maximize what's available to them, but they've also learned to maximize their level of enjoyment.

Morning thoughts

"I keep remembering one of my Guru's teachings about happiness. She says that people universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you're fortunate enough. But that's not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. If you don't you will eat away your innate contentment. It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainments."
Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love 

Keep calm and...

Stay focused on what you want to achieve and you will find ways to solve difficulties and break through barriers.

Summarizing

Is concerned with expressing the most important facts or ideas about something or someone in a short and clean former.

Chile - Pucón and Puerto Varas adventure

1. Try your hand at different adventure sports in Pucón or Puerto Varas.
Chile’s Lake District has earned a reputation for offering a huge variety of adventure sports. The towns of Pucón on the banks of Lago Villarrica in the north and Puerto Varas on the banks of Lago Llanquihue in the south are set up to accommodate adventure sport enthusiasts with plenty of options for volcano-climbing, hiking, mountain-biking, horse riding, rafting, kayaking and more. For those looking for a challenge, Volcán Villarrica and Volcán Osorno can be climbed in a day and are suitable for novice climbers. Meanwhile, those looking for a more relaxing activity can head to the calm and tranquil waters of Río Petrohue, with its ample supply of trout and salmon species, to spend the day fly-fishing.

Morning thoughts

"When the middle is well and good, the past is repaired and the future is prepared."

Chile - Puerto Varas : tourism

Puerto Varas is a popular tourist destination with its distinctive German-inspired architecture, wide variety of hotels and inns, a casino, a beach and striking views over the lake to the Osorno and Calbuco volcanoes.

Visitors can take part in a range of outdoor sports including kayaking, fishing and trekking, and there is a winter ski centre on the slopes of Osorno Volcano. It is a good base for excursions to nearby natural landmarks including the emerald Todos los Santos Lake, the picturesque Petrohué Falls (Spanish: Saltos de Petrohué), Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park and Puyehue National Park as well as Osorno Volcano. Trips are also possible to other towns around Llanquihue Lake including Frutillar, Puerto Octay and Llanquihue.

Puerto Varas is the starting point for bus-and-boat crossings of the Andes, through spectacular forested mountains reflected in shimmering lakes, to San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina. The trip is best made west to east with an overnight at a hotel in the midst of the wilderness.

Morning thoughts

 " You can't change your past but you can begin a new future. Restart your future."

Coaching

Personal development is the cornerstone of a fulfilling life.

Coaching

Confront problems calmly.

Morning thoughts

Regardless of your age, everything you have learned up until this minute shapes your perceptions and influences your intuition.

Coaching

Be firm and fair.

Coaching

Share a joke, not sarcasm, just a funny joke, when appropriate.

Coaching

Share good experiences.

Morning thoughts

Don't give up because things are hard, but work harder, when you think of giving up.

Coaching

When in doubt, pause and check it out. Don’t be afraid to say “I don’t know”.

Coaching

Employ actions that minimize risk.

Coaching

Efficient people take responsibility for their own effectiveness.

Morning thoughts

"If we accept the reality of life as early as possible and do what we would like to do without bothering or comparing ourselves with others... life becomes so beautiful. Choice is yours."