Happy New Year! Are you ready?
Every New Year gives us an opportunity to look back at what went well or didn't in the previous year, and look forward to what we want to stick with or change in the new year. Are you ready for it?
Thoughts are Things
Truly, “thoughts are things,” and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire for their translation into riches or other material objects.—Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich I recently had theContinue reading Thoughts are Things
New Year’s Goals Shouldn’t Be About the Goals
Every New Year, most people around the world like to take stock of their lives and consider new goals (or resolutions) for the upcoming year. But, there are a couple of problems with the way most people approach New Year’sContinue reading New Year’s Goals Shouldn’t Be About the Goals
Put Yourself on the 10-Year Plan in Life
Last year, I read a really interesting book called: So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love Steve Martin The title of the book comes from advice that comedian Steve MartinContinue reading Put Yourself on the 10-Year Plan in Life
120 Days to TOPIK #29 – Let’s Study Some Vocab!
Inspiration So, hi again. It’s been a while. Actually, according to my calendar, I should be writing “120 Days to TOPIK #42” today. So, I got a little behind schedule. My apologies. Sometimes it’s just tough to do EVERYTHING youContinue reading 120 Days to TOPIK #29 – Let’s Study Some Vocab!
120 TOPIK #26 – TOPIK Wongoji Writing Rules Revisited
Information A while ago I wrote a few posts about Wongoji essay papers: Take a Look at Some Sample TOPIK Answer Papers (Blank) and download Wongoji essay papers Learn how to write TOPIK essays well using Wongoji writing guidelines Today,Continue reading 120 TOPIK #26 – TOPIK Wongoji Writing Rules Revisited
120 Days to TOPIK #25 – TOPIK Writing Punctuation Marks
Information TOPIK Writing (or, Korean writing in general), pretty much follows the same punctuation conventions as English. Periods mark the end of sentences or abbreviations and separate dates Commas create lists, separate phrases, and mark speech Question marks finish questionsContinue reading 120 Days to TOPIK #25 – TOPIK Writing Punctuation Marks
120 TOPIK #24 – TOPIK Editorial Essay Writing Standards
Information Although previously this section has always been titled “Inspiration”, I find that as I get further into my studies with TOPIK that “Information” is a more appropriate title. Therefore, I will use the two interchangeably from now on dependingContinue reading 120 TOPIK #24 – TOPIK Editorial Essay Writing Standards
120 TOPIK #20 – TOPIK Reading Strategies
Inspiration Since I posted last time about Extensive Reading using familiar texts, here’s some helpful advice I found recently about how to effectively read UNfamiliar texts, like on TOPIK. Reading passages. THREE stratgies: Read to find information (charts/graphs/images) Basic comprehensionContinue reading 120 TOPIK #20 – TOPIK Reading Strategies
120 TOPIK #16 – Deconstruct Korean Grammar with 13 Sentences
Inspiration Tim Ferriss has some pretty incredible (nearly unbelievable) stories about how he learned various languages. Here’s a brief preview (from the video above) about the amount of time he spent to learn these languages: Japanese: 11 months (while living inContinue reading 120 TOPIK #16 – Deconstruct Korean Grammar with 13 Sentences
120 TOPIK #15 – Pronunciation Tips from Tim Ferriss
Inspiration I recently watched this excellent video from Tim Ferriss about language learning and in the Q&A session at the end, he gave some excellent tips for fixing your pronunciation. Pronunciation tips: Find a native speaker Ask a language exchangeContinue reading 120 TOPIK #15 – Pronunciation Tips from Tim Ferriss
120 Days to TOPIK #1 – Gather Resources
Gather your resources! This is one of my favorite parts of any new Challenge because it can be fun to look over the kinds of materials you WANT to use and the kinds of things you WANT to learn (plus,Continue reading 120 Days to TOPIK #1 – Gather Resources
RE: 6 Steps to Get Going Again After A False Start
Ever experienced a false start? One of those times you tell yourself, “I’m going to do X” but when you get yourself down to it, you don’t. False starts are most commonly experienced when good intentions don’t measure up toContinue reading RE: 6 Steps to Get Going Again After A False Start
Get Back on That Horse that Bucked You
There’s not much in life more discouraging than failure – except perhaps, the full feeling of failure. Many people fail at something, yet don’t feel like failures. And many other people constantly feel like failures though they succeed greatly. Every lifeContinue reading Get Back on That Horse that Bucked You
The Truth About Memory and Learning (Accelerated Learning Part 1)
They call it “Accelerated Learning” because you learn faster when you’re relaxed, interested, motivated, and learning in your particular Learning Style. But they should really call it “Authentic Learning” because the principles of “Accelerated Learning” aren’t really tricks or hacksContinue reading The Truth About Memory and Learning (Accelerated Learning Part 1)
Learning Korean: Start With Why
I’ve recently been reading a book touted by entrepreneurs and business people as one of the most important books in the last decade. The book has also been followed up with a TED.com talk by the author that’s become theContinue reading Learning Korean: Start With Why
40-Days ALL Challenges
To make it easier to reference all 40 of the Daily Challenges presented in my 40-Day Korean Speaking Challenge eBook, I’ve collected them all here (work in progress): Week 1: The Keys to Korean Gather your resources and share them.Continue reading 40-Days ALL Challenges
KOTESOL Presentation Resources
4 Things Perfection is Not, & 4 Things Progress Must Be
Last week, I mentioned the fact that success in any endeavor comes about through PROGRESS and is not achieved in PERFECTION. The main reason for this is simply the fact that Perfection, by its very definition is Unattainable. If somethingContinue reading 4 Things Perfection is Not, & 4 Things Progress Must Be
Understand Will Power and Learn 5 Ways to Make it Stronger
In continuing with our post series on Habits and Motivation to help you live more a more consistent and disciplined lifestyle (i.e. get more things accomplished with less time and energy), today we will be addressing TWO important ingredients inContinue reading Understand Will Power and Learn 5 Ways to Make it Stronger
My Experimentation (and Success!) with Habit Creation
Over the past week, I’ve been playing around with habits. Actually, habits have fascinated me for some time – particularly since I started studying them in the book by Charles Duhigg: The Power of Habit. I’ve written a number ofContinue reading My Experimentation (and Success!) with Habit Creation
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