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Feb 22 Comments

Caution: Thinking Can Make You or Break You.

Are you working to learn English?  This this quote is for you: Thought is action in rehearsal. Sigmund Freud — Graham Speechley (@LeadersLearn) February 22, 2012 Maybe you’re thinking “Who cares about Sigmund Freud? I’m learning English here.” But have you ever stopped to think about what you think about AS you are learning English? Let ...

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Feb 16 Comments

Get Specific About Your English Development

Get Specific About Your English Development

“I want to speak English more fluently.” “I want to have more confidence when I speak English at work.” “I want to understand more on my next conference call in English.” Have you ever heard someone say any of these things? Have you ever said them?  There’s a big problem with these statements, can you ...

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Feb 13 Comments

English Tools>> Sweeten Up Your Resume With Your Achievements

English Tools>> Sweeten Up Your Resume With Your Achievements

Hello and welcome to another English Tools. I hope you had a great weekend. A quick review : * Resumes are an advertisement for YOU. * Resumes that get noticed are CUSTOMIZED for your prospect. * Focus your resume on THEIR needs. Not yours. * Your objective statement needs to be of interest to your ...

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Jan 30 Comments

English Tools >> Helpful Advice for Your English Resume.

English Tools >> Helpful Advice for Your English Resume.

Hello and how are you doing? I know that it has been a long time since we sent you an English Tools newsletter. Sorry about that! I’m happy to say that we’re back and ready to help YOU improve your English. In today’s Edition: Helpful Advice for Your English Resume. It doesn’t matter what kind ...

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Nov 14 Comments

English Tools>> Thinking And Acting about Your Future

English Tools>> Thinking And Acting about Your Future

Hello everyone, and welcome to another edition of English Tools. Today…we actually are on publishing on Monday! Again, I apologize for the delays in getting this out to you. I promise to do my best to get things back to normal. In today’s edition: Planning. (Thinking And Acting about the Future.) Reading Challenge: Your Agenda ...

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Nov 9 Comments

English Tools>>What Story Are you Telling Yourself?

English Tools>>What Story Are you Telling Yourself?

Hello and welcome to a short version of English Tools. I’m so sorry for the delay in getting these last editions out to you. Thankfully, I have been very busy lately, and have not been able to make time to get this out to you until now. In today’s issue: A Reading Challenge for you: ...

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Nov 3 Comments

English Tools>> How To Survive An English Conversation

English Tools>> How To Survive An English Conversation

Hello and welcome to another edition of English Tools – a few days late, but another edition for you anyway. How has your week been so far? What have you been up to? In this issue: How to survive a conversation in English. I have really bad luck when I need to meet people, let ...

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Oct 24 1 comment

English Tools>> What Do You Think About PowerPoint?

English Tools>> What Do You Think About PowerPoint?

Hello, and welcome to another edition of English Tools. I’m glad you’re here! In today’s issue: Something Completely Different: What Do You Think About Power Point? How do presentations usually look like in your company? Think about it. What adjectives would you use? Adjectives describe how something is. Challenge: Take out a piece of paper. ...

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Oct 19 Comments

English Tools>> Caution, You Are What you Think About

English Tools>> Caution, You Are What you Think About

Hello, and happy Wednesday to you. First of all, I’m so sorry for the delay in getting this week’s edition of English Tools out to you. I hope that for the next edition we’ll be able to deliver on time on Monday morning. In this edition: Caution: You Are What you Think About – Can ...

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Oct 10 Comments

English Tools>>Do you Know When To Use ‘Know?’

English Tools>>Do you Know When To Use ‘Know?’

Hello and welcome to another edition of English Tools. I hope you had a great weekend. In this edition: Do You Know when to use Know? Reading Challenge: Would you Fire a Problem Client? Situation: Imagine that on the weekend you went to Isla Mujeres for a small vacation. At work today, your friends asked ...

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