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DO PRAYERS AND BLESSINGS WORK? YES BUT NOT EXACTLY HOW MOST HUMANS WOULD LIKE

People sometimes ask me to pray for them. I always do. But sometimes they wonder: why did I not pass that exam when you were praying and blessing me. The answer is perhaps that was not to be for you at that particular time. Possibly a greater lesson is needed in your life and that is the lesson of humbleness or the lesson of proper preparation. Or perhaps a greater blessing is on the way. There is an expression: Repetition is the mother of skill, so actually if you enjoy the journey of doing something again you could actually learn and benefit more from your endeavors.

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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No one loses anyone because no one owns anyone. Do you really believe that?

YOU CAN’T OWN ANYONE Paulo Coelho in Eleven Minutes wrote: “No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.” QUESTIONS After reading such a quote the following questions come to mind: Do we really never own anyone? Can we really embrace such an idea? What are the benefits of this freedom? Is this the type of freedom worth having? WHAT DOES THIS QUOTE MEAN?r

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Be thirsty for knowledge my friend. 5 lessons from the propelling force of thirst

Make use of the propelling force of being thirsty HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THIRSTY? If you have gone all your waking hours without a drink, you will appreciate that wonderful elixir called water when you do get the chance to quench your thirst. Now take this thirst and have a thirst for learning. Only knowledge and more knowledge will quench that thirst and just as we need water every day and lots of it, we need knowledge. PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM (PBUH))r

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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The Quest for Paradise – A Utopian world – is it just pie in the sky?

The Island of Utopiar Freedom – the most misunderstood word in the English language If there was a poll to decide what is the most misunderstood word in the English language I think freedom might be high in the voting stakes. When there are millions of people how can we all live together without rules. Rules must be limits on freedom. Some types of speech and actions are very violent in nature but the extent of the limits of free speech is very controversial. No Free Love in Utopia

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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MAKE A LIFE THAT IS FIT FOR AN EMPEROR. Seed your life for success

FIT FOR A KING Fit for an Emperor, Fit for a King, Fit for a Queen, Fit for a Princess, Fit for a Prince are all expressions that mean that you are making something so good that a member of the royal family would appreciate. Emperors and Kings are associated with the richest, most opulent living and the highest,wisest thinking as they think for a land, nation and people. We can think of the wisdom of King Solomon, the persistence of King Robert the Bruce, the quick-thinking of King Charles II and the never-say-die daring of Queen Scheherazade. Charles, Robert and Scheherazader

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Is love possible on Facebook?

WAYS TO CONNECT Facebook is a place to connect but is it a place for love? Facebook can certainly be a starting point; obviously it can’t be the ending point for love such as marital love. Also is it true or real love – is it sustainable and lasting love? Could Facebook be a good starting point for marital love? If we look at Western love – starting on Facebook cannot be worse than meeting in a bar or club. Numerous Western marriages start in bars, clubs and discos. BAR LOVEr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Accepting a job: What is the most important long term consideration?

Into the Futurer Have you ever been asked the question: Where do you see yourself in five years time? Whenever I have asked myself that questio I have not really had a good answer. Actually my first consideration is money. I hope I will be earning more money. I also hope I will be with the same company. What do you feel when asked that question? Will you be able to look back with satisfaction and contentment about your achievements? If five years is too much, how about one year in the future? Rarity

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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DON’T GROW OLD, JUST GROW

I wish someone had told me this when I was in my 20s: Don’t grow old, just grow. But whatever age you currently are – there is still time to just grow. SEEING INTO THE FUTUREr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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ENGLISH EXPERTISE: WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH

USE IT OR LOSE IT. This applies to all English speakers and those who are learning English. So here are 10 tips to improve your English.

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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What’s Love Got to do with it? Everything when it comes to entrepreneurship

Pursuing Love A chance meeting can be a turning point in life: This is the story of entrepreneur Abid Beli from Karachi in Pakistan when he met a pretty girl in a park. Smitten, to him she was marriage material but his parents did not quite share the same level of enthusiasm. He was left with the impossible choice that no one likes to make – remain with family and its benefits, or carve out a new financially independent life enabling him to defy tradition. Choosing the latter and the entrepreneurial route, he has never looked back. Launch Pad of Marriager

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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How do I improve my English? One boring secret that helps immeasurably

FAQ How do I improve my English is a questio I regularly get and I would like to share with you the secret of improving your English. Boring Secretr It is a boring secret which a lot of people don’t like when I give them that advice. It is to read every day. Practice Propels you Towards Perfectionr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Asian gurus help start ups with more than coffee shop talk!

Great Ideasr The greatest challenge to the greatest ideas is how to take your brainchild and make it real. An idea is just a thought – a figment of the imagination. How do we get it out there? We need someone to talk to. Asian Culturer In Asia, gurus are revered teachers and masters and life often resolves around the coffee shop. Thus in a friendly place, people with good ideas can get help from social media experts – entrepreneurs who have been there and done that! This is the aim of www.CoffeeShopGurus.com On the Drawing Boardr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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By Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieRecently published1 topic

We can Move Mountains!

Seek Knowledge I was not born Muslim, but the one piece of Muslim philosophy my mother imparted to me was if the mountain would not come to Muhammad, Muhammad would go the mountain. This Muslim philosophy had such an impact that I have wanted to know about the man who is so revered by millions of people around the world. Seeking Knowledge This proverb reminds us to be seekers – to seek knowledge and to seek everything we need in this life. If things won’t come to me then I must go towards what I want.

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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By Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieRecently published1 topic

Never give up on your dreams! 12 principles to make dreams happen the Imran Khan way!

Gentleman Sportsman Imran Khan is Asia’s most successful cricket captain and in the top ten of most well-known sportsmen in this continent. Gentle Giantr Blessed with more than his fair share of charisma, charm, affability, eloquence and powerful, driven passion, Imran is a legend in the cricketing world, spanning the globe all the way from Australia to England. Founder of a renowned cancer hospital, he is also an enigma on the medical map too. Imran’s never-say-die brand of success comes from the 12 principles revealed here. 1. Making the Impossible Possible!

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Source of Strength blessings: Let my soul blessings bless your soul and life purpose

Raining Down Blessings Upon You B: Beliefs are at the core of our being, so be prepared to go deep to brighten up your thinking. L: Learn to think in bigger and better ways. Let your imagination run riot and imagine your mind is overflowing with wisdom. Look harder and deeper at the universe living within you. E: Every time you think of your blessings you are impressing upon your mind, soul and heart the good things you have, and you will feel better. Every time you think of the future you are impressing upon your mind that you have a direction and a place to be.r

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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By Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieRecently published1 topic

Do not grow old, just grow

I wish someone had told me this when I was in my 20s: Do not grow old, just grow. Whatever age you currently are, there is still time to just grow. SEEING INTO THE FUTURE As you get older you will not look the same. In fact, if you look at your parents and grandparents you will know in what direction your body and face will be heading. Split Personalitiesr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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By Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieRecently published1 topic

Bless yourself with the Spirit of Can-Do

Spurts of Growth Blessing B: Believe your ideas can grow to be great things, that your mind can achieve great things when you let yourself grow. Blast yourself with brimming ideas that you are growing and growing. L: Life from the growing point of view lets you become more: experienced, knowledgeable and wiser. Learning is key to staying mentally young. Live larger than life and overwhelm your mindset with the idea of great growth. E: Enhance your life with the energizing thought, belief and strategy that growing mentally is easy-peasy.

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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By Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieRecently published1 topic

An entrepreneur is the hero of his own company and you have to act like one

Hedging your Bets for successful entrepreneurship Testing the Watersr Although gainfully employed, Suhail Ahmad wanted to ratchet up excitement in his life, so he decided to ride two boats in his 20s: Full-time employment but starting his entrepreneurship journey on the side. Q Why did you become an entrepreneur?

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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5 ways to increase your communication skills with greater care

Here are five good reasons to put more care into your English expression. 1. Positive Care If you could not speak, you might still be able to communicate through sign language and written language. We often take for granted our ability to communicate, but we should care more about how we communicate because it impacts upon personal and professional success. Care is a feeling, an attitude and an action. The other reasons point to how we can care in action. 2. Change Your Worldr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Enhance your brain power and vocabulary prowess with synonyms and antonyms

Vocabulary Prowess People who worked for and with the late deputy prime minister of Singapore, Dr Goh Keng Swee, observed that he would hone his vocabulary in meetings, writing out synonyms and antonyms of some of the words under discussion. Concise Clea essr He would even aim for at least five synonyms and five antonyms. Reportedly, he even did this in cabinet meetings. Evidence of a mind that was always thinking, he also believed in clear and concise writing. Better Standardsr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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By Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieRecently published1 topic

Two brothers love each other more than they love themselves. The ultimate love story

The true essence of love – when we want something as good or better than we wish for ourselves. TWO PEAS IN A POD Two brothers were orphaned when they were youngsters. They were farmers and worked together on their family farm. Years later the elder brother married and had a family with two children. The other remained single. SHARING UP THE DIDLUM CLUB Working hard together, they shared the fruits of their labour equally. THINK BEFORE ACTINGr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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8 secrets of speaking like a native English Speaker

8 secrets of speaking like a native English Speaker. Are you prepared to do what it takes? 1. THE SECRET You have to be prepared to do what native speakers do. Are you prepared to do what native speakers do? 2. ENGLISH ENVIRONMENT English speakers have an English environment: radio, TV, newspapers, friends. In addition, they are advised to keep a daily journal (diary), have pen friends and read newspapers. Are you prepared to do this? 3. LEARN PHRASES ONLYr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Call to Prayer and Success: Blessings of God through Prayer by Rehana Matri

Call to Successr The caller from the Mosque calls people to come for prayer, to come to success. Source of Success A great number of people, however, do not come because they want to come to success in their work, thinking that it is their presence in their business that provides them with success. Fools’ Paradiser How foolish if they think that success comes to them other than by the blessings of God! The Right Pathr If they were to leave their business and listen to the call of God via the caller from the Mosque their success in business would not suffer but would increase.

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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LUCKY YOU. I BELIEVE IN LUCK. DO YOU? 10 Secrets for more luck in your life!

THE LUCK OF THE DRAW You should believe in luck because luck can make or break your life. Lucky Breaksr Good luck gives us opportunities and good events, while bad luck has the opposite effect. What is Luck? Dictionaries define luck as something that happens to us, affecting our interests and happiness. No Such Luck! There are a number of definitions of luck and many of us focus on the chance element, but it is also an influence (a thing or power) that makes good things happen to people. Natural Flowr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Leave beautiful love on your heart

LOVE CREATES MIRACLES Where there is great love, there are always miracles, penned Willa Cather. LOVE IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS This is certainly true of Adeline Yeo who decided that to follow her true love she would paint from the heart – the core of our loving nature and of love. Adeline follows her true love and puts to work love in action. LOVE AND SKILL CREATE MASTERPIECES John Ruskin said – when love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. JOU EY TO LOVEr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Bottle up patience not anger. Five things Hazrat Ali (AS) teaches

BLESSINGS FROM THE WISDOM OF HAZRAT ALI B: Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy. (Hazrat Ali SA). L: Learning is one of the five pillars Hazrat taught: Learn to admit ignorance and learn what you do not know. E: Endurance and patience go hand in hand if you want to build the highest values and live the highest life. S: Sin is the only thing you should fear, so drive out sin with goodness. S: Success comes to those who are patient, although it may take a long time to reach you.

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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10 straightforward ways to success

EASY PEASY For some there is no easy way to success – it requires learning from mistakes and is one of the best ways. Take Steve Jobs for example – he certainly had ups and downs before he met with meterioic success. Here are 10 points that help you have more success more easily. 1. ACTION Are you really taking action to move your dreams forward. Think of what actions you can take and do to get moving. Focus upon what the action will bring you. In other words, you need to think what this action will bring you. 2. NEWNESS

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Respect is the greatest love! Living in a multiracial and multireligious country

Self-preservation or the greatest respect for othersr I live by the words of Shakespeare – that nothing is good or bad except thinking makes it so. I also believe we need to assess a situation from all angles and not jump to conclusions, or if we do take the time to reflect upon those conclusions. We need to let anger subside before we come to a conclusion. MANY MOTIVATIONS We may act for self-preservation and we may act out of fear or we may act out of respect. THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLDr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Why do you have a Facebook account? This is why I am on FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA

THE FIVE PILLARS Why are you on Facebook - do you really have clear reasons? I do. I have five strong reasons why I am on Facebook. They form the five pillars of my social media presence. You should think about why you do anything in this life - and the more good reasons you have the more likely you will use your time productively and to best effect. Facebook can be a boon and a benefit to your life and your life purpose if you know how to use it properly. A HAND IN FRIENDSHIP AND NETWORKINGr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Nothing around you holds the power to make you unhappy! So why do you let it?

THE POWER TO BE HAPPY BLESSING B: Bump up your mind to the highest level by reminding yourself that nothing can make you unhappy. L: Little things should never take away your precious peace of mind, so reduce every issue in your life to its smallest point and then crush it in your thoughts and reality! E: Every day when things cause you conce – give those issues the let it be treatment (can you exist calmly with it) or the let go treatment (a way to just let it slip away). Everything is alright is the place of mind and thinking you should embrace.r

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Could you ever pray 50 times a day? Do you have a prayer life?

THE BLESSING OF PRAYER B: Boundless blessings manifest when prayer is the foundation of your life. Build the best foundations and bountiful life with prayer. L: Life is in the power of prayer. E: Express yourself at the highest level with extremely beautiful prayers. S: Seek out the best soul life, feeding and energizing your soul with prayer. S: Sparkle with a sparkling soul. Y: Your true life purpose is to pray and your life should resolve around prayer. O: One commandment is the most important and that is God’s commandment to pray.r

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Do you hear the call of God? What is the call of God by Mike Ghouse

WHAT IS THE CALL OF GOD? Mike Ghouse: “It is a call from God to learn about each other and know each other.” LISTENING TO THE CALL OF GOD When we do that, myths about others disappear. We open up to friendships without reserve or fear. Mike shares some practical points about the practice of Islam in the USA and worldwide. ISLAM USA STYLE

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Communication Skills and Training

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The Road Less Travelled – tides of affairs in your life!

SHAKESPEAREAN WISDOM IN THE RIVER THAMES The Blessings in every situation – be blessed always. PRIVATE START Life started for me in a private road a stone’s throw away from the tidal wash of the great River Thames. PRIVATE ROADS IN ENGLAND Private roads usually have gates that are tightly closed, but at the entrance of this private oasis was Pitsea Methodist Church and everyone was invited. INHABITANTS

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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Are you enlightened? 5 ways to harness enlightenment and live the high life!

ENLIGHTENED LIFE BLESSING B: Being open to ideas is the best way to be more enlightened. L: Light states are the states of mind we should endeavour to be in. E: Enlightenment is the highest level of understanding you can achieve, so enlightenment must be one of our goals. S: Study helps in the enlightenment process. Self-enlightenment is what dawns on you when you have an epiphany (when suddenly you realize something important). S: Seek enlightenment in all you do – the highest level of understanding, and the place where wisdom dwells.

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Communication Skills and Training

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20 relationship boosters for greater relationship richness in business and pleasure

POSITIVE POWER 1. When you have a choice as to who you can associate with – choose people who are positive, who can help you positively and who give you an energy boost when they are around. Be with people who you are proud of, people you admire and people who like and respect you. 2. DETERMINING DESTINY Let go of people who really are not a benefit in our lives. Many people contribute to your destiny, not just any one person. Be more disce ing as to who really matters in your business and personal success. 3. PLAY FAIRr

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Communication Skills and Training

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BLESSINGS FROM A to Z FOR YOU: Feel the love, feel the blessings.

A: Aim to be in state of blessed bliss as much as possible. Appreciate all the blessings you have. B: Believe in blessings and enjoy blessed bliss. C: Cover yourself in blessings. Clothe yourself with blessings. D: Determine to be a blessed person more. E: Enjoy all your blessings, because you have so many. F: Frames of mind are within our control. Frame your mind with blessings. Feast on blessings. G: Garner blessings from everywhere. Go for blessings, way to go. Gravitate towards more and more blessings.

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Communication Skills and Training

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KNOW THE ABCs of Blessings for an Always Blessed Charmed life.

A: Actively bless everyone, everything and Always remember to bless yourself as well. Avidly love to bless and Aim to bless as much as possible. B: Bless you, Bless you, Bless you. Blessings, Blessings, Blessings. BE BLESSED ALWAYS C: Compassion, Care, concern, conviality, and charity are blessings you can bestow on yourself and all living creatures. Creature comfort is a blessing you can bestow every day. D: Dare to dream big blessings for yourself and others. Dream your blessings into reality. E: Extreme benefits come from believing that your life is just one long blessing.

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Communication Skills and Training

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TAKE THE LEAD: You have what it takes. Here’s how!

OUR INHERENT NATURE We are all teachers and students and we are all leaders and followers. Why do I say this? It is the nature of existence. We have to engage in life-long learning if we want our success to continue. So we have to humble ourselves and get other people, be they younger or older than us to help us learn new things. There are times, however when we should take the lead. As a leader we are in a better position to influence future outcomes. We may not be the official leader, but nevertheless we can take the lead and in effect we have some or all of the power of leadership.

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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UNLIMITED THINKING: Make your thinking unlimited

AWESOME POWER We are more awesome than we often realize, and if you agree with Shakespeare you have at your fingertips an incredible thinking machine in your head. Shakespeare penned: there is nothing good or bad, except thinking makes it so. IN CHARGEr

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Communication Skills and Training

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MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND: Make sure you have your fair share around you!

MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE Love it or hate it, we need money. Money is just a thing, although we have to admit a powerful thing. Thoughts are things, and money is a thing. We have a relationship with everything in this life and money is no exception. OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MONEY Money is a fact of life – we cannot run away from it, but should we make money our God? – the end all and be all. Well whenever I have discussions about money, the concluding view is that we cannot really have a good life without money. In fact, life is often limited by the amount of money we have.

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Communication Skills and Training

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CUTE CONFUSION: Do you know the American and British differences?

CUTE OR CUTIE Recently a spat took place about the understanding of the word cute. One commentator felt that the word cute is usually associated with a child and not an adult woman. It seems that some people have learnt a set sentence, for example, the baby is cute; the dog is cute. This is the correct usage of the word cute, but when it comes to the English language one word rarely has one meaning. It is far from the truth to say that the word cute is usually only associated with attractive-looking children, cats and dogs. ROOT OF THE PROBLEMr

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Communication Skills and Training

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ENGLISH: Five secrets to achieving world-class English

WHAT IS HOLDING YOU BACK? Often when non-native speakers are taught English, they learn set sentences. A student may think they are making progress in their English and in one sense they are. However, when they take those set sentences and try to have a conversation in an English-speaking situation or they have to write spontaneous letters and emails they hit problems. Set sentences are a necessary part of the learning process, but the crucial question is how to go from set sentences to spontaneous conversation and sophisticated writing. 1. DEVELOP ENGLISH (NOT JUST LEARN IT)

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Communication Skills and Training

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YOURS FOR THE TAKING: You can have anything you want, so long as you know what you want

SECRETS OF SUCCESSr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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TABOO TOPICS: Are some things too scary to contemplate? Two techniques to ensure death is not too scary to contemplate for you

DEATHLY TABOOS We live, we die. That is a fact of life. People worldwide refuse to talk about it, refuse to think about it and refuse to do anything about it. They brush it under the carpet. Do they think it will not happen to them! Wrong! We all die at some time and it is ostrich behavior not to make plans. Ostrich behavior: A person who refuses to face reality. There is a notion that ostriches hide from danger by burying their head in the sand. LIFE AND DEATHr

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Communication Skills and Training

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Blissful Blessings: May you be blessed with friends, smiles and all the blessings of the universe.

THE BLESSING OF FRIENDSHIP B: Blessed beyond compare are we when we have beautiful friends. Beside me, I feel so blessed, loved and cared for. Friends certainly bless our lives and are a blessing. L: Loving thoughts are all I feel for my friends. Loving ways are the hallmarks of great friendships. Loyal friends are worth more than apples of gold and silver. E: Endearing qualities are produced when two friends express their friendship and love for each other. S: Super blessed are we when we find our friend soulmates.r

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Communication Skills and Training

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LEARNING ENGLISH IS EASY? There is more to English than meets the eye

IS THERE ONE ENGLISH LANGUAGE? It is often said that the UK and US are two countries divided by the same language. This comment is usually attributed to playwright George Be ard Shaw. The reason why there are differences is because both are living languages, absorbing words and inventing new ones relentlessly. With movies, TV, internet and books, people can translate as they go along on either side of the Atlantic. Nevertheless there still seems to be wide differences between the two cultures. COMMUNICATION IS MUCH MORE JUST LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGEr

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Communication Skills and Training

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Crucial language questions: Do you want better English?

THE TWO Es TO LANGUAGE PROFICIENCYr

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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