Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Visualizer Vocabulary
I believe that an enriched vocabulary can change lives!
So why is it that so few individuals possess extraordinary word inventories?
The most obvious reason is that they have to overcome the way they were taught.
I have a decade of classroom teaching from the slums of Brooklyn and the Bronx to the the wealthy suburbs of Miami.
Most teahers have no idea how to introduce students to words.
Go into most classrooms today and you will witness teachers assigning new words to students with the same instructions students have received for the past century.
Learn these words by Friday.
Memorize their definitions.
Write a sentence with each new word.
Test on Friday.
The good students will learn the words anyway, even though they will temporarily forget them over the weekend.
The challenged student, with no word building formula being taught, has no clue and will soon lose interest in building their personal vocabualary.
And yet, there has always been a formula available to learn new words.
It doesn't include memorization.
It has nothing to do with writing gratuitous sentences.
It has everything to do with owning the word forever and not renting it until test day.
And you will still ace that test on Friday.
Some people call my vocabulary teaching Visualizer Vocabulary.
Whatever you call it, it is the only vocabulary building tool you will ever need in life.
So why is it that so few individuals possess extraordinary word inventories?
The most obvious reason is that they have to overcome the way they were taught.
I have a decade of classroom teaching from the slums of Brooklyn and the Bronx to the the wealthy suburbs of Miami.
Most teahers have no idea how to introduce students to words.
Go into most classrooms today and you will witness teachers assigning new words to students with the same instructions students have received for the past century.
Learn these words by Friday.
Memorize their definitions.
Write a sentence with each new word.
Test on Friday.
The good students will learn the words anyway, even though they will temporarily forget them over the weekend.
The challenged student, with no word building formula being taught, has no clue and will soon lose interest in building their personal vocabualary.
And yet, there has always been a formula available to learn new words.
It doesn't include memorization.
It has nothing to do with writing gratuitous sentences.
It has everything to do with owning the word forever and not renting it until test day.
And you will still ace that test on Friday.
Some people call my vocabulary teaching Visualizer Vocabulary.
Whatever you call it, it is the only vocabulary building tool you will ever need in life.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
WHO ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS?
Who are your customers?
I often ask my business owner students this interrogatory as an appetizer?
Who are your customers, clients, patients, etc.
Who are they?
Some entrepreneurs are caught off guard by my question.
What do you mean who are they? They are human beings like everyone else.
But I persist.
Have you taken the time to find out what makes them different than others?
Why would they be seeking you?
What is the common bond?
If they have bought from you before, have you a program in place to remain connected to them?
If you have sold a customer before, have you asked them directly why they first bought from you and kept a record of their response?
What are their interests?
What are their hobbies?
What makes them unique?
In discovering the uniqueness of those to whom you sell your products and services, you might very well discover your own uniqueness as well.
I often ask my business owner students this interrogatory as an appetizer?
Who are your customers, clients, patients, etc.
Who are they?
Some entrepreneurs are caught off guard by my question.
What do you mean who are they? They are human beings like everyone else.
But I persist.
Have you taken the time to find out what makes them different than others?
Why would they be seeking you?
What is the common bond?
If they have bought from you before, have you a program in place to remain connected to them?
If you have sold a customer before, have you asked them directly why they first bought from you and kept a record of their response?
What are their interests?
What are their hobbies?
What makes them unique?
In discovering the uniqueness of those to whom you sell your products and services, you might very well discover your own uniqueness as well.
Monday, June 09, 2008
TIGER WOODS AND YOU!
I am planning on being in New York later this year.
In September my amazing Class of 1968 will throw a weekend party.
Three weeks later, an idea which I visualized 3 years ago will come to life.
10 members of my High School, representing over 50 classes from 1954 forward will be inducted in to the founding class of the Walt Whitman High School Hall of Fame.
Now I just have to find a way to deal with how I am going to get away.
My email course keeps growing and growing.
It seems like there is no end of students who want to go from being a C student to an A student overnight.
Yes, I do teach that formula.
But today, I have to deal with inquiries from parents and students based on an entirely different event I will be visiting this weekend.
Tiger Woods is in San Diego.
The headline screams out in today's Los Angeles Times:
HE'S AHEAD OF THE GAME
TIGER WOODS HAS ALL THE PHYSICAL TOOLS BUT IT HIS ABILITY TO MENTALLY HANDLE THE MOST PRESSURE-FILLED MOMENTS THAT SENDS HIM TO ANOTHER LEVEL
I have been writing about Tiger Woods for years.
He has a formula built into his mind which helps him play golf at a level like none other.
He has a mind which helped him get into Stanford even if he wasn't already a golfing legend.
This all flows from a formula based on the teachings of his parents.
It's the same formula I have taught my own children and thousands of students.
And maybe someday soon, I will teach it to you or your children.
We need more Tiger Woods in society.
It would be good for the world.
And I am not just talking about golf.
In September my amazing Class of 1968 will throw a weekend party.
Three weeks later, an idea which I visualized 3 years ago will come to life.
10 members of my High School, representing over 50 classes from 1954 forward will be inducted in to the founding class of the Walt Whitman High School Hall of Fame.
Now I just have to find a way to deal with how I am going to get away.
My email course keeps growing and growing.
It seems like there is no end of students who want to go from being a C student to an A student overnight.
Yes, I do teach that formula.
But today, I have to deal with inquiries from parents and students based on an entirely different event I will be visiting this weekend.
Tiger Woods is in San Diego.
The headline screams out in today's Los Angeles Times:
HE'S AHEAD OF THE GAME
TIGER WOODS HAS ALL THE PHYSICAL TOOLS BUT IT HIS ABILITY TO MENTALLY HANDLE THE MOST PRESSURE-FILLED MOMENTS THAT SENDS HIM TO ANOTHER LEVEL
I have been writing about Tiger Woods for years.
He has a formula built into his mind which helps him play golf at a level like none other.
He has a mind which helped him get into Stanford even if he wasn't already a golfing legend.
This all flows from a formula based on the teachings of his parents.
It's the same formula I have taught my own children and thousands of students.
And maybe someday soon, I will teach it to you or your children.
We need more Tiger Woods in society.
It would be good for the world.
And I am not just talking about golf.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Study With Me and Change Your Life!
For the first time in 2008, I am accepting students to study with me one-one via email.
It should be quite a journey.
Want to make more money?
Do you need to discover balance in your life?
Will having a mental game enhance the sport you play?
Do you or someone you love want to become an "A" student overnight?
Are you looking to attract the love of your life?
Have you given up hope that any of the above can happen?
I am here to tell you my formula is proof that it can happen and it can start tonight.
Send me an email telling me what is missing in your life.
We can find it together.
It should be quite a journey.
Want to make more money?
Do you need to discover balance in your life?
Will having a mental game enhance the sport you play?
Do you or someone you love want to become an "A" student overnight?
Are you looking to attract the love of your life?
Have you given up hope that any of the above can happen?
I am here to tell you my formula is proof that it can happen and it can start tonight.
Send me an email telling me what is missing in your life.
We can find it together.
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