A lot of self help gurus out there are big on affirmations, and tell us to keep using positive affirmations. I love to help myself, so I started using them years ago. I still do, but they are certainly the pale cousins to visualization. So I started using visualization a while back too. But I [...]
A Winning Book II I wrote earlier about Dr Kerry Spackman’s book “The Winner’s Bible“. In it, he directs you, the reader to make your own Winner’s Bible. That is the key, he believes, to making lasting and even permanent change in your brain. You see, lots of other authors tell you this and that, and [...]
I feel I am successful, I feel successful. And I choose my own definition of success. Part of my success is here in my Smith’s School of English in Ikoma, and part is with my family and personal life. But I am not one to rest on my laurels. I want more success. That’s why [...]
I started up Smith School Of English in Ikoma about five years ago, but yesterday was the first time I went to a local park for a BBQ picnic. It was great! There were several other families in the same area having their picnics for the holiday too. I was surprised by how convenient it was [...]
Well the results are in now, and here at Ikoma Smith’s School of English. We are in a winning situation. All the kids who wrote the listening test passed, for a 100% pass rate. I am amazed at my students, they really seem to like the tests. some of the kids ask their parents very [...]
Have you ever noticed how some students ask you to repeat what you say much more frequently than other students? If you’re like me…
Tomorrow, I have an opportunity to meet our founder, Mark Smith. He’s coming out to my school (スミス英会話 生駒) for a bit and I hope to gain a lot from meeting with him. I thought about it, and realized that a guy as successful as he is certainly has to have a lot of knowledge and [...]
Tonight I’m trying out some software. This software is called Dragon Naturally Speaking and it lets me dictate into my computer and the computer writes Out all the words that I say. So far I’m pretty
Learning English is a tough task, and one of the things that makes it tough is goal setting. It is really hard to set clear concrete goals for something that you cannot do. It is harder when the task is in a different language because then the thoughts are all foreign, and you cannot think [...]
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