When I make more money…When I get married…When I get settled…Are you waiting for “When”? When things get easier…When I’m not as busy…When the kids grow up…Are you waiting for “When”? What steps are missing between here and “When”?Is our “When” even possible or so far off that it is left to chance?“When” will never …
If you follow me on anything, you know that I’m a Veteran Marine. I’m not super hard core, nor did I get sent to the Middle East, but I did get to carry some awesome machine guns including the M240 Gulf and the M249 Saw into trainings (our Colonel for our POG unit was a …
We all are experts in our area, but does our audience engagement and size reflect that? Many of us have teaching or speaking experience. Our main goal of creating an online course should be to help our audience/clients improve in the area we excel in. But what will my audience think? What will they really …
like Tony Robbins does Tony Robbins is not a motivational speaker only because he was born to speak, he has natural talent, or he is saying something new. He may have a natural talent for speaking but without practicing the techniques used to appeal to his audience, he would not be successful. Most of the time, he …
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When will people start coming to my website? When will people follow me? When will they see all my hard work? Unfortunately though, just because you build it doesn’t mean they will come. We have all struggled with this in our online marketing, sales, and social media work. We can be the best in our …
I get the whole idea that it is important to claim expert status… but come on people, be an actual expert first. I know that many of us feel like we are “faking it” because many of us need to be confident because we truly are experts in our field but our confidence in ourselves …
News is fake news if: The information was created with an emotional, angry or happy, news castor, it’s fake news. The information has little to no reference to what the original text or speaker said, it’s fake news. The news castor ONLY picked out the pieces that they agree or disagree with to pick apart, it’s …
What do we need to do to really connect to this generation of students? How can we inspire them to accomplish and learn without feeling like we need to do it for them? Can we use the new forum of webinars, workshops, and blog articles with condensed and concise information to hold their attention and …
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What’s so hard about it? Why do English teachers struggle with teaching writing? What can we do about it? What’s so difficult about teaching writing? For most writers, we are so passionate about writing and practice is so much that we learn the skills without realizing it. Think about it like this: What is something that …
Downloadable Worksheet Time— Rhetorical Appeals: for analyzing expository texts!! Who else is excited?!? One thing that I promised you is that I would provide worksheets and activities for you to practice college writing at home at least once a week, so here is the first of many. Description of Rhetorical Appeals Activity: This worksheet is …
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