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An Easy way to improve your English daily
Professional clients and students often ask me – "what is the best way to improve my English quickly?" They don’t realize that the gadget they're carrying around can help in a variety of ways beyond the apps they may have on it. Using a smartphone or laptop to record...
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Presenting your work
Anyone in a design or art-related degree (including VFX, animation, etc) will have to present your work in a formal way at some point. If you’re a master’s student, your progress and even degree can depend on how well you do this. One of the main weaknesses I’ve seen...
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Writing presentation decks
Working with clients recently on their presentation decks and reports, I've been reminded that one fundamental and simple approach to organization can make your writing clearer and more logical: This technique is known as PEEL. It's used in American universities for...
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One secret to self-discipline
According to a 2013 study by Wilhelm Hoffman, people with high self control are happier than those without. The study discovered this is true because the self disciplined subjects were more capable of dealing with goal conflicts. These people spent less time debating...
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How to succeed in the U.S. in Business or University
How to succeed in the U.S. in Business or University If you’re a foreign national working in the U.S. or a foreign student enrolled in a degree program here, there are two critical points to remember if you want to be successful. Especially if you have any plans to...
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Tips on Academic Writing
One of the big challenges of academic writing is that it forces you to think and work in ways that most of us don’t in the course of daily life. It’s not just that you have be logical and coherent — that part’s not always difficult. It’s that you have to participate...
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Should I hire a Business English tutor or consultant?
If you’re a foreign-born professional currently working at a company in the Bay Area, you know that there are a lot of challenges involved that make the English language issues you’re facing more difficult. For example, one of the most common problems my business...
read moreYes, You Can Survive Finals
It being crunch time and all, it's not a bad idea to think about why students sometimes give up or just 'never fail to fail'. If you're stressed and overwhelmed, help is available! Studies show that that a prime reason why students fail college is a lack of study and...
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Zen and the fine art of academic success
Finding clarity and motivation aren't just things that actors have to deal with. Students often lose their sense of why they're studying, why they're going to class, what the point of it all is, and how long they will be able to continue slogging through the drudgery...
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How to Brainstorm
In this post, I’ll to give you some suggestions on how to kickstart your brainstorming process and optimize the way you come up with new ideas for essays or other creative and academic projects. 1)Freewriting: When you freewrite, you just write down whatever comes...
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Halloween in the Castro 2016
The huge 250,000 person Castro Halloween block parties in San Francisco are a thing of the past – so don’t head to the Castro expecting a massive street party. The streets will not be blocked and traffic flows normally. But the Castro on Halloween is actually still a...
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