The power of vocabulary

Vocabulary is something many don't really consider as having an importance of what matters the most in life. But the question that begs to be answered is what really matters in life? many would say that money and happiness matter most. What we fail to realize is that the importance of vocabulary is fundamental in getting us in the place in our lives where our vision of the world is expanded which in turn helps us to give a definition to our notion of happiness , Also our ability to make good money depending on the field of career reposes on being able to communicate well , and the use of vocabulary is paramount to that happening
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There has also been a study conducted on prisoners. What was discovered was that among the inmates subjects of study, the lesser the level of vocabulary, the poorer the behavior. which simply means that the inmates with less vocabulary arsenal have the tendency to be aggressive     ,.
Although the study has been conducted on inmates, the question of vocabulary applies to all humans .
Conversely , we all may have noticed that those  who are great communicators are also great leaders and vocabulary is factor of  great communication skills.

It is a simple test of truth that you can attest to see the transformation.
Simply you can only comprehend , you can only translate what you see, hear, or even feel through the means of vocabulary, also you can only convey your inner feelings and thoughts using vocabulary.

By taking active engagement to increase your vocabulary, your vision of the world would completely be transformed.

Why dreaming big

  Any human creation or accomplishment begins with a dream, an idea, a thought, an impulse that has undergone transformation into its material or physical equivalent. Dreaming is part of our psyche and it is up to us to make it conscious. we then have the ability and the absolute freedom to stretch it or to file it away in our subconscious mind. Unfortunately many choose the latter option and that is why apparently 97% are stacked at the bottom, only few who dare to dream really big arrive at the top.
My idea of dreaming big is not about what one would have accumulated or accomplished , everyone knows what one gets being at the top, but rather I want to explicate what it would make of anyone to dream really big.

Let 'us consider as an example what many today would more likely pick as a goal; To become a millionaire or to some rare cases, a billionaire.
If I take this example, it is not about the money in itself, but it is about one can become in trying to legitimately accumulate that amount.

A year ago, I received one dollar bill as part of my change after I bought my favorite cookie'n cream at the grocery store. It was until the next day I wanted to use it to buy something else that I noticed that somebody had a sense of humor, it was engraved on two corners of the bill one million in number, I quickly retrieved it from the cashier and put it back in my wallet. later I took a good look at the bill again, as if by the swing of the magic wand , I had a sudden inspiration, I made up my mind then and there that I were to become a millionaire.
That was then that the  journey began for me.

I have to say it is an immense great felling not only to know where we are heading, but also to know that the destination of our journey is like a Promise land or an El Dorado of Voltaire in Candid. The journey is all together a delectable feat . It is the same as the preparation of a big holiday like Christmas or Thanksgiving, The true enjoyment is not at the end of a journey, because the end brings with it the challenge of its own.

What we become as result of that journey it all that matters the most. The reality is that we can loose all that we have accumulated and turn around and make it back easily because by then we would have learned and become what it takes to make millions.

From thoughts to things video

When thoughts become things

         It is remarkable and even unbelievable that all that is human creation has once been a simple idea that could have been easily filed away in the mind of its beholder. It is really something borderline of a mystery. One can only wonder how is it really possible. The transmutation of idea into thing remains in the eyes of many of us something of a magic, an illusion, a reserved area only for a few. While this maybe true that only a few have understood the secret of this accomplishment, it does not imply that we can not access it as well. Now I am going to tell you that anybody can access the secret of transforming thoughts into things.

    In the times of Thomas A. Edison, a man named Edwin C. Barnes created in his mind the idea that he  would go in business with Edison, not work for him. In all accounts it was just not possible.
First, he did not know Edison and second he did not have money to pay for the railroad fair to New Jersey where Edison lived and worked. These difficulties were enough to discourage any man to carry out the desire, but his was no ordinary desire. It could have not been the man's appearance that got him to actually go in business with Edison, for that was definitely against him. He was rejected many times when he even managed to show up at Edison's office. But years later, he became Edison's business partner.

   Thomas Edison, himself, tried and failed thousand times the configuration of inventing the light bulb, which he later said in one Press interview that it was actually one thousand steps to invent the light bulb.

     Henry Ford saw in his mind and instructed his engineers to produce a design of an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block. All engineers agreed that it was just not possible. He told them to do it anyway and they argued that it was unthinkable. But Ford was nothing but persistent and ordered them to go ahead with it if they were to remain employed. Months went by and nothing happened, six months later there was no progress. After a year, Ford checked with them, by then they have tried every conceivable combination with no success, but he told them that he wanted it and that he would have it. It was only then, if by stroke of luck that the secret was discovered. Let's not forget that Ford didn't have any schooling and was labeled ignorant.

      History provides us with the number of those individuals who have achieved remarkable success, often times they have attempted the height of glory despite sometimes subsequent setbacks and obstacle. But the majority of us believe that those individuals are genius, that there is something different about them, we often say they possess a sixth sense, a third eye and so on. Yes they are different because they understand what many don't. they understand that thoughts become things. they understand that in order for the former to become the latter, one must simply apply the principles of success. what does that really mean? it simply means that there is a number of principles that when followed one can indeed think and grow rich: A definite purpose,  a burning desire,  action and persistence are the few of the most important to attain great heights.

     The stories of those men of past and present clearly illustrate that thoughts can become things.
If we only start with Thomas A Edison and Henri Ford, we will find out thousands of individuals who have follow the simple philosophy of success have gathered wealth and riches. So anybody who applies them , it is a sure thing, will succeed. Napoleon Hill under the mentorship of Andrew Carnegie spent many decades analyzing  thousands of successful individuals to be able to discover the philosophy of success that he clearly elaborates in Think And Grow Rich.

coming to America

coming to America underscores the problem integration that is part of personal development,
The more one can progressively integrate themselves in a specific society the more likely they become successful in that society.

Integration is an important aspect of personal development.

Do you ever wonder why so many people struggle out there in general?
Although many things could justify this, reasons such as high unemployment, bad economy, social unbalance, so much politics just to mention a few, in fact anyone can draw their own list of human sufferings' causes, there is one aspect of personal development that is fundamental to one's success . No one thinks of it as being important simply because of the fact that It is overlooked. It is the process of  Integration.

Among other things that can contribute to  one's unsuccessful life in the given society, the lack of certain degree of integration is the most important component of a striving life.
In the research in understanding what makes some people successful and others not so successful, I came to discover this one element never mentioned in any of the books, articles, audiobooks and videos that I have read, listened and watched .as being one thing that is contributor to success.

It is simple to understand that, once you exercise the freedom to choose to live in the different society, you must go through the process of integration which defined by Merriam Webster as the process of incorporating as equal in the society or in the groups of individuals. This definition underscores the process of adaptation, of learning the way of life of those around you. An important aspect to mention here is that integration is not only the thing of a person in the new society, but also of any person living with new groups of individuals. The example of the latter being that if you live in the community of foreigners from a specific part of the world , it is wise to learn their way of life.

I have seen many who find life to be very difficult when they have not bothered to improve in their integration process. just like personal development, it is a continuous process..
the question is how can things be better when you have not improved in things like language skills which is the key factor of integration. There is no point at which one can say "I know enough of this or that language" or " I am fully and completely integrated"

Integration is like the tree trunk that branches off others aspects of personal development. It is by learning a language, social, political, economical cultures of a given society that one can claim to
have added value to oneself and thereby becoming valuable to the market place.

Improve your life through fitness

            Improving your life, in many regards implies improving yourself. One can only improve oneself through personal development. There are many ways one can become better and one of the ways I want to mention here it fitness.
            Hitting the gym or hopping on the treadmill is how it can be accomplished
 Exercise is therefore a one sure way to feed your self assurance and your self confidence, because during exercise the brain releases certain chemicals that are of the nature of conditioning your feeling during and after exercise.
When you do work out , you feel great, energetic, strong and powerful.
you may remember some guys after pumping iron, they change the way they walk, they change their posture.
Although some may exaggerate but there is a sense of self assurance and self confidence, that alone is catalytic enough to your overall happiness .
Remember the law of attraction that says "like attracts like"
By being happy even as a result of having worked out, you are sending a signal to the universe to bring things, circumstances and events that will help maintain your happiness.
Exercise away , the advice is on me.