A. addicted B. pleasing C. limited D. baggage E. conscious F. quotation G. operating H. imposed I. strings J. informative K. sinking |
Who’s in control of your life? Who is pulling your
So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug—we are
But just as with any drug there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom—the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their own
So how can we take back control? I think there’s only one way—make a(n)
A. referring B. refresh C. pin D. occurred E. acknowledging F. identify G. drain H. discouraged I. specific J. negative K. specifically |
Make a Wish List
Most of us know of New Year’s Resolutions, where one sets intentions for the year ahead. But too often, people make their resolutions
So instead, try a wish list. This involves writing down 100 things you would like to do in the year ahead. The items can be enormous or tiny, ranging from “Climb Everest” to “buy a new pencil sharper”. The main thing is that at some point it has
The key here is — write it down.
Do you feel any resistance to the ideas? If so, ask yourself why. What is wrong with
It helps to be
Finally, you have your list. And what a work of beauty it is. Here are all the things that you would like to do. Remember to
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I’ve been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinction and one practice that has helped my writing
Trying to criticize writing while it is still in progress is most possibly the single greatest
The practice that can help you pass your
Now you have raw materials that you can begin to work with using the critical mind that you’ve persuaded to sit on the side and watch quietly. Most likely, you will believe that this will take more time than you actually have and you will end up staring blankly at the pages as the deadline draws near.
Instead of staring at a blank screen, start filling it with words no matter how bad they are. Halfway through your
A. learned B. processes C. revise D. create E. parallel F. available G. barrier H. captured I. objective J. finished K. flowing |
A. held B. piled C. restless D. heaped E. still F. constant G. normal H. gathered I. eyes J. scent K. rule |
Crazy is our new normal. With two teenage boys and three little boys, our family is
“Embrace it. Roll with it,” my husband, Lonny, says, “It’s going to be like this for a while.”
He is right. It’s likely that life will continue to go forward before it slows down. But I remembered the
One night, after a particularly full day and evening games, our family
The moon was full. The Mississippi River, flowing past our home, was smooth as glass. I wrapped my own arms around the son who sat on my lap and breathed deeply to inhale his little-boy
I realized that while crazy is our new
A.definitely;B.suffering;C.acceptance;D.discouraged;E. supposedly F.terms;G.optimism;H.sustained;I. punishing;J.favored;K.obstacle |
Happiness is not natural.It is a here human construct. A state of contentment(let alone happiness) is
Chasing happiness is like chasing an elusive ghost, but the positive thinking industry claims to know its secrets.Self-help was popularized by Norman Vincent Peale, a colorful American pastor,
Popular films and books are full of
The self-help genre is not a homegeneous beast, however. It is,in fact, ironie how self-help books on happiness and those on how to make it big in life are lumped together in the same bookshop shelves, given that many of the former tell us that caring too much about the latter is the main
The inevitable clash between mandatory
I believe that coming to
A. impact B. pursue C. superiority D. address E. consciously F. lack G. reluctantly H. opposite I. involved J. specific K. limited |
Although literally hundreds of traps can open a gateway to team disaster, the following traps are among the most common ones that need to be discussed.
Leader Abdication (退位)
Some managers, in their sincere efforts to be good team leaders, make a serious mistake: they withdraw from their group and
Team Arrogance (自大)
A team can become so focused on achieving its own goals that it does not consider the
Undefined Responsibility
In this trap, a team may regularly make decision on which no following action is ever taken. Members are then frustrated by the collective
Short-term Focus
Failure to see the “big picture” can lead a team to
Decision by Default (默认)
Teams that have a tendency to repeatedly postpone difficult decisions will find that their options become increasingly
Participation Tricks
Tricks to increase employee involvement and participation—like suggestion boxes—can actually have the
A. necessarily B. fade C. survive D. expectation E. harsh F. treasure G. quantity H. dramatically I. comfort J. relate K. reflect |
Things I’ve Learned From My First Year Of High School
I just finished my first year of high school, and it has been
1. You’re expected to demonstrate maturity and responsibility
High school teachers won’t
High school teachers enforce higher standards, and most don’t tolerate some of the behaviors that were acceptable in middle school. Again, the goal is to prepare you for college and real life. Even if the
2. Find out who your true friends are
Genuine friends are friends that you can tell everything to and they will not tell anyone else without your permission. They are also there whenever you need them, whether that is to rant or you just need a shoulder to cry on. When you find your true friends, stick with them. The thing about friends is: quality over
To be honest, high school is not easy at first, but with time, you will get to appreciate and
A. emphasis B. compliments C. attempt D. current E. create F. reverse G. confidently H. fades I. simplify J. positively |
The business of beauty is shining everywhere. Women are spending much of their time and money on buying beauty products in order to get
Youthful beauty
Believe that you have an inner self to explore and that you are willing to let yourself develop your innate talents and gifts. Here are a few quotes about
“Go
“Often people
A. waste B. universal C. emotional D. endure E. expose F. inspired G. prize H. reality |
The Blooms of the Blood Thorns
The master said You must write what you see.
But what I see does not move me.
The master answered Change what you see.
—Louise Gluck
The rosebush of life is inevitably threaded with far more thorns (荆棘) than it ever is of blooms. In order to grasp one of those blossoms we come upon on occasion in life, we have to
Life is full of pricks. From the loss of loved ones, to the pain of one-sided love, to the hopes we held for our lives that ran up against the cold steel walls of
The newly-crowned Nobel-winning American poet-laureate (桂冠诗人) Louise Gluck realized, when she was young, the redemptive (救赎的) power that
The poet, however, used these experiences as a(n) base for her poems. She filled books with the painful lessons her traumas (创伤) taught her. She squeezed the blood drawn by these experiences into her inkwell. She exorcized (驱除) the everyday traumas of her life — loss, desire, sadness and isolation — with the steady scratch of her pen on the page.
The themes of loss are
strive for greatness wipe out die out be committed to be to blame in one's attempt to get ahead up to in short take action set so apart at risk of boil down to |
Why do Olympic athletes push themselves to the limits? One of the Olympic triathletes personifies the phrase herself.
To get to the top, she has made an endless list of sacrifices and it
Having been through fears and tears, she never regrets. To reach the winner's platform, athletes should