Today’s English blog for students wishing to improve their English language skills is my message of encouragement to get better and improve career prospects. Actually, the article is a motivation-booster!
Finally, I’m having the time of my life. I’ve got time to work, but also wait and drink an espresso, hit the gym, toggle between my family and friends, phone my mum in England, and write this blog. Time management has been my goal. Come to think about it, it has taken me years to organize myself to a state of control that only those generally classed as successful are able to have.
However, it doesn’t have to be that way because time management is simply the art of allocation. You see, you have to break the days and weeks up and work according to needs. Then refine your workload and streamline performance. Of course, this doesn’t happen overnight. There is a strategic approach to it, and quite honestly you have to become time greedy.
Putting yourself first isn’t wrong, but rather fighting for your rights and acceptance. Others might frown upon you, but then that is the way they see it. You have come to the conclusion that it has to be your way or the highway. You need to improve, you need to be consistent, you need to organize your life and make everything flow in accordance with your desires. Once you get there then you can shuffle it because you are in control.
No one gets there by chance. Just because you are there, doesn’t mean you will make it forever. In fact, people struggle throughout life by learning, trying not to repeat their mistakes, and stretching themselves to find a better way forward. I have been a good example of this most of my career. My situation by many people’s standard might not be incredible, but for me it is sufficient at this moment in time.
If we have got to the point that we are really content and happy with ourselves and family, then having such a connection to them and society with security to prosper, it is no wonder we feel an awe-inspiring force to delve into fulfillment and satisfaction.
We are a byproduct of what we do, just as what Dennis Waterman once said in Minder, the British TV comedy series shown from 1979 to 1994, “We are what we eat!” That is also true to some degree. If we put crap in, we get crap out.
Abel Ferreira, Palmeiras coach took a course on coaching during his player career. Jumping forward, now he is one of the world’s top coaches and true inspiration. He made headway to become a professional player, and after years of playing, getting a knee injury and having to quit, and then continuing in soccer as a professional coach. He learned well, and uses his own experiences to help aspiring players.
It is interesting to build rapport, as he says he never realized he would become what he is today; a truly remarkable person who can help players get into the best form of their lives, and contribute enthusiastically during games, winning often world class clubs, and never losing track of the objective.
Yes, he has his good and bad days like all of us, but he continues to search for alternatives and robust methods to get his point across while putting himself on the same par as teenagers who need encouragement to shine, and remembering his past experiences along the way which contribute to molding them into the cream of the crop.
No wonder Palmeiras younger stars are scouted from overseas, and purchased for million of Euros.
Take care!
Prof. Carl Boniface
Vocabulary builder:
Toggle (v) = to switch between two different options for (something, such as a computer setting) usually by pressing a single button or a simple key combination. "To toggle the sound on a computer off and on."
Your way or the highway (idiom) = used for saying that someone will only accept their own way of doing something: Some coaches say, "it's my way or the highway". People say he is unbending, that it's his way or the highway. Many male directors bring a "my way or the highway" approach to directing.
Shuffle (v) = to mix up the playing cards for example is to shuffle them. You can also shuffle your daily routine up by changing the timeliness of your tasks.
No wonder (idiom) = used to say that something is not surprising. (It's) No wonder you're hungry; you didn't have any breakfast.
Awe-inspiring (adj) = overwhelming, grand, breathtaking, tremendous, splendid, amazing, awesome, fearsome (impressive), astounding, humbling
Byproduct (n) = spinoff, consequence, result, derivative, offshoot, side effect
Crap (n) = something of extremely poor quality. BRITISH Talk at length in a foolish or boring way.
Chap (n) gentleman, guy, male, lad, bloke, dude
Quit (v) = leave (a place), usually permanently. Give up or stop. "He quite smoking as a young man."
Aspiring (adj) = wishful, hopeful, ambitious, aspirant, would be, wannabe, seeking, aiming, hoping, desiring
Cream of the crop (idiom) = the best of the best, superior, worthy, excellent, first-rate, high-quality, topnotch, topdrawer
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