Over the last several years I’ve studied confidence. I’ve studied confidence for myself and for you. I know that confidence changes everything. It helps us be our very best selves. It helps us learn and grow at a faster pace. It helps us do our most important work in...

I recently made a very big decision. With such a big decision it would be natural to get stuck in worry and stress about whether or not I was making the right decision. But, instead do you know what I feel? Confident. In this situation, confidence feels peaceful and...

In our home we love watching musicals. Musicals /ˈmyoo-zi-kulz/: movies and plays with singing and dancing. I grew up on them. Now my kids do too. Courage cannot erase our fears My son has been playing “Seize the Day” from Newsies. One line keeps landing: “Courage...

Assumption: a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof. My husband and I are working on the skill of asking for clarification with each other instead of making assumptions. You can probably guess why we’re working on it. Because we’re...

Growth. It’s always uncomfortable. But not growing, feeling stuck and frustrated, is also uncomfortable and tends to last much longer. This reminds me of a story Rory Vaden told in his book titled “Take The Stairs”. Rory grew up in Colorado in the US and noticed a big...

When someone says sound familiar, they mean you recognize it. You have heard it, seen it, or lived it before. What does “sound familiar” mean? The phrase is not about how something sounds in your ear, like a noise. It is about recognition. If an idea, a story, or a...

I believe the greatest, most lasting changes that we create in our lives are accomplished one small step at a time. There is no better application of this strategy than while learning and improving languages. As you set a goal to learn one small lesson every day, over...

As the youngest of nine kids, I have always been most comfortable as a quiet observer. I do not like the spotlight. It still makes me laugh that my face is now on Pronunciation Pro videos. Are you scared like me? When I first started, I tried to stay in the...

Do you want to know the #1 secret to making friends and having influence on others? Take your attention off of yourself and think primarily about, and from the perspective of, the other person. Help them feel important. Help them feel appreciated. Help them feel...

“I hope you learned your lesson” is not a friendly wrap-up after class. In American English it means I hope you learned from a mistake, usually after something went wrong. People also search “I hope you learned something” and “hope you learned your lesson.” Those...