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168 Ways To Communicate Better Now 90 – 91 – 92

90.  Question.

Question yourself.

Question your assumptions.

Question pat answers.

Question simple answers to complex questions.

Question complex answers to simple questions. 

 91. Read widely.

You ‘Il learn more.

You ‘II have more interesting things to talk about.

You ‘II set an example.

Read aloud to children.

Share what you read. 

92. Rejoice.

People will want to be around you.

You ‘II feel better.

You ‘II be a magnet for good things.

 

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Read! Read! Read! – Key 34

          Reading opens the world to us, stretches our imagination, kindles our knowledge and takes us far outside and deep inside ourselves. Reading takes us places we could never visit in person and introduces us to people we would never meet. If you read, you have the world at your finger tips. By reading you can find instructions for how to do almost anything. The Internet has opened the great libraries of the world to us. We can sit at our kitchen table and read newspapers from the four corners of the earth. We can track our ancestors or learn to bake an apple pie. Reading opens new opportunities for conversation and to share what we have read. Read aloud to a child, a loved one or a friend.

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Keep Learning – Key 30

Keep learning

            Resolve to learn at least one new thing every day. With the speed of knowledge today there is plenty to learn. Take advantage of bits and pieces of time to learn. Keep a book or magazine with you and read in those waits at the airport or the doctor’s office. Listen to your friends. Ask questions. Read the newspaper. Go to the library. Watch the news. My graduate students are among the younger generation that does not read newspapers. After a semester of being required to do so, most confess that they have not only enjoyed the assignment, but intend to keep up the practice after they leave my class. Take notes on ideas that interest you so that you can do further research later.

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Stay Involved – Key 28

Stay involved

            Involve yourself in causes that you believe in. Join a team, a church, a gym, a community action group. Volunteer. You are needed. There are more opportunities to be helpful than you can ever imagine. Our nation runs on volunteers. Ask your friends what they do. Every community, organization or church needs helping hands, active brains and warm hearts. Tutor a child. Read to children in the hospital or to those who have lost their sight. Drive a neighbor to a doctor’s appointment or to the market.

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