Notes on Thanksgiving…..
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Travel as a Political Act
Kim and his blues Kim and I have always been travelers, before we met each other, and together for the past 30 something years.  In fact, the day I met Kim, back in 1978, he told me about his recent travels to South America with his friends (and now mine), Jim  and Bob.  He told me all about going to Colombia and staying with Bob’s fa

My Famous Chicken Salad – A Translation
 A lot of our clients have asked me for the recipe for what I call Boni’s Famous Chicken Salad .”  I am happy to share it with you, but of course, it comes with a story about it that I have to tell you first.  Have they been into our dinner again? For Those Who Like to Eat  No, for you neighbors who are reading this, and you know who you are, it is not the story

Listen Up!
Last post I was talking about how to gain 1000 hours of immersion in the English language.  Of course I want you to come and study with me, but most people can’t afford to spend 10 weeks with me.  So, here’s how to accelerate your learning with  immersion on your own. Passive Listening Here is a simple idea that really helps.  Just have someone speaking English in the background of your daily life.  Keep the television or radio tuned to an English-speaking channel while you go about what you would normally do.  Don’t try to focus on what you are listening to.  Just let the sounds of the language wash over you and inhabit y

10,000 Hours of Immersion
10,000 Hours to Mastery I know I’ve talked about Malcolm Gladwell’s books often with my clients.  Many of you have already read them, and put some of his ideas and observations to use in your businesses.  I read his book, “Outliers,” this past summer, and found it, once again, to be very thought provoking.  If you have not yet read it, I highly recommend it. One of Gladwell’s assertions in this book is that it takes 10,000 hours of doing something to gain mastery of it.  Of course, people have different levels of natural talent for things, and different abilities to learn, but, essentially