Amanaskedhisfather-in-law,"Manypeoplepraisedyouforasuccessfulmarriage.Couldyoupleasesharewithmeyoursecret?"
Thefather-in-lawansweredinasmile,"Nevercriticizeyourwifeforhershortcomingsorwhenshedoessomethingwrong.Alwaysbearinmindthatbecauseofhershortcomingsandweaknesses,shecouldnotfindabetterhusbandthan
you."
Wealllookforwardtobeinglovedandrespected.Manypeopleareafraidoflosingface.General...[
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TRUSTisaveryimportantfactorforallrelationships.Whentrustisbroken,itistheendoftherelationship.Lackoftrustleadstosuspicion,suspiciongeneratesanger,angercausesenmityandenmitymayresultinseparation.
Afemaletelephoneoperatorreceivedaphonecalloneday.Sheanswered,"PublicUtilitiesBoard."Therewassilence.Sherepeated,"PUB."Therewasstillnoanswer.Whenshewasgoingtocutofftheline,sheheardalady'svoice,"Oh,
s...[
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Averyoldladylookedinthemirroronemorning.Shehadthreeremaininghairsonherhead,andbeingapositivesoul,shesaid,"IthinkI'llbraidmyhairtoday."Soshebraidedherthreehairs,andshehadagreatday.Somedayslater,lookinginthemirroronemorning,preparingforherday,shesawthatshehadonlytwohairsremaining."Hmm,two
hairs...Ifancyacentrepartingtoday."Shedulypartedhertwohairs,andasever,shehadagreatday.Aweekorsolater,shesawt...[
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PlanB2.0:RescuingaPlanetUnderStressandaCivilizationinTrouble(NY:W.W.Norton&Co.,2006).
FreeonlinebookofPlanB2.0
http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB2/Contents.htm
VideopresentationinCambridgeForum
http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3062
LesterR.BrownhasbeendescribedbytheWashingtonPostas"oneoftheworld'smostinfluentialthinkers."TheTelegraphofCalcuttacall...[
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MylittledaughterAmyisfiveyearsold.Sheisakindergartener.
ItakecareofAmyallthetime.Sheisverycuteandadorable.Sheisalsoveryopenandsmart.
Whenwegrowup,welostalotofpreciouscharacterspossessedbykids.Acturally,thosecharactersareverycriticalforoursuccess.
IlearnedalotfromAmy.
1.Totalkwithoutanyfear.
Asakid,Amydoesnothaveanyfearofspeaking.Shecouldspeaktoanybody.Shecouldexpressherself,her...[
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StutteronSale!
StutteronSale!
StutteronSale!WhenIwasalittleboy,Istuttered.Iwastoldalotoftrickstoovercomemystutteringproblem.Oneofthetricksis"StutteronSale".IwastoldthatinarainydayIwouldgooutonstreet(villiage)andshout“StutteronSale”whilestrikingagong,likeapeddlersellinggoods.Ifsomebodycamebyandaskedtobuy,Icouldsellittohim.Iwouldgetridofthestutteringproblemandotherpersonwouldgett...[
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March16,2003TheStutteringDoctor's'MonsterStudy'ByGRETCHENREYNOLDSWendellJohnsonwasatall,knobby20-year-oldfarmboywhenhearrivedattheUniversityofIowainIowaCitytostudyEnglishin1926.TheclasspresidentandvaledictorianofhistinyhighschoolinRoxbury,Kan.,Johnsonwasengaging,''quiteaclown''intheestimationofthefolksbackhome.Healsostutteredgrotesquely,oftenrenderedspeechlessbytheimpediment.Hisinabilitytoexpressh...[
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Toansweryourquestion.Ithinkthatanxietyis
verymuchrelatedtostuttering.Infactmyadvice
wouldbetotrytoreducetheanxietyifpossibleand
trytoacceptthestuttering.theacceptingithelps
tocureitwhilefightingitmakesitworse.Asto
howdoyoureduceanxietyyoushouldtrytopick
friendsandassociatesthataremoreacceptingand
avoidthosethatmakeyouuncomfortable.(My
brotherwassomewhatmeanspiriteda...[
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HowdidIgetovermystuttering.
Ithinkthatitwasmywifethathelpedmegetover
itbutitwaswithoutevertalkingaboutstuttering.
Itwasinsteadaprocesswherethingsseemedtoget
slowlybetter.Shehastwoattributesthatreally
helped.
Thefirstisthatsheisapositivepersonandnever
seesthingsinanegativelight.Ifwegosomewhere
andthestoreisclosedshewillpickanewerrand
andsimplychangetasksinsteadof...[
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Ithinkthereisawaytolearnnottostutter.Itisalearnedprocessandmaytakealongtime.Itistheresultofmyconsideringmyownstutteringwhichhasbeenmostlygoneforthelast10yearsorso.HoweverwhenIamfacedwithcertaintriggersitcomesback.
Partofthesolutionistochoosethosethatwedealwith.InmycaseIthinkmystutteringwasinsomepartpurposefullycausedbymyolderbrother.OneofthethingshedidwastointerruptingmeattheexactpointwhenIwas...[
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