Excitement Main Text Hi, this is AJ, welcome to our next lesson. This one is called "Excitement." We're going to talk about excitement and I'm going to read a little section from a book called The 4-Hour Work Week, which is a fantastic book. I love this book. In fact, I'm going to do a few lessons based on sections of this book because I really, really love it. I think it's just an incredible book that really has a very creative way of looking at life and work and enjoying...

Excitement Vocabulary Text Hello, this is AJ, welcome to the vocabulary lesson for "Excitement." Let's start. Our first word is specificity, specificity, a little difficult to pronounce, specificity. In fact, many native speakers have trouble pronouncing this word, especially if you say it fast in a sentence, specificity, specificity, specificity. Sometimes have trouble pronouncing it, too, but I'm doing it correctly now, specificity. Specificity is the noun. Specificity means,...

Automatic English For The People Excitement POV Text Hi, this is AJ, welcome to the point of view mini-stories for "Excitement." Let's get started. Since last year Brad has needed money for school. He has been very poor since last year. He lost all his money last year, so since last year he has needed money for school. Of course, he has had a worthwhile purpose for needing money. He's had a worthwhile reason for needing money, during this whole time from last year up...

Automatic English For The People Excitement Mini-Story Text Hi, this is AJ, welcome to the mini-story for "Excitement." * * * ** There was a guy named Brad. Brad was a student. Brad was a poor student, he needed money for school. What was Brad? A student, Brad was a student. What did he need? He needed money, Brad needed money. What did he need money for? For school, Brad needed money for school. What kind of student was Brad? Well, he was a poor student. Brad was a poor student...

Automatic English For The People The Art of Power Vocabulary Text Hello, this is AJ. Welcome to the vocabulary lesson for "The Art of Power." Let's get started right away, here we go. Our first word is subconscious. We've talked about this word already several times, so I'll review it quickly. Subconscious means the deep part of your mind. It's the deep emotions, the deep thoughts. They're not at the top of your mind, you're not thinking about them. You don't realize that they are...

The Art of Power Main Text Hello, this is AJ, welcome to our next lesson. This lesson is called "The Art of Power" and it comes from a book. The topic comes from a book with the same name. The book is called The Art of Power by Thich Nhat Hanh. Thich Nhat Hanh is a Buddhist Monk, he is a Vietnamese Buddhist Monk and really one of my favorite writers, one of my favorite people, one of my favorite teachers. And I've been reading Thich Nhat Hanh's books and listening to his audio teachings...

Hello, this is AJ. Welcome to the POV stories for "The Art of Power." Let's start. Since 2002 Sally has craved chocolate. She has wanted it every day, every hour of her life since 2002. She has become, unfortunately, super fat because she has craved chocolate so much. So Sally, since 2002, has become super fat because she has craved chocolate every day and every hour. Now, of course, during this time she has wanted to lose weight. She has wanted to lose weight all this time. Every day...

The Art of Power Mini-Story Text Hello, welcome to the mini-story for "The Art of Power." Let's begin. * * * * * Sally was a cow. And Sally the cow craved chocolate. She desired chocolate. She had to have chocolate all the time. She always wanted chocolate. She craved it. Who craved chocolate? Sally, Sally the cow craved chocolate. What was Sally? She was a cow. Sally was a cow. How did she feel about chocolate? She craved it. Sally craved chocolate. She wanted it so much. She...

Healthy Heart Vocabulary Text Hi, this is AJ, welcome to the vocabulary lesson for "Healthy Heart." Let's get started. Our first word is fibers, fibers. So in the story there was quote from Herman Melville, he said, “A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men." Fibers are really like strings, basically, it's just strings. It's just long strings. Usually we talk about fibers, for example, in clothing. So if you have, you know...your clothes are made of lots of little fibers that...

Hello, welcome to the point of view stories for "Healthy Heart." Same stories, different points of view, different timeframes, let's start. Since he was a teenager Zach has loved bright, expensive clothes. In fact, since he was a teenager he has always worn conspicuous clothes when he was on the street. He has always been very conspicuous every time he walked on the street, since he was a teenager and continuing until he was an adult, until very recently. And since he was a teenager...

Healthy Heart Mini-Story Text Hello, this is AJ, welcome to the mini-story for "Healthy Heart." As always, let's take a deep breath, leť's get our bodies standing up strong or sitting up strong. Lift your head, big smile on your face. I'm doing it now, so do it with me. Feel good? Let's move a little bit. Let's move our bodies a little bit. I'm standing up right now I can't really move, but l'll jump around a little bit and get my body moving. You move your body, too, and let's start....

Hi, this is AJ, welcome to the next lesson. This one is called “Healthy Heart" and l'm going to talk about, again, a section from Healthy at 100 -- the book Healthy at 100 -- by John Robbins. I've already talked about it a little bit and I'm going to talk about a different section this time. And in this section John Robbins talks about another factor that contributes to a long and healthy life. Now before we talked about diet and what you eat and how that can really affect your healthy,...

Hello, this is AJ. Welcome to the vocabulary lesson for the "Attractor Factor." Now the vocabulary lesson is sometimes a little...not so exciting, right? It's probably the least exciting lesson, so it's even more important that you breathe and you bring your shoulders back and you move your body during this lesson. You have to keep your energy high so you'll focus, so you'll concentrate on the vocabulary lesson. Are you feeling good? Wake up! Let's do it! v Our first word is activate...

Hello, welcome to the POV (Point of View) mini-stories for "Attractor Factor." Let's begin. Since starting 10 years ago, Eve has felt bad. She has felt tried every day. She has had no energy. This started 10 years ago. Before 10 years ago she felt great, but since 10 years ago...you know until now, until recently...she has felt very tried. She has not had energy. She hasn't had energy. In fact, starting 10 years ago she has gotten sick all the time. She has frequently gotten sick,...

Attractor Factor Mini-Story Text Hello, this is AJ. Welcome to the mini-story for "Attractor Factor." Let's begin. There was a cat named Eve. Was Eve a doggy? She was not a doggy, she was a cat. Eve was a cat. She was a cat who decided to abstain from eating mice. What did she abstain from? She abstained from eating mice. Did she abstain from eating chicken or did she abstain from eating mice? Well, she abstained from eating mice. Who abstained from eating mice? Well, Eve. Eve the...

Attractor Factor Main Text Hello, welcome to the next lesson. This is AJ from EffortlessEnglishClub.com. Let's start our next lesson the "Attractor Factor." The Attractor Factor is the name of a book by Joe Vitale. Joe Vitale is an interesting man. He is an Internet marketer and businessman. He's kind of a marketing expert, especially for Internet marketing. But, he also writes about very general topics, how to achieve your goals and how to reach your dreams in life. about He's a very...

Page 1 The Effortless English Club Automatic English For The People Leaders Make Mistakes Vocabulary Text Hello, this is AJ, welcome to the vocabulary lesson for "Leaders Make Mistakes." Let's go to the beginning. They have a phrase "they make no bones about it." Tom Peters says "Leaders make mistakes and they make no bones about it." So that's a little idiom there, to make no bones about something. When you say "they make no bones about it", it means they don't apologize for it or...

Leaders Make Mistakes Mini-Story Text Hello, this is AJ, welcome to the mini-story for "Leaders Make Mistakes." Let's start. * * * * * There were two penguins; their names were Todd and Louis. Todd and Louis were penguins, they lived in Antarctica. Where did Todd and Louis the penguins live? They lived in Antarctica. Did they live in Florida or Antarctica? Well, they lived in Antarctica. What were Todd and Louis? Well, they were penguins. Todd and Louis were penguins. Were they...

Leaders Make Mistakes Mini-Story Text Hello, this is AJ, welcome to the mini-story for "Leaders Make Mistakes." Let's start. * * * * * There were two penguins; their names were Todd and Louis. Todd and Louis were penguins, they lived in Antarctica. Where did Todd and Louis the penguins live? They lived in Antarctica. Did they live in Florida or Antarctica? Well, they lived in Antarctica. What were Todd and Louis? Well, they were penguins. Todd and Louis were penguins. Were they...

Leaders Make Mistakes Main Text Hello, this is AJ, welcome to the next lesson. This one is called "Leaders Make Mistakes" and it comes from a book called Leadership by Tom Peters. Tom Peters is one of my favorite business writers. The reason I like Tom Peters is that he's very passionate. He's not a boring businessperson. Most business books are boring, but not Tom Peters. His books are excellent and they're full of passionate, emotional language and words and emotional passionate ideas...

Small Is Beautiful Vocabulary Text Hello, welcome to the vocabulary lesson for "Small is Beautiful." Let's talk about our first word. Our first word is cultivate, to cultivate. Of course, cultivate means to grow or to encourage something. So it's to cultivate, it means to grow or to encourage something. to Our next word is envy, envy. He says our cultures are cultivating envy, they're encouraging envy. Envy really means jealousy. Jealousy, it means someone else has something good and...

Small Is Beautiful Point-of-View Text Hi, this is AJ. Welcome to the point of view lesson for "Small is Beautiful." Same story...different points of view, different time frames. Let's go. * * ** * Since they were children Jeff has always had great hair. And Michael has always been bald. He's never had hair. When Jeff was a baby, he came out with long, blond, beautiful hair. He has always had long, blond, beautiful hair. And Michael has always been bald, from when he was a baby until...

Automatic English For The People Small Is Beautiful Mini-Story Text Hello, this is AJ. Welcome to “Small is Beautiful," the mini-story. Take a deep breath. Smile, move your body. Shoulders back, let's go! * * ** * Jeff had great hair. What kind of hair did he have? Great, Jeff had great hair. It was long, blond and beautiful. What kind of hair did he have? Well, great hair, long, blond, beautiful hair. Who had long, blond, beautiful hair? Jeff, Jeff did. Jeff had long, blond,...

Small Is Beautiful Main Text Hi, this is AJ again. Welcome to the next lesson. This lesson is called "Small is Beautiful." Small is Beautiful is the name of a book by E.F. Schumacher. It's a very interesting book. It's a little bit difficult to read. The level of English is actually fairly difficult, but I do recommend it. If you have an advanced level of English, go ahead, try to read Small is Beautiful. It's an excellent book. E.F. Schumacher was an economist, still is an economist....