You’re a dog lover? Then you’ll love this Canine Choir singing I Will Love Him from Sister Act.

Perhaps you’d like to bring yourself a little more joy in these times? Watch and listen to more relyriced songs on Shirley Șerban’s YouTube channel.

They’re guaranteed to boost your mood!

Have you found a favourite?

to relyric = to write new lyrics (for a song)

Could you go 30 days without complaining? To be honest, I’m not sure if I could. But I like the idea!

I read that whenever we’re complaining, it’s a signal that we’re managing our lives badly. We’re misdirecting our energy.

So perhaps a 30-day challenge could help get it out of our systems? It might be worth a try!

Michael Dawson, a writer in Australia, used an interesting technique. He kept an elastic band on his wrist, and every time he complained, he moved the band to the opposite wrist and started over again.

I like the idea!

You probably know we could ban the words have to from our vocabulary, and use get to instead. So instead of saying that we have to do certain jobs, we could say that we get to do them. That sounds so much more positive, doesn’t it?

And if we do find ourselves complaining, we just need to try adding a but to the rest of our sentence and say something positive.

For example, “I don’t like moving out of my comfort zone, but when I do, I’m very happy that I did so.”

It all just needs commitment and regular practice. And practice needs patience.

So what’s your experience with complaining—or not complaining?

A mentor is usually an experienced person who teaches or gives help and advice to a mentee. Someone who is less experienced. Often a younger person.

Reverse mentoring—also called “two-way mentoring”—turns traditional mentoring on its head. Here junior members of staff help more senior members, for example with emerging technologies.

The idea is that employees can learn a great deal from each another, no matter where they are in a company’s hierarchy. 

Doesn’t this sound like a great way for individuals to exchange their skills, knowledge and expertise?

What do you think?

“Learning without doing is wasted. If I don’t use what I learn, then it was pointless! How horrible to waste those hundreds of hours I spent learning, and not turn it into action. Like throwing good food in the trash, it’s morally wrong.”
Derek Sivers, From “Hell Yeah Or No”

I find that if I don’t apply what I’ve learned immediately, I often forget things. That’s why it’s best to create while everything is fresh in my mind. 

Is that something you’ve realised, too?

Do you like the idea of listening to podcasts? And looking for some that are fun?

Why not take a look at the award-winning Curiosity Daily? To help you get smarter about the world around you (and to improve your English, of course!).

You’ll find a great mix of research-based life hacks, the latest science and technology news, and much more.

Topics I found interesting:

Cold Showers
A New Stonehenge Discovery
Why Females Feel Colder
Only Child Myth
How to Clean Your Teeth
Deep Convos with Strangers
Myers-Briggs Myth
mRNA Vaccines Are Decades Old

Most episodes are between 10 – 15 minutes long—and are great  for helping you practise your listening skills.

Have you found an episode you’d like to recommend?

Of course, we all know just how important it is to give clear instructions.

And it sounds so easy to do, doesn’t it? But in real life it can be quite complex, as you can see in this YouTube video.

The Exact Instructions Challenge will make you laugh (although I do feel a little sorry for the two young children in the video!).

Would you be able to give clear instructions?