Everything is against you? Bring it on track.
Feel overloaded? Multitasking? Overwhelmed? That’s understandable — many things to care about, willingness to do your best and overdeliver.
You’ve done your best working on your last project but the other party changed their mind and suggest to roll back and make over? Yes, that’s annoying at least.
Most of the world seems to be against you and you think you may have lost your luck? Yes, we all have moments like that. Get a grip!
What can you do when circumstances make you drift in an unclear direction?
Here are a few tips.
Will listening while falling asleep help you learn a foreign language? Nope. But it still may be helpful.
In fact, never thought of writing on this eternal controversial topic — learning while sleeping. That’s just like “Is there life on Mars?”. Or kind of that.
But have read today How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour and could not refrain from covering the slippery subject myself.
Can you learn a new language while sleeping? The short answer is “No, you can’t”.
Does it make sense to listen to spoken foreign language before going to sleep? The short answer is: “Yes”.
And what is the help from listening?
The effect is improvement of your listening comprehension skills.
Basically, the more you listen to foreign speech (at a suitable for you level, of course; that is, you need to know most of the vocabulary you hear) — the better and easier you can discern spoken language. In a relaxed state, just before falling asleep, your brain apparently is receptive to sounding of what you are hearing. Read more
Waiting drives you crazy? 5 useful things that will make you crave for a queue
1. MP3 player with audio books or podcasts of your choice
2. E-books and articles (as well as a web browser, text editor, games and lots of other useful stuff) in a small laptop
3. Communicator like BlackBerry, Treo and the like
4. Old-fashioned prints like a newspaper or glossy magazines
5. A book (printed one)
Yes, # 4 and 5 are still valid options. You can pick it and put into your pocket or bag and usually not worry too much if it gets stolen, dropped or lost.
