“At some point in time, the game ends…we cease to use the skills we learned, but we always remember the words we heard.”
Coach Reed maltbie
The language we use has a direct influence on the way we, and those around us, experience life. Would you like to develop your language skills to say what you mean, and mean what you say?
Here is a menu of some key words and their meanings for you to consider. Which will you use today?
Starters
belonging
to be part of, a close or intimate relationship
significance
meaning, force, energy, the quality of being important
trust
assured reliance on the character, ability, strength or truth of someone or something. Dependence on something future, hope
positive
real; active and effective; concentrating on what is constructive and good
discipline
to train or develop by instruction and exercise especially in self-control; follower
connection
a joining together; a relation of personal intimacy
Mains
competition
from to strive together for the attainment of something
education
from to bring out or draw forth
community
a unified body of individuals
decide
to make a choice
encourage
to make strong, to hearten; to inspire with courage, spirit or hope
respect
to look back at, to observe; to consider worthy of high regard, to refrain from interfering with
Desserts
emotion
a (social) moving, stirring, agitation; a conscious mental reaction subjectively experienced
sensation
awareness due to stimulation of a sense organ
feeling
to touch or have a sensory experience of; perceive something
contribution
to bring together, to pay; the giving or supplying of something that plays a significant part in making something happen
instruct
to build, arrange, prepare, set in order; to give knowledge to
cooperate
to work together with others to the same end
Definitions sourced from http://www.etymologyonline.com and http://www.merriam-webster.com