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The Power of the Tongue
When I was younger, I taught swimming lessons. When I was training teenagers who wanted to become swimming instructors, I stressed the importance of saying what you mean. For example, if you want someone to do better front crawl you don’t just say, “Do better front crawl.” You need to step by step take a…
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“It’s like a road…I’m on one side and he’s on the other. When he’s away the road has a big crack but when we’re together the crack is all filled up again.” This is how Abigail explained her sobbing after her big brother went back to university. A whirlwind visit that just was not long…
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