Word of the Day #42: Vindictive

Vindictive: vengeful; given to revenge. Sometimes Latin and English get along quite well.  A Latin word and an English word will find themselves in complete agreement.   Vindictive comes from the Latin noun vindicta, meaning vengeance. Someone with a vindictive spirit...

Word of the Day #41: Postulant

Postulant This morning, one of my students taught me this word in Latin class.  I had never heard it before.   We were talking about English words that come from the Latin word postulare (to demand or ask).  From the Latin postulare (to demand, or ask), English...

Tip of the Week #255: A simple system for setting goals

Hi, everyone!  I hope you all had a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The New Year is a great time to set goals.  I’ve been working on a book on goals for a while now.  But, to be honest, the entire goal-setting process can be summed up in three quick steps....

Your Potential (an excerpt from my book on goals)

I have written a book on goal setting.  I am now in the editing process.  As I edit, I will post most of the book here, for free.  This is from the introduction. ================================================= Your Potential  If you do not know me, I should warn...

Classes resume next week

Happy New Year, everyone! Live classes on this site will resume next week on January 9, 2023. All previous classes are available 24/7 of course.  If you are trying to catch up, you still have almost a week to do so.  

Tip of the Week #253: How to Avoid College Debt

A few weeks ago my wife and I wanted to watch a funny movie. We were in the mood to laugh. We made it 15 minutes into one movie and turned it off. It was disgustingly crude. We tried a second movie. It was worse. Sigh.  Hollywood. Reluctantly, we decided to watch a...