Talk is Golden by KanTalk.com

Since 1973, Stone Soup has published the selective stories, poems, and book reviews written by the young writers of age 8 to 13. The stories and poems are original and good, especially given that how young the authors are.

And each story has an unique voice, literally. The Stone Soup website presents the recordings of the featured stories it published in the past, read by the authors. It’s a great fun to listen. Each recording comes with the transcript, too.

Those young aspiring writers are not Hemingways yet, but they express themselves well. You can learn a great deal from their writings and readings.

The New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote about Pitching with Purpose, citing a sport psychiatrist’s book called “The Mental ABC’s of Pitching”. Brooks is not a sport writer. The article goes beyond how to master the craft of pitching baseball.

Mastering a second language is very much like mastering a craft of any sport. When studying a new language, you can learn as much as, if not more, from the mental game of a pitch than from an ESL teacher.

As it turns out, talent or courage has less to do with the greatness of a pitcher. It’s the discipline. The book author asserted this way:

“Self-discipline is a form of freedom. Freedom from laziness and lethargy, freedom from expectations and demands of others, freedom from weakness and fear — and doubt.”

Now, go after that freedom relentlessly.

Al Pacino is talking about the football play. Or is he?

That’s how Tiger Woods has gotten to where he is. He talked about his success and passion with Ed Bradley in the CBS’s 60 Minutes program.

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