One of the Top Keys to Success is the Ability To Communicate Both with Yourself & Others

This post will be a constant work in progress.

Here are some words that I have started to compile for my son, as well as for some of my friends who have also mentioned that at times we have wished we could have expressed ourselves with the right words at the right time.

As well, there will be key words related to Real Estate and Investing.

They are in no particular order.

The words you use determine the density of gray matter in your brain.

They affect your political leanings, influence how you see reality, determine your level of confidence and thus, define what it means to be you.

As important as your words are in shaping your own behavior; they are even more important in the way they shape the behavior of others.

Your manner of speaking is, if nothing else, the central factor upon which people form assumptions about you. Whatever is your ultimate goal in life, chance are good you're going to have to communicate your way to it. And if greatness if your goal, well-spoken words are essential.

The most accomplished speakers use words in ways that compliment their thoughts and ideas, not overshadow them. They are able to adopt a scholarly air of authority, but without all those pretentious scholarly words. It's not so much the words we use, as it is the way we use them.

A BIT

-rather

-somewhat

-in part

-to some degree

-to some extent

A BIT OF

- a remnant of

A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF

-a measure of

A CERTAIN WAY

-a given manner

A DIFFERENT STORY

-another matter entirely

A DONE DEAL

-an accomplished fact

- a fait accompli (Frech, fate uh-com-PLEE)

A FEW YEARS AGO

-some years ago

A LITTLE BIT

-somewhat

-in part

-to some degree

-to some extent

A LITTE BIT OF

-a degree of..

-a remnant of...

-an element of..

A LOT

-a great deal "You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth." Odysseus Elytis

A LOT HAPPENED DURING

-much did happen

A LOT LIKE

-it recalls a certain

-it's much like

-it is reminiscent of

-it is akin to

-it is much the same as

-it bears a resemblance to

A LOT OF

-a wealth of

-a host of

-extensive

-a fair amount of

-profuse

- a great many

-a litany of

-considerable

A WHILE (FOR A WHILE)

-for some time now

-for considerable space in time