No book has ever changed my thinking and my actions like Storyworthy. I found it by chance on Amazon. I wanted to learn how to tell compelling stories to my learners, so I just typed “personal storytelling” in the search box, scrolled down and saw it. It turned out to…

Two real-life examples of advanced English learners who started a podcast to improve (and why you should do it too) — How can you keep improving your English if you’re already an advanced learner of the language? You might have already realized that when you get to an advanced level, progress tends to slow down, and it might even be hard to notice improvements. This happened to me too. I got…

Did a SWOT analysis? Take action now — In my previous story (read that first otherwise this one won’t make any sense to you), you learned how to do a SWOT analysis to take stock of your English skills. What now? Now you need to implement your SWOT analysis to keep improving your skills. …

Become a writer for Read to Learn — Are you an advanced learner of English? Do you read nonfiction books? Would you like to write about the books you read in English? If this is you, you may be interested in writing for Read to Learn. Who I’m Looking For I’m looking for advanced learners of English who would like to contribute…

3 lessons you’ll learn from “Music in the Silence”, a book by Elena Mutonono — I’ve recently quit my permanent job to start a solopreneur teaching career online. I want to build an online teaching business that will give me more freedom and control over my income. But I’ve never studied marketing or business development. I’m an English language teacher, so I know nothing about…

“How to Live” — a book by Derek Sivers — I read this book because I love Derek Sivers and how he thinks. Derek could write a book about toilet paper and I would be the first one to read it. In How to Live you’ll find 113 pages divided into 27 chapters. …

I was a meat eater for 24 years. To me a meal was not a meal if I didn’t have a steak, pork ribs or cold cuts on my plate. But that changed on 26th November 2011 after I watched a 1-hour YouTube video titled The Most Important Speech You…

I discovered Anything You Want in one of those articles titled X books you can read in under 1 hour. Anything You Want, the author of the article said, is a book about starting and running a business. That’s exactly what I needed some advice on. …