The ability to have a productive day in which you feel motivated and completely refreshed is something not many of us have. We need alarm clocks just to get us up, are barely able to pull ourselves out of bed, and our bodies feel drained and lethargi
The number of people quitting their jobs has been climbing steadily since June 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says, to 2.1 million in March (the latest month available). And where are all those people going, exactly? As you might expect, most q
It may be a new year, but is it really a new you? Let's face it -- it's unlikely that you've suddenly acquired a new wardrobe, started a new career, found a new family, or overhauled your personality. 新的一年要开始了,你是不是也要盖头
For many of us, the start of the new year is the time we often dust off our language dictionaries and workbooks and resolve to learn a new language. We conjure up dreams of communicating seamlessly with locals during our next trip and impressing our
The odds are against us: Roughly 88 percent of New Year's resolutions don't make it through the year. These are big to-dos were slacking on: eat healthier, get a better job, lose weight, save money. How can we fall short on such important goals year
The Best Valentine Gifts for a Boyfriend 给男朋友最好的情人节礼物 Girls of all ages try to find the best Valentine's Day gifts for their boyfriends. Valentine's Day is a special day dedicated for lovers to let their significant others kno
Joy in living comes from having fine emotions, trusting them, giving them the freedom of a bird in the open. Joy in living can never be assumed as a pose, or put on from the outside as a mask. People who have this joy don not need to talk about it; t
Before Two Portraits of My Mother I love the beautiful young girl of this portrait, my mother, painted years ago when her forehead was white, and there was no shadow in the dazzling Venetian glass of her gaze. But this other likeness shows the deep t
燕子去了,有再来的时候;杨柳枯了,有再青的时候;桃花谢了,有再开的时候。但是,聪明的,你告诉我,我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢?--是有人偷了他们罢:那是谁?又藏在何处呢?是
North country scene: A hundred leagues locked in ice, A thousand leagues of whirling snow. Both sides of the Great Wall One single white immensity. The Yellow River's swift current Is stilled from end to end. The mountains dance like silver snakes An
Using the five sources of your power at work Every employee has five sources of power to draw from. Assess your potential power sources and use them to your advantage. 1.Personal power is all about your charisma, your passion to achieve the strength
美丽的微笑与爱心(Beautiful Smile and Love) 作者介绍: 特蕾莎修女(Mother Teresa,1910-1997),印度著名的慈善家,印度天主教仁爱传教会创始人,在世界范围内建立了一个庞大的慈善机构网,赢得了国际
Russian journalist Oleg Blotsky holds his book entitled Vladimir Putin: Life Story during a news conference in Moscow, January 21, 2002. He is fearless, altruistic, steel-willed, hospitable, unbelievably hardy, unpretentious and warm -- and he has lo
Suprises often come in boxes. Birthday presents wrapped in colorful paper, brown paper packages mailed from a friend. No matter what kind of box it is, people like to open it up and see what's inside. In America, and in many other countries, one spec
Peer Support (Part 1) Anna really wanted to do something significant for her school before she went to college. But she couldn't think of anything meaningful that would influence the lives of her schoolmates. One day, Anna saw a girl sitting by the s
My grandmother was an iron-willed woman, the feared matriarch of our New York family back in the 1950s. When I was five years old, she invited some friends and relatives to her Bronx apartment for a party. Among the guests was a neighborhood big shot
There was a naughty boy, 有一个顽皮的孩子, And a naughty boy was he, 顽皮的孩子就是他, He ran away to Scotland 他离家到苏格兰去 The people for to see-- 去看那边的人们 Then he found 然后他发现 That the ground 那边
There was a woman who had three sons. When they had grown up the sons left home went out on their own and prospered years later. Getting back together they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly mother. 一个女人有3个儿子。长
都德的《最后一课》相信大家都在课本上读过,故事借亚尔萨斯省一个小孩小弗朗士的自述,具体地描写一所小学所上的最后一堂法文课。作家回避了普法战争的正面战场,而把笔墨转向一幅
Next time you find yourself grumbling about what a jerk your boss is, just think: This person could be giving you a valuable negative example. I've worked for some horrible managers and some great ones, says Steve Pogorzelski, the CEO of online-marke