Guitar Tips Tricks Our Best Advice from 2012

Guitar Tips Tricks Our Best Advice from 2012 Suzy S. This week were rounding up best of the best! If you missed some of our guitar tips and tricks from the past year, dont worry. Check out the most popular posts from 2012 here 5 Things That Challenge Even the Best Guitar Newbies Practice Tips: Exercises and Guitars for Small Hands Learn to Play 20 Songs Using 5 Easy Chords 4 Essential Guitar Chord Progressions for Beginners 5 Common Mistakes of Beginner Guitarists 5 Ways to Practice Without Your Guitar 10 Quick Guitar Exercises for the Busy Musician 4 Things You May Be Doing Wrong at Gigs 5 Guitar Gadgets That Will Change Your Life 5 Killer Tips for Mastering   Guitar Chords Photo by BrianYuen Interested in Private Lessons? Search thousands of prescreened teachers for local and live, online lessons. Sign up for safe, affordable private lessons today! Search for Your Teacher

6 Things I can do when Im bored at Work - Introvert Whisperer

Introvert Whisperer / 6 Things I can do when I’m bored at Work - Introvert Whisperer 6 Things I can do when I’m bored at Work It’s one thing to be in a job that moves fast and has a certain amount of stress but when you’re bored at work that is something else entirely.  A boring job means that you don’t have enough mental stimulation to keep you and your mind active.      The days drag on forever and eventually, you feel like you’re going nowhere.  What do you do when your work has become too routine making it boring, uninteresting and something you dread going to? There are some things you can do to kick it up a notch and get reignited by what you do each day â€" but more than likely you’re going to have to be the one to make that happen.  Here are some tips for turning boring into brilliant: Improve things.  In most businesses, many things can stand to be improved.  Improvement can mean anything from a more efficient and faster way of getting something done all the way to automating something that was done manually.  Pick out a couple of things that could stand to be done better and be the champion for improvement. Change your routine.  Certainly, there may be some tasks that have to be completed at a certain time but many things can shift based on your own schedule.  Figure out a different timing.  Look to see if you could do certain things once a week versus daily and if not weekly then at a different frequency. Ask to do more.  Chances are if you’re bored, you don’t have enough to keep you working all day.  Look around to see if someone needs to offload their work to lighten the load or look for something that might be neglected that you could do. Learn new things.  There are functions in your business you may know little about.  Take it upon yourself to go learn what those functions are.  In the process, you may pick up a new skill or be positioned to take on some new activities.  You might also look into taking a class to learn new skills that would be useful in your company. Trade jobs.  You might work in an area where each person has a related position and work to do.  Check out these other jobs and suggest to a peer that you might trade jobs for a quarter simply to give the work you do a fresh set of eyes.  You will most likely need to run this by the boss but if you work out the details, it makes agreement easier to get to.  No matter how similar your jobs are, they will still be different enough to give you some mental stimulation.  Who knows, you might find it really interesting? Go the extra mile.  I’ve seen employees be bored and they can easily become lazy.  Don’t let that be you.  Anytime you are asked to do something, see what else you can do to help the person that asked.  Add value beyond the request.  This way you won’t slip into laziness and you will find trying to figure out how to go above and beyond almost like a game. You can’t rely on the boss to turn boring into anything better.  You have to do it for yourself.  You know your work better than anyone else and because you do, you can turn that boring job into interesting.  The bonus to your effort is that people who take initiative are usually rewarded. Want the fast track to your next promotion? I’ve developed a new, live training that begins in April called: “Lead Like You Mean It” Leadership Development Program.  You owe it to yourself to check this out now: https://introvertwhisperer.leadpages.co/leadlikeyoumeanitpilot/

Kissing Strangers - Listening Exercise

Kissing Strangers - Listening Exercise I watched this video and it made me smile, so I thought I should share it with our students. The kissers have a lot of interesting questions due to the awkwardness of the situation, so it makes a good English  listening exercise.It also is an interesting study in human intimacy.Try the listening exercise and the writing, enjoy!)1. Do we ________ do this anytime? 2. Can you ____ __ the lights? 3. Shall we ____ ___? 4. Since your an actor, _______ ____ this before? 5. What was your name, _______? 6. Are we good to ____? 7. Nice to ____ you. Yes, a _____. 8. _____ we make-out more?Writing Exercise: Would you ever do this experiment? Why or why not? Does it feel different because it is actually a commercial? How do you feel about the relationships between the kissers before and after their kisses? What do you think has changed?

Hackschooling and LOI English

Hackschooling and LOI English What do you want to be when you grow up? Is this is a common question in your country? What do you think the term hackschooling means? Do you think happiness and health are part of your countrys goals for education? Does homeschooling, unschooling, or hackschooling exist in your country?LOI Englishs classes are a perfect tool for the hackschooling movement (our  Spanish classes are too). We allow  people to access high quality education without the normal boundaries of place and time, and all students get to move at their own pace.The video below is a very popular TED talk about hackschooling, given by a 12-year-old who is taking an unusual approach to his own education, with help from his parents. Watch the video and see if you can answer the questions.Answer the questions in comments and well respond.What answers do adults hope for when they ask, What do you want to be when you grow up?What is the best answer to this question?Education is important but why is being ______ and _____ __ not considered a part of education?What kind of scientist is Dr. Roger Walsh?What was the most popular TED talk of all time? Here is  link to it on our website.It _____ a lot of people _____.The above phrasal verb means: a. To be excited about something. b. To be scared about something.What does he think being a hacker means?Why does he call his education hackschooling?What are the priorities for his education?After listening to the talk do you think that he is getting the education he needs? Would you allow your children to do hackschooling. What would the challenges of this type of education be in your country? Would you be able to get into university?

Laureate Vocational Saudi Arabia

Laureate Vocational Saudi Arabia Laureate Vocational Saudi Arabia Laureate Vocational Saudi Arabia is a part of the Laureate International Universities Network. Laureate International Universities Network is the worlds largest global education provider with more than 1,000,000 students in 70 institutions across 25 countries. Through our successful vocational experience in Saudi Arabia and our broad global network of trainers and educational technology, Laureate Vocational Saudi Arabia (LVSA) operates government colleges by delivering vocational training programs in the Kingdom. These programs are specifically designed to prepare young adult men and women for successful and long-term employability. Our Vision To be the leading vocational education provider in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, focused on delivering the highest quality technical and business training to our students as measured by our ability to graduate exceptional young people who can achieve sustained and rewarding employment. Our Mission We will work in conjunction with our stakeholders and private enterprise, to provide specialized technical and business training opportunities of the highest international standards in a positive environment that promotes excellence, self-discipline, creativity, responsibility and a spirit of inquiry for all students and trainees. Our Goals Graduates will be an integral part of the human capital for the industries where they are employed. Faculty, administration and staff will benefit from a work environment that is safe and respectful and will provide opportunities for professional growth and development. Students, faculty, administration and staff will feel valued and respected by our corporate culture, processes and systems. Customers and stakeholders will turn to us for solutions to their employment requirements and work with us to develop creative and appropriate solutions to their challenges. Students and graduates will understand the importance of lifelong learning, personal commitment and strong work ethics.

NASA to host a major press conference on a discovery beyond our solar system

NASA to host a major press conference on a discovery beyond our solar system Wow, guys! Something big is happening! On February 22th at 1 pm EST, NASA is going to hold a news conference to announce a major finding relating to planets outside the Solar System. The event will be taking place in Washington DC for media only, but you can watch it live on NASA TV, which weve embedded for you below. NASA is going to reveal the information about exoplanets, or planets that orbit stars other than our sun.  Exoplanets are the major hope for life elsewhere in the universe, since many have been found that resemble our own Earth and could have the building blocks of life. Several experts will take part in the conference: Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington Michael Gillon, astronomer at the University of Liege in Belgium Sean Carey, manager of NASAs Spitzer Science Center at Caltech/IPAC, Pasadena, California Nikole Lewis, astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore Sara Seager, professor of planetary science and physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Media and the public also may ask questions during the conference on Twitter using the hashtag #askNASA. If you still have any questions you can  ask our astronomy tutors. Feel free to contact us if you like to learn about the secrets of galaxies, solar systems, planets, and stars.

Happy Birthday, Dariya!

Happy Birthday, Dariya! Yesterday, Dariya Lopukhina our wonderful Director of Marketing celebrated her birthday. She has been working for TutorZ.com since January 2012. During these nine short months Dariya has become an absolute essential part of the TutorZ operation She creates and runs our marketing campaigns, blog, ad postings, and social media presence. Dariya also runs a great deal of our customer service apps. Because of her wide range of responsibilities and deep insight in the  TutorZ  process  Dariya  also has become a chief contributor to the engineering department by helping to design new features and apps.  Always, in her work,  Dariya  is consistent, dedicated and dependable, reliable,  flexible, and a pleasure to work with.  She has incredible creative energies and a refreshing conservatism tempered only enough to accomplish what needs to be done. Thats why the small team of  TutorZ  threw a party for her yesterday after the regular work hours .  Lilly bedazzled us with her cooking talents, created  a delicious dinner and decorated the office space with balloons, flowers and signs.   Remotely from Los Angeles, CA John joined the festivities via  Skype. Chatty, our office cat was hugged by everyone. So thank  you again Dariya for all your hard work,  dedication and positive energies at your work place. We and our customers  appreciate you very much. Health,  happiness and success to you!