Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

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CHANGE YOUR THINKING, CHANGE YOUR LIFE
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VERBAL INTELLIGENCE
Your first intelligence is 
verbal
. This is your ability to speak, your
command of language. The ability to understand and to use lan-
guage well is closely associated with success in any field that in-
volves communication with others. In every society, there is a direct
relationship between your level of fluency in your language and
your income.You can actually increase your prospects and your rate
of promotion just by learning and using more words.
Each word is actually a tool for the expression of thought. The
more words you know and understand, the more complex thoughts
and ideas you can form. The better your vocabulary, the more re-
spected and listened to by others you will be. This is why language
skills are considered a key measure of intelligence.
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