The most successful people all have certain habits in their daily routines. Forming a new good habit can be a struggle, but it is well worth the effort. Here are the four steps you can follow to form good habits.
Set your goal. Before you can begin to work on your new habit, it is worthwhile to consider your goal. Make sure that your goal is specific, measurable and realistic to increase your chances of success.
Having good habits that are in line with the goals can improve your chances of attaining your goals. After you have set your goal and worked out all of the specifics of achieving that goal, identify a habit that is part of achieving that goal. Consider what good habit would help you accomplish that goal.
Consider your motivation. Once you have identified your goal and the new habit you need to accomplish this goal, take some time to consider your motivation. Good motivation can be the difference between success and failure in terms of forming a new habit. So take your time to consider your motivation.
Give yourself time. Forming a new habit can take a long time. Some people can form a new habit in as little as a few weeks, while other people will take several months. As you work to form your new habit, just keep in mind that it may be a while before it comes true.
A. Identify ways to achieve goals.
B. Find the habit you want to form.
C. Good habits are sure to make you a success.
D. These habits help contribute to their success.
E. Figure out exactly what you hope to accomplish.
F. Try to be patient with yourself as you form your new habit.
G. Your motivation is the reason you want to form this new habit.
French writer Frantz Fanon once said: ＂To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture.＂ Since the world changes every day, so does our language.
More than 300 new words and phrases have recently made it into the online Oxford Dictionary, and in one way or another they are all reflections of today's changing world.
After a year that was politically unstable, it's not hard to understand the fact that people's political views are one of the main drives of our expanding vocabulary. One example is ＂clicktivism＂, a compound of ＂click＂ and ＂activism＂. It refers to ＂armchair activists＂ — people who support a political or social cause, but only show their support from behind a computer or smartphone. And ＂otherize＂ is a verb for ＂other＂ that means to alienate (使疏远)people who are different from ourselves — whether that be different skin color, religious belief or sexuality.
Lifestyle is also changing our language. For example, ＂fitspiration＂ — a compound of fit and inspiration — refers to a person or thing that encourages one to exercise and stay fit and healthy.
The phrase ＂climate refugee＂ — someone who is forced to leave their home due to climate change—reflects people's concern for the environment.
According to Stevenson, social media was the main source for the new expressions. ＂People feel much freer to coin their own words these days,＂ he said.
But still, not all newly-invented words get the chance to make their way into a mainstream (主流的) dictionary. If you want to create your own hit words, Angus Stevenson, Oxford Dictionaries head of content development, suggests that you should not only make sure that they are expressive (有表现力的) and meaningful, but also have an attractive sound so that people will enjoy saying them out loud.
—Yes, but we ______. He didn't come.
