There are certain personal and professional advantages to appearing smarter. It’s even better when you actually are smarter. An advanced vocabulary can give a person a certain intellectual edge over people with even an average vocabulary. The more words you know, the... read more
One of my favorite movies is Good Will Hunting. If you have watched the movie, then you for sure remember the bar scene; where Chucky Sullivan (Ben Affleck) is trying to pick up some girls by pretending he goes to nearby Harvard. Then an actual Harvard student starts... read more
Have you ever watched Cougar Town? There was one episode that stuck out to me because it included a reading and vocabulary joke, with a buried lesson. In Season 6, Courtney Cox’s (Friends) character Jules asks her friends to challenge her. Their challenge to Jules is... read more
We all know that human intelligence is measured in a large part in the way we speaks. And the way we talk is a reflection of the sophistication of our thoughts. Words are tools of thought. It makes sense that intelligent people have a larger than typical vocabulary.... read more
“vocabulary is probably the best single indicator of a person’s overall level of intelligence” Aside from appearance, one of the first things we notice about a person is the way they speak. The way a person talks, the words they choose, their level of... read more
