Free Newsletter » ETR http://www.earlytorise.com The Web's Most Popular Newsletter Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:20:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Today’s Words That Work: Aplomb http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/11/04/todays-words-that-work-aplomb.html http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/11/04/todays-words-that-work-aplomb.html#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:00:12 +0000 ETR http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=9274 Aplomb (uh-PLOM) — from a French phrase meaning “balanced” — is imperturbable self-assurance. (It literally means “on the plumb line.”)

Example (as used by Peter Fogel today): “But though my friend has proven that you don’t need high self-esteem to be an effective speaker (or a successful entrepreneur) — he’s also shown that you need to be able to present your material with aplomb and conviction.”

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Example (as used by Robert Ringer today): “Some of the most minatory circumstances often turn out to be nothing more than disguises for great opportunities.”

]]> http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/10/27/minatory-2.html/feed 0 Expunge http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/10/22/expunge.html http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/10/22/expunge.html#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:55:10 +0000 ETR http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=9141 To expunge (ik-SPUNJ) — from the Latin for “to blot out” — is to wipe out or obliterate.

Example (as used by Brian Tracy today): “To live without limiting what you can achieve, you must recognize your constraints and then act to expunge them.”

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]]> http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/10/22/expunge.html/feed 0 Weltanschauung http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/10/21/weltanschauung.html http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/10/21/weltanschauung.html#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:50:43 +0000 ETR http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=9129 Weltanschauung (VELT-ahn-shou-oong) — German for “world” + “perception” — is an individual’s personal philosophy, the ideas and beliefs through which he sees and interprets the world.

Example (as used by Clayton Makepeace today): “Their Weltanschauung was formed at a time when a man’s word was his bond and good character meant everything.”

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]]> http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/10/21/weltanschauung.html/feed 0 Acrimonious http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/10/20/acrimonious.html http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/10/20/acrimonious.html#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:00:33 +0000 ETR http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/10/20/acrimonious.html Something that’s acrimonious (ak-ruh-MOH-nee-us) — from the Latin for “sharp” or “sour” — is resentful, caustic, or bitter.

Example (as used by Michael Masterson today): “I got JJ’s acrimonious e-mail and let it sit. Finally, yesterday, I wrote him back and clarified my position.”

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Example (as used by David Kushner in Wired): “Will Wright is the great polymath of interactive design, weaving theories of architecture, astrophysics, and urban planning into his videogames.”

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]]> http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/10/19/polymath.html/feed 0 Nocuous http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/10/15/nocuous.html http://www.earlytorise.com/2009/10/15/nocuous.html#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:50:44 +0000 ETR http://www.earlytorise.com/?p=9065 Something that is nocuous (NOK-yoo-us) — from the Latin for “to harm” — is likely to cause damage or injury.

Example (as used by Dr. Srikumar Rao today): “Each individual negative thought is inconsequential. But when taken together, they form a massive, nocuous structure.”

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No telling where the term really originated. Some sources say it was a rhyme for “nix.” Others say it came from Article 86 of the New York Liquor Code. Perhaps the best story points to Chumley’s, a prohibition era bar in Greenwich Village. The place had a back door that exited at 86 Bedford Street — and when the bar got raided, everyone made a dash for it. (”Quick! Eighty-six it!”)

Example (as used by Michael Masterson today): “Instead of being happy to get information about a new marketing technique he could profit from, my client was using his considerable intellectual energy to eighty-six it.”

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Example (as used by Robert Ringer today): “To the laissez-faire businessman, freedom means an end to all government regulation. To the communist, freedom can be achieved only when individual incentive has been crushed and ‘the people’ own everything.”

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Example (as used by Michael Masterson today): “Stingy rich people are parsimonious because they enjoy being so. Pinching pennies isn’t a financial planning strategy for them, it’s a twisted hobby.”

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