English Seekers

"Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words." — Roy T. Bennett (The Light in the Heart) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od

"Even if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you choose to be around. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who make you smile, laugh, and feel loved." —  Roy T. Bennett (The Light in The Heart). Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od

"The more one laughs, the less dignity will he possess. Whoever jokes (excessively or indecently) is a person who will be taken lightly. Whoever does something frequently will become known by that thing. Whoever speaks often, errs often; the more often one errs, the less modesty will he possess; whoever has a low level of modesty will also have a low level of piety; and when one has a low level of...

"Don't let the expectations and opinions of other people affect your decisions. It's your life, not theirs. Do what matters most to you; do what makes you feel alive and happy. Don't let the expectations and ideas of others limit who you are. If you let others tell you who you are, you are living their reality — not yours. There is more to life than pleasing people. There is much more to life than...

"You can talk with someone for years, every day, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue." — C. JoyBell C. Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” —Muhammad Ali

“Always hate what is wrong, but don’t hate the one who errors. Hate sin with all your heart, but forgive and have mercy on the sinner. Criticize speech, but respect the speaker. Our job is to wipe out disease, not the patient.” – Imam Shafi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od

Sometimes, we don’t see the reality of things around us. We just want them, we desire them. The fact of the matter is that we are so blinded emotionally that we can’t see the true colors of the people or the things that we think they’re the best for us. Let me put it to you this way, when the baby sees how the flame of a candle is sparkling and bright, then tries to come closer and closer and touc...

"The ocean is so breathtakingly beautiful. But just as it is beautiful, it is also deadly. The same spellbinding waves, which we appreciate from the shore, can kill us if we enter them. Water, the same substance necessary to sustain life, can end life, in drowning. And the same ocean that holds ships afloat can shatter those ships to pieces. This worldly life, the Dunya, is just like the ocean. An...

How many times has someone yelled at you or was in a bad mood, and took it out on you. How did it make you feel? Probably hurt, and left wondering what did I do to deserve this? Many of us take things personally. I know I did, and it took many years to realize that it was not me who had the issue, it was them!! We need to remind ourselves, “That we are not responsible for other people’s behaviors,...

Language, Understanding, is it a skill or quality to connect? What's the benefit, and what purpose it serves between two people? Let's see first what the definition of understanding a language is. It is a psychological process of acknowledging the concepts of an abstract or a physical object. Intelligent behavior is utilizing abilities and dispositions concerning communicating objects. However, it...

Have you ever spent days, months or even more trying to explain yourself to someone?! You’re not the only one. Some people have wasted years thinking that having the same language would get them fully to understand each other. Believe it or not, it is the same spirit language that makes you truly and deeply understand. And without it, you will end up wasting your lifetime explaining yourself in va...

Some people are alive, yet they’re dead. They have hearts like rocks or even more solid than rocks because sometimes water comes out of mountains and rocks. This type of people deserves no attention whatsoever of yours. I once heard someone say, “Don’t waste your words on people who don’t even deserve your silence”. Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od

You can’t be satisfied with mediocrity. Always push yourself to the best of your ability. If you do what your colleagues or your classmates do and you wait to be recognized so you’re dreaming. There’s no recognition in doing the average. Always go the extra mile and excel in what you do. Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od

Speaking of friends, not everyone is your friend. Not because you laugh together, you hang out together, you share some moments together. All of this does not mean you are friends. People try to be nice with each other after all, don’t they?! Only hardships expose the true colors of so-called friends. Just pay attention when the time comes, and you’ll be able to tell apart the real ones from the f...

What makes you happy isn’t materialism. What makes you really happy is people you have in your life, who truly care about you, appreciate you, correct you when you’re wrong for your own good and not because they want to show others how wrong you are or something else. They guide you when you’re lost. These are the true companions that you should look for in your life. These are the family. Spotify...

Days pass by and don’t wait for anyone no matter how much time you really need, you’ll never be able to increase the number of hours that you have in a day. You only have 24 hours. The question is “How many hours do I actually use to achieve my goals, to improve my skills, to get better in my business?” We already waste a lot of time dear friends, so isn’t it the time to change and start prioritiz...

In today's episode, I'm going to spot the light on the difference between present perfect and present continuous and let you see that it was never hard to tell them apart. You just need just to pay a little bit of attention ;) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od

Yes! I mean it! The trap that most English learners fall into over and over again is focusing too much on studying the language and totally ignoring the importance of speaking and practicing what they learn. Any language in this world is meant to be spoken, so If you really want to speak English, you should live English!  Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od

"Outrun the people who quit when they feel discomfort, outrun the people who stop because of despair, outrun the people who are delayed because of prejudice, outrun the people who surrender to failure, and outrun the opponent who loses sight of the goal. Because if you want to win, the will can never retire, the race can never stop, and the faith can never weaken." - Muhammad Ali - English Seekers...

"In this episode, I'm talking about what you really need to think of when it comes down to English. It's about having the right mindset." English Seekers community on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2P5d6Mg Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od

"In this episode, I'm going to breakdown present perfect tense to help you understand when to use it and how different it is from past simple" English Seekers community on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2P5d6Mg Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od

"In this episode, we'll teach you when it's appropriate to use Present Continuous, and talk about its usages, both formal and informal." English Seekers community on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2P5d6Mg Present Continuous worksheet: https://bit.ly/340Nx6d Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3654IGu Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gr77Od

In today's episode Kylie the new co-host and collaborator on English Seekers podcast shares her experience about teaching English and how language is so related to culture. English Seekers community on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2P5d6Mg