30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary: The 500 Words You Need to Know to Transform Your Vocabulary.and Your Life

by Dan Strutzel

A Bigger Vocabulary = A Brighter Future. Words. They're the foundation of nearly everything of value in our world. They have the power to create and the power to destroy. The power to inspire and to terrify. The power to enlighten and also to obscure. And, more specifically for you, they have the power to attract wealth and success and guarantee your brighter future. This is not hyperbole - it is based on rock-solid research. Studies show that those people with large vocabularies are smarter, wealthier, and happier than the average person - and substantially so. And here's the best news of all: a large vocabulary is not tied to your social status, your genes, or even your education level. It is a skill that can be learned - and it takes only 30 days. In this cutting-edge program, 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary, personal development expert and English enthusiast Dan Strutzel will instruct, enlighten, and inspire you with a concentrated 30-day program that will teach you over 500 words. But, more than teaching you these words, the uniquely designed program will ensure that these words become a habit-knit part of your life - and with minimal effort on your part. Best of all, research shows that learning new words has an exponential effect on the size of your vocabulary - since learning one word naturally produces an association between two to three more words. In short, after reading and applying the system in this 30-day program, you will not only have a bigger vocabulary - you will have a brighter future! Here's just a sampling of what you'll learn: The 10 myths about building a dynamic vocabulary The secret behind the exponential effect of vocabulary building A 30-day program designed to maximize learning and comprehension of over 500 words The words you need to know about money and financial issues The words you need to know about persuading others The words you need to know about marriage, parenting, and other relationships The words you need to know about science The words you need to know to be a great conversationalist Why building a large, dynamic vocabulary is even more valuable in the digital age And much more!

Genres: Nonfiction, Language, Writing

141 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 11, 2015

Reviews

[Rebecca Saguin]

Incredibly boring for the audio book- almost dangerous as it may put you to sleep while driving

[Nightshadequeen]

Never had I've seen such self-aggrandizement. If you want to hear a know-nothing read to you the glossary of a biology textbook, or drop a bunch of words without explaining the differences between them, or utterly fail to understand the context of quotes he pulls (hint: the Albert Einstein one? It's about quantum mechanics, not god, and Einstein was wrong), listen to this book.

[Ayaan Q]

There are a lot of useful, advanced words but you can skip the intro. He gives some advice on how to learn new words, here is the advice:

Use a word 10-20 times before it’s part of your vocabulary
Learn words from brief contexts
Write the word down with brief definitions
Relate the words you know with the woeds you already know
Make mnemonics
Play scrabble and boggle
Have a dictionary on you in which you can immediately search up words.

[Karlalou]

English is my second language, but I think it doesn't matter to read this book. I especially like the lecture part of this, actually the audio version of the book. The BGM used in the review part is great and I'm like before anything wanting to play it to listen to the music. I like it also because I can get a glimpse of the fields I'm not very familiar with. I like the narrator's voice and tone, too.

[Michael David]

I laughed when Strutzel unintendedly created a solecism by mistakenly using neologism for neoplasm. Other than that, I learned about diacritical, prodiorthosis, and brannigan.

I learned boondoggle yesterday, but it was refreshing to encounter it today.

[Sarah]

You're better off reading the dictionary.

[Lalafitclub LalaReadingClub]

I already knew all the vocabulary. But perhaps it’s a nice refresher but a waste of my 7 hours.

[Jamie Lashier]

Accessible and I liked the review sessions to do morning and night

[Jenny]

Its a good book for people learning english as a new language. However, If you read high lexile level books you will not get much out of it!