The Most Important Ingredient
By Virginia Avery
When Abraham Lincoln was president, he often slipped out of the White House and went to the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church to listen to Reverend Phineas Gurley’s sermons. Reverend Gurley would leave the door to his study open so Lincoln could sit in there and hear the sermon in private.
One evening, an aide asked Lincoln what he thought of the Reverend’s offering. Lincoln replied, "The content was excellent… he delivered with eloquence… he put work into the message."
"You must have thought it an excellent sermon then," said the aide.
"No," said Lincoln.
"But you said the content was excellent, that it was delivered with eloquence, and it was the fruit of hard labor," said the aide, puzzled.
"That’s true," replied Lincoln. "But Dr. Gurley forgot the most important ingredient. He forgot to ask us to do something great."
When preparing your next presentation, spend some time thinking about something great that you can ask your listeners to do. With that objective in mind, putting your talk together becomes immeasurably easier - and makes it memorable to your audience.
In Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, he asked his listeners to do something great. He asked them to resolve."… that these men shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from this earth."
What great thing will you ask your next audience to do?
[Ed. Note: Virginia Avery is a communications specialist who has trained thousands of individuals to make more dynamic presentations. Become more confident and persuasive in just two days with her Presenting Yourself Professionally workshop.]
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Lower Your Risk of Skin Cancer
By Al Sears, MD
Dermatologists usually ignore any evidence that diet and skin cancer have a direct connection, or that sunlight helps protect you from deadly cancers. And though sunlight actually prevents some types of cancer, they spend most of their time telling you to stay out of the sun altogether.
That’s why I was pleasantly surprised to read a new study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology which found that green tea drinkers were 20 to 30 percent less likely to develop two forms of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. The study also provided more proof that EGCG - a powerful antioxidant in green tea - can reduce burning on UV-exposed skin. The protective power of EGCG comes from its ability to prevent and repair the cellular damage caused by overexposure to the sun.
[Ed. Note: Dr. Sears is a practicing physician and an expert on heart health. Learn how to apply his winning heart-healthy strategies in The Doctor’s Heart Cure.]
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It’s Good to Know: You Probably Ate a Bug Today
Take a look at the label on your favorite food or beverage. You may find that you’ve been ingesting dried bug parts, albeit in minute quantities, without knowing it. (Sorry, vegetarians.)
Cochineal extract, sometimes listed as E120 or Natural Red 4, is a red dye used in all sorts of foods, from fruit juice to yogurt to popsicles to liqueurs to sausages to pie filling. It is derived from the dried body of the Dactylopius coccus, an insect that is native to South America and Mexico. Process the extract further, and you end up with a red dye used to color cosmetics and fabrics - one that is more effective than any artificial red dye yet developed.
(Source: the FDA and the Food Standards Agency)
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Word to the Wise: Depredation
"Depredation" (dep-ruh-DAY-shun) - from the Latin for "plunder" - is an act of preying upon or despoiling; a raid.
Example (as used by Andrew Powell in Harper’s Bazaar): "For the moment, Kioni remains a precious fragment of the old Mediterranean, the one that existed before the depredations of pollution and crass, exploitative development."
Michael Masterson
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These articles appear courtesy of Early to Rise [Issue #2101, 07-23-07], the Internet's most popular health, wealth, and success e-zine. For a complimentary subscription, visit http://www.earlytorise.com/.
When Abraham Lincoln was president, he often slipped out of the White House and went to the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church to listen to Reverend Phineas Gurley’s sermons. Reverend Gurley would leave the door to his study open so Lincoln could sit in there and hear the sermon in private.
One evening, an aide asked Lincoln what he thought of the Reverend’s offering. Lincoln replied, "The content was excellent… he delivered with eloquence… he put work into the message."
"You must have thought it an excellent sermon then," said the aide.
"No," said Lincoln.
"But you said the content was excellent, that it was delivered with eloquence, and it was the fruit of hard labor," said the aide, puzzled.
"That’s true," replied Lincoln. "But Dr. Gurley forgot the most important ingredient. He forgot to ask us to do something great."
When preparing your next presentation, spend some time thinking about something great that you can ask your listeners to do. With that objective in mind, putting your talk together becomes immeasurably easier - and makes it memorable to your audience.
In Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, he asked his listeners to do something great. He asked them to resolve."… that these men shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from this earth."
What great thing will you ask your next audience to do?
[Ed. Note: Virginia Avery is a communications specialist who has trained thousands of individuals to make more dynamic presentations. Become more confident and persuasive in just two days with her Presenting Yourself Professionally workshop.]
______________________________
Lower Your Risk of Skin Cancer
By Al Sears, MD
Dermatologists usually ignore any evidence that diet and skin cancer have a direct connection, or that sunlight helps protect you from deadly cancers. And though sunlight actually prevents some types of cancer, they spend most of their time telling you to stay out of the sun altogether.
That’s why I was pleasantly surprised to read a new study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology which found that green tea drinkers were 20 to 30 percent less likely to develop two forms of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. The study also provided more proof that EGCG - a powerful antioxidant in green tea - can reduce burning on UV-exposed skin. The protective power of EGCG comes from its ability to prevent and repair the cellular damage caused by overexposure to the sun.
[Ed. Note: Dr. Sears is a practicing physician and an expert on heart health. Learn how to apply his winning heart-healthy strategies in The Doctor’s Heart Cure.]
______________________________
It’s Good to Know: You Probably Ate a Bug Today
Take a look at the label on your favorite food or beverage. You may find that you’ve been ingesting dried bug parts, albeit in minute quantities, without knowing it. (Sorry, vegetarians.)
Cochineal extract, sometimes listed as E120 or Natural Red 4, is a red dye used in all sorts of foods, from fruit juice to yogurt to popsicles to liqueurs to sausages to pie filling. It is derived from the dried body of the Dactylopius coccus, an insect that is native to South America and Mexico. Process the extract further, and you end up with a red dye used to color cosmetics and fabrics - one that is more effective than any artificial red dye yet developed.
(Source: the FDA and the Food Standards Agency)
______________________________
Word to the Wise: Depredation
"Depredation" (dep-ruh-DAY-shun) - from the Latin for "plunder" - is an act of preying upon or despoiling; a raid.
Example (as used by Andrew Powell in Harper’s Bazaar): "For the moment, Kioni remains a precious fragment of the old Mediterranean, the one that existed before the depredations of pollution and crass, exploitative development."
Michael Masterson
__________________________________________________
These articles appear courtesy of Early to Rise [Issue #2101, 07-23-07], the Internet's most popular health, wealth, and success e-zine. For a complimentary subscription, visit http://www.earlytorise.com/.
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