Linking

1. Whaddidya Say? Linking Run your words together by humming or droning through the thought groups

2. Can you translate this? • Jeet? • No, joo? • Whyncha getta job? • I dunno, stoo hard. • Kwee gou? • Sko!

3. Jeet? No, joo? Whyncha getta job? I dunno, stoo Härd. Kwee gou? Sko! Did you eat? No, did you? Why don’t you get a job? I don’t know, it’s too hard. Could we go? Let’s go! Can you translate this?

4. While that example was extreme, it points toward the way Americans really speak. Listen for the sound and ignore spelling

5. Luckily there are guidelines Build a bridge Move a sound over Eliminate a sound Change a sound

6. Add a bridge with a Y or W • Two vowels sounds together are too hard to say, so add a bridge of a y or a w to smooth the way. • Cowoperate • Theyanswer • Gowalong • reyality

7. Feyel Cliyent Geyography Reyaction Pronunciyation Diyagnosis Reyalize day or night agreyeable Cowordinate You w expect Blue wor Red Do wit You ware here. Cowoperative cowop To wus Y W

8. Move a sound over • Consonant to vowel linking makes the final consonant sound move to the initial position of the next word: • Move over Moo vover • With us Wi thus • Shut up Shu dup

9. This is easy Most of all Take over Told us Loved it Picked it out Figures out Call on Fill in Last of all Thi si seasy. Mos dov all Tay kover Tol dus Lov dit Pik di dout Figur szout Cal lon Fil lin Las dov all

10. Change the T D S and Z soundsWhen Y is the initial sound of the second word • T+Y = Ch wouldn’t you ---- woodenchou • D+Y=J would you --- woodjoo • S+Y = SH bless you --- blesshu • Z+Y=ZH Who does your hair --- Who doezhur hair?

11. T + Y = CH • What’s your name? • Can’t you do it? • Don’t you like it? • Haven’t you? No, not yet. • I’ll let you know. • Can I get you a drink?

12. D + Y = J • Did you see yit? • How did you like it? • Could you tell? • Where did you send your check? • What did your family think? • Did you find your keys? • We followed your instructions.

13. D + Y = J • Congratjulations! • Edjucation • Indivijdual • Gradjuation • gradjual

14. S + Y = SH • Yes, you are • Insurance • Press your hands together • Can you dress yourself? • You can pass your exams. • I’ll try to guess your age.

15. How’s your family? How was your trip? Who’s your friend? Where’s your mom? When’s your birthday? She says you’re OK. Casual Visual Usual Version Vision Actually Z + Y = ZH

16. Eliminate the sound(reductions) • And = n • Of = a • Have to = hafta • A lot of = alota • Want to = wanna • Going to = gonna • Has to = hasta

17. The Law of Foresight • You should give a lot of thought to the future because that is where you are going to spend the rest of your life. Your ability to accurately anticipate the future largely determines the success or failure of yourself and your organization. From The Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success by Brian Tracy

18. How to apply this law • Look into the future and imagine the most exciting opportunities that could occur for you in the next few years. How could you begin preparing today to take advantage of them? • Identify the greatest difficulties or reversals that could take place in the next one, two, or three years. What could you do today to make sure they don’t happen?

19. The Law of Decision • Every leap forward in life is preceded by a clear decision and a commitment to action. • Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid. • Act as if it were impossible to fail, and it shall be. From The Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success by Brian Tracy

20. How to apply this law • Define the areas of your life and work where you need to make some clear, unequivocal decisions. Decide to “fish or cut bait!” Get in or get out. Remember that any decision is usually better than no decision at all.

21. Parkinson’s Law • Expenses always rise to meet income. • Financial independence comes from violating Parkinson’s Law. • If you allow your expenses to increase at a slower rate than your income and you save or invest the difference, you will become financially independent in your working lifetime. From The Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success by Brian Tracy

22. How to apply this law • Imagine that your financial life is like a failing company that you have taken over. Institute an immediate financial freeze. Halt all non essential expenses. Draw up a budget of your fixed, unavoidable costs per month and resolve to limit your expenditures temporarily to these amounts.

23. How to apply this law • Carefully examine every expense. Question it as though you were analyzing someone else’s expenses. Look for ways to economize or cut back. Aim for a minimum of 10 percent reduction in your living costs over the next three months.

24. How to apply this law • Resolve to save and invest 50 percent of any increase you receive in your income from any source. Learn to live on the rest. This still leaves you the other 50 percent to do with as you desire. Do this for the rest of your career.