Years of hard work … peo­ple call­ing you crazy … putting your life at risk … try­ing to do some­thing oth­ers said can’t be done … is it worth it? Appar­ently, Orville and Wilbur Wright thought so.

Today, August 19, we cel­e­brate National Avi­a­tion Day in honor of the Wright broth­ers who got their first air­plane to take flight in 1903. These broth­ers had a dream and they were deter­mined to make it hap­pen. They knew that if they stud­ied hard enough, they could fig­ure it out. Do you know what they studied?

Birds.

Birds fly effort­lessly and with­out thought, mas­ters of their craft. If you want to learn how to do some­thing well, the best thing to do is to copy a mas­ter. So, the Wright broth­ers stud­ied birds, the struc­ture of their wings, and the way they flew, and applied these prin­ci­ples to their air­plane wings.

If you want to do some­thing well, find a mas­ter to learn from. If you want to learn to fly, study the birds. If you want to learn to ski, learn from pro­fes­sional skiers. And if you want to learn to speak Eng­lish more clearly, learn it from a native speaker who knows how it sounds and how it works.

Sure, there is a risk involved in work­ing on your pro­nun­ci­a­tion. You might make a mis­take while learn­ing a new sound; in fact, you prob­a­bly will. Most peo­ple do. But is that a rea­son not to try?

And yes, a col­league might ask you to repeat your­self or laugh at you when the new word that sounded so good in class didn’t come out right at all in conversation.

But, chances are, if you work hard, you will see improve­ment in your speech. You will speak Eng­lish more clearly and oth­ers will under­stand you bet­ter. Your con­fi­dence will improve and you will begin to believe that you can accom­plish more than you ever thought possible.

I want to part­ner with you as you take that risk and feel the thrill of accom­plish­ment in your pro­nun­ci­a­tion skills.

And it all starts with a sim­ple step. Click on the link below to reserve your space in my free webi­nar com­ing up on Sep­tem­ber 12.

http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=E958DE85854B

Yes, that’s right. A FREE webi­nar! I’m tak­ing away the risk for you. It’s no cost and no oblig­a­tion. All you have to do is show up and give it a try.

You will learn tips and tech­niques to improve your pro­nun­ci­a­tion and ideas for increas­ing your vocab­u­lary. You will find out about com­mon gram­mar pit­falls and why it is so impor­tant that you work on your accent now.

Imag­ine being able to say what­ever you want, any time you want because you know you will be under­stood. Doesn’t that sound great?

It just takes a small risk — it’s what I call “sign up and show up.” That’s it. Reserve your space here and show up ready to learn.

http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=E958DE85854B

If you’re will­ing to take that risk, the rewards will be worth it; I promise! So don’t wait to reserve your place; space is lim­ited and I don’t want you to miss out !

If you’re excited about this oppor­tu­nity to improve your pro­nun­ci­a­tion, please share it with your friends. Pass around the link on Face­book and Twit­ter, and let’s see who is ready to take the risk to speak clearer Eng­lish with confidence!