Know that focused practice will not always be fun. Realizing the development of your talents, however, will be. Take note of and appreciate your achievements – such as a new personal record mile time or a particularly compelling painting. If there are tangible indications of your progress (perhaps especially paintings), place them in locations you will frequently see them in order to motivate yourself to continue practicing and improving upon your talents! Keep your mind and body ready to practice with focus and energy. More to the point, rest strategically. If the talent you’re trying to improve requires intense physical activity or mental focus, you’re going to have to keep your mind and body conditioned enough to practice effectively. This may actually require that you do take off one day a week.  This is important to do if it improves your ability to practice effectively for the rest of the week. Even the abilities some people seem to be born with come more from training than from inborn talent. This is true for athletes, musicians, and mathematicians!  Know you’ll need some grit.  Psychologists have come to use the term “grit” when referring to an attribute held by successful people.  Grit indicates both perseverance and passion in pursuing long-term goals.  Overcoming adversity in pursuit of developing your skills also positively contributes to improve your talents more generally.  When facing challenges that others might not have to deal with, tell yourself that by overcoming them, you’ll have a step up on everyone else. Even scientists aren’t sure about how to increase talent. The question of how we become good at things is still largely unanswered.  We do know that people who are exposed to things that they become drawn to naturally and who then become immersed in those things end up being good at them.  With training and practice, people who are already into something become especially good at it.  Accept the significance of these findings and act accordingly:  Observe and play without inhibition.  Inspiration and curiosity will inevitably hit you and you’ll end up pursuing talents you’ll be interested in enough to stick with. Ignore the technical aspects of the talent you’re hoping to acquire. You can bring in the technical aspects of perfecting your abilities once you’re committed. Don’t try to judge where your interests are coming from. Avoiding these tendencies will allow your more creative and emotional aspirations to get you hooked on something. Reading is a great place to start learning about how you can become more talented in multiple ways.  One of the main benefits here is perking your curiosity and motivating yourself to pursue new ways to expand your talents, or to pursue new talents altogether.  Becoming interested in something you’ve read is seen as an indication that you may take especially well to the material. If you become interested in something new, throw yourself at it. There are literal advantages to reading too: you learn about language and writing, about whatever era of history is relevant to the book, and, of course, about the content contained in the book.  You’re immediately more knowledgeable about all sorts of stuff, just by dragging your eyes back and forth across a page and interpreting a bunch of printed words! Of course, nothing compares to hands-on experience. Whatever you read about that appeals to you, practice doing it yourself and develop a new talent!

Summary: Monitor your progress. Rest. Accept that innate skill is less significant than practice and perseverance. Improve upon talents that interest you. Read.


Begin your letter with a greeting that includes the customer's name. Make sure the customer's name is spelled correctly. The letter will lose some sincerity if the customer's name is spelled wrong.  Start the letter by saying "Dear" followed by the customer's first name.  If you are trying to be informal you can start the letter by saying "Hi" or "Hey" followed by the customer's first name. Use the specifics of your experience with them and how that experience was positive for the business. Are you thanking the customer for his or her first purchase?  Did the customer leave a positive review of your business online? Did the customer refer a friend to your business? Did you have nice interaction with the customer in your store? Whatever the customer did, make sure you include it in your letter.  Being specific about the reason you appreciate the customer lets the customer know that you are really paying attention and focusing on him or her. Always thank the customer genuinely for their business and support as well. If you are writing to a loyal customer, you may say, "Thank you for being a loyal customer and supporting my business for many years." If you are thanking a new customer, you may say, "Thanks you for trying out our _____. We love when new customers give us a shot." Let the customer know that you are looking forward to seeing them again or serving any of their future needs.  Your letter is a genuine show of your appreciation, but it is also a marketing tool to get repeat business. If you plan to contact the customer at a specific time, include that in the letter as well.  Mention future interactions in the closing sentence or paragraph. As an incentive to have a future interaction with a customer you can include some type of incentive in your appreciation letter like a coupon or gift card. You may say, "We look forward to seeing you again" or "I hope you to see you during the sale we are having next week." If you were writing a business letter, you may end the letter by saying "Sincerely" or "Best Regards."  Remember that an appreciation letter is more personal. Choose a sign off such as "Warm Regards," "Thanks so much," or "All the best."  Carefully proofread your letter to make sure that it does not contain any errors. Always write your name after the sign off.

Summary: Address the customer by name. Express the reason for appreciation. Make reference to future interactions. End the letter with a personal sign off.


Get one of the 9.5 cm by 15 cm pieces. This will serve as the bottom of the drawer. Then, grab one of your 2.5 cm by 15 cm pieces. These pieces will serve as the sides of each drawer. Take one of these pieces and use white school glue to attach it to the 15 cm edge.  The side piece should be secured onto the drawer bottom, not attached to its side. Do the same thing for the other side of the drawer. Let the pieces dry for about five minutes. Next, take one of the 3 cm by 9.5 cm pieces and apply glue to the bottom and side edges of the widest part of the piece (not the long, skinny edge). Then, attach the piece over the long skinny edges of the drawer base and side pieces.  Wait for the glue to dry for about five minutes. Do the same thing for the other 3 cm by 9.5 cm piece. After you have completed one drawer, you can move on to the next one. You will have four drawers total when you are done. Allow the drawers to dry while you work on the dresser.

Summary: Glue on the sides of the drawer. Secure the front and back of the drawer. Repeat this process for the rest of the drawers.


USB drives tend to fill up quickly—especially older drives that don't have much storage. Try clearing out some files that you don't need if your drive is full. You can quickly clear a drive of files by dragging the files in question into your computer's Recycle Bin (Windows) or Trash (Mac). Many USB drives cannot store files larger than 4 GB. If you need to transfer files larger than this, you'll have to format the USB drive with a different file system. See the next step for details. . Formatting allows you to change the file system of the flash drive, which is handy if you either need to store files larger than 4 gigabytes or need to set up the flash drive for use on your computer. Formatting will erase the flash drive's contents.  If you want to store files larger than 4 gigabytes, select exFAT (Windows) or ExFAT (Mac). Flash drives formatted for Windows-only use aren't compatible with Mac computers, and vice versa. Formatting the flash drive for a compatible format will fix this issue.
Summary: Ensure the drive isn't full. Check the size of the file you are trying to transfer. Format the USB drive