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We need to drop this word from everyday vocabularyWe need to drop this word from everyday vocabularyWhen I first started writing, I had a set routine. Id start first thing in the morning. Id make myself a cup of coffee, clean my desk, put my noise-cancelling headphones on, read a chapter from a great book to put myself in the right mindset, close the door to create a zero-noise environment (as if the headphones werent enough), and begin slowly moving my fingers across the keyboard.I treated writing like a space shuttle launch. If one of these variables was off, Id abortus the mission. I told myself I simplycantwrite if the perfect conditions didnt present themselves.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreCant, I later realized,can be a dangerous word. To be sure, there are legitimate circumstances for usingcant. But for much of the time, and for much of the worlds population,cantoften meansI dont want to.I cant exercise todaymeansI dont feel like exercising today.I cant read this bookmeansId rather watch Netflix. I cant rest because I have too much workmeansRest isnt a priority for me right now.This isnt meaningless semantics. The language we use to describe our beliefs matters. Its a huge mental shift to go fromI cant writetoI dont want to write.Cantstops the conversation. If you cant do something, why bother trying?Butdont wantshifts the perspective. It forces you to be honest with yourself and prompts a deeper psychoanalysis. This shift in vocabulary made me realize that my seeming inability to write didnt result from the absence of the perfect cup of coffee. Rather, it was the product of deeper issues with perfectionism.My epiphany came when I read Paul KalanithisWhen Breath Becomes Air. Kalanithi was a 36-year-old neurosurgeon diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer when he was about to finish his grueling decade-long residency. Its a heartbreaking, yet surprisi ngly inspiring, story of how a doctor treating the dying became a patient facing his own mortality. I was struck by this passage penned by Kalanithis wife that described his writing process for the bookDuring the last year of his life, Paul wrote relentlessly, fueled by purpose, motivated by a ticking clock. He started with midnight bursts when he was still a neurosurgery chief resident, softly tapping away on his laptop as he lay next to me in bed later he spent afternoons in his recliner, drafted paragraphs in the oncologists waiting room, took phone calls from his editor while chemotherapy dripped into his veins, carried his silver laptop everywhere he went. When his fingertips developed painful fissures because of his chemotherapy, we found seamless, silver-lined gloves that allowed use of a trackpad and keyboard.If Kalanithi didnt use the wordcantwhen it came to his writing, I had absolutely no business using it for mine.Now, I write from cramped airplane seats. I write on the Google Docs app on my phone, and I write with a pencil and a notepad. I write when its noisy, and I write when its quiet. For me, with enough conditioning,I cant write if . . .becameI can write even ifThe next time youre tempted to say youcantdo something, replace it withI dont want toorIts not a priority for me. With this shift in language, if its something truly worth doing, youll make the time for it.Ozan Varol is a rocket scientist turned law professor and bestselling author.Click hereto download a free copy of his e-book, The Contrarian Handbook 8 Principles for Innovating Your Thinking. Along with your free e-book, youll get the Weekly Contrarian - a newsletter that challenges conventional wisdom and changes the way we look at the world (plus access to exclusive content for subscribers only).This article originally appeared on Ozan Varol.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people

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Key, who sometimes wrote religious poet ry, was inspired to pen the poem (in the graphic below) that became the National Anthem in 1931.The Commander of Ft. McHenry, Colonel Armistead knew how important Ft. McHenry was to our nation in 1812. The British had just burned Washington (including the White House and the Capitol Building) and were advancing toward Baltimore. The Commander felt that the Baltimoreans were discouraged and afraid for their city. He felt that they would have their spirits raised by seeing a huge, high flying flag at Fort McHenry as a symbol of defiance.The Defence of Fort McHenry, poem by Francis Scott Key, published in the Patriot on September 20, 1814.Colonel Armistead commissioned Mary Youngs Pickersgill, a local seamstress and flag maker to make two flags for Fort McHenry in 1813 a large flag and a smaller one to fly in bad weather. She was paid $500 for both flags, the large one being 30 x 42 feet, so it could be seen from a great distance. She was asked to sew a flag with 15 stars and 15 strip es, the number of states then in the Union. (My grandmother was a seamstress and flag maker with a famous flag maker in Baltimore City from 1910 until 1940. I wonder if this is the same flagmaker?)The 15-star, 15-stripe flag was authorized by the Flag Act of January 13, 1794, adding 2 stripes and 2 Stars. The regulation went into effect on May 1, 1795. This flag was the only U.S. Flag to have more than 13 stripes. It was immortalized by Francis Scott Key during the bombardment of Fort McHenry, Sept 13, 1814. The image above is representative of the actual flag that flew over Fort McHenry on that day and which is now preserved in the Smithsonian Museum. You can notice the tilt in some of the stars just as in the original Star Spangled Banner.Personally, I am inspired by Francis Scott Keys experience, the flag, Ft. McHenry, our countrys survival, and the amazing poem that Mr. Key wrote, especially the phrase oer the land of the free, and the home of the brave.Can your spirits be raise d to write a better resume by thinking about the morning that Francis Scott Key wrote the poem Defence of Ft. McHenry that became the National Anthem? Mr. Keys accomplishment would make a great KSA for Ability to WriteFrancis Scott Keys KSA Accomplishment,Sept. 14, 1814Position Public Affairs Officer, U.S. CongressKSA Ability to Communicate in Writing(A great interview story)AUTHORED THE STAR SPANGLED BANNERThe actual flag that flew over Fort McHenryContext As an attorney and aide-de-camp to General Smith, stationed near Upper Marlboro, MD, I found out my dear friend and elderly, Dr. Beane, who was captured by the British Army during a party at his home in Upper Marlboro. I was on a British vessel flagged for truce by the future President Jackson, on my way to pick up a captured friend in Marlborough. We got as far as the mouth of the Patuxent and then we were not permitted to return lest an intended attack on Baltimore by the British should be disclosed. We were brought up the Bay just across from Fort McHenry and there we were compelled to witness the bombardment of Fort McHenry, which the Admiral had boasted that he would carry in a few hours, and that the city must fall.Challenge We watched the flag at the Fort through the whole day with more than 500 bombs from British ships to Ft. McHenry. In the night the smaller weather flag was flying while we watched the Bomb shells in darkness not knowing that the American Military had secretly planned 4 barges, which the British did not detect. These barges attached the British militia and sent them running, some with tugs assisting. At the early dawn our eyes were surprising greeted by the proudly the 15-star flag of our country (late to be known as the Star Spangled Banner).Actions By morning, I was compelled to pen a poem that reflected my thoughts of the war and particularly of the flag, Oh say can you see by the dawns early light was my first thought.I wrote four verses that reflected topics about the day before and my vision of the flag in the morning. The first verse reviews the dawns light and the flag with broad stripes and bright stars that was still flying in the morning the second verse reviews the dread silence and how the flag was fitfully blowing the third verse reviews the havoc of war and the battles confusion and the final and fourth verse celebrates the victory and peace that preserved our nation.Results I witnessed the belastung enemy fire to fall on Fort McHenry and in this memory, I wrote the poem Defence of Fort McHenry has been renamed to The Star-Spangled Banner and has become a well-known American patriotic song. The poem and song were recognized for official Navy use in 1931 and became the national them by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931 and signed by President Herbert Hoover. SHORT VERSION KSA FOR YOUR2016 FEDERAL RESUME by Chris TroutmanKEY ACCOMPLISHMENTIn September 1814 serving as attorney and aide-de-camp to General Smith I boarded the British ship HMS Tonnant to negotiate the release of American prisoners. Held captive aboard an enemy vessel during the bombardment of Fort McHenry I bore witness to the heroic actions of our American troops as they turned the tides in the Battle of Baltimore. Helpless to assist our brave soldiers in any werkstoff way I sought to memorialize their actions in song. The War of 1812, as it came to be known, was the first true test of our nations sovereignty, and my poem its first anthem. 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