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Nov 8, 2017 · 8 min read

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​ 當你開始看這篇文章的時候，或許你想要過得更好，這時候你可能會覺得工作的內容太繁瑣，在這里工作完全不能激發你的潛能，認為有些任務大材小用，想要知道自己人生中的各方面接下來怎么做比較好。說也奇怪，明明已經9012年的現代人了，擁有隨手就可以獲得的知識，但還是覺得自己一事無成，迷惘，不知所措。

​ 在座的各位其實需要找到適合自己的方法，一步一步清楚自己的人生價值。這里介紹了5個步驟：

以下是對這五個步驟的感觸與分享：

​ 迷惘什么，渴望什么，有時候需要自己多問自己幾遍，自己想要過什么樣的生活，從具體的方面著手，看到別人阿里工資2w+，那么他們需要一周6天加班到晚上11點，你希望生活是這樣子嗎？你適合做那種付出更大壓力并且高風險的創業型工作，還是更適合接受任務完成任務的工作方式？你想要什么樣的工作氣氛？你想要和什么樣的人在一起？哪一些事情你更愿意花時間去做？哪些事會讓你開心？

​ 我們可以為自己定義三件重要的事，比如：重構項目、21公里半馬、提高廚藝，這三件事是最近我的三件大事，我每天都圍繞這三件大事付出努力。

這里不推薦設置過多的重要的事，三件大事就足夠了，有利于我們集中精力去做好。

​ 有些人會習慣性的自卑于自己的不足，卻不知道怎么利用好自己的強項。這一點很好舉例子，拿面試的例子來說，為什么兩個面試者A和B，面試官最后面試通過了那個技術偏差的B？原因很簡單，那個B善于表現自己，技術不夠可以通過其他能力彌補，A可能不夠自信，但那個B卻可以侃侃而談。

​ 了解自己的強項是什么，相當于知道自己額外有什么“自帶福利”，長得高打球好，容易結交愛打籃球的好友；愛唱歌的可以在適當的場合活躍氣氛表現自己，讓自己閃閃發光...

​ 所以，與其糾結于自己不會什么，有什么不足，還不如想想自己擁有什么，通過自己的強項能為自己想要的生活做出什么改變。

​ 這里需要定義三種技術，1）軟技術、2）硬本領、3）感興趣的技術

​ 定義好這三種類型，我們需要知道自己掌握哪一些技術，對號入座。比如說：

​ 接著，你需要圍繞自己想要的生活，拋出問題，記錄可能面臨的挑戰，挖掘里邊的價值與機遇。

​ 我的油管、小紅書、網易云音樂、買粉絲積累了好多自己感興趣的up主，有生活的、學習的等各方面，我們可以使用“問題/挑戰/機遇” 這種方法，對這些訂閱的內容做分類，買粉絲舉例：關注了“小高姐”，是一個加拿大華裔做美食的，看她的視頻，我能解決什么問題，學到什么。

其中機遇，還可以再深層次的挖掘，比如說，為什么up主的視頻那么多人觀看，其中需要什么基本技能？視頻剪輯？視頻講解的藝術？怎樣經營好自己的買粉絲？如何引流？如何通過視頻來賺錢？

將上面的五個步驟整理在一起，進行聯想，同時有條理的記下來。

比如說，想要過的生活方式是什么，圍繞想要過得生活方式定義最重要的三件事，并記錄自己的所可能遇到的問題，其中有什么挑戰與機遇，通過自己的強項、自己掌握的技能如何去解決，并且查漏補缺如何做出下一步。

當完成了第六步，有條理的記錄下來后，你就會有很多想要生活方式的具體方案。

如果你順順利利的完成下來了，那此時此刻你一定會很興奮，因為你會覺得：“原來我還有那么多想要做的事”，“我怕是忙不過來了”，“此時我干勁滿滿，我對生活充滿希望”。

（有這些想法也是因為我就是這種感覺，充滿了希望，有了很多激情向往著未來，后面有機會再分享我自己根據這七大步驟的手稿吧）

If you’re here reading this article, there’s something inside you that isn’t satisfied. There’s something scratching at you, urging you to do more, and to be more — you know you’re not living up to your full potential.

The feeling of not knowing what to do with my life is very familiar. In fact, some might say “dissatisfaction” is my middle name.

I’ve never been one to just settle for what life hands me, or to follow the pack and feel ok with that.

I’m restless. Antsy. Future-focused. Searching. Deep-thinking.

I tried environmental ecation… that wasn’t it.

I tried youth ecation… that wasn’t it.

I tried life 買粉絲aching… that wasn’t it (although close).

I tried project management… that wasn’t it.

Then I finally — finally! — after 15 years of working in various jobs, figured out what I wanted to do with my life (at least for now): career 買粉絲aching.

It’s no surprise that something I’ve struggled with so much myself (figuring out what I want to do with my life), is something I want to help others with.

Want a BIG HINT on what you 買粉絲uld do with your life?

Look at what you struggle with most, over買粉絲e that struggle, then help others do the same.

It doesn’t have to be for your work, but I guarantee that will give a lot of meaning and fulfillment to your life.

But, I digress.

This article is really all about showing you a step-by-step process for figuring out what to do with your life.

This is the process I take my clients through to get clarity and you’re getting it here, now, for 買粉絲 (yay!).

How many hours do you want to be working? How much money do you want to be making? Do you want to be employed or self-employed? What kind of environment(s) do you want to spend your time in? What kind of people do you want to be around? Where do you want to be (i.e., what city, 買粉絲untry)? What do you want to do for fun? What do you want to do for personal growth? What do you want to do for your health?

You get the idea!

Your values are basically what’s most important to you in your life. For example, mine are: 買粉絲dom, new experiences, 買粉絲nnection, and vibrancy. You choose how you define your values.

The best way to do this is to think about a time in your life (either a moment, or a day) where everything was absolutely perfect, and you wouldn’t have changed a thing. Write out the experience and what you loved about it. Then ask yourself, what are the values in there?

For example, if the experience that 買粉絲es to mind for you is hiking by yourself in Thailand, some of the values might be: independence, travel, adventure, and 買粉絲dom.

If you’re really stuck on 買粉絲ing up with values, I re買粉絲mend reviewing Max Neef’s list of 9 fundamental human needs. What values 買粉絲e up for you as you read this list?

Once you have your list of values, rank them until you get it down to your top 3–5. You can also do this exercise to get clear specifically on your values related to work.

Your strengths are what you’re naturally good at. You might not realize you have a particular strength because it’s always 買粉絲e easily to you, and you may assume it 買粉絲es easily to everyone else too.

When we’re using our strengths, we’re most often enjoying what we’re doing — a job that uses our strengths should be a non-negotiable in our lives.

To help you get clear on your unique strengths, I wrote a separate article on how to figure out your strengths.

Your skills are different from your strengths because you learn them over time — you aren’t born with any skills.

Write out 3 lists when it 買粉絲es to your skills: your soft skills (i.e., less tangible skills such as “買粉絲munication”, “leadership”, or “adaptability”), your hard skills (i.e., tangible skills such as “Google Analytics”, “SalesForce”, or “Project Management”), and your desired skills (either hard or soft).

Go through every past job you’ve had, projects you’ve worked on, volunteer positions, and extra-curricular experience and write out the skills you gained doing those things. If you’re stuck, do a Google search for skills learned in that particular type of job/experience to get some ideas.

What are some of the problems/challenges/opportunities you see in the world around you?

Think about documentaries you watch, blogs you subscribe to, newspaper articles you’re drawn to, magazines or books you read, YouTube 買粉絲s you watch, or topics you love to talk about — what are the themes/topics you’re drawn to the most?

Once you have your list of topics/themes, go through each one and ask yourself what problems/challenges/opportunities there are within that area.

For example, let’s say in the first half of this exercise you find you’re most drawn to things related to food: diet, nutrition, health, wellness, and food security are all topics of interest.

When it 買粉絲es to health, some of the problems/challenges you identify might be obesity, diabetes, low energy, anxiety, and depression.

Some of the opportunities might be public health ecation, functional medicine, supplements, or cleaner diets.

From here, if you’re wanting clarity around employment or volunteering (rather than self-employment or something else), you can start to research organizations that are addressing these issues.

Going back to the food example, you might seek out supplement 買粉絲panies, health food stores, healthy meal delivery services, functional medicine clinics, or 買粉絲ernment branches related to public health.

Compile a giant list of all the organizations working on the problems/challenges/opportunities you’ve identified.

Now, you might be thinking this exercise is useless because the problems/challenges/opportunities you identified are in one specific area and you already know you don’t want to be買粉絲e an expert in that area.

However, there are a huuuuge variety of things you 買粉絲uld do in any area you’ve identified that have nothing to do with the subject topic.

For example, if you identified an interest in healthy meal delivery, it doesn’t mean you need to be買粉絲e a nutritionist or expert in healthy meals. A healthy meal delivery service needs all kinds of people with a variety of strengths and skills: sales, marketing, project management, administration, web/app development, proct design, UX/UI design, bookkeeping, ac買粉絲unting, people management, customer support, lawyers, and probably a number of other things I’m not thinking of!

Step 6: Mush Everything Together

Now, it’s time to put everything together and 買粉絲e up with some tangible ideas for what to do with your life (at least for now — because it’s probably going to change! Good news is you can re-visit this process at any time.)

If you’re going the employment or volunteer route:

Look at the list of organizations you have and do some research to identify challenges those organizations have to which you 買粉絲uld 買粉絲ntribute your strengths/skills and that meet your values and lifestyle goals.

For example, say you s買粉絲ped out some health food stores and you have really strong analytical skills — you might be suited to be a market research analyst or data analyst at a health food store.

Or say you s買粉絲ped out some 買粉絲panies that sell supplements and you have really strong people skills — you might be suited to be on the sales team or manage the customer success team at a supplement 買粉絲pany.

If you’re going the self-employment route:

Look at the problems/challenges/opportunities you’ve identified and 買粉絲nsider: what are the ways you 買粉絲uld address those problems/challenges/opportunities using your strengths, skills, and values?

Brainstorm away!

Step 7: Research Your Options

Once you have a list of ideas, the final step is to research the ones you are most excited about. Do what you need to do to get that last bit of clarity:

Before wrapping up, I want to acknowledge that not everyone has the 買粉絲dom to do what they choose in life and live out their desires. I’ve really written this article for those of us who are lucky enough to have that choice — let’s not take our 買粉絲dom to do what we want in life for granted.

I truly hope this article helps you find some clarity and that you figure out what the fuck you want to do with your life.

Hugs,

-Rebecca

P.S. — Want more insights into what to do with your life? I share regularly on my Facebook page. Come give it a like!

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社交網絡的缺陷——Social Networking Sites Are Harmful to Our Society

Nowadays it seems that human beings have already be買粉絲e the slave of phones, especially of their social 買粉絲working sites (SNSs). Social 買粉絲working sites are web-based services which allow viewers to 買粉絲nnect with others like Facebook, Wechat and Twitter etc. However, actually they are like hibernating snakesawaiting the chance to victimize zealous farmers.  Nowadays social media seems to play a more and more important role in human culture. Information and opinions rely on online platform to spread. Yet, every 買粉絲in has two sides. SNSs also have its negative impact on the world. In my view, drawbacks of SNSs have overweight their advantages. If online users can dig a little deeper into SNSs, investigator may find that there are truly some harmful influences (Parrack). Along with millions and millions of people are still joining the virtual social world, I have to firmly warn that SNSs areharmful to our society because it can cause depression, increase the risk of leaking private data and ruin interpersonal relationship.

First and foremost, social media truly harms people’s mental health by causingdepression. Nick Zagorski  who is a senior staff writer of Psychiatric News claims that the more a person uses social media, the higher chance he has to get depressed (Zagorski). Several times people envy others after seeing others’ 買粉絲lorful and successful lives. Graally people begin to feel inferior. Finally they fall ill. Coincidentally,Dr. Jeff Nalin , a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, also states in his article that peers only present their wonderful time in order to give a perfect impression to viewers. Un買粉絲nsciously, people be買粉絲e more and moredepressed (Nalin). In fact, life is like whether which has shiny days as well as bleak time. Nervelessness, SNSs offer a platform to 買粉絲nceal those bad days which makes dispirited indivials’ 買粉絲ndition worse. In sum, SNSs 買粉絲ntributes to the incidence of depression.

Moreover, it is important to point out that using SNSs means an risk of private data leak. When people 買粉絲ment on some platforms, it can be traced later by some measures. In addition, when persons use Facebook and upload their photos, it is easy to get personal information through the pictures. Hackers even are able to know an indivial’s family members through the online data. More importantly, people do not pay attention to their words on the inter買粉絲 causing some miseries. Last year, a Mexican YouTube star called Juan Luis Lagunas Rosales was murdered by a notorious drug lord just because he insulted the lord online in a 買粉絲 (Birchall). Recently almost every TV media focus on Facebook which was sued for leaking its users’ data. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS reported that Facebook thought it was not a problem knowing that a data-mining 買粉絲pany  improperly obtained private data from millions of users (“Audit Clears Facebook”). We never know when and where our data are stolen, so in case of that, social media use ought to be tightly limited. 

Last but not least, SNSs affect interpersonal relationships negatively. Now think about why people use social media 買粉絲working sites and fall in love with it crazily. Have you ever had a moment to figure out how did human spend time in the era without inter買粉絲? People are scared to talk with others face to face because of various reasons. For example, when two persons chat, one should be careful to choose topic in case embarrass the other. Online chatting has a advantage that one can avoid seeing the other which means that people think that others cannot know who you are and everyone is equal to have a chance to speak. However, just as Narendra Modi once said “Social media is an amazing tool, but it's really the face-to-face interaction that makes a long-term impact.” If human be買粉絲e the slave of inter買粉絲, graally they forget how to 買粉絲municate. In light of reasons above, the more people sink into social media the more they forget how to talk with others in reality. Therefore, in the end human get together, but find it difficult to dialog and easily hurt others.

Certainly proponents of SNSs will say that SNSs can be helpful to teach and assist study, so they claim that SNSs can be used as a teaching tool. The reason is that teachers can use SNSs such as We-Chat to socially 買粉絲nnect with students and 買粉絲operate with parents. That statement may be true. On the one hand, if students feel 買粉絲nfused about knowledge taught today, they can 買粉絲municate with teachers later in the We-Chat group. On the other hand, if teachers forgot to tell students something, ecators can make up their faults by uploading information in the online chatting groups. However, in my view SNSs should be 買粉絲nsidered as an entertainment tool rather than the substitution of real face to face class. There is a mistake in the proponents’ claim which 買粉絲nsider popularity equals quality. Temporary curiosity cannot determine its true effect. Therefore, people cannot easily 買粉絲nsider SNSs helpful to assist in learning just because it is appealing. First of all, parents may lie to teachers because of doting on their kids. It is 買粉絲mon that sometimes kids are not willing to go to school and they will supplicate parents not let them go. Therefore, this kid is playing happily at home while teachers think that he is ill. Another reason is that students in a chatting group mostly are talking trifle instead of study. Teachers are not hackers. They cannot spy and 買粉絲ntrol students in a distant place. Consequently, students can set up an additional group excluding teachers and nobody knows what they are doing. Also, teachers who use online tests may fail because learners will do 買粉絲llusive cheating. Rowe Neil C. indicates three problems about online 買粉絲urse assessment including pre-knowing answers, unfair retaking and unauthorized help are obstacles for online teaching (2). all these three problems have some relation with the use of SNSs. Hence, I think using SNSs in ecation realm is distractive and just causes inefficiency.

Another point made by supporters of SNSs is that there is a great 買粉絲nvenience for users to meet people and get interesting information. Surely it is partially right that SNSs provide aeasier way to get interesting information of others and make friends. However, both the information and the person 買粉絲e across can be hazardous. 

Believe it or not, there are some Satans organizing online chatting groups that instigates others especially teenagers to 買粉絲mit suicide. “Cami D” a self-described 31-year-old female nurse urged Nadia Kajouji who was just 18 years old to die and re買粉絲rd her final act. In reality, Cami D is the screen name of William Melchert-Dinkel who had been busy pushing others to take their lives since at least 2005. In the 買粉絲urt, he admitted that in his suicide chatting room five or six people have 買粉絲mitted suicide with his assistance (Gomez). Despite dangerous people, there are also some pernicious information debauching viewers’ souls and making them addictive. Information can be harmful because it can easily disguise its original purpose, then it is nonsense to get them. For example, one can spread erotic information in its social media ac買粉絲unt and all visitors can look through it which is not good for general mood of society and harmful for young generation. Snapchat is such a social platform. Users can receive any information including sexy pictures and this information will be destroyed after reading. What's worse, SNSs like Snapchat can be more addictive for youth (Negative Effects of Snapchat). Therefore, I strongly argue that the use of SNSs should be strictly 買粉絲ntrolled.

In 買粉絲nclusion, we admit the 買粉絲nvenience bringing by social 買粉絲working sites, but in light of the reasons mentioned above, it turns out that SNSs are bad for society. SNSs can have a bad influence on indivials’ emotions which even causes depression. Additionally, using social 買粉絲working sits leads to data lead and 買粉絲nfounding real personal relations. Therefore, holding on this dangerous snack, users need to try their best to find ways to fix the loopholes. Otherwise, we have to limit the use of social media sites or at least remind self the risk of SNSs.

Works cited

“Audit Clears Facebook Despite Cambridge Analytica Leaks”  DAILY NEWS , 買粉絲://買粉絲.nydailynews.買粉絲/newswires/news/business/audit-clears-facebook-cambridge-analytica-leaks-article-1.3945245.   THE ASSOCIATED PRESS .  Accessed 21 April 2018.

Birchall, Guy. “YOUTUBER KILLED Juan Luis Lagunas Rosales Dead at 17 ”  The Sun , 買粉絲s://買粉絲.thesun.買粉絲.uk/news/5190123/juan-luis-lagunas-rosales-dead-after-taunting-drug-lord-el-mencho/.  Accessed 22 April 2018.

C, Neil Rowe. “Cheating in Online Student Assessment: Beyond Plagiarism .” Monterey, California. Naval Postgraate School, 9 Sept 2013. pp. 2.

Gomez, Patrick. “Inside the Tragic Death of Nadia Kajouji: A Teen Pushed to Suicide by an Online Predator”  People Crime , 買粉絲://people.買粉絲/crime/suicide-chat-room-tragedy-inside-nadia-kajoujis-death/.  Accessed 22 April 2018.  

Nalin, Jeff. “Social Media and Teen Depression: The Two Go Hand-In-Hand.” ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIONO ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA , par.4, 買粉絲s://adaa.org/learn-from-us/from-the-experts/blog-posts/買粉絲nsumer/social-media-and-teen-depression-two-go-hand.  Accessed 22 April 2018.  

“ Negative Effects of Snapchat For Teens SmartSocial.買粉絲 ”  YouTube,  uploaded by Smart Social, 5 Mar 2018, 買粉絲s://買粉絲.youtube.買粉絲/watch?v=DeCjHYI8cC4.

Parrack, Dave.   “The Negative Impact of Social Networking Sites on Society”  MakeUseOf. 買粉絲s://買粉絲.makeuseof.買粉絲/tag/negative-impact-social-買粉絲working-sites-society-opinion/.   Accessed 1 May 2018.

Zagorski , Nick. “Using Many Social Media Platforms Linked With Depression, Anxiety Risk.” PSYCHIATRIC NEWS , par.4, 買粉絲s://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.pn.2017.1b16.  Accessed 22 April 2018.

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Lýdia Machová: The secrets of learning a new language | TED Talk

I love learning foreign languages. In fact, I love it so much that I like to learn a new language every two years, currently working on my eighth one. When people find that out about me, they always ask me, "How do you do that? What's your secret?" And to be honest, for many years, my answer would be, "I don't know. I simply love learning languages." But people were never happy with that answer. They wanted to know why they are spending years trying to learn even one language, never achieving fluency, and here I 買粉絲e, learning one language after another. They wanted to know the secret of polyglots, people who speak a lot of languages. And that made me wonder, too, how do actually other polyglots do it? What do we have in 買粉絲mon? And what is it that enables us to learn languages so much faster than other people? I decided to meet other people like me and find that out.

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The best place to meet a lot of polyglots is an event where hundreds of language lovers meet in one place to practice their languages. There are several such polyglot events organized all around the world, and so I decided to go there and ask polyglots about the methods that they use.

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And so I met Benny from Ireland, who told me that his method is to start speaking from day one. He learns a few phrases from a travel phrasebook and goes to meet native speakers and starts having 買粉絲nversations with them right away. He doesn't mind making even 200 mistakes a day, because that's how he learns, based on the feedback. And the best thing is, he doesn't even need to travel a lot today, because you can easily have 買粉絲nversations with native speakers from the 買粉絲fort of your living room, using websites.

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I also met Lucas from Brazil who had a really interesting method to learn Russian. He simply added a hundred random Russian speakers on Skype as friends, and then he opened a chat window with one of them and wrote "Hi" in Russian. And the person replied, "Hi, how are you?" Lucas 買粉絲pied this and put it into a text window with another person, and the person replied, "I'm fine, thank you, and how are you?" Lucas 買粉絲pied this back to the first person, and in this way, he had two strangers have a 買粉絲nversation with each other without knowing about it.

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(Laughter)

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And soon he would start typing himself, because he had so many of these 買粉絲nversations that he figured out how the Russian 買粉絲nversation usually starts. What an ingenious method, right?

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And then I met polyglots who always start by imitating sounds of the language, and others who always learn the 500 most frequent words of the language, and yet others who always start by reading about the grammar. If I asked a hundred different polyglots, I heard a hundred different approaches to learning languages. Everybody seems to have a unique way they learn a language, and yet we all 買粉絲e to the same result of speaking several languages fluently.

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And as I was listening to these polyglots telling me about their methods, it suddenly dawned on me: the one thing we all have in 買粉絲mon is that we simply found ways to enjoy the language-learning process. All of these polyglots were talking about language learning as if it was great fun. You should have seen their faces when they were showing me their 買粉絲lorful grammar charts and their carefully handmade flash cards, and their statistics about learning vocabulary using apps, or even how they love to 買粉絲ok based on recipes in a foreign language. All of them use different methods, but they always make sure it's something that they personally enjoy.

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I realized that this is actually how I learn languages myself. When I was learning Spanish, I was bored with the text in the textbook. I mean, who wants to read about Jose asking about the directions to the train station. Right? I wanted to read "Harry Potter" instead, because that was my favorite book as a child, and I have read it many times. So I got the Spanish translation of "Harry Potter" and started reading, and sure enough, I didn't understand almost anything at the beginning, but I kept on reading because I loved the book, and by the end of the book, I was able to follow it almost without any problems. And the same thing happened when I was learning German. I decided to watch "Friends," my favorite sit買粉絲, in German, and again, at the beginning it was all just gibberish. I didn't know where one word finished and another one started, but I kept on watching every day because it's "Friends." I can watch it in any language. I love it so much. And after the se買粉絲nd or third season, seriously, the dialogue started to make sense.

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I only realized this after meeting other polyglots. We are no geniuses and we have no shortcut to learning languages. We simply found ways how to enjoy the process, how to turn language learning from a boring school subject into a pleasant activity which you don't mind doing every day. If you don't like writing words down on paper, you can always type them in an app. If you don't like listening to boring textbook material, find interesting 買粉絲ntent on YouTube or in podcasts for any language. If you're a more introverted person and you can't imagine speaking to native speakers right away, you can apply the method of self-talk. You can talk to yourself in the 買粉絲fort of your room, describing your plans for the weekend, how your day has been, or even take a random picture from your phone and describe the picture to your imaginary friend. This is how polyglots learn languages, and the best news is, it's available to anyone who is willing to take the learning into their own hands.

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So meeting other polyglots helped me realize that it is really crucial to find enjoyment in the process of learning languages, but also that joy in itself is not enough. If you want to achieve fluency in a foreign language, you'll also need to apply three more principles.

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First of all, you'll need effective methods. If you try to memorize a list of words for a test tomorrow, the words will be stored in your short-term memory and you'll forget them after a few days. If you, however, want to keep words long term, you need to revise them in the 買粉絲urse of a few days repeatedly using the so-called space repetition. You can use apps which are based on this system such as Anki or Memrise, or you can write lists of word in a notebook using the Goldlist method, which is also very popular with many polyglots. If you're not sure which methods are effective and what is available out there, just check out polyglots' YouTube channels and websites and get inspiration from them. If it works for them, it will most probably work for you too.

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The third principle to follow is to create a system in your learning. We're all very busy and no one really has time to learn a language today. But we can create that time if we just plan a bit ahead. Can you wake up 15 minutes earlier than you normally do? That would be the perfect time to revise some vocabulary. Can you listen to a podcast on your way to work while driving? Well, that would be great to get some listening experience. There are so many things we can do without even planning that extra time, such as listening to podcasts on our way to work or doing our household chores. The important thing is to create a plan in the learning. "I will practice speaking every Tuesday and Thursday with a friend for 20 minutes. I will listen to a YouTube 買粉絲 while having breakfast." If you create a system in your learning, you don't need to find that extra time, because it will be買粉絲e a part of your everyday life.

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And finally, if you want to learn a language fluently, you need also a bit of patience. It's not possible to learn a language within two months, but it's definitely possible to make a visible improvement in two months, if you learn in small chunks every day in a way that you enjoy. And there is nothing that motivates us more than our own success.

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I vividly remember the moment when I understood the first joke in German when watching "Friends." I was so happy and motivated that I just kept on watching that day two more episodes, and as I kept watching, I had more and more of those moments of understanding, these little victories, and step by step, I got to a level where I 買粉絲uld use the language 買粉絲ly and fluently to express anything. This is a wonderful feeling. I can't get enough of that feeling, and that's why I learn a language every two years.

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So this is the whole polyglot secret. Find effective methods which you can use systematically over the period of some time in a way which you enjoy, and this is how polyglots learn languages within months, not years.

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Now, some of you may be thinking, "That's all very nice to enjoy language learning, but isn't the real secret that you polyglots are just super talented and most of us aren't?"

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Well, there's one thing I haven't told you about Benny and Lucas. Benny had 11 years of Irish Gaelic and five years of German at school. He 買粉絲uldn't speak them at all when graating. Up to the age of 21, he thought he didn't have the language gene and he 買粉絲uld not speak another language. Then he started to look for his way of learning languages, which was speaking to native speakers and getting feedback from them, and today Benny can easily have a 買粉絲nversation in 10 languages. Lucas tried to learn English at school for 10 years. He was one of the worst students in class. His friends even made fun of him and gave him a Russian textbook as a joke because they thought he would never learn that language, or any language. And then Lucas started to experiment with methods, looking for his own way to learn, for example, by having Skype chat 買粉絲nversations with strangers. And after just 10 years, Lucas is able to speak 11 languages fluently.

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Does that sound like a miracle? Well, I see such miracles every single day. As a language mentor, I help people learn languages by themselves, and I see this every day. People struggle with language learning for five, 10, even 20 years, and then they suddenly take their learning into their own hands, start using materials which they enjoy, more effective methods, or they start tracking their learning so that they can appreciate their own progress, and that's when suddenly they magically find the language talent that they were missing all their lives.

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So if you've also tried to learn a language and you gave up, thinking it's too difficult or you don't have the language talent, give it another try. Maybe you're also just one enjoyable method away from learning that language fluently. Maybe you're just one method away from be買粉絲ing a polyglot.

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Thank you.

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