#021 Learn English daily. The Kaizen way -No excuses - No procrastination! -
Speak English Now Podcast: Learn English | Speak English without grammar.
Georgiana
4.6 • 536 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2017
⏱️ 14 minutes
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I'll talk about a Japanese technique called Kaizen. It's hard to be constant when you have a long-time project like learning English. This technique will help you to study English every day, and it will prevent you from procrastinating.
Later you'll practice your speaking skills with a new fun question and answer story.
What in the world is Kaizen? You may be asking yourselves.
Kaizen is a Japanese word which can be translated as "Continuous Improvement."
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Georgiana, and I'm back with a new episode. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm here to help you speak English fluently. |
| 0:11.2 | If you want to help me, share the podcast with your friends and family. |
| 0:16.9 | That would mean a lot. Thanks. |
| 0:23.6 | Okay, let's start. |
| 0:30.6 | In this episode, I'll talk about a Japanese technique called Kaizen. |
| 0:41.1 | It's hard to be constant when you have a long-time project like learning English. This technique will help you to study English every day and it will prevent you from procrastinating. Later, you will |
| 0:48.9 | practice your speaking skills with a new mini-story. |
| 0:55.9 | What in the world is Kaizen? |
| 0:58.2 | You may be asking yourself. |
| 1:06.4 | Kaizen is a Japanese word that can be translated as continuous improvement. |
| 1:15.2 | The concept of continuous improvement has been around for thousands of years in Japanese culture. |
| 1:25.0 | Here's the thing. Sometimes we want to achieve essential goals or make significant changes to our habits. |
| 1:29.8 | It's when we get excited and we start taking massive action. |
| 1:39.5 | We go to the gym five days per week or study English for several hours every day. This is easy when we begin, since we're motivated and we have strong determination. |
| 1:46.0 | Novelty gives us that feeling. Taking massive action can be positive sometimes. |
| 1:53.6 | Unfortunately, many times it can become counterproductive. |
| 1:59.4 | This mindset is prevalent among Western culture. We like finding big solutions |
| 2:06.7 | to big problems. The best way to reach our goal is to start using a better and more efficient |
| 2:15.6 | method. So you have already chosen your goal. |
| 2:20.8 | That's easy to do. |
| 2:23.1 | You've decided that you want to speak English fluently. |
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