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welcome. Welcome to the Effortless English Podcast.

Welcome to the Effortless English Podcast. Today's episode, Remember Where You Were.

I just had an excellent discussion with students at the linguist and to learn English with the linguist go And to learn English with the linguist, go to

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In this discussion, we discuss the power of beliefs and motivation.

Positive beliefs can be very, very powerful. If you believe you are

intelligent, if you believe you are an excellent language learner, if you have

total faith that you will master English, and if you have a deep interest in some aspect of the language

and its culture, you are sure to succeed. Of course, it helps to have a good learning method, but even

with a great method, you will probably fail if you

don't have strong positive beliefs. One problem that many language learners have is

that they become so focused on their goal that they forget to

celebrate their successes. I have this problem. I'm always comparing myself to better

Spanish speakers. If I'm walking around San Francisco and

hear Mexican people talking, I always listen carefully. If I don't understand them, I

become depressed. I think I'm still terrible at Spanish. I'm not learning fast enough.

This is absolutely crazy.

I've only been studying Spanish for four and a half months.

Of course it's good to have goals,

especially measurable goals, but we must not become too focused on them. It is very dangerous

to always be comparing ourselves to native speakers or more advanced learners.

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