Notes

Before I started practicing Imitation, I had read a book called “The Talent Code“. (The book teaches how to improve a skill effectively.) The book taught me one important lesson: in order to quickly improve a skill, I must practice something difficult…something that would make me feel uncomfortable and frustrated. That’s the fastest way to push myself to the next level.

So, during my practice, if I felt like I was practicing something difficult, that’s when I knew I was doing the right thing. That’s when I knew I was stretching my English speaking abilities.

This mindset made me embrace difficulty. I didn’t see difficulty as something to avoid. I saw difficulty as a signal that I was on the right track.

There’s another thing that kept me going; it was the thought that, each day, I was doing something that would make me more valuable in the future. It was the idea that, if I kept going, a year from now, I would speak English much better.

I knew that if I quit just because the practice was difficult, a year from now, I would be one year older, but my spoken English would still be at the same level. This thought kept me going.

Don’t avoid difficulty. Embrace it. It’s an indication that you’re pushing your spoken English to the next level.