The powerful eight step motivation plan that anyone SERIOUS about learning Spanish should read
by Kai Chandler
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The powerful eight step motivation plan that anyone SERIOUS
about learning Spanish should read, by Kai Chandler
The key to learning any language is not ability, or money, or
time, but motivation. There are probably as many unused
language courses gathering dust as there are unused exercise
machines!
While poorly thought out goals can only act as a barrier to
learning, well defined goals, frequently revisited, and written
large, are a great enabler.
So, why are YOU learning Spanish?
Is it because
* with about 400 million speakers, Spanish is the fourth most
commonly spoken language in the world (after English, Chinese
and Hindustani), and probably has more native speakers than
English?
* there are over 40 million Spanish speakers in the United
States alone?
* it is an official language on four continents and of
historical importance elsewhere?
* you want to keep your brain active?
* you know learning Spanish will be fun?
* you are planning to travel in Spain, or Chile, or Guatemala,
or Mexico, or Uruguay, or California, or Colombia, or
Argentina, or Venezuela, or Texas, or Peru, or Cuba, or
Ecuador, or Dominican Republic, or El Salvador, or Honduras, or
or Nicaragua, or Bolivia, or Costa Rica, or Puerto Rico, or
Panama, or Paraguay or even Florida, Chicago or New York?
* or maybe, you just want to prove that YOU CAN!
Look for more possible reasons to learn Spanish at
http://www.learnspanishasap.com/
To help supercharge your motivation try this simple sequence.
1. First be sure the goals you are setting are something you
really want, and not just something that sounds good.
2. Next, be sure any goals you set do not contradict any other
goals you may have.
3. Always phrase your goal in the positive - this help the
subconscious mind to target the goals you are pursuing
4. Specify your goal in as much detail as you can.
You are not
just learning Spanish. You are learning Spanish so you can
communicate effectively with locals by a certain date. Or
perhaps, to pass a particular exam with an A grade. Visualize
yourself attaining the goal. How does it feel to have
effortless conversation with an interesting local person? Will
you frame that examination certificate? Imagine it in a gold
frame.
Again, you are programming your mind with subconscious
instructions. Write it in the present tense - "I am enjoying
effortless conversation in Spanish by Summer 200x."
5. Is your goal big enough? Is it a BHAG (Big Hairy Aggressive
Goal) or just a little mouse of a goal? Think big.
6. Write that goal down.
A 6x4" index card is ideal for this.
Motivational guru Gene Donohue said that "The difference
between a goal
and a dream is the written word."
7. Avoid sharing your goals with others as any negative
influences will harm your positive selftalk. Of course, if
someone is on the critical path to you achieving your goal then
you must bring that person into your confidence.
8. Review and revisit your goal first thing every morning
and last thing every night to get your conscious and
subconscious thinking aligned.
Live the goal each time, using
all the senses. Hear the language, smell the flowers, feel the
handshake and imagine the taste of the food.
Quote - "There is no achievement without goals" - Robert J.
McKain
This article is part of a five part ecourse available at
no cost at Kai Chandler's site for all Spanish learners:
http://www.learnspanishasap.com which
specializes in providing
reviews and recommendations of top-rated Spanish courses,
learning tools and techniques to help improve and develop
your Spanish skills in the shortest possible time. It's
essential reading for anyone serious about learning
Spanish.
Copyright Kai Chandler (#spasap162608)
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