Why Making Language Mistakes Leads to Rapid Progress
00:00:00.000 | I would really encourage people to make as many mistakes as possible.
00:00:04.960 | When I'm really getting into learning a language and doing it intensively,
00:00:08.880 | my goal is today I'm going to make 200 mistakes or more. That's my goal. And that gets you
00:00:16.240 | completely away from this academic mindset where every mistake brings you closer to a fail.
00:00:21.840 | Every mistake is you communicating more. And like I said earlier, you suck a little less every day.
00:00:28.480 | So that's my biggest takeaway other than speak from day one is I would encourage people to make
00:00:34.960 | mistakes. Embrace your inner Spanish Tarzan or whatever you imagine this caveman functionality
00:00:43.920 | of the language. Try to just use that. And that's how you push through those A levels
00:00:49.360 | to eventually then be communicating in the language. Embrace being a beginner. It's fine.