Do you sometimes feel that something hard to define is stopping you from making progress in the language you’re learning?
Do you feel that you’re putting in the effort but things are not working out as you would want them to?
Perhaps you’re bothered by limiting beliefs.
Limiting beliefs are things that we make ourselves believe, and which constrain us in some way or stop us from achieving our true potential.
Let’s take a look at some limiting beliefs that many of us may sometimes hold. By naming them, you can take your first step on the way to getting rid of them!
“My past dictates my future”
Successful language learners don’t believe that because they struggled with something in the past, they will struggle again.
They fail and make mistakes but they don’t let it stop them from tackling the problems they’re trying to solve again, and again, if necessary.
Some real language learners think they could never learn German because they find noun cases extremely difficult, even as young as 17.
Seventeen!
Even if it was last year or last week, though, today is a new day and a new opportunity to make something difficult into something easy!
Never think that any of your past failures or mistakes will hold you back. You can be successful regardless of your language learning history.
“I don’t have the time”
Successful language learners don’t have more time than you do. They just make time (instead of making excuses).
How much time have you spent scrolling down your Facebook feed without any specific purpose in the last week? How much time have you lost refreshing your inbox?
Successful language learners are aware of how they spend their time and where they can make efficiencies, and then make the time to learn their languages.
If you need some inspiration, check out online a few productivity tips for language learners and for everyone in general. Find your own way!
Check back here for continuation of this topic next week.
