Another Way to Improve Language Skills

All of us know that to improve our language skills we need to have practice read, write and speak. We also know of such ways as having a small personal dictionary, learning N words per day, etc.

I’d like to introduce another way I’ve invented. Perhaps it’s not an easier way. This is just one more trick we can use and combine with other ones. And I suspect I’m not the first who invented it.

So the Method Is
When you see something or think about something, check yourself – do you know what is that word in English (Spanish, Russian, etc.). If you don’t, write that word down in the language you know immediately (you can just remember – that’s enough if you are not trying to learn too many words daily). And check it out in the dictionary once you have access to it.

The difference from just learning N words from a dictionary is that you learn words that describe your surrounding and your life so you are more likely to use words learned this way in practice.

It helps me and will hopefully help you.

The Paralysis of the Analysis

Do you remember how many times you had ideas on starting doing something? How many times you have actually started? I believe that many of us do not start even one percent.

Many startups die even not being started. Many people start analyzing an opportunity by thinking mostly about how their startup may fail but not how to it succeed. Analyzing best practices and success stories and looking at successful people and companies or popular websites or blogs we see how far we are from success. We think about many serious problems we are going to face and how it is hard to succeed and how much time it will take. All those thoughts prevent us from even trying to do something. From even starting something we want to start.

Of course analysis and planning is essential for success but we cannot analyze everything beforehand. Doing first steps we learn. We find out more about the problems and ways of solving them. We not just increase our chances to succeed. We basically give ourselves those chances. Even small practical experience is worth more than several weeks of pure analysis.

Analyzing an opportunity it is vital to not fall into the paralysis of analysis.