“I want to become fluent in <insert foreign language here>”
I hear this phrase so often and can’t help but be reminded of my early days with Spanish and strangely, my time spent working as a personal trainer.
There’s nothing wrong with the desire to become fluent. In fact, that desire is what inspires us to start the process to begin with.
However, “I want to become fluent” is a result oriented and future oriented goal much like these commonly stated fitness goals:
- “I want to lose weight”
- “I want to get stronger”
- “I want to look better naked”
- Etc.
The desire is natural, but if you don’t take the additional step that I’m going to propose in this post, you’re likely setting yourself up for failure.
