In this episode I'm talking about how I *FINALLY* started learning Spanish. This was something I had been thinking about and wanting to do and not doing for YEARS.
Then a move to Costa Rica made it very important that I had some Spanish and a combination of a great tutor, an app my wife's family used and the repeated decision not to give up mean that I have now been practising my Spanish almost every day for five years. And whilst I'm far from fluent yet - just listen to me stumble over the word 'aprendiendo' in the opening couple of minutes of the show - I'm immeasurably better than five years ago and far better than I would have been if I hadn't created a '12-minute method' practise for language learning. And if I keep going, who knows where I'll be in another five years?
I get into a bit of positive psychology theory I learned about from one of Shawn Achor's books, and I also reflect on what I learned from listening back to Episode 4, where I talk about the origin of the 12-Minute Method.
PS There's also a lot of love for Duolingo in this podcast.
PPS I decided not to go for the clickbait-y title in the end! More on that next time, maybe!
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About the 12-Minute Method Podcast: In this podcast, I (leadership coach and author Robbie Swale) investigate why we sometimes don't do the things that deep down we really want to do. In each episode of season 1, I am going to reflect on a time in my life where I have beaten procrastination, become more productive and finally done something important to me, hoping that by doing this I will learn more about what it really takes to go from wanting to do something (but not doing it) to getting it done. And hoping that whatever you take away from each episode might help you get your idea off the ground and out into the world.
Find out more about Robbie and the 12-Minute Method books at www.robbieswale.com.
