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okay today's topic is how to deal with
missed language goals and failure
have you ever failed to reach a goal if
you're planning on learning a language
as your 2021 new year's resolution
or if you just want to know how to get
back up and recover from language
learning failure
then you'll like this episode so keep
watching
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jump into today's topic
how to deal with missed language goals
and failure
if you've ever set a goal you've
probably dealt with failure
a lot of people set goals around january
when they set their new year's
resolution
if you're planning on setting a
resolution to learn a new language in
2021 you'll want to pay attention
now in this video when we say failure we
mean
you set a goal but you don't reach it
for example
if the goal was learning 100 words in a
month either you learned some words
meaning you took some steps or you did
nothing at all meaning you learned zero
words
failure usually happens for one of two
reasons one you set an unrealistic goal
that's too hard for you or your routine
or your lifestyle
for example learning 1 000 words in a
month can be overwhelming
for 2 it could be for reasons outside of
your control
maybe you got sick or you're busy at
work and have no time
or you're moving life can get in the way
so how do you deal with failure do you
feel disappointed
do you quit do you keep trying leave us
a comment and let us know
but if you want to succeed with your
future language goals you'll need to
change your outlook on failure and learn
how to recover
so here are five ways to deal with
missed goals
one ask yourself is this outside of my
control or inside of my control
for example you could be moving you
might have overtime at work
you may get sick and life might just get
in the way
these situations are outside of your
control so there's no need to blame
yourself
if they were inside your control it's
likely you set a goal that was too hard
or simply unrealistic for your current
lifestyle
why ask this if the situation is outside
of your control you should keep on going
if the situation is within your control
you can work on fixing it
and we'll tell you how in just a bit
second
if you feel disappointed about a missed
goal which is normal
use that feeling as motivation don't
stop your language learning journey just
because you're feeling disappointed
third understand that this isn't the
last time you're going to fail
there'll be goals that you'll hit and
there'll be goals that you miss
that's just a fact of life and in a way
that's good news because you'll get used
to failing
you'll learn not to feel too bad about
it and you'll learn how to keep on going
fourth understand that as long as you
spend time on the language that's good
enough
goals are also meant to get you moving
in a certain direction
so as long as you made some strides in
the right direction that's better than
nothing
so if your goal was to learn 100 words
but you learned only 20
20 is better than zero you still started
moving in the right direction
and if you didn't reach 100 this time
you can hit 100 in the future
it's just a matter of time fifth recover
from failure by setting
smaller goals why set smaller goals
if you failed to learn 100 words
wouldn't it make sense to try that goal
again
or double up punish yourself and learn
200 to make up for lost time
in schools when we miss homework we have
to make it up and stay on track with new
homework
this doesn't make sense with goals the
reason is
if you fail again it's because that goal
is too far out of your reach
either you yourself can't handle it or
your current situation like being busy
at work
or having a private matter doesn't give
you much time
by aiming lower you can at least get
back on track to succeeding at reaching
a goal
you're getting something done and you're
getting your confidence back up
because if you couldn't reach 100 words
last time chances are you won't reach it
this time
so try 50 words 30 words give yourself a
chance to succeed on your own terms
and that's it don't let the small
failures keep you from making a big
success
make your goals work for you let's recap
one more time
one ask yourself is this outside of my
control or inside of my control
two if you feel disappointed use that
feeling as motivation
three understand that this isn't the
last time you're going to fail
four understand that as long as you
spend time on the language that's good
enough
and five recover from failure by setting
smaller goals
if you're planning on setting a language
learning resolution for 2021
let us know what it is leave a comment
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back on track after language learning
failure
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