Tag Archives: Motivation
Do You Know Your Place?
I was recently put in my place this last December with the JLPT 4 test. I wrote it about it in “Why my JLPT Fail was Still a Win“. It was a very eye opening experience and a great motivational experience.
The biggest problem with it is not being able to convey my how I felt [...]
Why my JLPT Fail was Still a Win
Yesterday was JLPT day and I did fail it. Whether it is graded that way or not I am not sure. However, I failed it in my opinion. That being said I would not trade the experience for anything in the world. I am going to include some picture of the trip too so not [...]
Consistent Action Leads to Extraordinary Results
There are many sayings and most have some “truth” to them, but none, to me, are as powerful as this one.
Consistent action over a long period of time leads to amazing results.
I am not sure I am even saying it completely or where I heard it. However, that is the saying I remember. What it [...]
It is ALL about Passion
I tend to have a bout of introspection at the oddest times. Today it just so happened while I was on the elliptical reading an interesting history book. The word Passion was used to describe early followers of Buddhism in Japan. Their Passion led to people going to great lengths to accomplish their ideals. This [...]
Japanese Speech Competitions
Speech competitions may be an interesting way to practice and get some critiques of your speaking ability and a fun way to really put yourself out there and force you to grow as a speaker.
Here are some videos of people doing there speech competitions. These are all gaijin’s doing speeches.
I took a look at some [...]
Where To Go From Here When You are Burnt Out
Burning out happens, but it is a good time to get going again. Recently, a commenter left a comment about how they are learning and some of the problems. Here is the comment:
Comment by: Kirlanda
Hi, I actually just stumbled on to your site. Because I’m not in any type of college course for japanese(my [...]
Why Your Language Book is Holding Your Japanese Back
Most books for learning are horrible for the long term learner of Japanese. There are several things to take into account when trying to learn Japanese, or any language for that matter, from fluency level to resources, and even how you learn. I want to discuss the importance of learning written language and how most [...]
Learning Japanese has an Immediate Return on Investment (ROI)
As a college student I spend a lot of time learning things that don’t seem to apply to the real world or has no immediate benifit, but with some work I can see a future return on learning the subject at hand. I must say only learning things which have a future return is kind [...]
Motivation to Learn
I a person that is into social science based on observation and when a good blog post comes along I can’t help but take a read and take some time for thought and introspection.
Last night I was going through my feed reader and got to yonasu’s feed. Going through them he posted on the All [...]
