Tag Archives: learning

Escaping The Monkey Puzzle: A Few Things You Might Want To Question

Note from Niall: Below is a guest post by Trevor Pirtle of Nakefy Your Mind. And above is a video of me and Trevor chatting about the post, and other random things that occur to us. If you can’t see said video, clickedy here. … Oftentimes people just accept the manners, the rules, the tendencies, [...]

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5 Hidden Benefits of Learning a Second Language

Can’t see the video? Click here. As you know from my last post, I’ve invested a lot of time over the past few months in learning Spanish. Before I moved to Spain this summer, I hadn’t tried to speak a foreign language since I left secondary school over a decade ago, save for a couple [...]

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The 3 Most Intelligent Words in the English Language

Can’t see the video? Click here. I’m not that smart. Neither are you. There’s a whole helluva lot that even the brightest among us don’t know about the world. Even when we put our heads together and combine our knowledge, we still fail to find answers to some big important questions. I used to try [...]

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Conversing in Spanish and the Curse of Perfectionism

Can’t see the video? Click here. To show you fine folks how I’m getting along with learning Spanish, I met up with my good friend María in Burgos on Sunday and recorded the conversation you can see in the video above. Watch me struggle to think of words and butcher pronunciations Keep in mind though [...]

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Permission to suck

When it comes to making changes and trying new things, we’re often held back by the fear of sucking. For example, say you want to switch careers. You’ve always loved painting but you’re not very good at it. You’ve never sold a piece of art in your life. Truth be told, you kind of suck [...]

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