subject: Language Learning Excuses Are For The Weak - Learn A Second Language Now [print this page] If you've ever used excuses to avoid taking action on something you wanted to do...like learn a new language...then you were likely laboring under an illusion.
Excuses to keep from learning a foreign language can seem incredibly strong and valid. Sometimes, even to the point where we end up believing they are absolute truth. However, excuses for not learning a second language can not only cause us to miss out on a few opportunities, they actually have the power to keep us from living the life of our dreams if we let them.
When we continually talk ourselves out of taking action to learn the language we want, we create a powerful downward spiral of decreasing opportunities, dwindling abundance, and diminishing self-respect. We end up preventing ourselves of reaching our full potential and becoming the person we could have been.
Don't let your excuses keep you from learning to speak another language! Excuses are for weak-willed individuals who have no desire or willingness to grow and develop themselves to their full language learning potential. They have talked themselves out of creating the lives they truly want, and they will not budge from where they are right now unless a major crisis forces them to.
Is this you? Or would you rather be someone who laughs at limitations and faces the challenge of learning a new foreign language head on?
If you are in the habit of buying into excuses, you probably utter phrases like these often:
"I can't (learn a new language)..."
"I don't have the talent (to learn a foreign language)..."
"I wouldn't be strong enough (to practice the language)..."
"I'm too old (to learn a new language)..."
"I don't have enough time (to study a foreign language)..."
"I don't have the money (to go to a language school)..."
"I don't have the brains (to memorize words in a second language)..."
"I'm not good at (language learning)..."
"It would be too hard (to study with a language tutor)..."
"It's nearly impossible for someone like me (to learn a second language)..."
How many times have you said things like this? They are excuses, plain and simple.
Here's the worst part: even if an excuse actually holds some merit, like if you really don't have enough money to go to a language school or hire a private language tutor - the excuse itself prevents you from even TRYING or working toward the goal in some way. Just because you don't YET have the money, time, talent, courage, or whatever . . . does not mean you won't have it at some future time. It doesn't mean that you can't save up until you have it, or work on it little by little.
Here's the good news: if you refuse to believe your language learning in excuses, they suddenly cease to be true.
Starting today, take a good hard look at your own excuses. Are they really true, or have you been fooling yourself because it seems easier than shattering the language learning illusion?
If you question the beliefs you hold about yourself and your language learning capabilities, you might be surprised to learn that you've been held hostage by excuses. But since YOU formed the excuses, you can easily dismantle them too, one step at a time, one faulty belief at a time.
When you begin doing this even in small ways...like taking the first steps to learn a second language, you begin to develop greater strength and empowerment within yourself, and your whole life will begin to shift and change in miraculous ways.
