Another year, another review! This is the third year (past reviews: 2018, 2017) that I’ve done this review and I think it’s an extremely useful exercise. The past year has gone by in a flash (although at times, it didn’t seem that way) and it’s always a good idea to take stock of things and…
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It’s been a busy year! So much so that I’ve barely even had a weekend to myself to reflect on things. Thankfully, I have a couple of weeks off for the holidays to write this year-in-review. I did this last year and I think it was an extremely useful exercise. Sometimes things move so fast…
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With the way the pace of my life is moving, I feel like I haven’t had much time to reflect on longer term accomplishments and lessons. So I thought doing an annual review is a great chance for me to reflect on the past year and figure out what I’m doing right and what I’m…
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Learning is one of those funny things that we never learn how to do — we just do it. As children, we somehow learn to read, do math, and play sports all without thinking too much about how to learn or what it feels like to learn. Learning is just a natural thing when you’re…
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I read an article the other day about an interesting fellow who learned to speak four languages in a very short amount of time. He had these four broad steps: Stage 1: Learn the correct pronunciation of the language. Stage 2: Vocabulary and grammar acquisition, no English allowed. Stage 3: Listening, writing and reading work.…