Want to Speak English in 2017? Stop Doing This...

Happy New Year! Hello! This is Jack from

tofluency.com. Welcome to the first

lesson of 2017. Now, we got back yesterday

after a two-day drive from Florida and as

you can see, it's not quite as sunny here.

It's not quite as warm, but it's not too

cold it's great to be back and I'm

really excited for 2017. Now, while I was

in Florida, I spent quite a lot of time

watching different things on YouTube, so

I make a lot of videos here on YouTube

but i also like to watch videos there

and I do this to learn new things I

follow people - I like to be entertained

as well and one person that I was

following is somebody who is an expert

in health and fitness. This person is

quite polarizing and that just means

that some people love him

some people hate him and one of the

things about him - and I'll leave a link

in the description to his channel - is

that he inherited quite a bit of money.

So, he lives in a huge house and he

drives a very fancy car - he's still very

young but a lot of people hate him for

that. You see the hate in the comments

and a lot of people what they do is they

say things like: well, it's easy for you

because you don't need to work you don't

need to have a job you have this big

house; you we're lucky. people say that the

only reason why he is in great shape -

because it's a fitness professional - the

only reason why he's in great shape is

because he can afford to do this, he can

afford to spend the day training. Now, I

find this fascinating because a lot of

people say similar things when it comes

to learning English.

I've seen some people say things like,

you know, you have to move to a foreign

country - you have to move to an

English-speaking country in order to get

a good level of English. And they'll take

examples of friends, you know, they know

somebody who moved to the UK and they

spent a lot of time there and they

learned English really quickly. And then,

in their head, they'll think, well,

I can't really learn English to a high

level because I'm not there - I'm not in an

English-speaking country and, therefore,

it's impossible for me to do this. And

this especially happens, in your head, if

you start comparing yourself to someone

else and the problem here is that people

want conditions to be perfect -

they want to wait until a perfect moment

before they actually commit to a big

goal. So, going back to the example of the

fitness expert, people were saying: oh,

well, it's easy for you.

The reason why you are in great shape

and the reason why you don't have

any fat on your body is because you have

all this time to dedicate to health and

fitness. And then in their mind they're

thinking: well I can't do this because I

don't have that opportunity. And for you,

as somebody who is learning English, you

can give yourself that excuse as well. You

can say: well, I'm not in an

English-speaking country -

I don't have the opportunity to practice

my English. I'm not in the right

environment to get practice and to get

exposure to English, and then, you don't

make the commitment to it because you

don't feel like you're in the right

situation in order to improve. But the

key is this:

it's making the most out of your

situation - it's having a look at your

daily routine, where you live,

the environment that you're surrounded

by, and then telling yourself to make the

most out of this. Because if you wait for

the perfect time - the perfect situation,

then you'll always be waiting, it will

never come. Those situations never come -

there's always a reason to not do

something. I'll give you an example from

my life now because I have lots of

commitments - I have two young children

and I have to look after them, you know, I

have to spend a lot of time with them

and, obviously, I enjoy doing this but

this affects my business and it could be

easy for me to look at other people who

are teaching English or other

entrepreneurs and say: well, it's okay for

them because they're single, they have

all this free time; they don't have

families to look after and, therefore, that's

why they are improving, that's why

they are where they are. But what I do is

I make the most out the situation. When I

have time to make a video, I'll make a

video - just like now. My son is upstairs,

he is napping,

my wife is watching TV, and it's a

perfect time for me just to come outside

and make this video for you. When it

comes to learning English or learning a

language or doing anything really

it's important to have a look at your

routine and make the most out of your

situation.

Yes, there are other people who have it

easier, other people who are better

conditions - in a better environment so

that they can make faster progress. But

you can only do what's right for your

life you can only do what you can do. And

instead of saying: okay, I'm gonna wait

until the summer when I have more time -

I'm gonna wait until, you know, next year

when I might have a better environment

in which to practice - the key is just to

get started today. To do what you can

today and do what you can

tomorrow. Take it a day at a time and

start making progress today. And one last

thing: when you see successful people -

when you see people who have achieved

something that you want to achieve,

instead of saying: oh, it's easy for them

because of this, try and learn from them.

Ask them how they have achieved what you

want to achieve and learn. This way you

can feel inspired, you can feel motivated

and get energy from their story instead

of feeling, like, helpless. Instead of

feeling like this isn't possible for you.

So, with all that in mind, if you are new

here please subscribe - I'm going to make

lots of new videos this year and if you

are new as well, check out the videos I

made in 2016.

Now, what I want you to do is this: it's

the first day of 2017 - it's January the

first, and I want you to leave a comment

below and tell me what you're going to

do this year in order to achieve your

goals.

This might be learning English, for most

of you it will be, but if it's something

else, you can use that as an example.

Tell me how you are going to achieve

your goals this year. Also be sure to

check out the description, I'll have lots

of different vocabulary for you from

this video so that you can learn the

words and phrases

that I have used. If you've enjoyed this

video give it a thumbs up, thank you for

being here -

see you next time!