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Motivation For Cynical People

June 24, 2009
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If you’re like me…I don’t know whether you actually are, but…you know, if you are, then you came from a country and a culture that largely frowns upon overt displays of emotion. Especially overt displays of positive emotion. Forget displays — simply having a positive mental attitude might be social suicide(?) where you’re from. As time goes on, you...

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QRG: Your Suggestions Wanted! I Mean, Humbly Requested!

June 9, 2009
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Hey everyone. All this consulting and FAQing and emailing and commenting have taught me a thing or two. A lot of people have a lot of questions, particularly fine, detailed, low-level questions. My personal preference up until now has been to write at a more abstract level, both in order to stay more universal and also in order to...

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If Immersion Works So Well, Then Why Can People Live In a Country For Double-Digit Years And Never Learn The Language?

June 6, 2009
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The other day, a young man named M.A.I. sent me this email: Hi Khatz! I’ve been reading your blog for a few months now, and I love it! I try to follow your method as much as possible, but I am not 100% immersed in Spanish (yeah, I am learning Spanish instead of Japanese) as I am kind of...

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