Comments on: Comfort Zone, Growth Zone, Panic Zone and Situational Goals: Life Is Easier Than You Think http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Do “Wide Standards” Apply To Immersion?: High Achievement Despite Low=Wide Standards | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-176700 Do “Wide Standards” Apply To Immersion?: High Achievement Despite Low=Wide Standards | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:56:27 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-176700 [...] about the slippery slope? Well, there is none any longer. We’ve literally inverted the slope. All convenient paths lead to Japanese. All our best gear is there. You can go English if you want, [...] [...] about the slippery slope? Well, there is none any longer. We’ve literally inverted the slope. All convenient paths lead to Japanese. All our best gear is there. You can go English if you want, [...]

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]]> By: Don’t Have High Standards, Have Wide Standards | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-174881 Don’t Have High Standards, Have Wide Standards | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:46:01 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-174881 [...] and from further away. On the soccer pitch of your Japanese life, you want to make the goal so wide that virtually any ball you kick can get [...] [...] and from further away. On the soccer pitch of your Japanese life, you want to make the goal so wide that virtually any ball you kick can get [...]

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]]> By: Somegirl http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-162828 Somegirl Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:42:51 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-162828 Oh dude you rock.... After spending minutes and minutes reading Pavlina and Young and listening to dumb little man and what not, you're the one who is actually making sense to me!!! Arigatou gozaimasu! Oh dude you rock…. After spending minutes and minutes reading Pavlina and Young and listening to dumb little man and what not, you’re the one who is actually making sense to me!!! Arigatou gozaimasu!

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]]> By: Bad Goal, Good Goal | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-121190 Bad Goal, Good Goal | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:00:53 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-121190 [...] Bad Goal, Good Goal August 1, 2011By khatzumotoAnimaniacs started it. We’re going to finish it. Bad goal, good goal. [...] [...] Bad Goal, Good Goal August 1, 2011By khatzumotoAnimaniacs started it. We’re going to finish it. Bad goal, good goal. [...]

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]]> By: simon http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-120250 simon Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:26:10 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-120250 good points , but for those of us who don't have issues with just showing up and getting things done and already achieve results.... the environment is just the beginning. I think the article was referring to people who want to go beyond what others normally do. I can't imagine that olympic gymnasts and opera singers just hang out in the gym or the opera house... pushing yourself to the top, many times with the help of others, is a whole other thing. good points , but for those of us who don’t have issues with just showing up and getting things done and already achieve results…. the environment is just the beginning. I think the article was referring to people who want to go beyond what others normally do.

I can’t imagine that olympic gymnasts and opera singers just hang out in the gym or the opera house… pushing yourself to the top, many times with the help of others, is a whole other thing.

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]]> By: It’s Not Choice, It’s Environment | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-120209 It’s Not Choice, It’s Environment | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:04:52 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-120209 [...] the easy way out. Don’t change yourself. Change your environment. Don’t choose Japanese. Choose a Japanese environment. Don’t do Japanese. Only have [...] [...] the easy way out. Don’t change yourself. Change your environment. Don’t choose Japanese. Choose a Japanese environment. Don’t do Japanese. Only have [...]

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]]> By: It’s Not Time, It’s Choice | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-119201 It’s Not Time, It’s Choice | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:54:38 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-119201 [...] Don’t “do” Japanese. Don’t “set aside time” for Japanese. Choose Japanese. Show up to Japanese. Then, just to be safe, lay down some suppression fire — make other choices difficult, inconvenient, or impossible. [...] [...] Don’t “do” Japanese. Don’t “set aside time” for Japanese. Choose Japanese. Show up to Japanese. Then, just to be safe, lay down some suppression fire — make other choices difficult, inconvenient, or impossible. [...]

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]]> By: Tips – 8 ways you can motivate yourself to do English / Chinese | aiton english http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-115916 Tips – 8 ways you can motivate yourself to do English / Chinese | aiton english Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:10:10 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-115916 [...] For more from Khatzu, you can read here http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone [...] [...] For more from Khatzu, you can read here http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone [...]

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]]> By: Stop Trying Hard | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-69938 Stop Trying Hard | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Sun, 09 Jan 2011 03:01:08 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-69938 [...] Don’t go running. You know you’d rather be at home watching Daily Show episodes. Just step outside with your sneakers on. [...] [...] Don’t go running. You know you’d rather be at home watching Daily Show episodes. Just step outside with your sneakers on. [...]

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]]> By: meerkat http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-64740 meerkat Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:44:42 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-64740 You call it Anglo-Saxon Masochism I know at least one bunch of Japanese people who run a school (for mostly Japanese students, not to learn Japanese) that is ALL ABOUT the panic zone. They are constantly haranging us about how doomed we are. It is not helpful. But maybe it's sadism rather than masochism. I haven't asked the Japanese students how much they have internalized it, but I think a lot (thus masochism). Anyway, this is good advice. I only get any work done when I am in an environment where it is socially unacceptable not to be working. I tried creating more time in that environment but it failed miserably. One problem with complex jobs is you can take several steps to get started without finding any small non-intimidating tasks to do. You have to not only gather your tools but reload the entire project into your active memory before you can figure out any small manageable tasks to give yourself. You call it Anglo-Saxon Masochism I know at least one bunch of Japanese people who run a school (for mostly Japanese students, not to learn Japanese) that is ALL ABOUT the panic zone. They are constantly haranging us about how doomed we are. It is not helpful. But maybe it’s sadism rather than masochism. I haven’t asked the Japanese students how much they have internalized it, but I think a lot (thus masochism).

Anyway, this is good advice. I only get any work done when I am in an environment where it is socially unacceptable not to be working. I tried creating more time in that environment but it failed miserably. One problem with complex jobs is you can take several steps to get started without finding any small non-intimidating tasks to do. You have to not only gather your tools but reload the entire project into your active memory before you can figure out any small manageable tasks to give yourself.

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]]> By: Book Review: Talent Is Overrated | A Great Book About Becoming Great | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-61697 Book Review: Talent Is Overrated | A Great Book About Becoming Great | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:08:08 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-61697 [...] is obsessed with ASM. For him, everything has to come back to pain and suffering. This is a major blindspot in his [...] [...] is obsessed with ASM. For him, everything has to come back to pain and suffering. This is a major blindspot in his [...]

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]]> By: Critical Frequency: A Brand New Way of Looking At Language Exposure | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-58241 Critical Frequency: A Brand New Way of Looking At Language Exposure | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:43:51 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-58241 [...] almost seems too easy, doesn’t it? But if life has taught me anything it’s that…people try too hard to [...] [...] almost seems too easy, doesn’t it? But if life has taught me anything it’s that…people try too hard to [...]

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]]> By: Probability Over Certainty, Or: Everything I Ever Needed To Know About Immersion, I Learned from the Miller-Rabin Primality Test | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-52764 Probability Over Certainty, Or: Everything I Ever Needed To Know About Immersion, I Learned from the Miller-Rabin Primality Test | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:46:00 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-52764 [...] kinda conical way). That’s the basic idea. That’s AJATT immersion. It’s also what the situational goals thing is [...] [...] kinda conical way). That’s the basic idea. That’s AJATT immersion. It’s also what the situational goals thing is [...]

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]]> By: Bucolic Wisdom, Or Stop Slagging Seeds, Silly City Slickers! | All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-49386 Bucolic Wisdom, Or Stop Slagging Seeds, Silly City Slickers! | All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:02:03 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-49386 [...] Don’t work to reach goals, work to create conditions and environments. Don’t work to achieve something. Let the environment do the work for you. Don’t change yourself. Just change your surroundings. Your surroundings will then change you — always. Share and Enjoy: [...] [...] Don’t work to reach goals, work to create conditions and environments. Don’t work to achieve something. Let the environment do the work for you. Don’t change yourself. Just change your surroundings. Your surroundings will then change you — always. Share and Enjoy: [...]

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]]> By: AFATT – All French All The Time « Aspirante poliglotta http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-48576 AFATT – All French All The Time « Aspirante poliglotta Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:01:58 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-48576 [...] Citando Khatzumoto: [...] [...] Citando Khatzumoto: [...]

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]]> By: Timeboxing Trilogy, Part 3.5: Timeboxing Turns Work Into Play | All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-47545 Timeboxing Trilogy, Part 3.5: Timeboxing Turns Work Into Play | All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:00:18 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-47545 [...] when someone else is there to coerce us, and it fails as soon as that person disappears. This is why so many former professional athletes are obese…it’s not age: it’s dependence on coercion. We will win consistently when we use [...] [...] when someone else is there to coerce us, and it fails as soon as that person disappears. This is why so many former professional athletes are obese…it’s not age: it’s dependence on coercion. We will win consistently when we use [...]

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]]> By: Timeboxing Trilogy, Part 3: Dual Timeboxing | All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-47321 Timeboxing Trilogy, Part 3: Dual Timeboxing | All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:17:14 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-47321 [...] when someone else is there to apply force, and it fails as soon as that person disappears. This is why so many former professional athletes are obese…it’s not age: it’s dependence on force. We will win consistently when we use our [...] [...] when someone else is there to apply force, and it fails as soon as that person disappears. This is why so many former professional athletes are obese…it’s not age: it’s dependence on force. We will win consistently when we use our [...]

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]]> By: AJATT Plus » 子供を過大評価するな http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-47312 AJATT Plus » 子供を過大評価するな Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:04:52 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-47312 [...] ★元ネタ：Cute Girls, Mathematics, Language ★LARDに就いて [...] [...] ★元ネタ：Cute Girls, Mathematics, Language ★LARDに就いて [...]

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]]> By: Nucular Weapons | All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-45695 Nucular Weapons | All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:49:58 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-45695 [...] walk here, a 30-minute wait in line there. They’ll seem too small; they’ll seem too easy. Good. Take them. Let them be easy. Let life be [...] [...] walk here, a 30-minute wait in line there. They’ll seem too small; they’ll seem too easy. Good. Take them. Let them be easy. Let life be [...]

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]]> By: Joanna http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/comfort-zone-growth-zone-panic-zone#comment-44983 Joanna Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:08:20 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=462#comment-44983 Great piece. On a whim I decided to open up the word processor because even though I love writing, I find it hard to get started. Next thing I know, I've pulled 900 words out of my rear... I'll soon be applying this to my Japanese studies. ;) Great piece. On a whim I decided to open up the word processor because even though I love writing, I find it hard to get started. Next thing I know, I’ve pulled 900 words out of my rear…

I’ll soon be applying this to my Japanese studies. ;)

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