Comments on: Showing Up http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:47:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Other People’s Perceptiveness (OPP): What It Takes To Be Great http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-11332 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Other People’s Perceptiveness (OPP): What It Takes To Be Great Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:09:51 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-11332 [...] of those external links that comes up every once in a while, and just so resonates with the kind of things you read here, that it simply has to be brought to everyone’s attention. The deal is, CNN [...] […] of those external links that comes up every once in a while, and just so resonates with the kind of things you read here, that it simply has to be brought to everyone’s attention. The deal is, CNN […]

]]> By: Dan http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-11191 Dan Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:03:47 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-11191 Man, your site is like freaking Wikipedia, I have like my 10th tab open reading sublink after other link, but I'm loving every bit of it. I still have 9 other tabs to go back on and finish but I must take the time here to say thanks for taking the time to have this site. I think I've been reading around on here for the last 3 days, entering the 漢字 from Heisig into Mnemosyne and listening to ポッキャストの日本語. hopefully that is right, but I've spent the last 8 years blaming my lack of Japanese retention on the books I've used or the audio tapes/cds/mp3s I've listened to when it has always been my method - or lack there of. Now my iPhone and Mac OS are in Japanese which I don't know why I didn't do sooner. Thanks for killing all of my excuses, I needed your inspiration years ago. Man, your site is like freaking Wikipedia, I have like my 10th tab open reading sublink after other link, but I’m loving every bit of it.

I still have 9 other tabs to go back on and finish but I must take the time here to say thanks for taking the time to have this site.

I think I’ve been reading around on here for the last 3 days, entering the 漢字 from Heisig into Mnemosyne and listening to ポッキャストの日本語. hopefully that is right, but I’ve spent the last 8 years blaming my lack of Japanese retention on the books I’ve used or the audio tapes/cds/mp3s I’ve listened to when it has always been my method - or lack there of.

Now my iPhone and Mac OS are in Japanese which I don’t know why I didn’t do sooner.

Thanks for killing all of my excuses, I needed your inspiration years ago.

]]> By: Lin http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-9916 Lin Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:45:49 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-9916 Awesome post! I've been preaching the same thing to my friends for years. You've summed it up so eloquently in this post. Awesome post! I’ve been preaching the same thing to my friends for years. You’ve summed it up so eloquently in this post.

]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com » Quantity Over Quality http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-9909 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com » Quantity Over Quality Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:01:13 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-9909 [...] resonates with a lot of things you’ve seen mentioned here before. Namely, that people who become amazing at something — people who become the best in their [...] […] resonates with a lot of things you’ve seen mentioned here before. Namely, that people who become amazing at something — people who become the best in their […]

]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com » Chinese Project Notes 10: Big Developments (Anki, Text-To-Speech, Cantonese, Victory Calendar) http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-8647 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com » Chinese Project Notes 10: Big Developments (Anki, Text-To-Speech, Cantonese, Victory Calendar) Tue, 06 May 2008 00:43:25 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-8647 [...] tried it, and (if you’re delicate like me) it kills your will to try, and we all know that not trying is the source of all failure. But I [...] […] tried it, and (if you’re delicate like me) it kills your will to try, and we all know that not trying is the source of all failure. But I […]

]]> By: Nivaldo http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-3944 Nivaldo Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:22:25 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-3944 It's difficult to say but I think that at once I should stop reading this blog. Wait, not wanting to offend, you make me hate myself. You're truly right and therefore I'm leaving for sure. Very good post; I'll carry it forever even after I get to Tokyo. でわさよならなあ。 It’s difficult to say but I think that at once I should stop reading this blog. Wait, not wanting to offend, you make me hate myself. You’re truly right and therefore I’m leaving for sure. Very good post; I’ll carry it forever even after I get to Tokyo. でわさよならなあ。

]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to Learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency » 10,000 Hours: Building Listening Comprehension http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-3931 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to Learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency » 10,000 Hours: Building Listening Comprehension Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:05:55 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-3931 [...] learning a language here, not cleaning the sock lint from between your toes. So be prepared to show the heck up, day in, night in, day [...] […] learning a language here, not cleaning the sock lint from between your toes. So be prepared to show the heck up, day in, night in, day […]

]]> By: khatzumoto http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-2412 khatzumoto Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:47:06 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-2412 Well, you could translate it literally, but I'm a big NON-FAN of literal translations. There is far more to a sentence than the surface, lexical/literal meaning and arrangement of its words. I would say: "遣れば出来る", but not many people use that much kanji, so "やればできる" or "ヤれば出来る" or "やれば出来る" would also work fine...Somewhat literally translated back into English it is "if you [just] do, you['ll find that you] can". Well, you could translate it literally, but I’m a big NON-FAN of literal translations. There is far more to a sentence than the surface, lexical/literal meaning and arrangement of its words. I would say: “遣れば出来る”, but not many people use that much kanji, so “やればできる” or “ヤれば出来る” or “やれば出来る” would also work fine…Somewhat literally translated back into English it is “if you [just] do, you[’ll find that you] can”.

]]> By: Tony http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-2411 Tony Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:39:02 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-2411 How do you say 100% of winning showing up, in Japanese? How do you say 100% of winning showing up, in Japanese?

]]> By: Lingo http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-2362 Lingo Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:23:46 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-2362 --- Are you going to spend your whole life Monday-morning-quarterbacking yourself, talking about what you would do if you were younger? Are you going to live out your own little Greek tragedy, fulfilling everyone else’s lowest expectations of you? I think you know the answers to those questions. So, stop whining, and start doing. Whatever it is. Do it. And keep doing it. As long as you keep moving, you’re always getting closer to your destination. --- This pretty much nails it. The only way to fail is to spend more time talking yourself out of your potential than actually getting to work fulfilling it. Great post, Khatzumoto. —
Are you going to spend your whole life Monday-morning-quarterbacking yourself, talking about what you would do if you were younger? Are you going to live out your own little Greek tragedy, fulfilling everyone else’s lowest expectations of you? I think you know the answers to those questions. So, stop whining, and start doing. Whatever it is. Do it. And keep doing it. As long as you keep moving, you’re always getting closer to your destination.
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This pretty much nails it. The only way to fail is to spend more time talking yourself out of your potential than actually getting to work fulfilling it. Great post, Khatzumoto.

]]> By: tatoeba http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-2354 tatoeba Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:44:50 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-2354 Great post! As good as Pavlina if not better ;) (because of your humor) Great post! As good as Pavlina if not better ;) (because of your humor)

]]> By: John http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-2342 John Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:21:19 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-2342 Great, great, great post! You are so right. Maaan, you're great inspiration!! Great, great, great post! You are so right. Maaan, you’re great inspiration!!

]]> By: Saru Sponge http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-2320 Saru Sponge Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:35:40 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-2320 A delicious goldmine of scrumptious wisdom? A delicious goldmine of scrumptious wisdom?

]]> By: Empathic http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-2310 Empathic Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:05:57 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-2310 Khatzumoto, you're like a goldmine of wisdom! Khatzumoto, you’re like a goldmine of wisdom!

]]> By: Saru Sponge http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up#comment-2302 Saru Sponge Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:11:13 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/showing-up-3#comment-2302 Man, I wish you'd stop being so damn inspirational. You're making me feel bad. :D But you're right. The difficult thing is a change of lifestyle, I suppose. Man, I wish you’d stop being so damn inspirational. You’re making me feel bad. :D

But you’re right. The difficult thing is a change of lifestyle, I suppose.

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