Comments on: The Now Habit: Language Acquisition as a Long-Term Project http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project 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: Dax http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-123425 Dax Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:56:00 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-123425 "That’s what you get when you put people through years of “sit down, shut up and do as you’re told”; you get people who only know how to be managed and be led — you get sheep." So true.  “That’s what you get when you put people through years of “sit down, shut up and do as you’re told”; you get people who only know how to be managed and be led — you get sheep.”

So true. 

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]]> By: Timeboxing Trilogy, Part 9: Birthlines And Timeboxing | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-59237 Timeboxing Trilogy, Part 9: Birthlines And Timeboxing | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:15:06 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-59237 [...] timeboxing” is useful for easing yourself into things that would otherwise get unnecessarily avoided. Things like, I dunno, filling in tax forms. For writing AJATT itself I mostly use [...] [...] timeboxing” is useful for easing yourself into things that would otherwise get unnecessarily avoided. Things like, I dunno, filling in tax forms. For writing AJATT itself I mostly use [...]

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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/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-58236 Critical Frequency: A Brand New Way of Looking At Language Exposure | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:37:34 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-58236 [...] has taught me anything it’s that…people try too hard to do hard things. Indeed, it is people’s puritanical desire to do hard things that leads to failure and procrastination. The winners are those that choose “strategic laziness“. It’s sort of like the [...] [...] has taught me anything it’s that…people try too hard to do hard things. Indeed, it is people’s puritanical desire to do hard things that leads to failure and procrastination. The winners are those that choose “strategic laziness“. It’s sort of like the [...]

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]]> By: Birthlines, Part 3: If You Want To Win, Stop Trying To Finish | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-57311 Birthlines, Part 3: If You Want To Win, Stop Trying To Finish | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:18:48 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-57311 [...] Because when you say “Finish X”, you start to conflate starting it with finishing. Since finishing is what’s on your to-do list, you start to think that doing = finishing. And since the project is big, the doing is big, and if the doing is finishing, well, then, you’d better get some rest now before you even try. Better get in some Hulu. Better relax before the pain. Better have some calm before the storm. Classic avoidance behavior (procrastination). [...] [...] Because when you say “Finish X”, you start to conflate starting it with finishing. Since finishing is what’s on your to-do list, you start to think that doing = finishing. And since the project is big, the doing is big, and if the doing is finishing, well, then, you’d better get some rest now before you even try. Better get in some Hulu. Better relax before the pain. Better have some calm before the storm. Classic avoidance behavior (procrastination). [...]

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]]> By: Birthlines, Part 4: If You Want to Succeed, Start Off On The Wrong Foot | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-57204 Birthlines, Part 4: If You Want to Succeed, Start Off On The Wrong Foot | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:47:52 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-57204 [...] this thing, for, you know…hours…days…as long as it takes. This is all stuff that Neil Fiore talks [...] [...] this thing, for, you know…hours…days…as long as it takes. This is all stuff that Neil Fiore talks [...]

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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/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-52771 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 01:58:40 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-52771 [...] it to work, and the result is usually analysis paralysis – we just don’t do…anything. We procrastinate; we spin our wheels; we stare into space; we go to Facebook; we check our email. Anything but deal [...] [...] it to work, and the result is usually analysis paralysis – we just don’t do…anything. We procrastinate; we spin our wheels; we stare into space; we go to Facebook; we check our email. Anything but deal [...]

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]]> By: Timeboxing Trilogy, Part 7: Isn’t Timeboxing Just A Waste of Time? | All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-50500 Timeboxing Trilogy, Part 7: Isn’t Timeboxing Just A Waste of Time? | All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:01:03 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-50500 [...] pieces, you own it; you control it; you understand it. You can’t fear it and you can’t fantasize about it. All that’s left is to do. To play with it. That’s what timeboxing is [...] [...] pieces, you own it; you control it; you understand it. You can’t fear it and you can’t fantasize about it. All that’s left is to do. To play with it. That’s what timeboxing is [...]

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]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Tortoises and Hares http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-34039 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Tortoises and Hares Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:30:18 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-34039 [...] So hares procrastinate and appear to shirk. It’s perhaps a subconscious(?) way for them to hijack/sabotage their own system of cruelty and give themselves at least some carrots, water and sweet grapes between the beatings, hunger and thirst. Neil Fiore talks all about this in “The Now Habit”. [...] [...] So hares procrastinate and appear to shirk. It’s perhaps a subconscious(?) way for them to hijack/sabotage their own system of cruelty and give themselves at least some carrots, water and sweet grapes between the beatings, hunger and thirst. Neil Fiore talks all about this in “The Now Habit”. [...]

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]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Processes Not Results, Or: Everything I Ever Needed To Know About Life I Learned Washing Dishes http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-30605 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Processes Not Results, Or: Everything I Ever Needed To Know About Life I Learned Washing Dishes Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:26:06 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-30605 [...] Just like at kindergarten! Steve Pavlina talked about it on his site, and Neil Fiore said it in the Now Habit: stop trying to finish tasks, focus on starting them instead…start enough times and the [...] [...] Just like at kindergarten! Steve Pavlina talked about it on his site, and Neil Fiore said it in the Now Habit: stop trying to finish tasks, focus on starting them instead…start enough times and the [...]

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]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Why Do People Who Have All the Time in the World Get Nothing Done? http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-26484 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Why Do People Who Have All the Time in the World Get Nothing Done? Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:51:33 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-26484 [...] was a major step forward, but by itself it was not enough. The Now Habit taught me to let go of being perfect and just get on with it. And the 80-20 Principle taught me to [...] [...] was a major step forward, but by itself it was not enough. The Now Habit taught me to let go of being perfect and just get on with it. And the 80-20 Principle taught me to [...]

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]]> By: New Years Thai Language Resolution With the NOW Habit http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-14779 New Years Thai Language Resolution With the NOW Habit Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:00:05 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-14779 [...] Time Dot Com: Why Do People Who Have All the Time in the World Get Nothing Done? which sent me to The Now Habit: Language Acquisition as a Long-Term Project where I found The Now [...] [...] Time Dot Com: Why Do People Who Have All the Time in the World Get Nothing Done? which sent me to The Now Habit: Language Acquisition as a Long-Term Project where I found The Now [...]

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]]> By: Catherine http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-14584 Catherine Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:36:34 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-14584 Due to this post, I was so excited that I ordered The Now Habit and had to shipped to the UK, to meet me on arrival (xmas holiday). Waking up early two mornings in a row (jet lag), I read it from cover to cover. Talk about exciting, the words spoke straight to me. I can't wait to get home to start on it. And now, instead of sharing a language learning to-do list, my New Years Resolution post will be all about how The Now Habit fits. Off I go... to buy copies for friends... Due to this post, I was so excited that I ordered The Now Habit and had to shipped to the UK, to meet me on arrival (xmas holiday).

Waking up early two mornings in a row (jet lag), I read it from cover to cover. Talk about exciting, the words spoke straight to me. I can’t wait to get home to start on it.

And now, instead of sharing a language learning to-do list, my New Years Resolution post will be all about how The Now Habit fits.

Off I go… to buy copies for friends…

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]]> By: Neil Fiore http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-14326 Neil Fiore Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:49:41 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-14326 hi Khatzumoto, thanks for your enthusiasm for The Now Habit: Overcoming Procrastination with Guilt-Free Play. Also, at www.audible.com under Self-Development Audio Books. See www.neilfiore.com for more CDs and "Awaken Your Strongest Self" for putting your higher/human brain in charge of your life--instead of your fearful, self-doubting ego. Tips: shift from "I have to finish" to "When can I start for 30 minutes?" to give your brain a clear image when to show up and for how long I will be in prison with a critic before I get to have fun. See blog: www.neilfiore.blogspot.com for more tools Best Wishes, Neil Fiore hi Khatzumoto,
thanks for your enthusiasm for The Now Habit: Overcoming Procrastination with Guilt-Free Play. Also, at www.audible.com under Self-Development Audio Books. See www.neilfiore.com for more CDs and “Awaken Your Strongest Self” for putting your higher/human brain in charge of your life–instead of your fearful, self-doubting ego.
Tips: shift from “I have to finish” to “When can I start for 30 minutes?” to give your brain a clear image when to show up and for how long I will be in prison with a critic before I get to have fun.
See blog: www.neilfiore.blogspot.com for more tools
Best Wishes, Neil Fiore

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]]> By: Rob http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-13839 Rob Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:38:58 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-13839 Sorry - off topic. Yahoo知恵袋のサイトで、このサイトのリンクを見つけた。映画大辞典と言うんですが、このサイトで誰でも映画についてのコメントかレビューを載せることができる。　結構面白いんだよ。 http://www.jtnews.jp/dict.html Sorry – off topic. Yahoo知恵袋のサイトで、このサイトのリンクを見つけた。映画大辞典と言うんですが、このサイトで誰でも映画についてのコメントかレビューを載せることができる。　結構面白いんだよ。

www.jtnews.jp/dict.html

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]]> By: Eric http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-13838 Eric Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:31:50 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-13838 Anyone else buy off iTunes? I don't know how I can get this PDF he keeps talking about. Quite irritating! I have gotten PDFs with iTunes purchases before but nothing with this one. Anyone else buy off iTunes? I don’t know how I can get this PDF he keeps talking about. Quite irritating!
I have gotten PDFs with iTunes purchases before but nothing with this one.

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]]> By: Rebeca http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-13831 Rebeca Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:58:35 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-13831 I read this already!!! :) One of my faves.... I read it about 2 years ago. and then i threw it away. And then this year, i missed some of the strategies on it and i had to buy it again. Yuppp...mine is all crayoned (i don't use highlighter, the paper is too thin) ANd this book was truly one of the ones that changed my life with its simple and yet so unheard of topic of CHOICE. I can't begin to describe how just the use of that word helps me in my procrastination. I love Neil Fiore :) IN FACT...you should read his other book: Awaken your strongest self. OMG. ilove that one. Its basically all the things he talks about in TNH, but it goes more in depth. I also recommend OPTIMAL THINKING (not by Fiore), which im reading right now I read this already!!! :)

One of my faves….

I read it about 2 years ago. and then i threw it away. And then this year, i missed some of the strategies on it and i had to buy it again.

Yuppp…mine is all crayoned (i don’t use highlighter, the paper is too thin)

ANd this book was truly one of the ones that changed my life with its simple and yet so unheard of topic of CHOICE.
I can’t begin to describe how just the use of that word helps me in my procrastination.

I love Neil Fiore :)

IN FACT…you should read his other book: Awaken your strongest self. OMG. ilove that one. Its basically all the things he talks about in TNH, but it goes more in depth.

I also recommend OPTIMAL THINKING (not by Fiore), which im reading right now

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]]> By: igor http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-13828 igor Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:10:07 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-13828 Omygosh, guess what? When I log into my wordpress account for my blog and look at the stats, it shows me how many times people found my blog and how they found it. Guess how one person found my blog? They googled "khatzumoto stupid" and got to my blog. Wow. I swear, I don't have anything even suggesting that in my blog, but I must have had the two words both in the same post of something. I certainly don't think that khatz is stupid, but I find it funny that someone else would be stupid enough to google such a thing. Wow. I'm sorry. I found that funny in a weird way... O GREAT KHATZUMOTO! How can you allow such blasphemy! Just kidding, lol... Omygosh, guess what? When I log into my wordpress account for my blog and look at the stats, it shows me how many times people found my blog and how they found it. Guess how one person found my blog? They googled “khatzumoto stupid” and got to my blog. Wow. I swear, I don’t have anything even suggesting that in my blog, but I must have had the two words both in the same post of something. I certainly don’t think that khatz is stupid, but I find it funny that someone else would be stupid enough to google such a thing. Wow. I’m sorry. I found that funny in a weird way…
O GREAT KHATZUMOTO! How can you allow such blasphemy!
Just kidding, lol…

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]]> By: Ramses http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-13819 Ramses Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:29:17 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-13819 Would love to have the book in Spanish. Anyone that knows if it's published in Spanish as well? Would love to have the book in Spanish. Anyone that knows if it’s published in Spanish as well?

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]]> By: VadeTheBlade http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-13817 VadeTheBlade Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:37:16 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-13817 Hey khatZ! Glad to have you back mate! Thanks for the book recommendation. Will try find it asap! Hey khatZ!
Glad to have you back mate! Thanks for the book recommendation. Will try find it asap!

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]]> By: John B http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/the-now-habit-language-acquisition-as-a-long-term-project#comment-13808 John B Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:47:30 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=319#comment-13808 Glad you're back to posting shape. My simplified Chinese copy just arrived from Amazon.cn (couriers, how do I love thee, let me count the ways!) -- 战胜拖拉 is the title in Chinese. Good stuff. Glad you’re back to posting shape. My simplified Chinese copy just arrived from Amazon.cn (couriers, how do I love thee, let me count the ways!) — 战胜拖拉 is the title in Chinese. Good stuff.

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