Tag Goals

The anti-GOAL

I heard about it recently and thought it an interesting concept. What does it mean? We always have been told to have goals and try to strive to reach them. Pursue new ones after and keep them within the realm…

Personal Development

Take on challenges in your education and learning life. Go towards the fear and conquer it.

Personal Development criteria Is it unknown? Is it fearful? Is it difficult? If what you want to do hits those three points then go for it. I just heard that on a podcast and I think it is awesome.  It’s…

Facing our fears

Fear prevents us from taking the risks necessary to bring change to education and personal development

The Beginning- Taking risks When I started teaching, I was scared out of my boots. I was scared of making a fool of myself, of what the students would think of me, scared of making a language error or teaching…

The Olympics: Time for Change

In light of the Olympics going on for the past two weeks and myself being a massive supporter, I’ve decided to blog about this and go off the educational route this week.  I wanted to reflect on the Olympics now…

Setting Goals

language learning, motivation and focus are important factors when learning

Motivation to start Remember that overwhelming feeling I mentioned in my first post?  Well, it’s the real deal.  We can get that feeling whenever we start a new endeavor and wow, it is hard to overcome sometimes.  I believe that…