I read Steve’s post to the site “Stepcase Lifehack”
“Set Ambitious Goals (But Learn to Accept What You Achieve)”
The following is my thought on this post.
Dream big, set a high goal, write it down, and just do it! Go for it! You can do it! Everything is possible. It depends on you!
Yes, many modern motivational gurus say so to lazy procrastinators like me.
I agree… Now we can get a lot of motivational advice as above from many famous life coaches thanks to the internet.
“I will definitely be fluent in English!” I wrote it down, and have been putting time and efforts into learning English so far.
This kind of “You can do it!” attitude is very important. I don’t disagree on it. Yet only this is not enough. This is only half the battle, in my opinion.
With only this attitude, sooner or later we, ordinary people, at least I, end up getting discouraged and frustrated at our very slow and gradual progress. I often encounter plateau. I sometimes feel that I will never be able to achieve the goal I set. Achieving something, such fluency in foreign languages takes uncountable and unimaginable time and effort.
In addition to the “can do” attitude above, another important thing we need is the attitude of enjoying the process itself whether the progress seems slow, tiny, or sometimes even none at all. Learners need the attitude of patting yourself on the back even when there is a tiny improvement.
I need both attitudes as above. I need more “can do” attitude at the first stage of learning. Later I need more “pat on the back and enjoy the process itself” attitude. This way, I can challenge what seems difficult to start at first and continue learning all the way with less frustration even if there is. It is amazing that you get to the summit of the mountain when you realize after enjoying every beautiful scenery on the way there.