This is a post script to On Learning – and failing to learn – languages and other hard things.
On the surface, “On Learning” is about language learning, but it applies to the process of learning any difficult subject.…
This is a post script to On Learning – and failing to learn – languages and other hard things.
On the surface, “On Learning” is about language learning, but it applies to the process of learning any difficult subject.…
Some semi-random but entirely practical observations about language learning that teachers never talk about in language class – but should…
1. Two people can speak the same language fluently and still misunderstand each other – massively.
Conversely, two people who …
The vast majority of people – including Wall Street analysts who should know better – think that Facebook has a promising future.
After all, since its launch its share price has crawled steadily higher.
The fact that an unknown percentage …
Let’s say the average candy bar sells for $1 US.
How would you go about selling candy bars for $5?
You could create an amazing candy bar that stands head and shoulders above all others.
You could develop a devilishly …
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under …
If there is one mistake I see beginners – and experienced people – make over and over and over again it’s focusing on the complicated, the exotic and the glamorous while ignoring the simple, common sense things that make money …
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