almost happy new year lindsay oh my gosh i am so excited for the new year jessica i'm ready
for 2021 to be over and moving on to a new year hopefully a better year oh my gosh it will be a
better year guys i think we're all feeling um a little bit tired from 2021 which guys we're
all feeling it it's fine it's okay but here's the good news 2022 will be better and we are so sure
it will be better we have made an inspiring new course for you guys yeah guys i'm excited it's
it's a challenge right jessica i mean this is a challenge this is where we are challenging you
guys to start off your new year in the right way what does that mean totally totally starting it
off with actual actions that you can do because that's why new year's resolutions don't work
out right because we're like oh i'm going to lose weight i'm going to learn english right
and then we kind of stop there and we don't do anything about it so guys we have made a five day
new year's challenge for you and it's called brand new you in 2022. um and we're going to
talk about a little bit of vocab and three tips for achieving your goals this year in this episode
but first just this challenge so lindsay what is so cool about these challenges like what will
students get from this yes what i love about this challenge is that your whole your first five days
of your new year are already thought through the key i think what makes people successful
right when you plan to run a marathon for example you don't just wake up each morning and say oh i
guess i have to run three miles today i guess 10 today no the whole plan is all prepared for you
beforehand by your coach or you find it online and it is prepared that is what you're going to get
with this you're going to understand what to do each day each of the first five days of the year
to be in the best possible place for fluency in 2022. totally so sign up guys all ears english
dot com slash new 2022 that's n-e-w and the numbers 2022. the people on this list will be the
first to be offered this challenging course guys so before we get to our tips and lesson today guys
i just want to tell you that each challenge takes 30 minutes or less and guaranteed you will learn
a skill that will set you up for success this year and you will learn real english in that 30 minutes
we could not do more with 30 minutes every day so exactly um we have some ideas for what makes what
makes achieving these goals um possible okay what is imperative to achieving your goals now
imperative is an awesome formal sort of academic word what does that mean imperative oh my god
imperative is something that must be present it means required guys it's something that you know
again people that succeed they always have these three things totally totally and lindsey and i we
maybe we're over achievers but we do definitely think about how to achieve goals a lot guys and
we have tested all these strategies ourselves so three things that are imperative or necessary
the first is to have a plan like we hinted at right this is this helps you be intentional about
what you're doing this means you have a purpose or a reason for how you spend your time yes for
what you are doing every day so are you a person that makes lists and plans oh my gosh are you
kidding me of course i am oh i have so many lists i can just show you i've got one on the computer a
physical one over here and now it's christmas gift giving season so it's like oh wow i have a lot of
lists and then i what i end up doing is spending most of my time reorganizing my lists oh my gosh
me too i you should see my shopping list right now because like i am i'm thinking about christmas
presents groceries different stores and i have symbols like oh this is the star is for costco
the box is for safeway like it's ridiculous but anyway guys this is necessary this time planning
is necessary um so you know what to do and you will do it right yes exactly what is that famous
quote help me remember that quote if you fail the plan you plan to fail or something like that
you know that quote i'm not sure who said it i don't know but that sounds great
and it makes total sense so the winners in life they plan guys if you want to succeed in life
and in english you plan and that's what you're going to get in this challenge right is a clear
plan so no thinking is required we talk about this in ielts too jessica by the way where can
our listeners get more ielts content yeah check out the podcast ielts energy you guys um it is
of course available wherever you get podcasts but also the ielts energy tv channel on youtube check
that out guys um all right so the second way we are intentional the second way we achieve success
in the new year um here's where we really start breaking it down right think of three actions
you could do to start bringing about your goals so it's like yes okay i want to learn english
now what right think of three specific actions you can do so this is called being actionable
which is an adjective not many people use yes totally i can't say how many times we get emails
from students either in the ielts world or you know just fluency saying how can i learn english
that is too broad that is not the question right the question is what are these three things i can
do so it doesn't motivate us when we have such a broad goal right we need to know exactly what we
can do and don't you get such a sense of relief jessica when you take something off your list or
you take action yeah it's the it's half the battle is just getting up and taking the first step
exactly guys any any huge goal any huge project um it causes anxiety it causes fear before you
actually just start doing something about it guys so that's what this course gives you every day for
five days we will tell you exactly what to do to improve all four skills you are going to practice
writing reading speaking listening it's all in here guys and so you can discover what is it
that will help you improve the most and keep doing that yeah and i love that this challenge includes
all those skills too right a lot of brands online just talk about speaking and listening
but our courses are challenges this challenge does incorporate all four skills so you will be
well-rounded what does that mean well-rounded well-rounded is a lovely adjective to mean
you have ability not just in one thing but in all the things right so with your english you want to
be well-rounded you don't want to just be able to fill out grammar worksheets you want to be able to
use english all the time yeah i love it all right i was just no i was just going to say i think a
lot of students do before we go to the last one i think a lot of students they want 2022 to be their
year right to learn english to get better but maybe they're just not quite sure exactly what
to do and that's why i'm so excited about this challenge but what is that third piece jessica
shout it from the mountaintop so the last step guys declare i love this verb it's so pretty um
declare your goals we want to be accountable so to declare is to make a statement in front of people
and this makes you accountable which means if you know other people are expecting you to do it you
are more likely to do it oh my gosh it's such a big deal this one i'm really careful before i
say i'm going to do x to anyone in my family my friends i'm really careful like if i say i'm going
to go to india this year i better have those that trip booked right i better have it booked
i don't want to be one of those people that just is all talk and says i'm going to do this
because i feel like when i was in school there were a lot of kids or a lot of people that
would say i'm going to do this and they never did it they never took action and it was so
demotivating and uninspiring so it's your word i mean your word is a big deal right jessica
for sure guys and so here's another thing that this challenge does for you guys it helps you
be accountable because every day you have a specific task we want you to share with the
allers english facebook group so not only do we teach you something every day we help you discover
um a habit a routine language that will help you throughout the next year um but we also give you
a place to show this new skill right so you can be accountable so everything you need to succeed
is in here and here's the last thing i want to say about this just like it's so important to
practice what you want to do in the following year so if you just dedicate 30 minutes a day
to yourself and your english this sets you up for a healthy routine throughout the rest of the year
and january is the time for those healthy routines guys and a sustainable healthy routine right that
is the key and this is sustainable guys it's no more than 30 minutes a day everyone can
find 30 minutes a day maybe it's 15 minutes in the morning and 15 in the evening you can break it up
however you want this challenge has videos it has insights it has ways to connect with the community
you are going to love it but jessica how can they get on the list to make sure they don't miss it
yeah guys go right now to all ears english dot com slash new n-e-w and the numbers 2022 that's
alliersenglish.com new2022 um guys this is so cool we'll give you a little more details in
another episode later but just rest assured this is the best thing you could do for yourself in
beginning this year in january exactly so for now get on that list and then check your email right
around the beginning of the year right jessica writer will watch your email inbox like a hawk
exactly it's only going to be available for a limited time guys this isn't like oh
anytime during the year no we want to take advantage of the motivation we feel in january
because there's no other time during the year like january right starting again starting new
so it's only available for a very short window all right awesome i can't wait
for it i'll talk to you soon jessica thanks for coming on the show today my pleasure bye