Hey guys this video is gonna be about what you can do to break out of your comfort zones when learning languages
And I honestly believe that your comfort zone is
One of the things that is holding you back from learning your language more than anything else
And last week I made a video about this
I talked about how having fear of making mistakes
Or you know having an accent or a fear of screwing up your language is
Actually one of the things that will stop you from learning the most so today
I want to talk about what you can do to actually get out of your comfort zone because this is hard
I mean last week
I made it seem like all you had to do is just forget about your fears and just be more confident
But clearly it's not that easy but fortunately the good thing is that
Anything can be learned with practice anything no matter what skill
We're talking about you can learn to become better at that skill with practice and that includes leaving your comfort zone
Now at first leaving your comfort zone is really hard because it's uncharted territory
It's something that you've never done before but if you start to intentionally practice it
Then you will start to see that it does become easier, and it's not as scary as you thought it was
so
What does that mean you want to put yourself in difficult situations?
That are gonna help you become more comfortable with it and the key is that you're doing this intentionally you are
purposefully putting yourself in difficult
Situations so that you can become a better person and a better language learner so one of the things that I do is what I
Call comfort zone challenges
and these are little challenges that I make for myself that purposely bring me out of my comfort zone and
Last year I did a few videos of myself doing comfort zone challenges in real life
And these don't all have to do with language learning these are
Challenges that are geared toward making you a more bold and confident person in general in every part of your life
But they are really useful in language learning as you'll see if you're trying if you're gonna try this technique
So I'm going to show you a video of a comfort zone challenge
That I did last summer back when I still had really long hair, so take a look at this video
So last night, I watched a TED talks by a guy that does what he calls rejection therapy and
Basically you just put yourself in embarrassing situations
intentionally and
You it's kind of like an exercise as a way just to teach yourself not to care what other people think of you and so
You just ask
random strangers
Different things that you know for sure they're just gonna say no to and I thought it was a great idea
So I'm gonna start doing this starting today, and the first thing on his list was go up to a stranger and ask them for
$100 and so I'm at Jewel Osco
Somewhere in Illinois, and I'm just gonna go find someone in this parking lot
For $100 and I'm gonna put my camera right here in this pocket
So I don't know if the camera is actually gonna show their face or not
I'm not gonna be controlling the camera, and I'm I'm not gonna look at it
But I'm ready to go get rejected
Excuse me sir
Could I borrow $100?
No. I don't have $100
Oh, you're kind of like me then yeah, all right, well, you know anyone that does
All right, all right. Thank you
All right first one was not too bad
It was kind of weird
But not hard so they get a little bit weirder and more difficult as you go along, but the first one
I guess is intended to be like kind of just getting your feet wet into the rejection therapy
So I'm pretty excited that was actually kind of fun in a weird way
I don't know why, but I enjoy it
And I'm looking forward to doing more so if any you guys have ideas for things that you can do
Basically, I'm gonna be going through his list of a hundred things to get rejected about but if you have any ideas let me know
Or if you want to join me
Let me know. It's fun. So yes. I know that was a silly challenge like it felt weird
it just wasn't normal and
that's the point because
Walking up to someone and asking for a hundred dollars is definitely not something
I'm used to doing because it makes me feel like a beggar
or I don't know it just is uncomfortable especially when you're talking to strangers about this and
That's the point you're intentionally putting yourself in difficult situations, and you're intentionally
Stretching yourself and leaving your comfort zone, and that's when you'll start to realize that leaving your comfort zone
Isn't as hard as you think it is now
You don't have to do the exact same comfort zone challenge that I did
But your homework for this week is to think of something you can do that is uncomfortable
It's difficult
And it's gonna make you feel weird
Then do that thing leave your comfort zone and become a better language learner by doing it
Thanks for watching the video and we'll see you guys next week