Inner Circle - JapanesePod101

Learn how to take full advantage of learning tools you might not be aware of, how to maintain your routine with a checklist, and how you can make your own reminder checklist

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February 2016: 7 Minutes and 7 Seconds to Japanese Learning Success

Learn how to develop a language routine in seven minutes and seven seconds, why this amount of time is all you need to start, and how you can apply it to your learning

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• 1 Minute

January 2016: Get a Big Head Start with Your Language Profile Cheat Sheet

Learn why you need a language profile when you start learning and how you can make your own language profile cheat sheet

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• 13 Minutes

December Inner Circle: How Mastering A Language Has Changed My Life

Learn why people who succeed tend to succeed again, and how you too can achieve your goals

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• 16 Minutes

November Inner Circle: The 2 Dirty Little Secrets For Mastering Japanese

Learn why a calendar is the first thing you need, why knowing your own grammar is a MUST, and how to apply these methods to your learning

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October Inner Circle: Netflix and The Best Ways to Enjoy Learning Japanese

Learn why you should add non-intensive learning to your routine, how I used Netflix in my learning routines, and how you can learn effectively with fun, non-intensive methods

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September Inner Circle: A Guaranteed Way To Double Your Japanese Speaking Time

Learn why most learners simply don't make real progress with speaking and how I doubled my speaking time with our lessons and structure

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August 2015: How Far You’ve Come & The Law of Increasing Motivation

Learn why it's important to look at your progress, how to increase your motivation and success over time, and what to do if you've been failing your goals

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July 2015: The Analysis Paralysis of Learning Japanese & How To Beat It

Learn why language learners get stuck in Analysis Paralysis, why you should stop focusing on details and perfection, and how you can avoid getting stuck

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• 13 Minutes

June 2015: Why Your Worst Days Are The Best Days To Study Japanese

Learn why bad days happen with language-learning and why you'll get your best work done on your worst days

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May 2015: How Tipping Points Will Bring You Closer To Your Japanese Goals

Learn why tipping points are crucial for confidence in languages, how you can tell when you're reaching one, and how I reached one with Spanish this month

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April 2015: Three Effective Japanese Learning Habits You’ll Learn On A Plane

Learn why you must adjust to your environment, how to take advantage of limited time, and the importance of developing an on-and-off mindset

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March 2015: Exceed Expectations & Improve Your Japanese Through Preparation

Learn how powerful preparation is for boosting your language-speaking skills

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February 2015: Utter Japanese Learning Failure & How To Bounce Back

Learn about the topic nobody wants to talk about: failure

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January 2015: Your 'Why' will Guarantee Your 2015 Japanese Learning Success

Learn how your reason for learning a language is crucial to your motivation, how you can increase motivation to guarantee success, and how you can apply these tactics to your goals

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December 2014: The Power of Rewards For Smashing Your Japanese Learning Goals

Learn how rewards build habits and maintain motivation, how I used rewards when I hit my goals, and why you don't have to fail overall if you miss a monthly goal

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November 2014: The Power of Reading & Reminders for Mastering Japanese

Learn why reading can actually improve speaking skills, why reminders get your goals done, and how I'm implementing these two tactics

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October 2014: The Power of a Deadline as a Strategy to Master Japanese

Learn why successful learners use deadlines to ramp up progress and how you can set your own achievable deadlines

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September 2014: 2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back. Losing Japanese Progress & Bouncing Back

Learn why you lose progress when you take a break, why it's hard to get back into a routine after a break, and how you can make an effective comeback

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August 2014: You’re never fully prepared until you immerse yourself in Japanese

Learn why you're never fully prepared until you get into the game, how you can take advantage of this fact to succeed with a language, and how you can do so with the Premium Custom Lists app

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July 2014: Three Tactics for Maximizing Time & Making More Japanese Progress with this App

Learn how to take advantage of the innovative Language 101 app, how to schedule routines to maximize learning time, and how to boost your progress with harder lessons

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June 2014: Prepare, Review & Speak More Japanese with the Custom Lists App

Learn how to take advantage of the Custom Lists web app, why you need to prepare word lists based on your interests, and three ways I used Custom Lists to reach my monthly language goal

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May 2014: Mastering Japanese with an Online Tutor vs. an In-Person Tutor

Learn the three advantages of a Skype tutor, differences in learning with both Skype and in-person tutors, and the one killer advantage of an in-person tutor

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April 2014: How To Achieve Your Japanese Goal When Your Motivation is Low

Learn the four tactics that successful learners use

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March 2014: Secrets to Staying Motivated within in the Japanese Learning Routine

Learn the three secrets to staying motivated

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• 11 Minutes

February 2014: Adjust Your Routines So You Don’t Fail Your Japanese Goals

Learn how your daily routines set you up for success, how to spot the bad routines, and how to adjust your routines to match your goal

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• 8 Minutes

January 2014: Your New Year’s Resolution Solution

Learn the top three reasons why New Year's resolutions fail, how to set achievable language goals and resolutions and examples of good and bad resolutions

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• 7 Minutes