How trying too hard can undermine your success
When you’re feeling worried, it can be hard to learn. I experienced this firsthand when I was an exchange student living abroad. When I was 16, I travelled to the south of Italy to live in a small village called Spinazzola. This had been my dream, and my parents forked out over $2,000 to make […]
How to learn a foreign language and never forget it
You’ve probably heard the saying, “Use it or lose it”. It’s clichéd but it’s true. I’ve experienced this in my own life. I went from being fluent in Italian to barely being able to string a simple sentence together because I didn’t speak the language for over 10 years. Let me give you the backstory […]