The downfall of Chinese learners, and why it's like being overweight (which I've been)

You're somewhere in this process:

1. Step 1. Get curious about Chinese
2. Step 2: Learn a few words
3. Step 3: realize putting many words into a sentence and speaking comfortably isn't a walk in the park
4. Step 4: Either:
   1. A) Give up/learn inconsistently for 10-20 years
   2. B) Immerse yourself intensely to become fluent in 1-3 years (not necessarily in China, just having a system for consistent progress is important here).

Every. Single. Person. I've met. Reaches. Fluency. This. Way.

Why?

Because getting to intermediate is easy.

Getting to advanced requires you to learn differently.

It's like getting fit.

Everyone can get their 10k steps/day in. And feel great.

But less than 1-2% of the world population has a visible 6-pack. (Including myself 😆)

But here's the good news: you don't need yeeaaaars to get a 6 pack.

You just need a short focused period of time.

Here's what I realized:

This is the pattern for the most worthy goals.

Like becoming fluent in a language.

All you need is a short period of focus to break through and get the results you want.

If you're ready to focus 4-6h per week and make that happen,

And if you want my help, just book a strategy session here.​

We'll map out the steps based on your goal and current level.

Let's rock your Chinese!

Zhifei Zhang - Xiaogua Chinese CEO and Polyglot

PS: Imagine if you did 1 hard thing every 1-2 years, and focused intentionally.

How many skills could you actually get really good at?

I didn't realize this when I focused and learned 5000 Spanish words in a couple of months.

It was hard.

But it was worth it.