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0:00Today I want to talk to you about the
0:01only way to improve your English because
0:04yes, believe it or not, there's actually
0:06only one way to improve your English.
0:08Now, before I get into that, I want to
0:10share something that happened to me
0:12yesterday. Now, I received three
0:14messages from three different students
0:16which honestly frustrated me a little
0:19bit. Normally, I'm a pretty patient
0:20person, but I got a bit frustrated
0:22yesterday. And I'm going to read these
0:24messages to you now. The first student
0:26told me, "I'm busy this week, but I'll
0:28start improving my English in a couple
0:30weeks." The second student told me,
0:32"I'll finally start talking to people in
0:34English as soon as I learn correct
0:37grammar." And the third student told me,
0:40"I'll finally work on my English when I
0:43move to Australia." Now, what do all
0:45these three statements have in common?
0:47They are excuses. They are excuses that
0:51students make to avoid studying, to
0:54avoid putting in the work, to avoid
0:55improving their English. Now, this
0:57brings me to my next point and I thought
0:59a bit about this yesterday. When's the
1:02best time to learn English? Is it at a
1:04specific time of year, a specific
1:06season, maybe in the fall when you go
1:08back to school? Is it at a specific time
1:10of day, in the morning, in the evening,
1:12in the afternoon? Now look to answer
1:13this question I want to tell you a
1:15little story a personal story about
1:18myself. In 2022 I started posting on Tik
1:22Tok. I posted short videos, short
1:24grammar lessons, short vocabulary
1:26lessons on Tik Tok because I had a goal.
1:29My goal was to grow my social media
1:31following and to help more people become
1:33fluent in English. So obviously to do
1:35that I needed to film content. I needed
1:37to post. I needed to come up with video
1:39ideas. I needed to do all that stuff.
1:42And I needed to obviously post on Tik
1:44Tok, show my face to the world, post on
1:46Instagram, post on YouTube. Now, at the
1:49time, I was also working another job
1:51full-time. I was working about 40 hours
1:53a week. And at the end of the day, I
1:55came home, I was tired. I didn't have
1:57any motivation. I wanted to sleep to be
1:59honest. I was very exhausted after work,
2:02but I still had this goal. And this goal
2:04again was to grow my social media
2:06following. Now, the only way that you
2:08are able to watch my videos, the only
2:10way that I'm able to communicate with
2:12you right now is because I ignored my
2:15feelings at the time. I ignored how I
2:17felt. I ignored the fact that I was
2:19tired. I had no motivation. I didn't
2:21want to post, but I still did it. I
2:24still did it. And I still did it every
2:25single day. And here we are today.
2:27You're watching my videos. I have about
2:292 million followers on Tik Tok. I have
2:31about 2 million followers on Instagram.
2:33I have, at the time of recording, about
2:35500,000 on YouTube, which is growing
2:38very quickly. It's only been 3 years
2:40that I've been doing this. And I
2:42attribute this success to the fact that
2:44I post as much as I can. I work every
2:48day. I put in the work. I put in the
2:50effort even if I don't feel like it.
2:52Because to be honest, I wake up in the
2:54morning. I don't always want to work. I
2:55like my bed. My bed is cozy. I like to
2:58stay in bed. But I still get out of bed.
3:00I still open my computer. I still work.
3:02I still film content. I still do it
3:04because that's my goal. And it's the
3:07exact same thing when learning a
3:08language or any other skill in life. The
3:11people who succeed, the people who
3:13achieve their goals are the people who
3:15are able to ignore their feelings to put
3:20in the work to put in effort every
3:23single day to show up and to do what's
3:25needed every single day to achieve their
3:27goals. Those are the people that
3:29succeed. So to answer the question that
3:31we asked earlier, the best time to
3:32improve your English is right now. It's
3:35right now. It's not tomorrow. It's not
3:36next week. It's not next month. It's
3:38right now. There will always be things
3:40you want to do instead of studying.
3:42There will always be excuses. You'll
3:44always be too tired. You'll always want
3:46to put it off to the next day. You'll
3:48always be too busy. You'll always be
3:50unsure of your routine or any of that
3:54stuff. I mean, those are all excuses.
3:55And they're excuses that I have made,
3:57too. They're excuses that everybody has
3:59made. I'm not perfect. Some days I give
4:01it 120%, some days I give it 50%. I'm
4:04not saying you always have to be
4:06perfect. You always have to work at
4:08120%. But you do need to realize that
4:12the sooner you start, the sooner you put
4:13in the effort, the sooner you actually
4:15get a move on, the sooner you will see
4:17results. You are in control of your
4:19future. The only person in control of
4:22your future is you. If you want to
4:24become fluent in English, you have the
4:26power to make that happen. If you want
4:28to learn a skill or you want to become
4:31very good at something, you have the
4:33power to make that happen. You are in
4:35control. You can decide when that
4:37happens. Now, I can also tell you how
4:39not to become fluent in English. Do
4:42nothing. If you don't do anything,
4:43you're never going to become fluent.
4:44That's a guaranteed way to never become
4:47fluent in English. You have to always be
4:48doing something every single day.
4:50Something is better than nothing. Now,
4:52what can you do to improve your English?
4:54I've talked about this a lot on this
4:56channel, and it's honestly quite simple.
4:59There's a three-step formula that I like
5:00to use. Learn, speak, and get feedback.
5:04It's very, very simple. Learning is
5:06easy. You can do that anywhere. There's
5:07literally no excuse. You're learning by
5:09watching my videos. Whenever you learn
5:11new vocabulary, you hear new vocabulary,
5:13write it down. Create a notebook. Open
5:16your phone. Have a list of vocabulary in
5:19your notes app. Watch movies. Watch TV.
5:21Watch podcasts. Set your phone to
5:23English. All this stuff. It's super
5:24super basic. But you'd be surprised how
5:26many students aren't doing this. Even if
5:29you're watching my videos for 15 minutes
5:30a day, that's a very good start. It's
5:32better than nothing. Write down any
5:35vocabulary that's new. Keep a list, as I
5:37mentioned. Now, that's phase one. Phase
5:39two is to speak. It's like you go to the
5:42gym and you watch people work out.
5:43You're not going to build any muscle if
5:45you just watch people work out. You
5:46actually have to go work out yourself.
5:48And when you learn a language, you have
5:50to speak. If you don't speak, you won't
5:52improve. I know for some of you, this
5:53might be a bit difficult because you
5:55aren't in an English-speaking country.
5:57Maybe you don't have anybody to speak
5:58with. Again, I have made videos on this
6:00topic on my channel. So, you can watch
6:02them on the channel. But at the end of
6:04the day, you have to speak. If you're
6:06not speaking, you're not improving.
6:07That's phase two. And when you speak,
6:09you have to try to use that vocabulary
6:11you learn on your own in conversation
6:14because that's how you remember it. If
6:16you don't use the vocabulary, you will
6:18forget it. It's very very simple. Now,
6:20phase three is somewhat optional, but
6:23it's a very good idea to do this to get
6:25feedback. When you make mistake, you
6:28need somebody to correct you. Otherwise,
6:29you might form bad habits. Now, you can
6:32use AI for this. I know a lot of
6:34students who do use AI for this.
6:36Personally, I'm not the biggest fan of
6:37AI because sometimes it makes mistakes.
6:39It tends to agree with you a lot. But
6:41you can do this if you don't have
6:42anybody else. Of course, if you want to
6:45improve your English with us, we would
6:47be more than happy to look at your
6:49application. We've helped thousands of
6:51students over the last few years improve
6:53their English online. We don't work with
6:55everybody. We only work with students
6:57who are more at the intermediate and
6:59advanced levels. We only work with
7:01students who have two to three hours a
7:03week at least to improve their English
7:06and we only work with students who are
7:08very very motivated. But if you are
7:10interested in applying and submitting an
7:13application, you can click the link in
7:14the description below to learn more. And
7:16if we can help you, we will be in touch.
7:19So what do I want you to take away from
7:20this video? If there's anything you take
7:22away from this video, I just want you to
7:24do something. Anytime you feel like you
7:27don't have any motivation to learn
7:28English, anytime you feel lazy, anytime
7:30you procrastinate, you put things off
7:32into the future, the only person you are
7:35harming is yourself. You're harming your
7:38future self. Because I know, and I know
7:40this from experience working with
7:42thousands of students in our programs
7:44and hearing from hundreds of thousands
7:46and millions of students online, if you
7:48put in the effort, if you follow that
7:50three-step formula, if you learn, if you
7:52speak, if you get feedback, you will
7:54improve your English. It's not rocket
7:56science. It's just a language. And it
7:58just takes practice. It just takes time.
8:00I know it's not glamorous. I know it's
8:02not super exciting, but that's the
8:05reality. Learn, speak, get feedback.
8:08Combine that with practice and time,
8:10that is your recipe for fluency. Now,
8:13it's my goal to make you fluent in
8:14English. So, if you would like to
8:16improve your English, make sure to
8:18subscribe to English at the Ready here
8:19on YouTube. Leave a like and let me know
8:21in the comments what excuses are you
8:24making for not studying English. Be
8:27honest with me, we all make excuses. The
8:29first step to improving is to recognize
8:32that fact and to try to break that
8:34habit. So, let me know in the comments
8:36which excuses are you making for not
8:38improving your English. Again, if you
8:40want to study with us, if you're looking
8:41for a program that has helped thousands
8:43of students improve their English,
8:45speaking, reading, writing, listening,
8:47grammar, business English, and IELTS
8:49skills, click the link in the
8:50description below to apply. We'd love to
8:52hear from you and to review your
8:54application. I'll see you in the next