Goal Setting Part 3

Okay, in the previous posts on goal setting, I talked about having attainable goals and being able to measure progress.   I had a list of things to do daily, but it didn’t work out so well.  My daily goals were as follows: 1.  Work though an episode of the slow Chinese podcast sentence by sentence [...]

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Goal Setting

I’ve seen other people make goals of learning 200 to 500 characters a week or something along those lines. That’s something between 28 and 78 characters per day. That’s definitely a measurable goal because you either learned those characters or you didn’t.

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The Sacred Six

It’s been a while since I implemented the sacred six routine. I’d forgotten all abobut it until I read through one of my journals. The sacred 6 is basically a “To Do” list of six of the most important activities to move your goals forward.

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My Language-Learning Routine

Here’s a quick rundown of my Chinese study routine.

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The Chinese Diaries: Part II

I am a visual and hands-on type of learner, so the Chinese diary has been a very powerful learning tool for me.

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