Learning italian

[GuestUser8117]

I'm very excited to start my italian course today. The reason why I'm learning it is that maybe I will move to italy some day. I don't think there is italians on the forum...is there?

 

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[Alex Barboza]

I'm Colombian and interested in languages. Are you learning online?

 

[DeletedUser394]

Dude, you're all over the map.

Photography, italian, real estate, etc. You're doing exactly what I did for so long.. and that was nothing. I had so much crap starting all at once, that I never actually got anything done.

FOCUS. Pick one thing, and do it to the best of your ability, do it better than any one else.

You're constantly talking about how you hate the slowlane and think the fastlane is the road to happiness or whatever, so FOCUS on that. Spend 90% of your time on that one thing.

Do one or two things incredibly well, destroy your competition and then broaden your horizons/interests.

I wanted to learn Spanish, take gymnastics, play squash, go golfing, become a pro poker player, travel the world, and a whole bunch of other nonsense all at the same time. NOTHING got done, and I was left spinning in circles.

As Kevin O'Leary would say: 'Stop the madness!'

Now I pick one or two core things and I CRUSH them. Constantly pushing, getting better, achieving more. All through FOCUS.

Good luck.

 

[Jill]

I'm sure there are some Italians on here, as the "population" of this forum is significantly more substantial than one might think! But Italians are not as entrepreneurial as some other cultures. This is a broad stroke, of course. But culturally, they tend to focus on other things (family, beauty, soccer, the pope, and relaxation! I kid not. I have personal experiences with them to illustrate all the above!!)

Learning Italian is one of my three major goals this year. But it is a distant 3rd. It would be a fun thing to do/have, but it will not change my life in any way whatsoever. I've been in country 20-30 times over the past 15 years while it would've been helpful at times, it was never necessary. So if I could give you my two cents, focus on the things that will make a significant difference in the lives you both you and others. If you have the time and mental energy left over, then learn a new language.

Ciao,

Jill

 

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[Pershing]

Hi Omerta,
I'm italian, and I live in South Italy. My country is a beautiful place. Nice weather and nice places to visit or stay. But it's not the best place for aspiring entrepreneurs. Taxes and very high, and there are not a lot of opportunities. Bureaucracy is crazy.

Francesco

 

[Skys]

RichKid is right. You will lose a lot of months, perhaps years by not being focussed. It's a very important skill to develop. In a few years from now you will be able to talk some words Italian, maybe you can ask somebody for bread. You might be able to take some nice photos on vacation and you might understand a bit about houses. But, what do you really know? What's your value? What is your expertise?

I think we all went trough a phase like yours but at some point you, indeed, need to stop the madness. You don't want to look back in a decade and see how much time you have lost on BS. Get your goals straight, and if you don't have any strong goals at the moment, keep working on what you do and get good at that. Go from there. Don't just try things to drop them.

I have been playing poker professionally for some time. Family knows this, and once in a while I get called by a friend of the family if I want to learn him or her poker. Sure. First lesson: You are going to fold this and those cards. You are going to raise these. "What about bluffing?" You are not going to bluff.
Maybe I am a huge a**hole, but I am not. I help them and they all quit after some time. Poker is not fancy, shiny.. Poker..is super interesting. I love it. Loved it. But would you love playing and thinking poker 10+ hours a day? Probably not if you decided to make a goal out of getting rich from poker. Most people start playing poker for all the wrong reasons and they all end up completely mentally messed up and burned out. In the first years you are happy to be break even. It takes 10.000 hours to get good at something. Can you handle all the losses during those 10.000 hours? You move up in stakes, at 25nl, my biggest lost was 300 euro in a half hour. Try to imagine what a typical bad day was at 400nl? Most pro poker players LOVE poker...until they start hating it, and loving it again...Money becomes a tool to produce. Process VS event. Stop the event-driven goals. Don't say you will get to 12% bodyfat. Say you will stop drinking Soda. Don't say you will make a million. Say you will raise your value by developing 1 skill this year. How do you get good at poker? By focusing on one thing at a time: Opening, folding, raising, 3-betting and so on...

Why do you want to learn Italian? "The reason why I'm learning it is that maybe I will move to italy some day. " Maybe..some day.... Really? That's your reason to learn Italian? Not because you love the language? Not because of interest for Italian movies with bad subtitles..? That's like saying I want to learn how to play golf because I might be having a business meeting with somebody some day who loves playing golf. Don't learn Italian with that weak of a reason.

 

[AgonI]

I will learn Italian and Spanish later in my life, after I make my millions. I already know some Spanish by the way, but I've been to Italy once and I was fascinated with the cities I visited. Such a wonderful place with some of the most beautiful chicks the World has to offer

 

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[GuestUser8117]

Hi Omerta,
I'm italian, and I live in South Italy. My country is a beautiful place. Nice weather and nice places to visit or stay. But it's not the best place for aspiring entrepreneurs. Taxes and very high, and there are not a lot of opportunities. Bureaucracy is crazy.

Francesco

Grazie Francesco. What city do you live?

 

[GuestUser8117]

@ Richkid : You know what? You are absolutely right. I need to focus on the fastlane. Thank you for reminding me that I have a job to do.

 

[Skys]

@ Richkid : You know what? You are absolutely right. I need to focus on the fastlane. Thank you for reminding me that I have a job to do.

If that is what you really want, then yes. Otherwise you are missing the point and this is just another event because Rickkid put some pepper in your a$$ (a dutch saying.. perhaps. It means: Richkids post got you motivated.) Sparks of motivation = event

 

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[Pershing]

Grazie Francesco. What city do you live?

Reggio Calabria

 

[infinitus]

i like pimsluer and language courses that use picture association, repetition is key

 

[fastlaneCoder]

This instructional video really helped master my Italian. Here's the link ---> Italian 101 :smilielol:

 

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