Learn how to take full advantage of learning tools you might not be aware of, how to maintain your routine with a checklist, and how you can make your own reminder checklist

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February 2016: 7 Minutes and 7 Seconds to Chinese Learning Success

Learn how to develop a language routine in seven minutes and seven seconds, why this amount of time is all you need to start, and how you can apply it to your learning

1 Minute • Audio

January 2016: Get a Big Head Start with Your Language Profile Cheat Sheet

Learn why you need a language profile when you start learning and how you can make your own language profile cheat sheet

1 Minute • Audio

December Inner Circle: How Mastering A Language Has Changed My Life

Learn why people who succeed tend to succeed again, and how you too can achieve your goals

1 Minute • Audio

November Inner Circle: The 2 Dirty Little Secrets For Mastering Chinese

Learn why a calendar is the first thing you need, why knowing your own grammar is a MUST, and how to apply these methods to your learning

1 Minute • Audio

October Inner Circle: Netflix and The Best Ways to Enjoy Learning Chinese

Learn why you should add non-intensive learning to your routine, how I used Netflix in my learning routines, and how you can learn effectively with fun, non-intensive methods

1 Minute • Audio

September Inner Circle: A Guaranteed Way To Double Your Chinese Speaking Time

Learn why most learners simply don't make real progress with speaking and how I doubled my speaking time with our lessons and structure

1 Minute • Audio

August 2015: How Far You’ve Come & The Law of Increasing Motivation

Learn why it's important to look at your progress, how to increase your motivation and success over time, and what to do if you've been failing your goals

1 Minute • Audio

July 2015: The Analysis Paralysis of Learning Chinese & How To Beat It

Learn why language learners get stuck in Analysis Paralysis, why you should stop focusing on details and perfection, and how you can avoid getting stuck

1 Minute • Audio

June 2015: Why Your Worst Days Are The Best Days To Study Chinese

Learn why bad days happen with language-learning and why you'll get your best work done on your worst days

1 Minute • Audio

May 2015: How Tipping Points Will Bring You Closer To Your Chinese Goals

Learn why tipping points are crucial for confidence in languages, how you can tell when you're reaching one, and how I reached one with Spanish this month

1 Minute • Audio

April 2015: Three Effective Chinese Learning Habits You’ll Learn On A Plane

Learn why you must adjust to your environment, how to take advantage of limited time, and the importance of developing an on-and-off mindset

1 Minute • Audio

March 2015: Exceed Expectations & Improve Your Chinese Through Preparation

Learn how powerful preparation is for boosting your language-speaking skills

1 Minute • Audio

February 2015: Utter Chinese Learning Failure & How To Bounce Back

Learn about the topic nobody wants to talk about: failure

1 Minute • Audio

January 2015: Your 'Why' will Guarantee Your 2015 Chinese Learning Success

Learn how your reason for learning a language is crucial to your motivation, how you can increase motivation to guarantee success, and how you can apply these tactics to your goals

1 Minute • Audio

December 2014: The Power of Rewards For Smashing Your Chinese Learning Goals

Learn how rewards build habits and maintain motivation, how I used rewards when I hit my goals, and why you don't have to fail overall if you miss a monthly goal

1 Minute • Audio

November 2014: The Power of Reading & Reminders for Mastering Chinese

Learn why reading can actually improve speaking skills, why reminders get your goals done, and how I'm implementing these two tactics

1 Minute • Audio

October 2014: The Power of a Deadline as a Strategy to Master Chinese

Learn why successful learners use deadlines to ramp up progress and how you can set your own achievable deadlines

1 Minute • Audio

September 2014: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back. Losing Chinese Progress & Bouncing Back

Learn why you lose progress when you take a break, why it's hard to get back into a routine after a break, and how you can make an effective comeback

1 Minute • Audio

August 2014: You’re never fully prepared until you immerse yourself in Chinese

Learn why you're never fully prepared until you get into the game, how you can take advantage of this fact to succeed with a language, and how you can do so with the Premium Custom Lists app

19 Minutes • Audio

July 2014: Three Tactics for Maximizing Time & Making More Chinese Progress with this App

Learn how to take advantage of the innovative Language 101 app, how to schedule routines to maximize learning time, and how to boost your progress with harder lessons

1 Minute • Audio

June 2014: Prepare, Review & Speak More Chinese with the Custom Lists App

Learn how to take advantage of the Custom Lists web app, why you need to prepare word lists based on your interests, and three ways I used Custom Lists to reach my monthly language goal

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May 2014: Mastering Chinese with an Online Tutor vs. an In-Person Tutor

Learn the three advantages of a Skype tutor, differences in learning with both Skype and in-person tutors, and the one killer advantage of an in-person tutor

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April 2014: How To Achieve Your Chinese Goal When Your Motivation is Low

Learn the four tactics that successful learners use

1 Minute • Audio

March 2014: Secrets to Staying Motivated within in the Chinese Learning Routine

Learn the three secrets to staying motivated

1 Minute • Audio

February 2014: Adjust Your Routines So You Don’t Fail Your Chinese Goals

Learn how your daily routines set you up for success, how to spot the bad routines, and how to adjust your routines to match your goal

1 Minute • Audio

January 2014: Your New Year’s Resolution Solution

Learn the top three reasons why New Year's resolutions fail, how to set achievable language goals and resolutions and examples of good and bad resolutions

7 Minutes • Audio