7: Are Others Stopping You from English Fluency Success?

Get your free book here: <a href="https://www.tofluency.com" rel="noopener">https://www.tofluency.com</a><br /><br />You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn<br /><br />Our friends, family, and workmates influence us more than we think. The famous quote from Jim Rohn states that we are the average of the five people that we spend most of our time with. Here are some examples:<br /><br />- If everyone around you eats unhealthily, you will most likely eat bad food too.<br />- If everyone around you is always complaining and isn’t enjoying life, it will be difficult for you to be carefree and to have fun.<br />- But, if everyone around you is highly motivated, you are more likely to be motivated too.<br /><br />As James Clear puts it: “Most of our behaviors are driven by two things: our environment and our beliefs. And environment is perhaps the most powerful of those two because in many cases your environment can shape your beliefs. This is especially true when you consider your environment to include the people who surround you”<br /><br />How We Can Apply This to Learning English?<br /><br />It’s hard to do anything on your own for a long time, especially when progress can’t always be seen. Learning English is a long-term journey; a journey full of different challenges. And it’s even more difficult to do what we need to do over the long-term if others aren’t supporting you.<br /><br />We only have so much willpower [the ability to control our actions]; we need the support of others and to be in a positive environment to achieve our goals. Think about the people that you spend the most time with:<br /><br />- Are they driven and motivated?<br />- Are they supportive of your English learning goals?<br />- Are they the type of people who can achieve a goal such as learning English?<br /><br />If not, they could be slowing down your progress without you knowing it. They could be affecting you subconsciously and stopping you from doing the things you need to do to reach English