Hi. Hope you are well!

In one of the earlier posts, I suggested that trying to learn grammar can become one of the biggest roadblocks to spoken English fluency. It’s absolutely true. Don’t let it stop you in achieving your goal! There are learning techniques available that ensure you don’t have to go through the “torture” of learning the fundamentals of English grammar.

However, that’s not the purpose of today’s post. It’s about YOU! It’s very easy to blame other people and other factors as to why you don’t get out of life what you want.

Also, it’s as easy to say, “Oh, I don’t have time for the course today, I am just too busy. Tomorrow I will be fine”.  I think we all know that tomorrow becomes next week. Next week becomes next month. Next month becomes NEVER! I’ve heard it called “Someday Syndrome” – don’t let that happen to you.

What I am trying to say here is that to learn a new skill such as spoken English, you need to be ready for it. You need to stretch yourself outside your comfort zone on a regular basis. Only that way will you ever grow as a person. In other words, YOUR personal development and attitude is so important if you want to achieve spoken English excellence. Don’t underestimate it.

To help you think along the lines of this, here are 5 Steps to your Personal Development. Follow these on a daily basis and you will have a foundation of realising your dreams:

1. Develop a plan for on-going education; never ever stop learning.
2. Maintain razor-sharp focus; always be there;
3. Develop good habits; practice a few simple disciplines every day;
4. Develop the discipline to carry out each step to reach your goals; and
5. Continuously stretch yourself outside your comfort zone.

I hope these help! They certainly helped me in my development. You wouldn’t believe the transformation your can have in your life if you simply followed these simple steps.

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Be inspired, Poppy

Hi there. I hope you are all having a great weekend.

This is going to be a brief and simple post today – just to get you thinking. Do you have a plan of how you are going to reach your spoken English goals or are you just “aimlessly” reading different textbooks, continuing to invest in English courses that don’t have an impact or spending hour after hour browsing the web looking for “useful” spoken English content.

Remember that without a plan, you are planning to fail.

Anyway here are 5 simple steps that the Inspired English system follows to help you with your development. Stick to these rules and you will be a step ahead than most other spoken English students:

1. Learn English phrases for relevant situations – listen and practice.
2. Use the Quickfire technique (listening to short conversations and then answering questions) to help you think in English.
3. Practice listening and speaking English every day.
4. Watch repeatedly small sections of English movies, listen to English radio and other poscasts.
5. Study the DNA of English using word association with symbols and pictures.

Simple eh! More soon, Poppy

Not long ago I was unable to speak English very well. I was too embarrassed to have a conversation in English. I could understand some words that were spoken to me in English, but I was could answer in English. Why was this an issue for me? Quite simply it was holding me back in what I wanted to achieve with my life.

The English language was all around me – the media (television, radio, newspapers), my friends & my social life. Also, I had always dreamed of having a job in a large international company. Here in India, such companies use English as the corporate language. I was unable, however, to speak English. I had tried many times to learn the language, but each time became frustrated with the teaching methods, myself and other things always got in the way.

If I was going to achieve what I wanted in my life, things had to change. Most importantly, I had to change. It is always easy to blame everything else when things don’t go your way; that was me five years ago. It was only when a close friend took me aside and suggested that if I wanted to realise my dreams I needed to take responsibility.

I did. It didn’t happen overnight, but it did happen. I knew that if I was going to learn spoken English I needed to find the right learning material and the right mindset. Learning English could unlock the door in so many ways. Yet for so long I had lacked the confidence and the knowledge to do so. “How I learned to speak English” I will leave to another day, but it is possible. I took action and made it happen. It has made a huge transformation in my life. I have the career and the social life that I want and I also have a level of confidence and self-belief that allows me to do things that I never thought possible only five years.

Stick with it! Find the right learning methods, have the right mindset and keep practicing.

Wishing you every success, Poppy

I have to hand it to A.J. Hage and his team at Effortless English. Today they launched their Power English course and with the space of one hour had sold 63% of the 15,000 copies that were available. This is an amazing achievement. I am sure that by the close of the day all 15,000 copies had been sold – all this for an amazing price of $127 (you do the maths!)

It has been quite a journey for A.J. over the past few weeks with his web-site crashing on numerous occasions due to the huge volume of traffic. In typical A.J. style, however, he remained remarkably positive throughout to overcome the issues he was facing. Apparently he has close to 1,000,000 subscribers on his list and only 15,000 copies of Power English available.

I have not personally reviewed Power English, neither do I have a copy (but am keen to get my hands on it), but am 100% sure that this product will combine the elements of Effortless English, motivation and A.J’s infectious teaching style to deliver an outstanding product.

Great effort A.J. – you have achieved an amazing business model with your spoken English training and are providing real value to thousands and thousands of people across the world. The team here at InspiredEnglish are keen to learn from your success.

And if you haven’t already,why not check out the Effortless English web-site.

To your success, Poppy

Hi – This is the first post on Spoken English Online! Yes, this new blog is linked to the Inspired English spoken English web-site, but my role here is to develop an open discussion about the world of spoken English. I plan to share with you my thoughts, advice and ideas on how to learn spoken English quickly and with confidence. I will also provide you with links and articles to other sites in the on-line world that I hope you will find of interest. As you will see from some of the future posts, your personal development is key to your success in learning spoken English – make sure that you use these articles to your advantage.

Until then, wishing you every success, Poppy.