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“in meta-analyses of dozens of experiments, students and adults were more adept at understanding and speaking a new language over time when they had been taught to produce it rather than only to comprehend it. They also learned better in “flipped classrooms” that challenged them to study vocabulary before class and then practice communicating during class.”
― Adam M. Grant, Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

“You don’t have to wait until you’ve acquired an entire library of knowledge to start to communicate. Your mental library expands as you communicate. When I asked Sara Maria what it takes to begin, she said she no longer waits to talk until she has a basic level of proficiency. She starts talking on the first day, discomfort be damned. “I’m always trying to convince people to start speaking,” she tells me. “Just memorize a few sentences—a short monologue introducing yourself and explaining why you’re learning the language.”
― Adam M. Grant, Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

“merely because something is more standard or conventional”
― Brandon Sanderson, Wind and Truth

“Most battles weren’t about killing everyone who stood against you; they were instead about getting your enemy to stop fighting.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Wind and Truth