情熱をもって始めたことなのに、打ち込み過ぎて疲れ果て、途中で放置しているものや、あきらめてしまった事などありませんか？効率的に長期目標で物事に取り組むにはちょうど良い時間のさじ加減が必要のようです。この秘訣は英語学習においても活かせそうですね！
Head coach Firas Zahabi recently shared a fresh take on how to succeed with your training goals:
Let’s say the maximum amount of pull-ups you can do is 10... Should I make you do 10 pull-ups on our workout? No! I’m gonna make you do 5. Why? Because I’m setting you up to work the next day.
Did you catch the end? The goal is not about today. The goal is about tomorrow and the next day.
Zahabi continues:
If you do 10 pull-ups on Monday, you’re gonna be sore until Thursday... so from Monday to Thursday, you’ve only done 10 pull-ups. Me, I’ve been doing 5 pull-ups every day, so I’m at 20 pull-ups already. I have more volume than you. If you add up at the end of the year who trained more, I’ve trained way more than you!
He is now talking about success for the year. If you stop before you feel tired and come back for more the next day, most people can maintain their motivation over the long term.
For many people, studying is the same. They study until they are tired, and then don’t come back to it for many days. This not only hurts in the long term, it’s also demotivating in the short term. If you study until you are tired, then you will obviously feel tired for that part of the day. But if you study until you feel good, then you will—of course—feel good for that part of the day!
This is partly why lessons at The English Farm are only 25 minutes long. The goal is to study the amount of time that gives you energy and motivates you. Then you can come back to it and study more while the information is fresh.
Honestly, this style is hard to do. I've personally been trying to do it for a while, without much success. But I’ve found that when I do close my books relatively quickly, I continue thinking about what I studied. My mind is fresh rather than fatigued, and I remember much more. So I'll keep practicing until I can do it every time.
Try it now—use your phone to set a timer for 5 minutes and take a look at your previous lesson notes. Then set a daily calendar event to study for 5 minutes twice a day. If you do that, you'll find that by the end of the week, you've studied for a lot of quality time. When you keep this up, imagine how much better your English will be by the end of the year!
