Watch this if you feel like you can't speak English the way you want

English Fluency with Albert
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English speaking feels too hard? If you've ever thought "I understand English, but I can't speak it," this one's for you.
In this video, I talk about why the hardest part of learning English usually isn't grammar or vocabulary — it's the story you tell yourself about the obstacle in front of you. And why that obstacle might actually be a blessing in disguise.
0:00 The Gap Between You and Your Goals
1:01 When a Rock Appears in Your Way
2:09 Reframing the Problem as a Bridge
3:34 Finding the Blessing in Disguise
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Today I saw an image.
I'm going to draw, you wanna speak English,
but you see you're speaking so far away.
How can I improve my speaking skills?
And then an enormous rock materializes in front of you.
This rock is between you and your speaking skills.
You can do two things.
You can say, it's a rock,
I will never, you can say it's a rock,
I will never speak English if this is your goal.
It's a rock, it's between me and my goal, what can I do?
Or you can say, it's a bridge,
it's a bridge, I can cross it.
It's a bridge, I can cross it.
What's a bridge?
Let me show you what a bridge is, all right?
As usual, we're going on the images
and let me find the image of a bridge.
These are all bridges.
Ah, a bridge connects this part of the land
with this part of the land.
And sometimes bridges go up, you know?
Just like, just like this one.
So you can see this as a rock, as an obstacle,
something you will never be able to pass,
or you can see it as a bridge
and you start going up the bridge.
You start going up and it's probably difficult, okay?
It's probably difficult going up because it's a rock, okay?
We say it's a bridge, but actually it's a rock.
So it's not easy, okay?
But once you're at the top,
then the way down is way easier and there you go.
You reached your goal.
So sometimes we can see problems like a real problem,
but if we look at them from another perspective,
well, then they become something that in English
is called a blessing in disguise.
A blessing in disguise is when you put a mask on,
something beautiful, you think you are hopeless,
you think that what's happening to you
is just a very bad thing,
but actually in reality, this can be a blessing.
A blessing is something beautiful
and this can be beautiful because you may discover
you love rock climbing maybe.
Yes, this can be just an enormous amount of practice.
Practice, okay?
And because it's a lot, you may see this as a rock,
but the more you practice, the better it gets
until you get to the top of the rock
and then the way down is easy.
Even you, even you who fear speaking English,
even you who can understand English but can't speak it,
well, even you can do it.
If you get the opportunity of speaking English,
I mean, if you get the opportunity of speaking English,
use that opportunity.
Don't shy away thinking I can't.
Use the opportunity because that's a blessing in disguise.
