Dr. Wayne Pernell argues that belief in your ability to learn a language matters more than anything else. Without it, your commitment fades. Every brain can do it, but only if you actually think you can.
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Mindset element, which is, like, really believing that you are able to do it. Because already when you tell me, okay, what does it take for me to become comfortable? I wouldn't expect to be fluent. It means there's like, I don't know how far I can go. So it's important to be like, no, you can actually learn. Like, you have a human brain. Every human brain can actually learn a foreign language given the right circumstances. I would say it's critical, because the single biggest predictor of whether you will succeed or not is your level of commitment. And if you don't believe it's possible, then how committed are you going to be? Like, no one. Everyone is committed to achieving the impossible.