A short motivational statement by Hadar Shemesh arguing that improving pronunciation is a small technical skill that can trigger a large positive ripple effect: better vocabulary, increased confidence, liking one’s voice, more speaking, saying yes to opportunities, and downstream gains like better jobs, friendships, and business opportunities.
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I believe that pronunciation is a skill that can not only change your English, but can also change your life, because the ripple effect of working on something small, like pronunciation, that will help you improve vocabulary and confidence, and you will start liking your voice more, and then you'll start speaking more, and you're going to want to be heard more, and then you'll say yes to opportunities. And when you say yes to opportunities, you become more courageous, and you could potentially get a better job, make new friends, make better connections, start your own business. All of these things could potentially happen as the ripple effect of you just starting with something very, very technically small and technical, but the impact is going to be huge.