If you’re the biggest fish in the pond, find a new pond
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Summary
In this episode, I talk about how important it is to have a bigger circle of people around you to grow the most. Kids don't learn languages by going to school, they learn language by being around people that speak English. It's osmosis.
Transcript
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kids, they don't learn language by going to school. They learn language by being around
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people that speak English. My buddy's kid, she's learning four languages right now. She's 18 months
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old. There's no classroom. It's just environment, picking things up, osmosis. Most people, especially
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if they've had a little success, they eventually get to a place amongst their peer group where
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they're the big dog and they feel really successful and happy with themselves. But the truth is,
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is that they're only the big dog amongst that very small insulated group of people. And they
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don't realize that there are other people playing at a completely different level. These people are
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playing freaking chess and you're still playing checkers. So my rule is always find a bigger room
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and there always is. A lot of people through proximity will actually grow the most. It's osmosis.