(2015-10-11, 11:49 am)CreepyAF Wrote: In another thread I mentioned how I sucked at language acquisition. Some perceptive people mentioned that I didn't suck at acquisition, but more likely I suck at motivation.
One talent exists and is a huge boost, but it's useless to consider unless you're measuring your potential (dad I'm ganna be an astronaut, well kid do you have an IQ of 150?). If you've already learned a language then it is safe to say you can learn another one. Talent checks out so let's get to doing stuff.
But doing stuff is hard, and so you need lots of motivation to do hard stuff.
That's where most people go wrong, doing stuff doesn't have to be hard, take the path of least resistance. If it's hard change the method. I imagine that's the reason most people switched to RTK.
So don't look for motivation, you've got enough talent though it may not be exceptional. Now we need a method that is easy and gives result. I personally can't recommend one since I'm not at that level, but if I'll make a suggestion based on a video game analogy. To learn to play video games you can:
1. Watch people play them. (reading, listening to media)
2. Watch instructional videos. (textbook, instructional material)
3. Play the video games. (speak and write the language)
Now it is obvious the first two alone won't let you play CS:GO, you need at some point to get your hand at playing the thing. So use 1 and 2 as a goal to achieve 3, and all the while take it easy. Again the best progress is the easy slow progress. Give yourself time (10-20 years should do it). If you don't feel a method is working change it, if it's hard but works, reduce the intensity. And one more repetition: don't look fore motivation, take it easy.