In this call you will

1. Create a crystal clear vision of how better English will help you with your business goals.
   
2. Undercover hidden challenges that could be sabotaging your overall language skills.
   
3. Explore which next steps to take to improve your English.

Hello, everyone. 

So good to be here with you. I'm just so amazed at how this podcast has grown. And I just wanted to tell each and every one of you who is listening. I really appreciate that you listening to this podcast. I'm so, so grateful and so thankful.  I've gotten some feedback from some from you. And you've just told me that it's also really useful and that you appreciate the work that I put into the podcast. And so yeah, I just want to honour that. And I want to say thank you. And it's amazing to know that I'm connected to so many people around the world. So just wanted to start off by saying thank you. 

So let's get to our episode today. Today it's all about networking, in your second language. So, of course, I live in Germany. My second language is German. And also Afrikaans, because I come from South Africa. And so in Germany, I often have to network in German. And oh, my goodness, it's, it's tough sometimes, you know, I'm not gonna hide that it really is tough. Sometimes,  I'm struggling to find the words. Sometimes I want to express something that I know I could express really easily in English. And it's just not happening in, in German, it's one of the things that I really notice inside of myself, I use the mindset that I teach my clients. And I have mindset tools to help me through that.

Mindset is so important when you're speaking in your second language. And that's the part that's actually going to get you through most of the barriers that you face and encounter, in your experience with your second language. So the first step I always do is I breathe. Well, actually, you know, the first step is to just to notice that that's actually happening inside of your head. That's the first step. The second step is actually then to breathe. And let it go. And the third step is to break the wall. And this perceived wall, this feeling of, oh, there's something holding my language back. Just like break it visually, with your hand, like, I like to punch through that wall. And just say - this is not going to hold me back - I'm still going to give the message that I want to give in the best possible way that I can give it and I just plough through that. And I deliver my message and I feel great about it afterwards. So maybe like yeah, of course I'm human. I have thoughts of like well, could have been better. But actually overall, I feel really great about the fact that I didn't give up and I just delivered the message I wanted to deliver.