English is my second language.
I think my English is good. Yet I am not confident from time to time, especially when some native speakers do not understand what I say.
Today I was chatting with a few friends. When I mentioned there is trivia night in town, they could not understand what I said till I explained and said it the second time.
The problem was my pronunciation with the word trivia. I pronounced “i” in trivia like “ai” in like. That is confusing for them.
However, I don’t feel awkward to chat with them again no matter I make mistakes or not, because they are my friends I feel safe. And this helps me to improve my oral English
My confidence of speaking English shows through 1% better or a tiny bit progress. And this rule applies to my many areas of life.
My goal is to make a little bit progress – 1% better today than yesterday. I believe this tiny little step will compound over time. I will reach my milestones over time.
Successful people are not becoming success over night. Their success come though many hours of dedicated work and creativity.
10,000 hours of work can lead people to become an expert in one area. And every little tiny step adds up to 10,000 hours will turn you, me into a new person with more skills, experienced person.
We will discover our confidence, express the internal confidence through small steps.
1% better is the way to go.
WE-FIVE 