1 00:00:04,959 --> 00:00:15,741 "The Prosperity Plan." It's empty. Why? Well, hi. James, from EngVid. I have a book, and 2 00:00:16,051 --> 00:00:20,820 it says "Prosperity Plan". I know you're here to learn English. This is a book full of secrets 3 00:00:21,279 --> 00:00:28,140 on how to make millions of dollars. Empty. That's because when people tell you there's 4 00:00:28,014 --> 00:00:32,633 a secret, there's not really a secret; there's a method behind something, and you may not 5 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:39,300 know it, so to you it's a secret, but you know, just like that book, there are no secrets. 6 00:00:39,003 --> 00:00:43,492 The only one is hard work. Let's look at the three methods I have for you today in order 7 00:00:43,789 --> 00:00:48,530 to learn English, okay? Call them the "Secrets you need to know" because most people don't 8 00:00:48,053 --> 00:00:53,092 know them because the funny thing is, although they're not secret -- I said it again -- they're 9 00:00:53,092 --> 00:00:56,691 not methods that are usually taught in ESL books. 10 00:00:57,519 --> 00:01:02,010 The Kaizen Method, the Process Method, and the Writing Method are actually books I read 11 00:01:02,001 --> 00:01:06,097 on something completely different. But what I found was they were very, very handy for 12 00:01:06,097 --> 00:01:10,926 learning English. Personally, I'm trying to learn Spanish, and when I apply these different 13 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:15,831 methods, I found my learning going faster and faster, and I actually enjoyed it. So 14 00:01:16,119 --> 00:01:20,490 I called them "secret" for you because I'm quite sure that your teachers haven't sat 15 00:01:20,049 --> 00:01:23,096 down and gone, "Today, we're going to learn the Kaizen Method of English. Then, we'll 16 00:01:23,096 --> 00:01:27,143 do the Process Method, and then we'll do the Writing Method." No. Because they're actually 17 00:01:28,043 --> 00:01:32,048 three different books, all right? So I'm just going to give you a part of each book, and 18 00:01:32,093 --> 00:01:35,099 if I come across to the end, I'll give you another lesson on it, all right? But these 19 00:01:36,053 --> 00:01:41,125 are three things I liked out of these books. All right. Let's start from the first one, 20 00:01:42,025 --> 00:01:47,050 the Process Method. I know -- and it's in red, and I start here why? Most of the times 21 00:01:47,005 --> 00:01:50,834 people are learning a language, they want to -- and this is what the Process Method 22 00:01:51,329 --> 00:01:58,329 is about. People start with "product", "product". What is a "product"? A "product" is something 23 00:01:58,729 --> 00:02:05,729 you can touch or hold. This marker is a product. But this isn't how the marker started. I'm 24 00:02:07,789 --> 00:02:13,910 sorry. Okay, the marker started a little differently. I mean, that's an alcohol base that I'm sniffing. 25 00:02:13,091 --> 00:02:17,189 When I go [inhales], there's liquid in here. This is plastic -- came from oil. So why I'm 26 00:02:18,089 --> 00:02:21,094 telling you all these things -- you're going, "Why are you telling me?" Well, things start 27 00:02:22,039 --> 00:02:28,045 in a certain way, but they end up like this. In fact, you can think of the Process Method 28 00:02:28,045 --> 00:02:35,045 versus product as being a tree and being a seed. And a seed, you know, little thing, 29 00:02:36,086 --> 00:02:40,122 you put it in the ground, and it grows into a tree. Well, when you have a seed, the seed 30 00:02:41,022 --> 00:02:46,104 has no idea that it's going to be a tree and a big tree -- how long it will take. But humans 31 00:02:47,004 --> 00:02:52,010 are funny. They want to start a language, and they think right away, "I'm going to learn 32 00:02:52,001 --> 00:02:56,037 English." And then, they sit down; they open the book; they open the book; "I'm going to 33 00:02:56,046 --> 00:03:00,145 learn English. I'm learning English. I'm learning English." And then they get upset one hour 34 00:03:01,045 --> 00:03:05,122 later. "I don't know any English. I don't speak English." Well, it's like being a human. 35 00:03:06,022 --> 00:03:11,074 You start as a baby, you grow to an adult. When we talk about the Process Method, what 36 00:03:11,074 --> 00:03:15,105 you want to do is don't think about you want to speak English. Yes, I know. That's why 37 00:03:16,005 --> 00:03:20,058 you're watching this video and why you're studying. Think more about what you're doing 38 00:03:20,058 --> 00:03:25,105 while you're studying English. And this is called the "process". Go into the step. Concentrate 39 00:03:26,005 --> 00:03:29,093 on what you're doing. You'll find a couple of things happen: Sometimes you'll say English 40 00:03:29,093 --> 00:03:34,149 is hard or it's boring. If you do this method, you'll actually stop finding it hard or boring, 41 00:03:35,049 --> 00:03:40,143 and you'll enjoy it because you'll be working on something specific, mastering that, and 42 00:03:41,043 --> 00:03:45,085 then you're going to start noticing that the final product -- English -- is coming to you. 43 00:03:45,085 --> 00:03:50,088 And it will come faster than you think. Why? Well, if you're thinking, "I don't understand 44 00:03:51,015 --> 00:03:55,062 this English", you're focusing, really, on you don't understand English or you don't 45 00:03:55,062 --> 00:03:59,151 know English. You're not focusing on what you're doing. If you take a breath [inhales] 46 00:04:00,051 --> 00:04:06,126 and go [exhales], "Okay. I'm just watching this video of this crazy guy who speaks very 47 00:04:07,026 --> 00:04:12,082 quickly in English, and just now, he told me to take a breath. Oh, okay. I understand." 48 00:04:12,082 --> 00:04:17,138 And you're ahead. That's the Process Method. Take time to actually go back -- when you're 49 00:04:18,038 --> 00:04:22,197 thinking about it's hard; it's difficult or boring -- and say to yourself, "What am I 50 00:04:22,539 --> 00:04:29,539 doing now?" And then look at that. Each time you do that, you get further in the process 51 00:04:29,087 --> 00:04:35,256 and you will end up with a product before you know it. Okay? Sounds simple, but try 52 00:04:36,039 --> 00:04:41,180 it. You can even do this on a date. That's another story. 53 00:04:41,018 --> 00:04:45,023 Okay, so we do this. We got the Process Method. That's the overall one we talk about. Because 54 00:04:45,068 --> 00:04:50,083 once you understand that, we're going to go to the Kaizen method. The Kaizen Method is 55 00:04:50,083 --> 00:04:55,149 one step beyond. Well, not really. The Kaizen Method is -- what they're saying is: here's 56 00:04:56,049 --> 00:05:03,049 you, and take -- you have to take just one more step. Most people, when they're learning 57 00:05:04,099 --> 00:05:09,490 something, they want to learn something -- some vocabulary. Then they go into lexical chunks. 58 00:05:09,049 --> 00:05:14,448 "Lexical chunks" is just a fancy term for words that go together. Now, three, four, 59 00:05:14,889 --> 00:05:18,935 five words that are usually said together in English. But you just need to learn one 60 00:05:19,349 --> 00:05:25,550 word. In the Kaizen Method, they would say you just need to know one letter. They would 61 00:05:25,055 --> 00:05:31,124 say start with 'A', and know that it can be "ah", or 'T' and it could be "tuh". Because 62 00:05:32,024 --> 00:05:36,103 if you cannot pronounce those things properly, how can you say the word properly? This doesn't 63 00:05:37,003 --> 00:05:40,952 occur to most people. They want to learn all the English. That's the problem. Remember 64 00:05:40,979 --> 00:05:45,020 the product? We go back to here, right? Well, it's again this process. An easier way to 65 00:05:45,002 --> 00:05:51,006 do it is the Kaizen Method. Pick one subject; pick one thing; break it down to the smallest 66 00:05:51,006 --> 00:05:57,445 unit you can do, and focus on just that, okay? Then you take the next step and then the next 67 00:05:57,499 --> 00:06:02,150 one. My favorite story from the Kaizen Method is a person who wanted to work out. And they 68 00:06:02,015 --> 00:06:07,004 said, "Working out is so hard; it's so difficult." So what the trainer said was simple. They 69 00:06:07,139 --> 00:06:11,310 said, "You know what? Tomorrow morning, don't work out." The customer was, like, "Why? Are 70 00:06:11,031 --> 00:06:16,320 you crazy?" He said, "No. Don't. Just stand up for 30 seconds. That's it." And the client 71 00:06:16,599 --> 00:06:20,684 was, "Well, anybody would do that." He said, "Yeah. That's your first step." Eventually, 72 00:06:21,449 --> 00:06:25,449 they built up until they were doing a thirty-minute workout, and they were enjoying it. Because 73 00:06:25,449 --> 00:06:30,471 they took steps that were so easy that it didn't stop them. The reason why I explain 74 00:06:30,669 --> 00:06:36,400 this one, this method, is generally, if something is too difficult, we get what's called a "stress 75 00:06:36,004 --> 00:06:40,323 reaction". "Stress" is when you're afraid and your body doesn't work as efficiently 76 00:06:40,719 --> 00:06:49,200 or effectively. So it makes things harder. By doing the Kaizen Method, you relax, and 77 00:06:49,779 --> 00:06:53,840 your brain can do its best work. We call it "optimal work", which means "works in its 78 00:06:54,389 --> 00:06:59,520 best way". "Optimize" or "optimal" means "the best", okay? And that's what you can do with 79 00:06:59,052 --> 00:07:04,001 the Kaizen Method. Slow yourself down so you can work your best. Okay? 80 00:07:04,469 --> 00:07:08,522 Now, you're looking here with the Kaizen Method, with the Process Method, you're going, "You 81 00:07:08,999 --> 00:07:15,022 know what? It doesn't sound so hard." I'm like, "No." Learning is natural for all humans. 82 00:07:15,229 --> 00:07:19,770 It just is. It's how we learn. And that's why these are secret methods because people 83 00:07:19,077 --> 00:07:23,996 don't just tell these to you. You go to school to learn things, not methods, okay? 84 00:07:24,689 --> 00:07:29,765 And here's the third one. This one -- sorry -- it's a little bit more active. But I've 85 00:07:30,449 --> 00:07:36,900 made it so easy for you. Just breathe. Don't worry about the product. You've got to do 86 00:07:36,009 --> 00:07:41,558 some work. Remember, I said the only secret is work, which nobody wants to do. This one's 87 00:07:42,449 --> 00:07:49,400 a bit of fun, okay? Because I often tell students, when you get really, really good with English, 88 00:07:49,004 --> 00:07:52,823 what will happen is there're two steps you'll know you're getting better. The first step 89 00:07:53,219 --> 00:07:58,276 is this: You're going to wake up in the morning and go, "Ah!" And then I'll go "What?" You'll 90 00:07:58,789 --> 00:08:04,870 go, "I had a dream, and it was in English!" Either you'll be speaking English or everybody 91 00:08:04,087 --> 00:08:08,091 around you speaks English, and you'll understand it. This is the beginning of your brain's 92 00:08:09,027 --> 00:08:13,976 process saying, "Okay these words are the same." Spanish, English, German, English, 93 00:08:14,219 --> 00:08:21,050 Hindi, English, Russian, English, same." The, the, the -- all the same. Whatever. Da, yah, 94 00:08:21,005 --> 00:08:26,704 niet, no -- same, same, same. And your brain's just saying they're equivalent or equal. You're 95 00:08:26,749 --> 00:08:31,960 dreaming because it's processing that information. See? "Process" -- back to that word. 96 00:08:31,096 --> 00:08:34,150 The second thing people notice is, they'll be speaking in their native language, and 97 00:08:35,005 --> 00:08:38,041 English will just come out of their mouth, and they won't even think about saying it; 98 00:08:38,086 --> 00:08:42,130 it just comes. And you go, "How did that happen?" Well, your brain is now saying this word is 99 00:08:43,003 --> 00:08:47,010 equivalent to this word, all right? Sí? Oops! Sorry. I did it there. I meant to say "yes", 100 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,085 but I said "sí". I'm studying Spanish, so then my brain sometimes thinks Spanish, English, 101 00:08:52,085 --> 00:08:56,166 same, same. Because I practice it a lot. But I'm going to give you a method now which is 102 00:08:57,066 --> 00:09:02,099 a bit more active. It's going to be fun because you can do it for your dreams. You have dreams 103 00:09:02,099 --> 00:09:06,193 -- you know, dormir, sleeping. Wake up in the morning. "Oh, I had this movie in my head 104 00:09:07,093 --> 00:09:13,131 last night." What I want you to do is get up; immediately go downstairs; take -- get 105 00:09:14,031 --> 00:09:18,129 up twenty minutes early, ten minutes early, five minutes. Kaizen, right? One minute early. 106 00:09:19,029 --> 00:09:24,066 Write out your dream in English. "Huh?" Well, think about it. If it's a dream or thoughts 107 00:09:24,066 --> 00:09:27,112 that you have in your head, and you're writing in English, it will need adjectives; it will 108 00:09:28,012 --> 00:09:34,025 need verbs; it will need adverbs; it will need direct objects, objects, all these things 109 00:09:34,025 --> 00:09:38,071 from grammar points, and you write it out. You still won't be fully awake, but this is 110 00:09:38,071 --> 00:09:42,135 what I call your "baseline" English. This means this is where your English really is. 111 00:09:43,035 --> 00:09:47,041 Not on your good days or your bad days, but your baseline. So what will happen is later 112 00:09:47,041 --> 00:09:51,052 on, you come back to it, and I want you to correct it, okay? Because when you correct 113 00:09:51,052 --> 00:09:53,141 that English, you're going to see the mistakes you're making and the things you have to learn. 114 00:09:54,041 --> 00:09:59,139 Isn't that great? I mean, come on. It costs you nothing. You just get out of bed; come 115 00:10:00,039 --> 00:10:04,048 back five hours later, "Man, this is crazy. Where's the verb here? Where's the noun? What 116 00:10:05,029 --> 00:10:09,047 was I thinking? Change. Got to change this. Got to do this." And you're working on something. 117 00:10:09,047 --> 00:10:13,110 It also works because it has an emotional quality. This is your work about your life 118 00:10:14,001 --> 00:10:18,043 about your dreams, things you care about, things you want to learn and things you're 119 00:10:18,052 --> 00:10:23,091 doing. Cool, huh? Little bit active. All three work. I'm telling you they work. And they're 120 00:10:23,091 --> 00:10:29,134 fun. I mean, jeez. Do this; watch these videos; life's good for you. 121 00:10:30,034 --> 00:10:41,060 Life's not good for somebody, and he's a little bit upset. You know who it is? It's Mr. E, 122 00:10:41,099 --> 00:10:44,185 and he's drinking again. He's been drinking a lot lately. I'm worried about this guy. 123 00:10:45,085 --> 00:10:48,088 I didn't include him in the video. I told him they're methods; he doesn't need to be 124 00:10:49,015 --> 00:10:52,088 here. But he's, like, he's got to be here for everything. Okay, you're here. You're 125 00:10:52,088 --> 00:10:58,160 here. And for the fans -- not my fans. I don't have fans; I have students. He has fans. There're 126 00:10:59,006 --> 00:11:02,090 like a million of you guys who always ask, "Where is Mr. E?" So I've got to put him up 127 00:11:03,044 --> 00:11:06,085 every day. Anyway. Just a quick synopsis, and a "synopsis" is 128 00:11:06,085 --> 00:11:10,113 to bring everything together -- "synthesis", right? Put it together and to give you a quick 129 00:11:11,013 --> 00:11:15,111 overview. The three methods we're looking at is lets a look at "process", not "product". 130 00:11:16,011 --> 00:11:21,062 Don't worry about "I must learn English". Just think about, you know, "What am I doing 131 00:11:21,062 --> 00:11:25,144 in the moment?" Second thing, make that moment simple -- Kaizen Method. Make it the simplest 132 00:11:26,044 --> 00:11:30,118 step you can do to get to the goal you want to. The steps will come quickly. And finally, 133 00:11:31,018 --> 00:11:35,024 put it all together. Wake up in the morning -- one minute, two minutes, you know -- write 134 00:11:35,024 --> 00:11:39,033 it out, and see how it goes. The methods work, okay? I use them for learning 135 00:11:39,033 --> 00:11:43,042 Spanish. Here's where I want you to go when you're done so you can see Mr. E and me again 136 00:11:44,023 --> 00:11:54,060 at www.engvid.com, "eng" as in "English", "vid" as in "video". And if you want to get 137 00:11:55,001 --> 00:11:59,067 to see my latest videos, subscribe. Don't forget. Push the subscribe button, and I'll 138 00:11:59,067 --> 00:12:05,133 pop up every time you come. Well, I and this guy, all right? The three secrets -- not that 139 00:12:06,033 --> 00:12:10,290 you need to know; that you know. Have a good one.