#41 Networking in your Second Language - English.

In this call you will
Create a crystal clear vision of how better English will help
you with your business goals.
Undercover hidden challenges that could be sabotaging your overall
language skills.
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.