#41 Benny Lewis on How Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro is Like Learning Languages

Elizabeth interviews Benny about his experience climbing Mt.
Kilimanjaro and how it parallels learning a language.


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Episode Overview


Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:


Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and achieving a travel dream

Giving up on language learning

The compare and despair trap

Being okay with mistakes

Letting go of other people’s judgements

Finding the silver lining

How focusing on the end goal blinds you to the day to day
progress

The importance of asking questions and getting an outside
perspective

Why you make sure you have good people behind you



Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy


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