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AEE 224: Do You Have GRIT? Learn How to Develop It with Fortune 500 Executive Coach Sarah Scala

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Are you looking for a new and fun way to learn American English? Come hang out with Lindsay and Michelle from Boston and New York City and have fun while you improve your English listening skills! We are an English as a Second Language (ESL) podcast for intermediate to advanced English learners around the world. We will show you how to use everyday English vocabulary and natural idioms, expressions, and phrasal verbs and how to make small talk in American English. We will also give you special tips on American culture, customs, etiquette, and how to speak with Americans as well as conversation and commentary on study tips, business English, life in America and Boston and New York, how to apply to university in the US, dating, travel, food and more. You'll get TOEFL, IELTS, and TOEIC help also from The Examiner of Excellence, Jessica Beck. This podcast is for adult students who are professionals and university students as well as ESL teachers. Join the community to learn to speak American English like a native! Connection NOT Perfection!

Do you have grit for learning English?
Today, Lindsay talks with Sarah Scala about the importance of persistence, both in life and in learning English! 
 
Resilience is the ability to pick yourself up after a setback, and keep going.  It’s an important ability, and it’s also something we can improve in ourselves.
But Sarah believes that grit is even more important.  Grit is your ability to stay focused, over the long term.  It enables a person to be nimble and accept the ups and downs without losing focus.
 
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Sarah has three suggestions for developing your own grit and resilience in learning English:
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<li>Be meaningfully interested.  Find a way to connect to English in a way that is not superficial.</li>
<li>Have a growth mindset.  Your brain has the ability to change and evolve, and that will make it easier to succeed and harder to fail.  Attune your thinking to this inherent ability.</li>
<li>Practice.  The only way to become an expert is to work at it.</li>
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How much resilience and grit do you have?
How does it show?
Tell us about it in the comments section below!
 
 
As a dynamic consultant, coach, and educator, Sarah Scala has over 15 years of experience in supporting organization development, leadership, and change management.
Sarah brings high energy, adaptability, and openness to new challenges. She has substantial experience in global leadership development, executive coaching, learning design, and team effectiveness.
Sarah has led development initiatives for start-ups to Fortune 500 companies in industries such as global manufacturing, financial services, legal, consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, medical, consulting, and education.
<a href="http://www.sarahscala.com/" target="_blank">Visit Sarah’s Website Here</a>
 
Learn More About Grit and Resilience!
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/functioning-flourishing/201410/do-you-have-the-grit-create-lasting-success" target="_blank">Survey- Do You Have Grit? </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/topic/resilience/what-resilience" target="_blank">What Is Resilience</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/01/29/carol-dweck-mindset/" target="_blank">Fixed versus Growth Mindset</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/margaretperlis/2013/10/29/5-characteristics-of-grit-what-it-is-why-you-need-it-and-do-you-have-it/" target="_blank">5 Characteristic of Grit- How Many Do You Have?</a></li>
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