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

Show Notes

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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International best-selling author and nomadic polyglot Benny Lewis shares his real experiences and advice while on-the-road about travel and language learning. Learn more at: https://www.fluentin3months.com/podcast/