Learning a language? Speak it like you’re in a video game

TED Talk by Marianna Pascal

The major takeaway from this TED talk:

Speak a language as confidently as you play a video game.

Focus on getting your message across; stop worrying about how YOU sound.

Speak a language as fearlessly as you would play a video game.

A guy was playing a video game. You had to shoot people till they died. There was a lot of shooting and very little dying. But, the calm confidence that he played the game with mattered.

The best way to get your message across is to get it across.

Simplify. Make effective. Be fearless.