think in english
they lied to you.
the teachers. the textbooks. the apps.
they promised fluency. they gave you memorization. vocabulary lists. grammar drills.
making your family speak english to you until it felt like homework.
but you still translate everything in your head before you speak.
that's the problem.
dr. fred luskin at stanford found that the average person has 60,000 thoughts per day. 90% are repetitive.
this is the secret to fluent english.
stop using your native language when you talk to yourself for the next 30 days. no exceptions. no translating.
think in english. describe in english.
you can still use your native language with other people. this rewires your internal dialogue.
walking somewhere? "okay, time to head to the meeting."
song stuck in your head? make sure it's in english.
feels weird at first? good. means it's working.
this forces your brain to think in english automatically. no more translating. no more hesitation.
you speak fluently without thinking.
then enjoy the language. watch movies. read books. listen to podcasts. this expands vocabulary and refines expression naturally.
for sales, this changes everything. your discovery questions flow naturally. your pitch sounds confident, not scripted. you handle objections without that half-second delay that kills credibility.
fluency isn't about perfect grammar. it's about thinking fast enough to sound real.
30 days. commit to it.