{"id":52558,"date":"2016-03-23T01:49:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T01:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/english-podcast-listeners-connection-not-perfection\/"},"modified":"2016-03-23T01:49:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T01:49:44","slug":"english-podcast-listeners-connection-not-perfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/english-podcast-listeners-connection-not-perfection\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Hear From All Ears English Podcast Listeners! 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I believe in Connection NOT Perfection because the urge to connect always supersedes the\u00a0 power of Perfection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>My name is Vivian and I&#8217;m from Brazil. I believe in Connection NOT Perfection because everyone is a single person. All of the people have something to teach and something to learn from others. It&#8217;s a knowledge exchange.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>My name is Juan and I&#8217;m from Colombia. I believe in Connection NOT Perfection because the non-native speaker learns by making mistakes. For that reason I listen every day to AEE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Listen to the episode to hear the rest of our listeners!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other responses from our listeners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connection NOT Perfection is true!<\/li>\n<li>It takes 1,000 mistakes to get things done<\/li>\n<li>Connection is the only way to learn a language<\/li>\n<li>The most important is to be understood and charismatic, not perfect<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s the best way to make friends<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s a matter of being understood<\/li>\n<li>Whoever doesn&#8217;t communicate well loses time and money<\/li>\n<li>Connection NOT Perfection works for me<\/li>\n<li>In this life, nothing is perfect but a bunch of things can be connected<\/li>\n<li>Connection is about people and people aren&#8217;t perfect<\/li>\n<li>If I could speak perfect English I would have no reason to hear your nice voices<\/li>\n<li>We are human and we make mistakes<\/li>\n<li>Our imperfections keep us connected to each other<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">It was so much fun hearing our listeners&#8217; voices today!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All Ears English is about much more than just learning English.<\/p>\n<p>We want to create a metaphor for life so that we can get things done in the world and so that people can love us.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why we believe in Connection NOT Perfection in English learning and in life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leave your comment from Episode 500!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you like about AEE? How can we improve the show?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Episode 500! 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