{"id":53054,"date":"2015-01-29T01:25:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T01:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/aee-263-ignorance-bliss-comes-learning-english\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:54:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:54:58","slug":"aee-263-ignorance-bliss-comes-learning-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/aee-263-ignorance-bliss-comes-learning-english\/","title":{"rendered":"AEE 263: Why Ignorance is Bliss When It Comes to Learning English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On today\u2019s <em>Deep Thoughts Thursday<\/em>, learn&nbsp;the secret to success, and how you can apply it to learning English!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mark Twain is one of the great heroes of American literature, a man&nbsp;who is famous for combining humor and wisdom.&nbsp; One of his more popular statements was, <strong>\u201cTo succeed in life, you need two things: Ignorance and Confidence.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By ignorance, Twain doesn\u2019t mean stupidity.&nbsp; He means something&nbsp;closer to&nbsp;innocence.&nbsp;&nbsp;Children think they&nbsp;can succeed because&nbsp;they don\u2019t know how difficult achieving success will be.&nbsp; They don\u2019t think about it, and&nbsp;so they don\u2019t become paralyzed with fear.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t&nbsp;let your self-consciousness paralyze you.&nbsp; Change your perspective and stop worrying about the reasons behind the rules, or about how much you still have to learn.&nbsp; Be confident, and seek connection, not perfection!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think of Twain\u2019s quote?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Does it make sense to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Share your thoughts in the comments section below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today\u2019s Deep Thoughts Thursday, learn&nbsp;the secret to success, and how you can apply it to learning English! &nbsp; Mark Twain is one of the great heroes of American literature, a man&nbsp;who is famous for combining humor and wisdom.&nbsp; One of his more popular statements&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/aee-263-ignorance-bliss-comes-learning-english\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"category":[1,306,316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-fluency","category-english-study-strategies","category-motivation"],"acf":{"podcast_link":"https:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/pdst.fm\/e\/chrt.fm\/track\/CB27B5\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/ALLE7933660034.mp3?updated=1648542348"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Ignorance is Bliss When It Comes to Learning English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can ignorance help you learn English? 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