Learn a Foreign Language with Tim Ferriss

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/12/12/Feel_Like_the_Incredible_Hulk_with_Tim_Ferriss

In this highlight from December 2008, Tim Ferriss, author of The Four Hour Work Week, recalls his experience as a foreign exchange student in Japan and reveals the difficulty he had learning the language. Ferriss, who offers tips on overcoming language barriers, says, "It's often times what you do -- not how you do it -- that is the determining factor."

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Ferriss embraced the principle that "fear is your friend" while overcoming his trepidation of swimming, dancing and learning new languages. Learn his methods to rethink "false constructs and untested assumptions." - The Entertainment Gathering 2008

EG is the celebration of the American entertainment industry. Since 1984, Richard Saul Wurman has created extraordinary gatherings about learning and understanding. EG is a rich extension of these ideas - a conference that explores the attitude of understanding in music, film, television, radio, technology, advertising, gaming, interactivity and the web.

Timothy Ferriss is an American author, public speaker, and productivity guru. Tim received his BA from Princeton University in 2000, where he studied in the Neuroscience and East Asian Studies departments.

In 2007, he published The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich which was a New York Times,Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. His latest book is The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman.

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[boomunderscore0]

change the video title to "Learn Japanese with That guy who wanted to be raped at 8 am by a japanese woman"

[aandreya]

we had a joke, while I was an exchange student. all you need to learn a foreign language is alcohol. and it's true. you loose all your brakes and fear that you will not say it right. no one cares. no one sais it right.

[shredchris]

@animejoao you need to learn both... sad but true... as well as katakana obviously. Get James Heisig's books " remembering the kanji" for kanji learning. You'll save years of frustration. That's how I learned them and retained them after years of trying and actually achieving a master's degree in Japanese language by constantly relearning them whenever exams took place. Now I just own them... :) Japanese is a great langage to learn. Kudos on trying.

[animejoao]

hello guys i want to start learning japanese but tim made me confuse, in japanese should i ignore learning hiragana first and just focus in kanji all the way, most people start with hiragana first and them later kanji, what do you people think that i should do. thanks.

[Hulkmania316]

I want to learn to speak german

[SeltsamerAttraktor]

The best way to deal with foreign languages is to bully everyone else into speaking yours. Apparently you Americans are quite good at it... -.-

[boomunderscore0]

@LokiClock i also see where it tries adding english words for the japanese words making a bunch of gibberish come up.. STILL. please rape me, please write me, whatever it may be the title would have been better named something other than it is.

[SoCalChunkybutt]

this is not helping me learn french

[LokiClock]

@boomunderscore0 If you turn on the subtitles, you'll find he clearly said "please write me at eight a_m_ do."

[tygerk]

His Japanese pronunciation is AWESOME, I'm so frikkin jealous!! :P

[Ramsez]

he's right. material over method. this is why in time online education will become our primary form of education.