Conquer English · Volume One · Chapter 10
The Thinking Gym
The drills
- The sixty-second label sprint
- 1 min — 5 objects, 3 actions, 2 feelings. Out loud.
- Image connection — beat the clock
- 5 rounds. Say the answer out loud before you check it. Under 2 seconds each.
- Catches and switches
- Caught translating, and switched to english. Counted three times a day.
The mission
- Start the No-Translation Challenge, Rookie Version. Week 1 begins today: 10 minutes, tally your catches, goal under 5.
- Maintain your thinking journal for 3 consecutive days.
- Achieve one 10-minute thinking sprint.
- Teach the image-connection method to someone else.
- Watch for the signal — the first time you catch yourself thinking in English without deciding to, write down the date.
Seven days
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Two rows, so you can count two things at once — whatever the chapter asks you to count.