Languages Can Help You Find Love

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6. Languages Can Help You Find Love

Sometimes, the friendships you make in a foreign language can evolve into something even more special: romance!

For example, years ago, I met a group of French girls while traveling abroad in Prague, Czech Republic. I didn't know Czech at the time, but knowing French helped me strike up conversation with the girls, who were tourists, just as I was. With time, one of the girls and I grew very close, and she eventually became my girlfriend. Our relationship, which we maintained entirely through the French language, could have ended with that trip in Prague, but it didn't. Instead, it led me to France, where I lived for many years, all the while dating the same girl. Through her, I got to know much about the French people, the French language, and the French way of life. We are no longer together, but I still look back on that period of my life as an incredibly transformative one, which absolutely would not have been possible if I had never decided to learn French.

7. Learning a New Language Can Boost Your Career Prospects

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past twenty years, you've probably noticed how the world is becoming more globalized. Thanks to things like the Internet, the frequency of cooperation, collaboration, and communication between people from different language backgrounds is increasing at a rate never before seen in human history.

This means that if you know more than one language, you can take part in all of this increased activity, and benefit your work opportunities and career as a result. For example, you can be like me, and use your language skills to help people from different countries improve their language skills. Or you can be like my cousin, a scientist in Canada whose knowledge of both English and French combined has made a huge difference in his career trajectory.

In my life, I've met many, many people who fall into the latter group. Since these people know two, three, four or more languages, they are able to use those languages as "tools" to help them do more meaningful work and have a greater impact on the world, as well. You can think of every language you learn as a "tool" in much the same way. Just like every tool in a toolbox can help you solve new problems and overcome new obstacles, every language you learn can help you do the same for your career.

Conclusion

If these seven benefits have shown you anything about languages, I hope it's this: Learning a new language is never a waste of time. It takes a lot of time, effort, and energy to learn a language, surely, but once you do, it will always be beneficial to you, and often in ways that are completely unexpected.

Even with just one foreign language under your belt, you'll be a more well-rounded and more disciplined person. You'll be able to travel to more places, meet more people, and even find more dating partners, if you wish. You'll even have broader career opportunities, if you know how to look for them. And you can do all this again and again, with as many languages as you'd like.

Languages don't just give you more than you had. They make you more than you were.

If you've been on the fence about learning a new language, try to keep that thought in mind. Focus on the fact that if you start today—if you start right now—you'll soon be well on the path to a newer, better you.

Source:

7 Incredibly Useful Benefits of Learning a New Language - Luca Lampariello

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