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Why My First Mandarin Project Almost Broke Me (And How I Fixed My Approach)

Language Hacking by Benny Lewis

Mar 16, 202610:29Education

In this episode, I look back at my first Mandarin project in 2012, which became the most stressful language challenge I had ever faced. I set a public goal of reaching fluency in three months, but the growing attention b...

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Why My First Mandarin Project Almost Broke Me (And How I Fixed My Approach) is an episode from Language Hacking by Benny Lewis. In this episode, I look back at my first Mandarin project in 2012, which became the most stressful language chal...

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Published Mar 16, 2026, 10:29 long, audio available.