I wrote this blog while hanging out in New York City a few weeks ago. It was the last day of the recent bootcamp.

The last day of the bootcamp is always comprised of all of the clients going out together in the stores and working on everything they’ve learned over the weekend. It’s always a really great day.

I was with Justin, who is from Japan, and we were talking about the experience that a lot of guys have when they move to the United States. They may have been here a few years, and they know the language well, but they aren’t entirely confident in speaking it yet.

The frustrating thing is that when they talk to people, they can hear them and understand what they are saying, but the immediate response in their head is in their first language. (more…)