Charlie Baxter

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5,455 appearances 22 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 6d ago

Charlie Baxter’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The British English Podcast · Want Better English? Stop Trying So Hard! · 3 Sep 2026 podcast

To have a thousand more phrases in your vocabulary one year on, that's not bad. podcast-host

But what actually happens is very different. podcast-host

Those three phrases a day don't stay isolated. podcast-host

Every phrase you learn makes the next one easier to grab, and you start spotting the same grammar patterns, the same word pairing. podcast-host

The same rhythms showing up again and again. podcast-host

So the three a day isn't just adding up, it's picking up speed. podcast-host

By month six, you're not just further along, you're absorbing faster than you were on day one off the exact same five to ten minutes of effort each day. podcast-host

So you'll more likely be gathering five minutes. podcast-host

five to six phrases a day, let's say. podcast-host

And that's the same 1% engine from the cycling story, just speaking to you in a more direct way as a language learner. podcast-host

So the the year-end total of say the vocabulary you learn ends up far beyond just three times 365 because of this compounding effect. podcast-host

The problem is, though, nobody feels that happening in real time for podcast-host

On day twelve, you feel exactly the same as as day one. podcast-host

And and you know, you've put in that effort, you've you've been quite strict on yourself for twelve whole days, and in this day and age, that's remarkable, right? podcast-host

With all those distractions left, right, and center, doing something for twelve days straight is respectable. podcast-host

But nothing's really changed yet, and that's very often where most learners quit. podcast-host

And that is right before the interesting part starts. podcast-host

It's it's where the compounding starts to peel away and make it impactful. podcast-host

And there's an idea in the book called The Plateau of Latent Potential. podcast-host

And I think every single person listening to this has lived through it without knowing what to call it. podcast-host

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