An Outstanding Polyglot is someone who practices uncomfortable ways to skyrocketing their multilingual language skills. They

• Study and learn the basics, consistently, using various resources. 
• Dare to speak up, knowing that they might commit mistakes, but they are certainly getting better as well. 
• Transcribe speeches, interviews, and courses from speakers with different accents.
• Journal in the target languages. This can be quite artificial at first but pushes them to actively practice in a personal context what they are learning and ultimately leads them to think in the language.
• Put their devices’ default settings in their target languages: smartphone, computer, tablet, Kindle, watch… 
• Ask their friends/listeners/interlocutors to systematically correct them.
• Learn how to get the most out of their language skills, both personally and professionally.  

The Outstanding Polyglot Fills Their language-honing activities into their busy schedule 

The primal temptation is to listen to music, but the outstanding polyglot really wants to take advantage of the inescapable activities in a doubly productive way. Here are a few ways they do it. 

• On public transport: they read a book in one of their target languages.
• On public transport: they listen to a podcast in one of their target languages. 
• On public transport: they listen to radio programs in one of their target languages. 
• While doing domestic chores: they put on a podcast about a timeless skill like negotiation or sales or time management…
• If they commute work-home by personal car: they put on a recorded class, a lesson from a structured course or a Youtube compilation in one of their target languages, as a SRS (spaced repetition system) implementation. 

The Outstanding Polyglot learns journaling in foreign languages

• They start simply: by using short sentences.
• They can warm up by copying a quote in the target language.
• They use the verbs, words, structures and expressions they learnt today. 
• To put their brain in the propitious mindset, they usually read some pages from a novel in the language right before the writing.
• They alternate the languages from a writing session to the next one, which, overtime, develops their multilingual neuroplasticity.
• They keep reading books in their target languages.
• Once in a while, they read and correct themselves. Before they know it, they are implementing their own corrections in the next sessions. 

The Outstanding Polyglot is someone who, having learned multiple languages,

• Reads regularly in each of their target languages. 
• Is constantly learning ways to improve their skills.
• Makes the ambition to master languages outrun their fear to try.
• knows that accent bias can hinder their mastery the most
• Seeks opportunities to befriend fluent speakers of their target languages, no matter where they live.
• Get language certificates whenever possible to prove their proficiency. 
• Does something meaningful with their language skills. 
• Uses the languages daily, to prevent a deterioration of their skills.  
• Leads by example, adding value to others, both in their personal life and in their professional career.. .