Episode #180: Language Alter Egos, Competing in the World Memory Championships, and Founding AmoLingua with Ekaterina Matveeva

Episode Summary

Ekaterina Matveeva takes us on her journey growing up in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, writing poetry, and falling in love with language learning—eventually being able to speak 9 languages and understand 20. She talks about living in different countries and emphasizes the importance of fully immersing in both the language and the culture. Ekaterina also explains the concept of the “language alter ego” and why it is so important. She then talks about her journey becoming a memory athlete and competing in the World Memory Championships in China. Ekaterina shares her top memorization techniques, as well as her tips on how to learn languages more quickly and efficiently. She also talks about her travel experiences in China, India, West Africa and mentoring entrepreneurs in Iran. Ekaterina then talks about her own entrepreneurial journey founding and scaling Amolingua. She then gives her tips for building location independent companies and managing fully distributed teams from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Finally Ekaterina reflects on what travel means to her. FULL SHOW NOTES AVAILABLE AT: www.TheMaverickShow.com

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About the Guest

Ekaterina Matveeva

Ekaterina Matveeva is a location independent entrepreneur, Amazon bestselling author, award winning poet, linguist, polyglot, and the founder of Amolingua—an education company focused on teaching foreign languages, cultural intelligence, memory training and public speaking. She is also the leader of Lingo+, an Erasmus funded project that is set to train over 20,000 educators on how to teach in multilingual and multicultural environments. Ekaterina has 4 Masters Degrees, speaks 9 languages and understands 20 languages. She is also a retired memory Athlete and became the first woman with Russian roots to ever compete in the World Memory Championships. Ekaterina is also a contributor at Forbes, host of the TV show “Lingua Break”, and a TEDx speaker with 100,000 views of her TEDx talk on YouTube. She was named one of the “30 under 30 most influential young leaders of Europe and Africa” in 2019 and mentors startup companies around the world. She has also been running teams of over 60 people remotely while travelling the world and has now spent time in over 40 countries.

What You'll Learn

How to Achieve Fluency in Multiple Languages
How to Memorize Things Quickly and Effectively
How to Build a Location Independent Business and Manage a Distributed Team

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