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https://www.hackingchinese.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/steps-1.jpg6001058I think everybody knows that motivation is something you need to succeed at any task. I'm naturally going to assume that you are motivated to learn Chinese (otherwise, why are you reading this?), but that's not going to be enough. Do you know why you want to learn Chinese? Are you the ambitious entrepreneur? The curious student? The involuntary learner? The Chinese culture aficionado? The linguistics nerd?