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For a long time I believed that speaking badly was worse than not speaking at all.
I'm starting to suspect the opposite is true.
Language isn't only about efficiency.
Sometimes it's how we tell people: I'd like to belong here.
Day 736.
The last time I spoke #German was with my cat's veterinarian. About six months ago.
I forced myself to learn a few medical terms I don't even know in English.
There was always an easier option: they could speak Polish, I could answer in Russian, and somehow we'd understand each other.
Having spent years in large financial ecosystems, I keep expecting f(x). Input. Rules. Output. Call it a professional bias.
Relationship-driven systems still feel like an odd duck to me. Family-owned companies, however, often run on something else entirely: tradition, trust, personal networks.
But I noticed something.
The moment I tried speaking German, the interaction changed.
The same highly professional people suddenly seemed warmer, more patient, more engaged.
Maybe because speaking a new language makes you vulnerable. Maybe because it signals effort.
Either way, I felt it.
