Go out there and speak Spanish!
The best and fastest way to learn Spanish is to speak Spanish in the real world as often as you can. Eliminate the fear of making mistakes and thinking you will appear a fool -- you won't.
There is no Grammar Sheriff that is going to come running out from behind a tree and put you on a stage in front of a group of native Spanish speakers and make fun of you -- for having used "por" instead of "para" or using the "Indicative tense" instead of the "Subjunctive tense". This is a Irrational Belief you need to overcome -- in fact the opposite is is true. Let me prove it to you.
Look how many native Spanish speakers here on Spanishdict help all of us Spanish students; no matter what level of Spanish we are at. The same is true in the real world. When you are out there speaking Spanish with native speakers they will say "You speak Spanish really well." even if you are just beginning to learn the language. They will also gladly help you and a correct you in a pleasant manner. No one will ever make fun of you or ridicule you; that never happened to me, and it won't happen to you.
So ..... excuses be gone.
Go out there and speak Spanish!
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Our native Spanish speakers here are very encouraging as are the grading staff. We are so fortunate to belong to such a great website.
Thank you for this post, Daniel. It is very motivating.
Great post and great advice, Daniel 
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Excellent advice. Well said.
Yes, Excellent advice, Daniel You have both inspired and challenged us to practise our Spanish and use what we already know I have found native Spanish Speakers generally very encouraging towards my best efforts to speak their language I have experienced more negativity from English people who laughed because I even bothered to learn another language.
We are very blessed with so many kind, thoughtful and helpful Spanish speaking natives who are only to willing to help us here on the forum eg Heidi, Cogumela, Tom B, Gekkosan, Peinado, Lazarus, and Carlos just to mention a few In the chatroom we also have Dakie, Vincente and Luis on hand to help
This is not intended to be an exhaustive (ie complete) list so if you help here as a native and are not mentioned above please do not feel offended... we still value your contributions and support tremendously! 
Absolutely, Daniel!
If there's something I love about this site, it is that (with maybe a couple of exceptions) everybody is extremely friendly, open, compassionate, and helpful. Not to mention smart and willing to help others! Bravo!
Great advice, the best way to learn foreign language is to practice... practice... practice...
I actually used the past perfect subjunctive in a conversation yesterday
Bien hecho mi amigo. Voy a hablar en español hoy. Gracias por el consejo.
Muchas gracias Daniel, tus palabras me ayudaron mucho.
I must be in the wrong place. Every day I study Spanish and use it.(what little I know).At my work both Spanish speakers and people that know little, or even none at all ,very often laugh ,at my attempts .I will not let this stop me, it just seems that people could be more supportive of this difficult endeavor of learning a new language.I hope very few of you encounter this.I never belittle or laugh at someone who is attempting to communicate with me in my language.This is not a sob story .I will not ever quit trying .
Daniel, that is the best way, and you said it well. I speak spanish everday,right or wrong and a good part of the time wrong. but in the course of it all I get just a little better every day.
Get out and do it!
