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True wealth.
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The definition of wealth is the number of days you can survive without physically working
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or anyone else in your household working and still maintain your standard of living.
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For example, if your monthly expenses are $1 ,000 and if you have $3 ,000 in savings,
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your wealth is approximately three months or 90 days.
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Wealth is measured in time, not dollars.
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Ultimately, it is not how much money you make that matters,
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but how much money and how long that money works for you.
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Every day I meet many people who make a lot of money, but all their money goes out to expenses and liabilities.
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Every time they make a little more money, they go shopping.
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They often buy a bigger house or new car, which results in long -term debt and more hard work.
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And nothing is left to invest in assets.
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Regardless of how much money people make, Ultimately, they should put some into investments.
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Investing is the process of money making more money.
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The idea that your money works so that you do not have to work.
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Robert Kiyosaki I like the idea of measuring wealth in time, not dollars.
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The important point is not how much money you have, but how much you enjoy your life.
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I once lived in my van for one year.
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Most people thought I was poor.
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I felt wealthy.
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I had a great amount of time and freedom.
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I worked very little, yet I still enjoyed books, movies, music, and friends.
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I had a comfortable lifestyle that required very little work.
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On the other hand, I have known many people who make a lot of money, but they aren't wealthy.
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They must work long hours every week.
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They spend more than they earn.
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They have little freedom.
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They're tired.
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They're stressed.
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They have many liabilities and few assets.
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Starting now, always think about wealth in terms of time.
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How long could you maintain your standard of living without working?
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How could you increase that amount of time?
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Do you regularly save and invest your money?
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Do you collect assets or liabilities?
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An asset is something that provides positive cash flow.
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Your job is an asset.
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It gives you money every month.
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Good investments are assets.
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They pay you money every month.
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If you own a home and rent it to another person, and if they pay more rent than your monthly loan payment,
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then your rental home is an asset.
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Your business is an asset if it is profitable.
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Liabilities are the opposite.
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They are things which cost you money every month.
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Your home is a liability if you pay a loan every month and don't earn money from renting it.
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Your car is a liability if you owe money on it and must pay a car payment every month.
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Your credit card is a liability if you must pay interest every month.
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All your loans are liabilities.
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Basically, liabilities are recurring expenses.
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Assets are recurring income.
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Simply, you want to increase your assets while decreasing your liabilities.
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The first step is to save.
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Save money, then invest it in assets, invest it in a business,
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invest it in stocks, invest it in a home that you rent to other people.
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Meanwhile, eliminate your liabilities.
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Pay off your car or sell it.
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Pay off your credit card, pay off your house, or rent a room, or sell it.
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In other words, eliminate all debts which do not generate a profit.
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This is the very simple formula for wealth, although it's not necessarily easy.
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It takes discipline to change your way of earning and spending.
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You must adopt a long -term perspective.
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You must do what most people do not do.
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Never forget the goal of wealth.
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The true goal of wealth is freedom.
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Freedom to live your life exactly as you choose.
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Freedom to do exactly as you want when you want to do it.
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You don't need to be a millionaire to be wealthy.
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You just need to steadily increase your assets while steadily eliminating your liabilities.
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Financial freedom is closer than you thought.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “05.a True Wealth - Effortless Business English”. Las palabras que más se repiten: asset, liabilities, wealth, month, invest. Este vídeo tiene 70 frases y 683 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:33. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 123 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
asset sustantivo/ˈæsɛt/valor, activo
liability sustantivo/laɪəˈbɪlɪti/lastre, estorbo
invest verbo/ɪnˈvɛst/invertir, insumir
earn verbo/ɝn/ganar, granjear
expense sustantivo/ɪkˈspɛns/gasto, dispendio
wealthy adjetivo/ˈwɛl.θi/adinerado, rico
eliminate verbo/ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/eliminar
meanwhile adverbio/ˈmiːnwaɪl/mientras tanto
necessarily adverbio/ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/necesariamente
regardless adverbio/ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/pese a todo, a pesar de todo
household adjetivo/ˈhaʊshoʊld/casero, hogareño
formula sustantivo/ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/fórmula
collect verbo/ˈkɑlɪkt/juntar, recoger
physically adverbio/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kli/físicamente
lifestyle sustantivo/ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/género/estilo de vida/vivir/vivencia, estilo/género vital/vivencial

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
pay off verbovaler la pena, salir a cuenta

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • How long could you maintain your standard of living without working?
  • How could you increase that amount of time?
  • Do you regularly save and invest your money?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceis measured · is left
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosapeople who make

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 5 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, they're, aren't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: liability /laɪəˈbɪlɪti/, eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, millionaire /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como asset, liability, invest.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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