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So we created this in our minds, false evidence appearing real.
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We made it real in our minds.
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That's why Churchill said there's nothing to fear but fear itself.
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That's the destructive monster!
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So, Turn off things that can contribute to your fear.
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Turn a deaf ear to people
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that all they can do is talk about how negative things are because they have bought into the consciousness of the world.
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Stop! attending workshops, seminars, listening to tapes on a daily basis to begin to recondition your mind, to retrain your thinking.
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Faith comes by what?
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Hearing and hearing and hearing, listen to things that can empower you, that can enable you to create a new reality for yourself, in a new life for yourself.
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You might appear to be strange around most people.
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You know most people think you're strange if you're happy today.
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People say, "How you doing?" I said, "Better than good." Whoa, what's wrong with him?
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Just go around smiling and watch people.
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Look at this, there's a weird guy over here.
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Because most people don't smile.
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Watch him, look at their faces in the morning.
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Here we go, another Monday morning.
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How you doing?
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Haven't had my coffee yet, don't ask me.
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laughter See, these people have not found their purpose in life.
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That's why they're grumpy.
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That's why they're miserable.
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That's why they're so negative.
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They're hurting and they want to hurt other people.
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you So start practicing using programs for your mind.
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seminars, books, workshops, keep a journal.
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Record your thoughts, what's happening with you?
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Every day when you get up, have a journal near you.
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I use a Jack Bolin journal so that I can write down my ideas.
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I keep it by my bed.
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So I can write down my thoughts.
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See, ladies and gentlemen, we get three to four thoughts a year that if we would act on those thoughts.
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they can change our life.
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you When you don't have a true appreciation and acceptance for who you are.
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- Okay and you allow yourself to be immobilized by fear, what happens in the process is that you begin to abuse yourself.
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you begin to sabotage your life, you begin to sabotage your dreams, you begin to unconsciously Work against yourself.
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You become your own worst enemy.
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So what do you do about that?
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Well, you begin to realize that your dream
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and your gifts
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have so much meaning and so much value for you till your hunger for them will begin
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to push you past the fear.
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your hunger to have them will give you a special drive as you work on yourself,
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as you begin to acknowledge your true identity, the true power that you have, the true capacity you have to bring about change,
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the miracle working power that you have within yourself to do the things that you want to do.
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When you take them on, I'm reminded of a man who This gentleman, was doing a special study of a special tribe in Africa, headhunters.
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And he had difficulty in developing a relationship with these tribesmen because of the fact that he had fear.
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He had fear they would take his head.
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So he worked there for a long time with no effort, no progress.
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in developing relationship and rapport and being able to achieve a level of trust
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So finally one night while he was in bed, he was thinking about it.
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I said, "What is it that you came here to do?
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What is your life work as a missionary?" He said, I wanted to study these tribesmen.
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So what's the worst thing that they can do to you?
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kill you.
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And he just decided, "Hey, this is what I came here to do.
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I know that there's some risk involved." And I'm gonna do it.
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come what may.
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He said, I'm not going to be afraid anymore.
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He went back the next day
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and he started doing the work and trying to talk to and interview Many of the members of this tribe
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And they began to respond to him.
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threw out the welcome mat to him.
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And years later when people came to see what his progress was, they asked him, "How were you able to do this?
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How did you convert the relationship from being hostile?" to that of being positive.
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And he said something I think has value for all of us.
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He said, "When life can no longer threaten you with death, I said, what else is there?
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Amen.
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and the majority of the fears that we have are not life or death fears.
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They're not those kind of fears.
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But through our imagination, we blow them out of proportion, and we give them more power than they actually have or deserve.
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and we permit them to govern our lives.
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We permit them to determine how far we can stretch out on our dreams and discovering our stuff.
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And as we begin to look at ourselves and begin to wait a minute, Just getting to the point
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As you assess yourself and
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and begin to prove yourself and just say wait hold a minute hold a minute I've been sweating this out What can, what's the worst thing that can happen to me on this?
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Will it kill me?
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Will I die?
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Why am I going through all of these changes over this?
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How much power does this really have?
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And am I the one that's feeding the power into it?
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See a lot of times we allow ourselves to be fed and to be programmed and to to being afraid of.
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You watch the news and read the newspaper, you'll be scared to come out the house.
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Thank you.
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Am I right?
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You be afraid!
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So what kinds of things, what kinds of thoughts are you feeding your consciousness?
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What kind of things are you putting in your mind?
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that will enable you to either move forward or justify why you're staying where you are.
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I used to be a door -to -door salesman.
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I had X number of TVs.
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I had a minimum amount that I knew I had to sell every day.
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in order to provide for my mother who was ill at the time, who had lost her job at the M &M cafeteria because of arthritis. and I said
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I'm going to go door to door and sometimes I would not come home until one o 'clock at night.
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Knocking on people door, people closing.
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What do you want?
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Would you like to buy a nice working months television set and no money down?
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No!
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What about an Emerson TV?
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No!
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Thank you very much.
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Do you know anybody else that would be interested?
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No!
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Thank you very kindly knock on another hello
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and would you like to buy nice working television set no
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money down now get away from our door thank you very kindly do you know anybody else would be Yeah, my cousin, he lives two doors down.
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Thank you very kindly.
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I tell him you sent me.
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"When I hear your cousin told me that you wanted to buy a television set, told me to come here and talk to you, we got a special discount for you." "Yes, come in, I'm interested." I would just keep right on.
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I would not go home.
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Until I did it.
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It's an interesting thing, ladies and gentlemen, that when we put ourselves in a situation where we say we're going to do it, It puts you in another zone.
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where the universe responds to you When you have that kind of consciousness, see the universe responds to the man or woman that refuses to be denied.
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Because that is your commitment.
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that business that you want, that book you want to write, that dream that you have, of controlling your destiny.
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That is yours, that power to create that and to manifest that, that is yours.
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That's available to you.
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But you've got to be willing to stand there and face disappointment, not have support.
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Be lonely, doubt yourself sometimes.
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Be rejected again and again and again.
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Become bankrupt if necessary, again and again and again.
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And refuse to turn around until life gives it up.
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Nothing can resist a person.
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that has that kind of commitment.
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the people that have made a difference on the planet.
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When John F.
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Kennedy said, "We will go to the moon." And the next decade!
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He spoke it, that was a commitment and people shared that vision.
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People bought into that.
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We've had all kind of examples in history where people have made declarations, who have committed their lives to bring about a difference.
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There are people who are taking a stand today against hunger.
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I guarantee you, it will be a part of them.
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I'll pass at some point in time someone took a stand against polio it no longer plagues us as it once did.
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Because someone said It is my commitment to eradicate it from the face of the earth.
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Someone made the commitment.
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The reason that we're here and enjoying the democracy that we have.
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Someone made a commitment that whatever is required If it means that I die, I remember Paul Robeson, here I stand for I can do no other.
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And that's how you must be.
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Commitment means standing up for your life.
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It means honoring yourself.
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It means beginning to say and to see and recognize your alignment and oneness with the universe.
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and that you are a channel for life to express through.
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And we short -circuited with anger.
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We short -circuited with fear.
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We short -circuited with with envy.
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We short -circuited by being lazy or apathetic or giving up easily.
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Why?
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Why?
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Why?
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We say, oh, it's too hard.
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It's too hard.
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We don't challenge our spirit.
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Ladies and gentlemen, there's nothing as powerful as the human spirit.
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You can't destroy it.
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You can pervert it.
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but you can't destroy how as reading man search for meaning by Victor Frankl.
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What a powerful book.
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I'm reading it now for the seventh time.
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And he gives so many graphic examples of the power of the human spirit.
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And so what are some of the things that can fortify us
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and give us the kind of inner strength that will allow us to forward ourselves into the future?
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by manifesting our commitments.
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Number one, commitment means in some cases, going back to school, getting some training, setting up in classes with people younger than you,
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putting yourself in a position where you don't know and that is awkward and uncomfortable, but because of your commitment to develop yourself
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or to go back to school and get a high school diploma or to get a college degree, that it doesn't matter, feeling dumb and saying, what am I doing here, setting up in some boring class?
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Commitment can mean a lot of things.
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It could mean that you begin to go back.
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You got to back up sometimes.
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means to back up and not give up, to regroup, back up and regroup and come back again.
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Because life has waylaid you, because you got knocked down.
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I think that it's very important that you start trusting yourself.
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Listen to yourself.
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Thank you.
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Listen to that still small voice within you.
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Don't try and make everything logical.
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There's some things about life that defies logic, that you just can't explain how the outcome is going to be.
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that once you begin to trust yourself and your ideas and your instincts
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Life takes on a whole new meaning because now I want you to do that feeling that you are led.
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Just feel, I am led.
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I remember the worst speech I had ever given in my life.
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I left someone Explored a fear that I had.
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For years I had a tremendous inferiority complex because I'm not college educated.
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and this person knew this And she said, let me write this speech for you.
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You're going to speak at Ohio State University.
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Those people are very educated there, and they're going to know when you make grammatical errors, and they're going to know because of the substance of your speech that you are not literate.
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I care about you.
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I want you to embarrass yourself.
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So this person proceeded to write a speech for me.
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I had a speech in my mind.
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But this person was stronger than I was negatively than I was positive about my own thoughts.
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And I gave my power away.
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With my permission, I allowed this person
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to guide me to do something that I really didn't want to do
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but I didn't feel enough inner strength and conviction
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about my skills as a speaker and the message that I had to bring to stick by my guns.
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And I got up there
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at the Ohio Union
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And I read this straight speech and did not move
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and did not take my eyes off the page because I'm not accustomed to reading.
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And after I finished, some people gave me a standing ovation because I read it extremely well and I was very tense.
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And I was very nervous.
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Ladies and gentlemen, don't give your power away.
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You don't need anybody to approve your dream.
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It was given to you.
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If they can't see it, it's because it wasn't given to them.
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It was given to you.
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Hold it, nourish it, cultivate it, work on it.
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It's yours, it's your baby.
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Work on it until it comes into fruition.
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I gave away my power and I said, I'm not going to do that no more.
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Here's something else for those who make it today.
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Do what you know is right.
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treat people like you want to be treated Amen.
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Don't try and take any shortcuts.
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Don't try and cheat.
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Pay your dues up front.
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I believe, ladies and gentlemen, what goes around, comes around.
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You can pay now, or you will pay double later.
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So do the right thing.
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There might be a tendency sometimes because of the negative part of our consciousness and our own programming
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for us to want to say, "Well, I'll just do it this time." It won't matter, won't nobody know.
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Ladies and gentlemen, everything matters.
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And you know you're somebody.
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You know.
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I'd rather lose out on my dream Doing the right thing.
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Then the cheat trying to make a shortcut to get to my goal.
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I want to be able to look myself in the mirror.
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And that's what you want to do.
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There's no saying, "judge a man not by what he does, but by that that he doesn't have to do."
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And to judge a true quality of a man is what do you do when nobody's looking.
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See, there's some good out there for you in the universe that has your name on it.
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And nobody can get your good.
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It has your name on it.
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They can't take your stuff.
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It's your stuff.
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So when you know that, When you know that whatever you're seeking it's also seeking you.
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You don't worry.
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You don't run scared.
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You don't think somebody's gonna take it from you!
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You listen to your inner voice and you always take the high road.
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There will be the tendency, the natural inclination to take the low road.
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You must resist that.
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Here's something else I encourage you to do if you want to make it today.
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Keep your agreements.
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Keep your agreements that you make and establish a network of people who will also do that.
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Establish a network of people in your life that you can count on.
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that will be there for you when you need them.
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and you be there for them.
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Here's the other thing is working on your dream.
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A lot of people have been calling me saying, "Hey, man, I read about you in Ebony." Boy, you're lucky!
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Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you something.
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Here's something else.
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three P's to have in your life and working on your dream
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and doing your life work you must be patient and persistent and positive no matter what.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Change The Way You See Yourself”. Las palabras que más se repiten: begin, fear, commitment. Este vídeo tiene 255 frases y 2714 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 16:02. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 169 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 87 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| gentleman sustantivo | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/ | caballero, gentilhombre |
| consciousness sustantivo | /ˈkɑnʃəsnəs/ | conciencia |
| kindly adverbio | /ˈkaɪn(d)li/ | bondadosamente |
| hunger sustantivo | /ˈhʌŋɡɚ/ | hambre, gazuza |
| regroup verbo | /ɹiːˈɡɹuːp/ | reagruparse |
| shortcut sustantivo | /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/ | atajo, atrecho |
| sabotage sustantivo | /ˈsæb.əˌtɑʒ/ | sabotaje |
| manifest sustantivo | /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/ | declaración de carga, sobordo |
| seminar sustantivo | /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/ | seminario |
| educate verbo | /ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/ | educar, instruir |
| tendency sustantivo | /ˈtɛn.dən.si/ | tendencia |
| cheat verbo | /ˈt͡ʃiːt/ | enfullar, machetear |
| scare verbo | /skɛɚ/ | asustar, atemorizar |
| workshop sustantivo | /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/ | taller |
| resist verbo | /ɹɪˈzɪst/ | resistir |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| back up verbo | retroceder, ciar | |
| get up verbo | levantarse | |
| go around verbo | cundir | |
| write down verbo | apuntar, anotar | |
| come around verbo | /kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/ | entrar en razón |
| come out verbo | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | revelarse, salir a la luz |
| give up verbo | rendirse, entregar | |
| go through verbo | atravesar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Haven't had my coffee yet, don't ask me.
- Record your thoughts, what's happening with you?
- He said, I'm not going to be afraid anymore.
- Why am I going through all of these changes over this?
- Do you know anybody else that would be interested?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúa | I've been sweating · have been calling |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | be immobilized · be fed · be denied |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | have bought · Haven't had · have not found |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | man who This · people who are · those who make |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 60 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, they're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: apathetic /ˌæpəˈθɛtɪk/, arthritis /ɑːˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: consciousness /ˈkɑnʃəsnəs/, shortcut /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/, sabotage /ˈsæb.əˌtɑʒ/, workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, fruition /fɹuˈɪʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: apathetic /ˌæpəˈθɛtɪk/, cafeteria /ˌkæ.fə.ˈtɪ(ə).ɹi.ə/, eradicate /əˈræd.əˌkeɪt/, grammatical /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/, inclination /ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scare /skɛɚ/, sweat /swɛt/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: cultivate /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/, ovation /oʊˈveɪ.ʃən/, pervert /ˈpɚ.vɚt/, govern /ˈɡʌv.ən/, envy /ˈɛnvi/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: resist /ɹɪˈzɪst/, miserable /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como gentleman, consciousness, kindly.
¿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.