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First of January 2025.

New year, new goals, new you.

But you've been here before.

You said the same last year and all the years before that.

The harsh reality is in one year, 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days,

525,600 minutes, and 31.5 million seconds for the vast majority of you, nothing will change.

You'll be where you've always been, the exact same place as today, and the remaining will move backwards.

Because the truth is, your actions won't change.

You'll continue doing what you've always done and expect a different result, which according to Einstein is the definition of madness.

And the saddest part is, by the time this video finds you, many of you will have already given up on your new year goals.

In fact, 92% of people will give up on their new year goals this year.

But for you to not be part of this statistic, you'll need to redefine madness.

You'll have to do something this year you've never done before.

You'll have to change the way you think about and approach your goals.

And here are four steps to make this happen.

Step one, drop your new year goals and start again.

Because 99% of people set goals the wrong way, meaning the odds are already stacked against you from the very beginning.

So it's not a question of if you will fail.

The question is when will you fail?

And that's because annual goals are ineffective for two reasons.

Firstly, an annual timeline is too long and kind of irrelevant for most goals.

Who decided that all your goals need 12 months to complete?

Secondly, it creates no sense of urgency as you've got the whole year to achieve your goal.

So in theory, you could start in December and just sit around all year.

So what's the red pill?

How should we set goals to maximize our chances of success?

Step two, the better way to set goals.

The timeline of a goal should be short enough to create some sense of urgency, but long enough to make meaningful progress.

And this is where the 12 week year comes in.

All big companies have an annual plan which sets the direction, but the more important metric is their quarterly performance.

This allows them to regularly track progress and course correct should things go off track.

Your annual goal is just the compass, but your 12-week goal is the map which moves you in the right direction.

Step 3. Be smart.

Pick your biggest goal of the year.

Now break it down into four mini-goals, one for each quarter.

The most important thing, make your goals action-based and not results-based.

Again, a common mistake 99% of people make.

For example, if my goal was to get to 100k subs on YouTube by the end of the year, that would be kind of a dumb goal because it's not in my control.

A more effective goal would be action-based.

For example, by the end of the year, I will create 36 videos.

That's 9 videos every quarter, 3 videos a month, and 1 video every 10 days.

This is specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, and time-bound.

I don't know about you, but that sounds pretty smart to me.

Another example is getting into shape.

An ineffective goal would be, I want to lose 10 pounds by the end of the year.

However, a smart goal would be, I'll hit the gym 180 times this year.

That's 45 days every three months and 15 days every month.

You can apply this framework to any area of your life.

Saving money, traveling, relationships, and the list goes on.

Step four, you become what you measure.

Now doing this alone isn't enough.

You need a system to keep you accountable.

At the very minimum, you need a quarterly review with yourself to track your progress.

Because you don't become your goals, you become what you measure.

So measure often and measure wisely.

And even if you achieve only two out of the four quarters, you'll still be significantly ahead compared to 99% of the population.

So pick your goal, break it down into four quarterly goals, make it action-based, and measure regularly.

Because ultimately, a goal without a plan is just a wish.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 58 frases y 701 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:23. El hablante habla rápido, unas 207 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 91 % 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

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

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
quarterly adjetivo		trimestral
timeline sustantivo	/ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn/	cronología, línea de tiempo
madness sustantivo	/ˈmæd.nəs/	locura
ineffective adjetivo	/ˌɪn.ɪˈfɛk.tɪv/	ineficaz, inoperante
urgency sustantivo	/ˈɜː.d͡ʒən.si/	urgencia, premura
vast adjetivo	/væst/	vasto, enorme
compare verbo	/kəmˈpɛɚ/	comparar, parangonar
odd adjetivo	/ɑd/	extraño, raro
framework sustantivo	/ˈfɹeɪm.wɜːk/	entramado, armazón
realistic adjetivo	/ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/	realista, realístico
harsh adjetivo	/ˈhɑɹʃ/	desalmado
meaningful adjetivo	/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fl̩/	significativo
statistical adjetivo	/stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kəl/	estadístico
stack sustantivo	/stæk/	pila, montón
pill sustantivo	/pɪl/	píldora, pastilla

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Significado
go off verbo	explotar

Gramática en este vídeo

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

Estructura	En el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	you've been · you've always been · you've always done
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena idea	should we set · should be · should things
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo	the saddest · your biggest · The most important
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción	will change · You'll be · won't change

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 16 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you'll, you've, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/, actionable /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/, measurable /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: ineffective /ˌɪn.ɪˈfɛk.tɪv/, statistical /stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kəl/, irrelevant /ɪˈɹɛləvənt/, actionable /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/, measurable /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/

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 quarterly, timeline, madness.

¿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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