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There's nothing else on earth that can actually give you
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that feeling of self -confidence than knowing that you are a fucking survivor.
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And that you are willing to do anything, including blow up your whole life.
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I didn't care how many times it took.
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How many iterations of myself that I had to recreate.
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I was never in a million years ever going to go bend the knee
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and go live somebody else's life to get a pat on the back.
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far worse faith than death itself.
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Death for a lot of people is actually liberation from the situations that they cannot stand.
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I would just slowly put one foot in front of the other, one fucking day at a time.
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Sometimes it was one minute at a time.
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It was so fucking tough to even dream or think about tomorrow or yesterday.
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It was just about where am I going to get my next meal?
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Where am I going to rest my head tonight?
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And when your life is that simple and you are aligned with your spirit, I was happy.
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That's the part about it.
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I had never faced so much happiness
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and genuine joy waking up every day than just being involved in the jeopardy
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and chaos of the whole thing because I was living out my own destiny.
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I was creating my story.
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I was no longer beholden to fake authorities.
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Fake authorities in the form of bosses, in the form of your parents.
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It's all a joke.
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Teachers, professors, it's all fake.
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It's all fake.
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And when you show Freddie Kruger, That you're no longer scared of him.
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He disappears from your fucking dreams
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All the authority around you is fucking fake your boss
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Doesn't really have that much fucking power over you
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You're playing a game you're playing a role and that's the one thing
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that I've learned more than anything is every Motherfucker is playing a role with every cast of characters
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that are involved in their life and it is completely up to you
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you are playing one of the best sayings i've ever heard is there are no victims there are only volunteers
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and i i die by
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that principle there are no victims there are only volunteers people
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sign up before the relationships they train the people around them how to treat them it's all by design
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You have a choice every fucking day to be who you want to be.
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And that's where I got my mantra, that there is nothing more powerful than self reinvention.
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Because you can reinvent yourself at any given moment that you choose.
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You can walk away and give a cold shoulder to all the fake authority in your life.
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And live out your destiny.
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And my story is one of complete triumph because I pushed through the mud. for years.
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It took me years after that experience.
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And that's just one tip of the iceberg.
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from the heartbreak and catastrophe that I have experienced on my way to some semblance of stability,
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which is still fucking hard for me because I think stability is a fucking illusion.
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The only fucking solace that I get nowadays is in my own strength and in my solitude.
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That's it.
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There ain't anything else that you can fall back on when the chips are down and you're in a true
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If you're in a true crisis, if you're in a true emotional crisis, your money will 100 % metastasize and make that situation worse.
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I'll tell you why.
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Because you're going to use the money and try to spin your way out of it.
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When you do that you miss the fucking tough lessons you miss the fucking whole gist of life
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and what it's all about It's all about sitting with yourself in those moments
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and staying fucking true to your path because all the answers are in the fucking mirror
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That's it There is no human on earth has the answers for you.
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They're in the mirror.
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And it's really fucking hard for somebody to look in that mirror.
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Because you are horrified at what you've become and the things that you are denying in your spirit.
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You cannot be successful on this planet if you deny and you constantly suppress and push down your interests. and desires
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tweeted about this the other day the most faggity fucking gay
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thing you can do as a man is to hide and
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obscure and disguise what you are truly interested in this life to make any other motherfucker happy I don't care
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if it's your kid I don't care
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if it's Christ himself you have an obligation to yourself to live out your destiny
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Parents do not have children so that their children can be clones of them.
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You have a child so your child can have its own unique experience.
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I am a father.
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I have an 18 month old baby.
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And my mission is to allow him to have his own fucking unique experience
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and not be anything like me if he doesn't so choose.
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My job is to guide and that's all I can do.
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But I will not overstep that boundary.
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Because it was done to me.
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And it is extremely fucking destructive and I'm one of the lucky ones
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because I never quit and I never gave up But you are only a fucking loser once you quit
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Once you quit and my process has taught me to respect the motherfucking game over everything else
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Because the game is all you have and guess what?
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You're forced to play it whether you want to or not every lifestyle you choose you're playing the game
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Even if you decide to be a fucking slob on unemployment, sitting on your couch watching soap operas all day, you still gotta play the game.
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So why not give it your best motherfucking shot with a very brief snapshot of time that you have on this planet?
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Why wouldn't you see how far you could possibly go and how far you could take it?
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How hard you could drive your body?
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Do you understand how durable your body is?
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How fucking durable the human brain is?
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extremely fucking durable.
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So the game comes first and you have to fucking respect the game, because you are a player.
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You hit the ground running when you were born and there's no way to stop running.
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Because if you can't prove to anybody that you can play the game, then everything that you do ends up as a fucking cope.
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That's why I always say, if you become an ascetic monk, if you become a meditator, if you become a yogi, all those things are fucking great.
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But beat the game first.
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Find a threshold of success.
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fuck with monks for a month
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because you're rich you beat the game you proved it but
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if you haven't proven that you can play that you can make money
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that you can be financially independent you can help other people
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that you can give other people opportunities that you can be influential
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that you can be a leader then what the fuck are you doing sitting in a meditative stance all day contemplating
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You lost.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “How to Truly Win in This Life”. Este vídeo tiene 99 frases y 1211 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:55. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 153 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 |
|---|---|---|
| durable adjetivo | /ˈdʊɹəbəl/ | durable |
| destiny sustantivo | /ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/ | destino, destinación |
| monk sustantivo | /mʌŋk/ | monje |
| ascetic sustantivo | /əˈsɛ.tɪk/ | asceta |
| beholden adjetivo | /bɪˈhəʊldən/ | comprometido, obligado |
| contemplate verbo | /ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/ | contemplar |
| heartbreak sustantivo | /ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪk/ | desamor, corazón roto |
| horrify verbo | /ˈhɒɹɪfaɪ/ | horripilar |
| iceberg sustantivo | /ˈaɪsbɝɡ/ | banquisa, iceberg |
| iteration sustantivo | /ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ | iteración |
| metastasize verbo | /məˈtæstəˌsaɪz/ | metastatizar, metastizar |
| overstep verbo | /ˌoʊvɚˈstɛp/ | propasarse con, sobrepasar |
| reinvent verbo | /ɹiːɪnˈvɛnt/ | reinventar |
| snapshot sustantivo | /ˈsnæpʃɒt/ | instantánea |
| solace sustantivo | /ˈsɑ.lɪs/ | solaz |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar | |
| give up verbo | rendirse, entregar | |
| sign up verbo | inscribir, alistar | |
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | despertarse, recordar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- I didn't care how many times it took.
- Where am I going to rest my head tonight?
- Because the game is all you have and guess what?
- How hard you could drive your body?
- Do you understand how durable your body is?
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 | I've learned · i've ever heard · have experienced |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | are aligned · being involved · are involved |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 26 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, doesn't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: iteration /ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, snapshot /ˈsnæpʃɒt/, liberation /ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/, illusion /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/, threshold /ˈθɹɛʃ(h)oʊld/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: iteration /ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, meditative /ˈmɛdɪˌteɪtɪv/, metastasize /məˈtæstəˌsaɪz/, catastrophe /kəˈtæstɹəfi/, liberation /ˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: snapshot /ˈsnæpʃɒt/, stance /stæns/, scare /skɛɚ/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: meditative /ˈmɛdɪˌteɪtɪv/, overstep /ˌoʊvɚˈstɛp/, reinvent /ɹiːɪnˈvɛnt/, destructive /dɪˈstɹʌktɪv/, survivor /sɚˈvaɪvɚ/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: metastasize /məˈtæstəˌsaɪz/, disguise /dɪsˈɡaɪz/, loser /luzɚ/, nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/
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 durable, destiny, monk.
¿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.