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Start by saving 50 cents a day for two months.
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So I'm going to ask you to do something that is going to seem so small, but every dollar does count.
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Like the show, The Bear, they say every second counts.
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This is every dollar counts.
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Start by saving 50 cents a day for two months.
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Literally 50 cents.
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You can have a jar of change, put 50 cents a day in that jar.
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After two months, I want it to be a dollar.
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I know this seems like so, you know, Melody, what are you asking me to do?
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After two months, I want it to be $3.
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Okay.
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And after the last four months, I want you to try to save $5 a day.
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Now, $5 a day, we're talking about $35 a week.
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We're talking about $140 a month.
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That gets hard.
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But in those early days, you start to condition yourself around shaming.
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I love this because you've trained yourself.
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It's not.
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And this becomes a way of life, not a diet.
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It's very, very important.
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It just starts to be a way of life and saving becomes addictive.
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So everyone that I've had do this, they see a little money, they get excited.
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They start to see more money, they get more excited.
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So that that I love this.
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This is so much about everybody will say save 10% of your salary.
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No, it's too hard.
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It's too hard.
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50 cents, a dollar, $2, $3, $5.
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At the end of that year, you have almost $1,000.
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And that's a little cushion.
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And you didn't start by saying, I got to save $1,000, which when you're living paycheck to paycheck, that seems impossible.
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But if I start you at 50 cents, I promise you can get there.
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The other thing I'd like to ask you to do for one month period, 30 days, 30 days is just use cash for one month.
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Okay.
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You cannot use anything else.
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This is why it's important.
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if I ask most people, how much money do you have in your wallet?
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People can't even tell me.
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But you'd know if you only had cash.
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And so you only use cash, which actually changes how much you spend, believe it or not.
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When we don't see and have to take the bills out, we spend more money.
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So we spend about 18% more on plastic, debit or credit.
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Because the scarcity isn't there where you literally have no more bills in your wallet.
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You've got to go to an ATM
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and get more money cash for one month it is going
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to shift how you think about what you buy starting today
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one month today okay starting to that is that's on the to-do list now
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that that'll get you a little bit of an emergency fund
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but but i want to prioritize that debt first
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because fifteen thousand dollars in debt at your age is still a lot of debt yeah
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and that's not even including because i have my student loans
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and i'm currently in school right now along with like a car loan so However, I have to tell you, first of all, you need the car to get to work.
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So, you know, that's essential, probably, unless you're going to take the bus.
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The other thing I have to say, and sometimes there isn't public transportation in certain communities.
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The other thing I would say, you nailed it with nursing because it's so in demand.
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That is a really good job.
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And that is there's a shortage of nurses in this country and there will be a for a while.
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And so you're going to be looking at great income in terms of nursing.
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Yes, definitely.
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I'm very proud of where I am.
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So very grateful.
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So good job there.
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Good job.
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Thank you.
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Thank you so much, Kayla.
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Thank you so much.
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Let's talk about the Buy Now, Pay Later services that Kayla mentioned.
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What should young people know about these services?
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This is what makes me nervous.
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Okay.
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On the one hand, I can tell you that they have these Buy Now, Pay Later's where they'll say a year without interest.
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Yes.
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You're going to buy it.
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Yeah.
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No payment for one year.
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No interest.
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Sounds good.
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Enticing.
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if you can be very disciplined about that.
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So you're going to buy a refrigerator and you're not going to pay interest for one year.
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Basically the float that you, the interest they're paying for in order to get you.
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But what happens is most people aren't that disciplined.
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The interest then comes and then it starts hitting you very, very hard.
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And the numbers are very big.
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That's why I don't love it.
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So if you said to me, I bought the refrigerator, I paid it off in six months,
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I never paid a dime of interest and I paid the refrigerator off full stop, we're good.
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But if you say I bought the refrigerator, I got to the one year and then I started to pay the interest, I could promise you that interest is going to be very high.
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Then you're going to be in that minimum payment scenario.
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There's a reason they offer it to you.
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They're getting paid back some way and they're going to get paid back in that interest.
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The reason they're offering it to you is
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because they're counting on you going through that year and then waiting and they can pay you.
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I'm not a big fan.
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Okay.
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We have Madia joining us from Boston.
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And I hear after you graduated last spring, you applied for over 300 jobs.
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Wow.
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What happened?
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I, well, thank you so much.
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It is a pleasure speaking with both you today.
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So taking you back last year, after I had graduated, I was applying to jobs like nobody's business.
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And I was able to get interviews.
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However, they differed from what I had applied to.
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So in a handful of circumstances, I would get on these interviews and it wasn't just the interviewer and I.
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It was myself, them and a handful of other applicants. So that wasn't disclosed.
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And then when they started describing the job positions, I realized that it also differed from what I had applied to.
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So I had applied to a marketing position online and what they were describing were door to door sales.
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So this happened in multiple different occasions.
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And then there were also times where I was asked to do work projects as a part of the interview process.
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And these work projects were unpaid and they would take hours or even days to complete.
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And it may have been naive on my part.
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You know, I really wanted to prove that I was a solid applicant
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and that I had the skills for the job at hand.
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So after turning in these projects, I was ghosted by a lot of companies.
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So that was very discouraging and disheartening.
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There was one circumstance where I was the top applicant.
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I made it to a final round.
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I spent a whole week working on a work project.
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And they had told me all great things.
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So about a week later, I got a call from the recruiter.
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and he had simply told me that they went with another applicant who had more experience.
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And so that just kind of hurt as it was an entry-level position.
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And I had completed a lot of the work.
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I ended up asking the recruiter for, you know, more feedback.
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And once again, I was ghosted.
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So with all of that said, I have come out on the other side.
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I have a job now, but I know that my story is not unique.
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There are so many other people in my generation and in others who are experiencing this or even worse right now.
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And I do believe that my generation was raised on the premise that the American dream was still within reach.
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That if we ended up going to college and obtaining a degree, that we would be able to get a good job and set ourselves up for success in the future.
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And with this job market, I just feel like that system is no longer as accurate as it once was before.
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So my question for you, Melody, is what advice would you give to my generation
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when it comes to building a stable and successful future
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while maintaining a healthy work-life balance and really just not living paycheck to paycheck?
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Okay.
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Can I ask one question?
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How did you get the job that you have?
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I had a networking connection.
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And I really do believe that if I didn't have that connection, I very well could still be job searching.
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Okay, great.
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Because that would be one of the things that I would suggest just in terms of that job search.
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It's not just about putting applications in online and hoping someone calls you back.
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I think that takes the same amount of work as anything you would do.
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And it's about who do you know?
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So many people have referrals that will get you somewhere.
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and the mere fact that it was a networking connection, I think that's more and more likely these days than not.
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You might have a friend who has a great job and you would say, do you think there are any jobs available at your company?
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Or is there anyone you could introduce me to at your company?
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So I think that is a really, really good option if you're looking for a job that maybe everyone doesn't think about because they often think, well, who's going to help me and how could I,
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what network do I have?
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But it could just be a simple network of someone that you know who has a, who talks about their place of employment in a very positive way.
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In terms of, I like to just be very authentic and real about these things.
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When you're in your 20s, the work-like balance question, I think, is going to be challenged because those are heavy,
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heavy work years of trying to put in the time to get points on the board
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so that you have the opportunity to have the kind of freedom and success that you want over time.
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But that first decade, it's a dues paying decade.
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And so when I hear a nine to five, which seems to me pretty work life balance, that's 40 hours a week.
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When I think of no work life balance, I think of 80 hours.
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I think of 120.
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I think of a very different lifestyle.
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I think you have to ask yourself very and be very intellectually honest about what do you want.
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So you can't have all of the things you want without making some trade-offs.
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And you certainly can't have it all at one time.
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Correct.
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I think this is such an invaluable point you're making about work-life balance.
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And I hear this a lot because I have girls in their 20s and
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You don't have work-life balance when you're just starting out and you're 25.
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There is no such thing.
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Someone else controls your time.
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That's the fact.
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When you think of your 20s, how hard did you work?
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I was working a hundred.
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I remember once filling out my time sheet and I had 107 hours on, 107 hours.
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And my boss says, well, you're not a team player.
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I'm not a team player.
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Yes, I think you should reduce the number of.. wanting me to not even take credit for the hours.
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So I ended up doing that.
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I ended up only putting in like 80 because to work 107 hours and get paid for 107 hours, they didn't want to pay me for 107 hours.
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But the expectation was that I would show up and be there whenever needed.
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We've all done that, 107 hours.
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Still doing it.
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And still doing it.
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And still doing it.
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Yeah, but that's why I said you have to decide.
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I do think this generation has been fed some dream idea of work-life balance.
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That just isn't real.
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It's not real.
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Now that I also I reject the concept because it implies when you're working, you're not living.
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When you're living, you're not working.
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You know, when people talk about that.
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And I think you can have both, especially if you are doing something you really enjoy.
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But I do think this idea of thinking that you'll have your weekends, you'll make a great living, all of these things all at once.
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You'll have a job that you love.
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Those early years are, as I said, those are hard, hard years for most people.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “The 50-Cent-a-Day Habit That Really CAN Build Wealth”. Este vídeo tiene 196 frases y 2124 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 11:20. El hablante habla rápido, unas 187 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| paycheck sustantivo | /ˈpeɪ.t͡ʃɛk/ | cheque de pago, cheque salarial |
| refrigerator sustantivo | /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/ | frigorífico, heladera |
| applicant sustantivo | /ˈæp.lə.kɪnt/ | solicitante, peticionario |
| circumstance sustantivo | /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ | circunstancia, tesitura |
| recruit verbo | /ɹɪˈkɹut/ | reclutar |
| differ verbo | /ˈdɪfɚ/ | diferir, diferecer |
| handful sustantivo | /ˈhæn(d)fʊl/ | puñado |
| wallet sustantivo | /ˈwɑl.ət/ | cartera, billetera |
| dishearten verbo | /dɪsˈhɑɹ.tən/ | desalentar, descorazonar |
| entice verbo | /ɪnˈtaɪs/ | incitar, tentar |
| intellectually adverbio | intelectualmente | |
| prioritize verbo | /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/ | priorizar |
| scarcity sustantivo | /ˈskɛɹsɪti/ | escasez, penuria |
| interviewer sustantivo | /ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/ | entrevistador, entrevistadora |
| invaluable adjetivo | /ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/ | invalorable, inestimable |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar | |
| fill out verbo | /fɪl ˈaʊt/ | rellenar, cumplimentar |
| go through verbo | atravesar | |
| pay back verbo | /peɪ bæk/ | devolver |
| show up verbo | comparecer, personarse |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- I love this because you've trained yourself.
- People can't even tell me.
- I'm very proud of where I am.
- Can I ask one question?
- How did you get the job that you have?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | wasn't disclosed · was asked · was ghosted |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | you've trained · I've had · have come |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 57 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, I'm, they're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: cushion /ˈkʊʃən/, shortage /ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: refrigerator /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/, prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, invaluable /ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: interviewer /ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/, invaluable /ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/, addictive /əˈdɪktɪv/, naive /naɪˈiv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, disclose /dɪsˈkləʊz/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: refrigerator /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/, discourage /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/, shortage /ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/
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 paycheck, refrigerator, applicant.
¿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.