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There's really just one single wall between you

and the life you know you want to live

and that's your mindset and I'm going to share one with you that kind of changed my life immediately.

Trust me I know how you feel.

I know you're sick of it.

You're sick of knowing that you have these big goals

and dreams and yet you don't know how you're going to reach them.

And it kind of feels like you're just wasting all your potential.

So ultimately, you do nothing.

Because the more you think about it all, the more overwhelming and honestly impossible it all sounds.

But what if I told you that it really wasn't that hard?

And in reality, you can change your life as soon as tomorrow.

In late December of 2023, I decided I'm done.

I can't do this anymore.

I can't sit here and continue to feel miserable and empty while I wait for my life to change for me.

But then I fell into the same old trap as I'm sure you have.

I start to overthink and I start to get overwhelmed.

I would think about how long it would take

and just how much work I would actually have to put in to make a difference in my life.

And then I reached my phone to open Instagram for like the 30th time today.

But then it dawned on me.

I recalled a piece of advice I was given a while back. By who?

I have no idea.

It was probably my mom though.

Thanks mom.

But the advice goes, just take one step every day.

When you think of your goal or dream, don't look at the entire mountain you're about to climb.

Just find where you're going to put your foot next.

It doesn't need to be complicated.

It's easy to get overwhelmed by your big goals and dreams.

But if you just think, just one step today and I'm done, it makes things a whole lot easier.

And if you still need a little bit of extra motivation,

just remember that the pain of doing nothing will always be worse than the pain of doing something.

Because sure, taking steps can be uncomfortable and intimidating and scary, but it will always be better than the alternative.

The slow, never -ending, subconscious discomfort of remaining dormant will always be worse than the temporary

and voluntary discomfort of making a change.

Maybe some days you'll feel an extra bit of motivation

and you decide to take three steps instead of just one that's great

and maybe some days you're really just not feeling it

but you just remind yourself just a small step today that's fine too what matters is

that you move forward even if it was just a little bit these steps add up

and before you know it you'll be able to see the top of

that mountain just a little bit clearer than before and

when I say that this changed my life immediately I mean it because while before I wasn't moving forward, now I am.

One step at a time.

One day at a time.

Currently, while I'm writing this, it is February 13th and I find

that I've been working on something every day since the new year as I just keep reminding myself, just take one step today.

And as a result, I have instantly changed my life.

Maybe not in a substantial way, like I didn't just become instantly successful or anything,

but now I've given myself some sort of purpose with each day.

And I'm slowly but surely moving forward.

You must change your life in order to change your life.

Make that small change.

Do it once every day, and eventually you'll realize that you've made a bigger change than you could have ever imagined.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “The mindset that changed my life IMMEDIATELY”. Las palabras que más se repiten: step, dream, goal, changed, forward. Este vídeo tiene 55 frases y 644 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:25. El hablante habla rápido, unas 189 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

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

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
remind verbo	/ɹəˈmaɪnd/	(hacer) recordar/arrecordar, hacer acordar/arrecordar (se de)
instantly adverbio	/ˈɪnstəntli/	al instante, al tiro
motivation sustantivo	/ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/	motivación
discomfort sustantivo	/dɪsˈkʌmfɚt/	falta de confort, incomodidad
temporary adjetivo	/ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/	temporario, temporáneo
complicated adjetivo	/ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/	complicado
scary adjetivo	/ˈskɛə.ɹi/	temible, espantoso
substantial adjetivo	/səbˈstænʃəl/	sustancial, substancial
trap sustantivo	/tɹæp/	trampa, cepo
dawn sustantivo	/dɔːn/	alba, amanecer
climb verbo	/ˈklaɪ̯m/	escalar, subir
uncomfortable adjetivo	/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/	incómodo
miserable adjetivo	/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/	miserable, mísero
voluntary adjetivo	/ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/	voluntario
mindset sustantivo	/ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/	mentalidad, actitud

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Significado
move forward verbo	ir adelante, adelantar
add up verbo	adicionar

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 given · you've made
Comparativos -er than / more … than — comparar dos cosas	worse than · better than · clearer than
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción	will always be · you'll feel · you'll be
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venir	I'm going to share · you're going to reach · you're going to put

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 27 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, I'm, you'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, substantial /səbˈstænʃəl/, subconscious /sʌbˈkɑn.ʃəs/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, temporary /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, miserable /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, voluntary /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/, overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/

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 remind, instantly, motivation.

¿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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