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I found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.
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Nothing.
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Nelson Mandela said, there is no passion to be found playing small
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and settling for a life that's less than the one you're capable of living.
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I'm sure people have told you to make sure you have something to fall back on.
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Make sure you got something to fall back on, honey.
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But I never understood that concept having something to fall back on
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if I'm going to fall I want to fall forward
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I figure at least this way
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I'll see what I'm going to hit Reggie Jackson struck out
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2 ,600 times in his career the most in the history of baseball
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but you don't hear about the strikeouts people remember the home runs
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fall forward Thomas Edison conducted 1 ,000 failed experiments did you know that?
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I didn't know that.
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Because the 1 ,001st was the light bulb.
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Fall forward.
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Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.
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There's an old saying, you hang around the barbershop long enough sooner or later you're gonna get a haircut.
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So you will catch a break and I did catch a break.
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Last year I did a play called Fences on Broadway.
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But here's the kicker.
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It was at the Court Theatre.
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It was at the same theatre that I failed that first audition 30 years prior.
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Here's my second point about failure.
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If you don't fail, you're not even trying.
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I'll say it again.
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If you don't fail, you're not even trying.
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My wife told me this great expression.
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To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.
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Les Brown's a motivational speaker, he made an analogy about this.
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He says, imagine you're on your deathbed and standing around your deathbed are the ghosts representing your unfulfilled potential.
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The ghost of the ideas you never acted on.
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The ghost of the talents you didn't use.
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And they're standing around your bed angry, disappointed and upset.
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They say we came to you
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because you could have brought us to life they say and now we have to go to the grave together.
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So I ask you today how many ghosts are going to be around your bed when your time comes?
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So have dreams but have goals.
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Life goals, yearly goals, monthly goals, daily goals.
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I try to give myself a goal every day and understand
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that to achieve these goals you must apply discipline
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and consistency in order to achieve your goals you must apply discipline
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which you were already done and consistency every day not just on Tuesday
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and miss a few days you have to work at it every day
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you have to plan every day you've heard the saying we don't plan to fail we fail to plan
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hard work works working really hard is what successful people do and in this text tweet
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twerk world that you've grown up in.
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Remember, just because you're doing a lot more doesn't mean you're getting a lot more done.
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Remember that.
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Just because you're doing a lot more doesn't mean you're getting a lot more done.
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Don't confuse movement with progress.
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My mother told me, she said, yeah, because you can run in place all the time and never get anywhere.
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So continue to strive, continue to have goals, continue to progress.
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Number three, you'll never see a U -Haul behind a hearse.
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I'll say it again.
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You'll never see a U -Haul behind a hearse.
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I don't care how much money you make, you can't take it with you.
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The Egyptians tried it.
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They got robbed.
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That's all they got.
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You can't take it with you, with you.
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And it's not how much you have.
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It's what you do with what you have.
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The most selfish thing you can do in this world is help someone else.
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Why is it selfish?
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Because the gratification, the goodness that comes to you, the good feeling, the good feeling that I get from helping others.
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Nothing's better than that.
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Well, one or two things, but nothing's better than that.
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Not jewelry, not big house I have, not the cars, but it's the joy.
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That's where the joy is in helping others.
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That's where the success is in helping others.
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You'll see everything I'm talking about today.
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You'll see what I mean about taking risk or being willing to fail.
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Because taking risk is not just about going for a job.
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It's also about knowing what you know and what you don't know.
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It's about being open to people and to ideas.
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In the course of the film, the character I play begins to take small steps, small risks he very,
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very, very slowly begins to overcome his fears.
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And I feel ultimately his heart becomes flooded with love.
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And I can't think of a better message as we send you off today.
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To not only take risks, but to be open to life, to accept new views, and to be open to new opinions.
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While it may be frightening, it will also be rewarding.
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Because the chances you take, the people you meet, the people you love, the faith that you have,
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that's what's going to define you.
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Never be discouraged.
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Never hold back.
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Give everything you've got.
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And when you fall throughout life, and maybe even tonight after a few mini glasses of champagne, remember this.
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fall forward.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “You Will Never Be Ready”. Las palabras que más se repiten: goal, fall, fail, risk, ghost. Este vídeo tiene 89 frases y 902 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:48. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 133 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ghost sustantivo | /ɡoʊst/ | fantasma, espectro |
| experiment sustantivo | /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ | experimento |
| discipline sustantivo | /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ | disciplina |
| selfish adjetivo | /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/ | egoísta |
| consistency sustantivo | /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/ | consistencia |
| passion sustantivo | /ˈpæʃən/ | pasión |
| disappointed adjetivo | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ | decepcionado |
| honey sustantivo | /ˈhʌni/ | miel |
| settle verbo | /ˈsɛtəl/ | resolver, dirimir |
| rob verbo | /ɹɑb/ | robar |
| flood sustantivo | /flʌd/ | inundación, avenida |
| reward sustantivo | /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/ | recompensa |
| define verbo | /dɪˈfaɪn/ | determinar, definir |
| grave sustantivo | /ɡɹeɪv/ | sepultura, fosa |
| overcome verbo | /ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/ | sobreponerse a |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| hold back verbo | frenarse, refrenarse |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Here's my second point about failure.
- If you don't fail, you're not even trying.
- The ghost of the talents you didn't use.
- You can't take it with you, with you.
- It's what you do with what you have.
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 | have told · you've heard · you've grown |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | be found · be discouraged |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 39 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: worthwhile /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/, deathbed /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: selfish /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/, passion /ˈpæʃən/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, audition /ɑˈdɪʃən/, gratification /ˌɡɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, consistency /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/, gratification /ˌɡɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: strive /ˈstɹaɪv/, strikeout /stɹaɪːkæʊt/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: grave /ɡɹeɪv/, overcome /ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/, strive /ˈstɹaɪv/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: jewellery /ˈd͡ʒʊ-/, analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/, discourage /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como ghost, experiment, discipline.
¿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.