Pratique du Shadowing: How to take back control of your life? | English Podcast | Listening & Speaking Practice - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo
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Hello, everyone, and welcome to Learn English for a Better Life, the podcast where you improve your English while learning something useful for your life.
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I'm George, your host.
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And I'm Emma, your co-host.
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In every episode, we'll talk about interesting topics, learn useful vocabulary and expressions,
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and have a simple conversation to help you improve your English.
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So, get comfortable, listen carefully, and let's learn English together.
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Are you ready?
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Let's get started.
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Do you feel like your life is slipping away from you?
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That events decide for you, that others influence your choices, that circumstances dictate what you should do?
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You endure more than you choose.
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Today, we're going to talk about taking back control, not to control everything.
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That would be an illusion.
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But to become the main actor of your life again, to stop being a spectator, and to finally choose your direction.
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George, I feel like I don't control my life.
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My work dictates my rhythm.
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My friends expect things from me.
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My family has its demands.
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I react all the time.
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I never act.
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I feel like a puppet it.
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How do I take back control?
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The first thing to understand is that taking back control is not about controlling everything.
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You can't control external events, but you can control your attention, your choices, your reactions.
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Taking back control...
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But if I don't control what happens to me, how can I take back control?
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Control is not power over events.
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It's power over yourself.
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We often confuse the two.
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You don't control the weather, but you control what you wear.
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You don't control others, but you control how you react to their words.
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Taking back control means stopping trying to change what is beyond your reach
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and starting to act on what is within your reach, your thoughts, your actions, your choices.
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So I don't have to control everything, just control what depends on me?
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Exactly.
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That's the key.
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A simple image?
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Imagine you are a captain on a boat.
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The sea is life.
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It has its waves, its storms, its currents.
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You don't control the weather, but you control your sails, your rudder, your direction.
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You can navigate, adjust, go around storms.
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You can't calm the sea, but you can learn to navigate.
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Taking back control means taking the rudder.
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It means deciding where you're going, even if the sea is rough.
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So I don't control the sea, but I control my sails?
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Yes, and that's already huge.
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But I tend to want to control everything.
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And when I can't, I feel bad.
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That's the mistake.
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Wanting to control everything is exhausting yourself for nothing.
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You can't control everything.
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Others, the future, the unexpected, the weather.
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The more you want to control everything, the more powerless you feel against what escapes you.
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Real control is accepting what you can't change and focusing your energy on what you can.
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Wisdom is knowing the difference.
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Does science explain this?
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Yes.
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Psychologists talk about locus of control.
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If you have an external locus, you think everything depends on others, chance, circumstances.
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If you have an internal locus, you think your choices and actions influence your life.
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Studies show that people with an internal locus are happier, more resilient, and more successful.
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The locus is not fixed.
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You can learn to move it inward.
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A quote?
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We cannot control the winds, but we can adjust the sails.
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Aristotle, the greatest power is power over oneself.
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And a wisdom saying, control is not about stopping the storm, but about standing during the storm.
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A method to take back control?
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The control method.
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C. Choose your focus.
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What you pay attention to grows.
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Don't own your decisions.
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Stop waiting for others to decide for you.
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An imperfect decision is better than perfect indecision.
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You are in charge.
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N. Name what depends on you.
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Make a list of things you have control over.
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Your actions, your words, your attitudes.
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T. Take one chosen action every day.
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Not a reaction.
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An action.
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Even small.
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Today, I choose to do this.
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R. Respond.
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Don't react.
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Reaction is instinctive response is thoughtful.
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Take a pause, a breath, then choose your response.
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O, observe what you can't control.
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The past, others, the future.
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Accept them and refocus on the present.
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L, let go of guilt.
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You are not responsible for everything.
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Some things don't depend on you.
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Stop beating yourself up for what escapes you.
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E, evaluate your progress.
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Each week, Look at where you chose your action, where you took the rudder.
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Celebrate those victories.
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Control.
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I remember.
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Choose my focus.
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Respond, not react.
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Let go of what I can't control.
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Yes.
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And remember, control is a muscle.
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The more you practice using it, the stronger it gets.
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And for different situations?
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At work, you don't control what your boss decides, but you control your professionalism, your communication, your reaction.
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That's yours.
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In relationships, you don't control the other person's feelings, but you control your words, your presence, your sincerity.
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In family, you don't control your parents' expectations, but you control your life choices.
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Own them.
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For yourself, you don't control your past, but you control how you look at it.
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You can choose to make it a strength.
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I'm the one who endures.
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Can I become the one who chooses?
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Yes.
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With every small choice, you take back power.
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With every action, you become a little more of an actor.
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The identity of an actor is built action by action.
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One day, you'll look at yourself and see a person who no longer endures, but who navigates.
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Taking back control is not about controlling everything.
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It's about choosing where I put my energy.
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It's about accepting the uncontrollable and acting on the possible.
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Then remember this.
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You are the captain of your ship, not the sea.
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You don't choose the waves.
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but you choose your course.
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You can't stop the rain, but you can open an umbrella.
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You can't prevent criticism, but you can choose to laugh at it.
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You can't erase the past, but you can write the future.
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Life is a series of choices, sometimes small, sometimes big, but every choice is a brick, a brick of the life you're building.
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So build, not by enduring,
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but by choosing, because the greatest freedom is knowing that you have a choice and that the choice is now.
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Today, I'm going to choose one thing I want to do.
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Just one.
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And I'll do it.
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And when powerlessness returns, tell it.
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I choose.
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That's my power.
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Have a good journey, Captain.
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And that's it for today's episode.
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I hope you learned something new.
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And most importantly, I hope you enjoyed learning with us.
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If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to like, subscribe, and share it with someone who might find it useful.
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And remember, every episode, every word, and every conversation brings you one step closer to better English.
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See you in the next episode.
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Keep learning, keep growing, and keep going.
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À propos de cette leçon
Vous vous entraînez en anglais avec "How to take back control of your life? | English Podcast | Listening & Speaking Practice" en utilisant la technique du Shadowing.
Qu'est-ce que la technique du Shadowing ?
Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.