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When you ask people what they think stands between them and their goals, there are some pretty common responses.
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Inexperience, fear, maybe hesitation, time management.
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These are obstacles we all have to overcome, right?
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Certainly they're all valid, they're all very real.
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And I recently took this question, spent some time with it.
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In terms of my own progress, I looked back at the past year and a half, starting from the inception of your world within to right now.
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Substantial progress has been made, I'm happy with where I am, but at the same time, you know, there were periods of stagnation, where maybe the wheels weren't turning as fast as I'd like them to.
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So now that some times passed, I have the luxury of examining my lessons learned.
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And of all of them, the most important is the realization that perfection Perfection is a myth.
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And not only a myth, but it's deceitful.
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It's detrimental to success.
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See, perfection is, by its very definition, flawless.
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And in theory, that's ideal.
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That's what we want.
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But in reality, it's impossible.
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Our value lies not in chasing around this false idea of perfection, but in making progress.
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If you succumb to the idea of perfect, you're establishing an expectation that cannot be satisfied.
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You aren't allowing yourself to dive in, to gain momentum, to take flight, because you're questioning your judgment.
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You're holding back.
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You aren't putting yourself out there.
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If you're not perfect, if your work isn't perfect, you don't want it to be seen.
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But perfect isn't real.
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The only way to obtain excellence is to move with what you have right now.
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No, you won't be flawless, but you can improve every single day.
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There's great benefit to creating something, throwing it against a wall and seeing if it sticks.
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If it does, great, that's a win.
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If it doesn't, you regroup, you reassess, and you throw it again.
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That's growth.
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And some growth is always better than no growth.
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Over the course of my life, you know, I probably can't count the amount of times I've said the phrase, Rome wasn't built in a day.
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But I've never found a situation where it applied so directly.
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Because you don't build a city, right?
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You create buildings.
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You design roads.
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And everything converges to become a city.
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Those sequences of events, trials and errors, growth, that becomes your roam.
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So it would be crazy for your expectations not to be managed accordingly.
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If your plan was to become fit, but you won't even step into the gym because you don't look like Brad Pitt in Troy, you're not going to go anywhere, right?
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To get to that level, you need to first allow yourself to be vulnerable, to step into the situation and learn evolve into that vision you have for yourself.
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Another example that reinforces this point is an interview I saw recently with Ed Sheeran.
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He's talking about his first shows, the first music he ever wrote.
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You know, playing it for his audience, he still has the recordings, and they're horrible.
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But that's what got him where he is now, right?
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That determination, that progress.
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He wasn't intimidated to get out there and grow.
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And now we can sit back, you know reflect and joke a little bit about his journey
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You know missed opportunity regret
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that rarely comes from going too fast from being too adventurous Comes from being too conservative You know whereas
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when I look at my greatest accomplishments the creations I'm most proud of sure networking research experience played a role
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but more than anything was having the trust in myself to start To begin, to acknowledge that yes, I am flawed, but I accept it.
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Because those flaws are the seeds that enable something truly unique to transpire.
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And now comes the part I enjoy, right, where I can take my acquired wisdom and share it with you.
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Because I guarantee every single person listening to this has something they're hesitant to start, to do, or to become.
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Never lose sight of the fact that a goal takes time.
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There's something you grow into.
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But you need to first allow yourself to take that leap.
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Right, as far as I'm concerned, the only perfect thing in existence is the current moment.
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Because it is the first step to everything you could ever want.
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Thank you.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questo video contiene 59 frasi e 737 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:59. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 148 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 84% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| perfection sostantivo | /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/ | perfezione |
| myth sostantivo | /mɪθ/ | mito |
| expectation sostantivo | /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/ | attesa |
| flawless aggettivo | /ˈflɔləs/ | impeccabile, perfetto |
| lesson sostantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lezione |
| establish verbo | /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ | stabilire, confermare |
| chase verbo | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | inseguire, cacciare |
| guarantee sostantivo | /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/ | garanzia |
| horrible aggettivo | /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ | orribile, terribile |
| ideal aggettivo | /aɪˈdi(ə)l/ | ideale |
| rarely avverbio | /ˈɹɛəɹli/ | raramente |
| whereas | /(h)wɛɹˈæz/ | laddove, mentre |
| obtain verbo | /əbˈteɪn/ | ottenere |
| reflect verbo | /ɹɪˈflɛkt/ | riflettere |
| valid aggettivo | /ˈvælɪd/ | valido |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| hold back verbo | fare complimenti |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | has been made · cannot be satisfied · be seen |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | has been made · I've said · I've never found |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 29 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you're, they're, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: perfection /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, luxury /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/, substantial /səbˈstænʃəl/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, determination /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/, momentum /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/, accordingly /əˈkɔɹ.dɪŋ.li/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come perfection, myth, expectation.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.