Pratica di Shadowing: The Secret of 5 AM | One Habit That Changed a Poor Man’s Life - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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This is the story of a man who had nothing, no money, no future, no hope, until he discovered one simple secret.
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He started waking up at 5 a.m every single morning, and in just 90 days, his entire life completely changed.
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What he did in those early morning hours will shock you, and it might just be the answer you have been searching for.
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Before we start, I want to ask you something.
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What time are you listening to this right now?
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Where are you from?
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drop a comment below and tell me and please like
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and subscribe for more videos like this in a small town where factories worked day
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and night there lived a 32 year old man named Thomas
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Thomas worked as a night security guard at a big warehouse
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every evening at 8 p.m he went to work every morning at 6 a.m tired
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and exhausted he went home to sleep his salary was very small It was barely enough to survive.
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He lived in a tiny one-room apartment.
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The fan was broken.
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He slept on a mattress on the floor.
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There was only one light bulb, and it would flicker when the electricity was weak.
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His clothes were old.
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His shoes had holes in them.
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But Thomas suffered from something worse than being poor.
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He felt trapped.
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A felt stuck.
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Every morning, as he walked home past the sleeping town, he saw other people's lives through their windows.
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Families eating breakfast together, children getting ready for school, men in clean shirts going to office jobs.
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And Thomas would think, will this be my life forever?
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Walking home while everyone else is waking up to live their dreams.
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He had tried to change his life.
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He had applied for better jobs, but he only finished high school, so every door was closed to him.
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He wanted to learn new skills, but after working all night, he was too tired to do anything except sleep.
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His mother lived in the countryside.
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She would call him once every week.
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Thomas, my son, when will your life get better?
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I am getting old.
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I want to see you succeed before I die.
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Thomas would try to sound happy.
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Soon, Mama.
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Soon.
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I am working on it.
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But he was not working on it.
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Because he did not know how.
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The truth that hurt him the most was this.
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He was not lazy.
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He worked hard every night.
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He walked 4 miles.
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He stayed alert.
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He did his duty.
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But hard work alone was not changing anything.
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He was working hard in a life that was going nowhere.
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And every morning, when he fell into bed around 7am and slept until 4pm, he felt like he was living backwards.
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The world moved forward while he slept through it.
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One thought kept coming back to him, like a whisper he could not ignore.
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There has to be another way. But what?
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One cold Tuesday morning in November, Thomas' phone rang just as he was leaving work.
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It was his sister.
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Thomas, you need to come home now.
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Mama collapsed.
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She is in the hospital.
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His heart stopped.
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He took the first bus to his village.
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It was a three hour journey that felt like forever.
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When he arrived at the small village clinic, his mother was in bed.
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She was weak, but awake.
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The doctor said she had fainted from being too tired and too stressed.
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She needed rest, better food, and medicine they could not afford.
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His mother held his hand.
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Her voice was barely a whisper.
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Thomas, I do not have much time left.
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Please, my son, do not waste your life like I wasted mine.
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Find a way.
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Promise me.
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Thomas sat beside her bed long after she fell asleep.
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He looked at her wrinkled hands, hands that had worked in fields for decades, just like he worked through nights, both of them struggling, but going nowhere.
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Something inside him broke.
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Not with sadness, with Anjil, anger at his own helplessness.
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He stepped outside the clinic, into the darkness, before dawn.
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It was 5 AM.
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The village was still asleep, but a few farmers were already walking to their fields.
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Words were beginning to sing.
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The air was cool and fresh, and in that moment, standing in the quiet dawn, Thomas made a decision.
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No more, he whispered.
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I will not live like this anymore.
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I do not care what it takes.
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I will find a way.
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On the bus ride back to town, Thomas noticed something.
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Sitting across from him was a man in his 50s.
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He was well-dressed.
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He was reading a book.
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He looked peaceful.
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Thomas recognized him.
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Mr. Choon.
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A successful businessman who owned several shops in town.
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What shocked Thomas was the time.
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It was 6 a.m.
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A successful man traveling on a regular bus.
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At dawn, Thomas gathered his courage.
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Excuse me, sir.
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Why are you on this early bus?
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Mr. Choon looked up and smiled.
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Because I wake up at 4.30 every morning.
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I use this time to read, think, and plan my day before the world wakes up.
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But do you not need sleep?
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I sleep at 9 p.m.
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Seven and a half hours.
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That is any enogue.
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Mr. Choon looked at Thomas' tired face.
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You work nights.
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Yes.
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Security guard.
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And when do you sleep?
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7 a.m to 4 p.m usually.
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Mr. Chun nodded slowly.
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So you are awake when the world sleeps and asleep when the world works.
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No wonder you are stuck.
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He leaned forward.
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Young man, let me tell you a secret that changed my life thirty years ago.
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The hours between 5am and 7am, those are magic hours.
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That is when you can build the life you want while everyone else is still dreaming.
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Thomas felt something stir inside him, a dangerous thing called hope. But how?
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I work until 6am.
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I need sleep.
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Then change your sleep.
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Sleep when you get home at 6.30.
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Wake up at 11.30.
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That is, five hours.
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Enough to survive.
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Then live your real life when the world is awake.
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And if you can change two-day work eventually, wake at 5 a.m always. That is the secret.
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Mr. Chun wrote his phone number on a card.
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If you are serious about changing your life, call me.
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I will show you what to do with those morning hours.
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But only if you are serious, because it requires discipline most people do not have.
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The bus reached Thomas' stop.
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He looked at the card in his hand and made a promise to himself.
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I will do it, starting tomorrow.
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That evening, Thomas did something he had never done in his life.
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He called Mr. Choon.
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The next day at 11 a.m., for the first time in years, Thomas was awake during daylight on a weekday.
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He met Mr. Choon at a small cafe.
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Mr. Chun looked at him with approval.
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You actually changed your sleep schedule.
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Good.
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Most people talk.
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You acted.
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Now I will teach you what to do with your mornings.
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He took out a notebook and drew a simple picture.
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Thomas, imagine your life is a house.
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Right now, your house is dark, cold and falling apart.
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Why?
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Because you never work on the foundation.
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You are too busy surviving He drew a simple house The hours from 5 a.m to 7 a.m.
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That is your foundation building time While everyone else is asleep
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or just waking up You are building the future Two hours every morning
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That is 14 hours per week 60 hours per month 730 hours per year He wrote the numbers clearly
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That is the same as 9-1 full work days Just from waking up early In one year,
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you get three extra months that everyone else wastes.
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Thomas's eyes went wide.
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Three months.
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Here is what you do with those two hours, Mr. Chun continued.
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This is not negotiable.
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This is the system.
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Hour one, 5 a.m to 6 a.m.
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Build skills.
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You spend this hour learning something that will change your money situation.
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Not watching TV.
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Not scrolling your phone learning a skill, a language, a trade.
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Online courses are free now.
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YouTube has everything.
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You have no excuse.
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Hour 2, 6am to 7am.
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Build body and mind.
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30 minutes.
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Exercise, walk, run, stretch.
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Your body is your vehicle.
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If it breaks down, you have nothing.
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Treinta minutos read, plan your day, or use what you learned in hour one.
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Thomas wrote quickly in a borrowed notebook.
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Mr. Choon added three rules.
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Rule one.
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No negotiation.
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You wake at 5 a.m every single day, including weekends.
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No, just today I will skip.
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That is how you fail.
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Rule two.
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Sleep by 9 p.m.
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You cannot cheat, sleep, and succeed.
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Your body needs rest, but you control when you rest.
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Rule 3.
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The first week will be hell.
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Your body will hate you.
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Your mind will create excuses, push through.
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After 21 days, it becomes normal.
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After 90 days, it becomes who you are.
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Mr. Chun looked at Thomas seriously.
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I am giving you three months.
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Three months of waking at 5 a.m am.
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Building skills in hour one.
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Building yourself in hour two.
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After three months, come back to me.
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Show me what you have built.
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If you have actually done the work, I will help you find a better job.
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If you quit, do not bother calling.
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Success goes to people who show up when it is hard.
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Thomas felt the weight of the challenge.
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But also, for the first time in years, he felt something else.
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purpose.
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I will do it, he said.
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I will not quit.
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We will see, Mr. Chun said with a knowing smile.
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Everyone says that.
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The next morning, Thomas's alarm screamed at 5 a.m.
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His entire body protested.
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His mind whispered, just one more hour.
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You are so tired.
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But he remembered his mother's face in the hospital.
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Mr. Chun's challenge, his own promise, he threw off the blanket and stood up.
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The first week was pain.
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Thomas dragged himself awake each morning.
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His body was aching from lack of sleep.
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At 5 a.m., while it was still dark, he sat at his small table with his phone.
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He watched free Excel tutorials on YouTube.
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His eyes burned.
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His mind wandered, but he did not stop.
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At 6 a.m., He forced himself to walk around his neighborhood for 30 minutes.
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Then he read articles about accounting He had chosen this skill because every business needed it By 7 30 a.m.
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He went to bed a slept until 2 p.m.
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He got ready for his night shift at 3 p.m.
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The cycle repeated it Was exhausting it was lonely nobody understood why he was doing this
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but something changed around day 20 One morning, Thomas woke up at 4.58 a.m., two minutes before his alarm.
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His body had adapted, and for the first time, he did not feel anger, or felt.
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The Excel tutorials started making sense.
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He was learning formulas, data analyses, and basic accounting.
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He completed his first online certificate.
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His morning walks became something he looked forward to.
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The sunrise, the quiet streets, the feeling that, while everyone else was sleeping, he was building.
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By the end of month two, Thomas had completed three online courses in accounting and Excel.
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He had lost weight from daily walking.
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His mind felt sharper.
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His confidence grew.
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People at work noticed.
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Thomas, you look different.
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Healthier.
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What changed?
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He smiled.
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I am changing my life.
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Two hours at a time.
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In the third month, Thomas used what he learned.
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He created a simple Excel spreadsheet to organize the warehouse inventory.
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It was something his company had never done properly.
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He showed it to his supervisor.
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The supervisor was impressed.
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Thomas, how did you learn this?
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I wake up at 5 a.m and teach myself.
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Word reached the warehouse manager, then the owner.
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On day 87 of Thomas' 5 a.m journey, his supervisor called him into the office.
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Thomas, we are expanding our accounting department.
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We need someone who understands our warehouse operations and has basic bookkeeping skills.
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The job is yours if you want it.
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Day shift.
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Double your current salary.
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Thomas stood there, unable to speak.
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Three months ago, he was a hopeless night guard.
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Now he was being offered an office job.
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When do I start?
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He managed to say next Monday that evening Thomas called Mr. Chun
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Mr. Chun I did it no bento this I never missed a single 5 a.m wake up.
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And today, I got promoted.
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There was a pause, then Mr. Chun's voice, proud and warm.
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I knew you would.
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You had the look of someone ready to change.
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Now remember, do not stop waking at 5 a.m.
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That is not a strategy.
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That is your life now.
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I will not stop.
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This is who I am now.
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One year later, Thomas had become the company's lead accountant.
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He had saved enough money to move his mother to town.
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He got her proper medical care.
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He rented a decent two-bedroom apartment.
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Every morning at 5 a.m., he still woke up.
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Not because he had to, but because those two hours were sacred.
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That was when he learned new software.
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Read business books.
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planned his future.
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His co-workers would ask, Thomas, why do you wake up so early?
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You have already succeeded.
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He would smile and say, Success is not a destination.
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It is a daily practice.
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And mine begins at 5 a.m.
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My friend, Thomas' story is proof of something powerful.
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Your life can change.
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Not someday.
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Not when things get better.
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Right now.
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Right now, starting tomorrow morning at 5 a.m.
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Here is what most people do not understand.
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The difference between where you are and where you want to be is not talent.
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It is not look.
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It is not even hard work.
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It is how you use the time when everyone else is sleeping.
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Between 5 a.m and 7 a.m.
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The world is quiet.
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No notifications.
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No meetings.
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No distractions.
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Your willpower is at its peak.
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Your mind is fresh.
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This is when you do the work that changes your path.
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Successful people know this.
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That is why CEOs, athletes and leaders wake up early.
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Not because they are superhuman, because they understand that winning the morning means winning the day.
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So here is your challenge.
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The same challenge Mr. Choon gave Thomas.
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Step 1.
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Tonight, set your alarm for 5 a.m., not 5.15, not 5.30, exactly 5 a.m.,
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and put your phone across the room so you have to stand up to turn it off.
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Step 2.
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Decide what you will build in your first hour.
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A skill you need.
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A business idea.
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A certification course.
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Choose one thing, just one, and commit to it for 90 days.
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Step 3.
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Protect your 9pm bedtime.
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You cannot wake up early if you sleep late.
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Cut the Netflix.
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Skip the endless scrolling.
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Sleep is not your enemy.
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Wasted evenings are...
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I promise you this, if you wake up at 5am every single day for 90 days
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and use those two hours with purpose, your life will not look the same.
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Maybe you will not become a millionaire.
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Maybe you will not get promoted immediately.
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But you will become someone different, stronger, more disciplined, more capable, and that person can achieve anything.
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Thomas had nothing.
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No degree, no connections, no money.
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Just a choice to wake up early and build.
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You have more than he had.
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You are watching this video, which means you have internet, education, and opportunity.
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The only question is, will you use it?
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Or will you hit snooze tomorrow and wonder 5 years from now why nothing changed?
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If you are ready to join the 5am club, hit that like button right now as your commitment.
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Then drop a comment telling me, what will you build in your first hour tomorrow?
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Let us hold each other accountable.
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I will be checking the comments.
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Share this video with someone who says they want to change but never does.
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Maybe this is the push they need and subscribe to this channel
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because every week I bring you stories of people who transformed their lives and the exact steps they used.
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Remember Thomas' words, Success is not a destination, it is a daily practice.
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And that practice begins tomorrow at 5 a.m.
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Will you be awake?
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Your future self is waiting on the other side of that alarm clock.
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Do not make them wait another day.
Informazioni su questa lezione
In questa lezione, esplorerai la storia di Thomas, un uomo che ha trasformato la sua vita seguendo una semplice abitudine: alzarsi alle 5 del mattino. Attraverso il racconto di Thomas, avrai l'opportunità di migliorare le tue capacità di ascolto e parlare l'inglese usando il metodo shadowing. Imparare l'inglese con YouTube è un metodo efficace per acquisire competenze linguistiche, poiché ti consente di ascoltare e ripetere frasi in un contesto reale e motivante, come quello di una storia toccante che incoraggia il cambiamento personale.
Vocabolario e frasi chiave
- waking up at 5 a.m. - alzarsi alle 5 del mattino
- night security guard - guardia di sicurezza notturna
- tiny one-room apartment - piccolo appartamento di una stanza
- hard work - duro lavoro
- change his life - cambiare la sua vita
- feeling trapped - sentirsi intrappolato
- new skills - nuove competenze
- living their dreams - vivere i propri sogni
Consigli per la pratica
Per rendere la tua pratica di conversazione in inglese più efficace, prova a utilizzare il shadowing in inglese, che consiste nell'ascoltare attentamente il video e ripetere le frasi immediatamente dopo l'oratore. Inizia a un ritmo lento, permettendo al tuo orecchio di adattarsi all'intonazione e alla pronuncia. Questa particolare storia è ricca di emozioni, quindi presta attenzione al tono e all'espressione di Thomas. Poiché la narrazione del video è coinvolgente, potrebbe aiutarti a migliorare non solo la pronuncia, ma anche la tua capacità di esprimere emozioni in inglese. Non avere paura di ripetere più volte le frasi finché non ti senti a tuo agio. Ricorda che la pratica costante con video come questo è fondamentale per imparare l'inglese con YouTube in modo efficace!
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.