シャドーイング練習: Focus on Yourself Not Others | Powerful Motivational Speech - 動画で英語スピーキングを学ぶ
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Let me begin with a lesson that took me years to learn and longer to accept.
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Most of our frustration in life comes from paying attention to the wrong things.
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Not from lack of intelligence, not from lack of opportunity, but from misplaced focus.
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We spend too much time watching what others are doing, saying, earning, failing at, or getting away with,
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and too little time refining the one thing we can actually control ourselves themselves
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and the price for that mistake is always high.
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One, life improves when attention comes home.
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Jim Rohn used to say, don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
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That sentence alone could save a person decades of disappointment.
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Most people look outward
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when something goes wrong the economy the boss the system the family the unfairness of life
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but the mature individual eventually learns a sobering truth life responds not to complaints
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but to correction
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and correction always begins inward you don't fix your income by
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studying rich people's lifestyles you don't fix your health by criticizing
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unhealthy people you don't fix your character by pointing out flaws
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in others you fix your life by working on the one
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lever you can pull yourself two comparison is the thief of
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focus comparison has destroyed more potential than failure ever did
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when you focus on others you borrow standards
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that don't belong to you you measure progress on the wrong
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timeline you lose sight of your own pace one man compares salaries another compares titles another compares recognition
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and slowly almost invisibly they abandon their own path jim roan
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warned against this don't join an easy crowd you won't grow go where the expectations
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and demands to perform are high
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but here's the key those expectations must first be self -imposed when When you measure yourself against others,
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you outsource your standards.
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When you measure yourself against your potential, you reclaim control.
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Responsibility is the foundation of power.
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Here's a hard truth that separates adults from children.
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As long as something is someone else's fault, it is also someone else's responsibility.
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That means no power the moment you say this is my
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responsibility this is my discipline this is my correction to make
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you gain leverage Jim Rohn said it plainly the day you
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take complete responsibility for yourself is the day you gain the
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power to change anything not some things anything focusing on others weakens you.
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Focusing on yourself strengthens you.
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Why discipline beats jealousy every time?
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Jealousy is lazy ambition.
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It watches instead of works.
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It resents instead of refines.
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You see someone succeed and instead of asking, what habits built that?
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You ask, why not me?
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That question leads nowhere a better question is what must i become to deserve that result
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because results are not random they are earned discipline quiet boring
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repetitive discipline builds what envy never can jim roan often reminded
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people success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines practiced every day,
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not once, not when motivated, every day.
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And that work is always internal before it is external.
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Focus is a moral decision.
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People think focus is a productivity issue.
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It isn't.
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It's a character issue.
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To focus on yourself means saying no to distractions, refusing to gossip, declining to waste emotional energy,
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turning inward when others turn out, outward that requires strength weak people scatter attention strong people concentrate it
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when you stop reacting to others you gain emotional stability you recover mental energy
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you make better decisions your life becomes quieter
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but more powerful growth is a private activity real growth is
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unglamorous it happens early in the morning late at night in silence
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in repetition that's why most people avoid it it's much easier to comment on others
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criticize outcomes analyze mistakes that aren't yours but personal growth demands solitude Jim Rohn said,
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you cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
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And direction is chosen alone.
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No applause, no audience, just a decision.
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Stop trying to fix people who haven't asked.
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This lesson saves years of wasted energy.
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Most people do not want advice.
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They want validation.
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When you focus on fixing others, you neglect your own development.
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You build frustration.
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You invite resistance.
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Jim Rohn was clear.
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You cannot change people.
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They can only change themselves.
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So the wise person does something smarter.
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They become an example.
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Nothing persuades like progress.
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Nothing teaches like consistency.
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When you improve yourself, you give others permission to improve without saying a word.
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Personal standards create personal freedom.
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Freedom is not doing whatever you want.
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That's chaos.
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Freedom is having enough self -control that life stops controlling you.
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Your standards determine your income, your relationships, your health, your self -respect.
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And standards are not negotiated with society they are set internally
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when you raise your standards you stop blaming you stop complaining
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you stop waiting you start building Jim Rohn called this the
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major shift from external blame to internal command why silence often means growth
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when you focus on yourself people may misunderstand you they might say you've changed.
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You're distant.
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You're too serious.
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That's usually a sign you're doing something right.
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Growth often looks like withdrawal before it looks like progress.
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Silence is not weakness.
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It is concentration.
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And concentration builds momentum.
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10. Final lesson.
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Your life is your argument.
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Jim Rohn never chased approval.
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He built value and value attracts attention naturally
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if there is one idea to carry with you let it
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be this the more you work on yourself the less you are disturbed by others
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when your mind is disciplined habits are aligned standards are clear
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the noise of the world fades you stop explaining you stop
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defending you stop comparing you start becoming focus on yourself not
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because others don't matter but because you are your primary responsibility life doesn't improve by observation
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it improves by correction and correction always begins in the mirror so today don't ask
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what are they doing wrong ask what am i willing to improve that question answered daily changes It is everything.
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このレッスンの語彙とスピーキングのポイント
この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が108文、単語が1016語あります。 音声の長さは8:08です。 話す速さは1分あたり約125語で安定しており、シャドーイングしやすいペースです。 単語の83%は英語の頻出3,000語に含まれます。残りは練習の前に確認しておきましょう。
この動画の重要語彙
動画に出てくる覚えておきたい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。
| 単語 | 発音 | 意味 |
|---|---|---|
| discipline 名詞 | /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ | 規律 |
| correction 名詞 | /kəˈɹɛkʃən/ | 訂正, 修正 |
| compare 動詞 | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | 比べる, 比較する |
| lesson 名詞 | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | 授業, 学科 |
| silence 名詞 | /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/ | 静けさ, 静寂 |
| earn 動詞 | /ɝn/ | 稼ぐ, 得る |
| concentration 名詞 | /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ | 集中, 集中力 |
| habit 名詞 | /ˈhæb.ɪt/ | 習慣 |
| overnight 副詞 | /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈnaɪt/ | 一夜 |
| expectation 名詞 | /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/ | 期待, 予想 |
| frustration 名詞 | /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ | 挫折 |
| jealousy 名詞 | /ˈd͡ʒɛl.ə.si/ | 妬み |
| criticize 動詞 | /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/ | 批判する, 非難する |
| naturally 副詞 | /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ | 勿論 |
| defend 動詞 | /dɪˈfɪnd/ | 守る, 防ぐ |
動画に出てくる句動詞
| 単語 | 意味 |
|---|---|
| point out 動詞 | 指す, 指し示す |
この動画の文法
話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。
| 文型 | 動画での表現 |
|---|---|
| 受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てる | are earned · is chosen · are not negotiated |
| 現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している | has destroyed · haven't asked · you've changed |
注意したい発音
話し手はdon't, you're, aren'tなど、短縮形や弱形を17回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。
- 「th」の音: withdrawal /wɪðˈdɹɔ(ə)l/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/, thief /ˈθiːf/, unhealthy /ʌnˈhɛl.θi/
- 「sh」と「zh」の音: correction /kəˈɹɛkʃən/, concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, frustration /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, recognition /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/
- 長い単語(アクセントの位置に注意): concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, recognition /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/, stability /stəˈbɪlɪti/
この動画での練習方法
- まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
- 通常の速度で一文ずつシャドーイングし、話し手のリズムに合うまで繰り返します。
- 自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。discipline, correction, compareなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。
シャドーイングとは?英語上達に効果的な理由
シャドーイング(Shadowing)は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的:ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影(shadow)」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。











