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the best advice to a small business owner or for
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that matter to a large business owner is never stop thinking
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about how to delight your customer not to satisfy your customer
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but to delight your customer and
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when you wake up in the morning start thinking about it
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during the day think about it at night think about it
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and then dream about it and no company's ever failed but
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that had millions of delighted customers and you start with them and you get them one at a time.
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There's no substitute for hard work.
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The best time you're ever gonna have is
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when it starts out just you and it'd be great
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if it grows into a wonderful big profitable company
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but you're never gonna be happier
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and more satisfied than you are in the first year or
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so of getting your business going because you do every single thing.
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You sweep up when everybody goes home, you're the first one in, you plug in the coffee pot so
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when your people come in they have hot coffee
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and can get straight to work work through lunch set an example for them
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but there's no substitute for hard work people say luck yes
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but the hardy work the lucky you get my advice to a small business owner
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or any entrepreneur would be not to be discouraged
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if the business you end up with is not the one you started out to to pursue because so often
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you encounter difficulties you encounter failures
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and the important piece is to learn from each of those very quickly
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and to pivot and to move on to the idea
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that works of course you have to be close to your products close to your customers
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and think about them that's the most important
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but don't forget to think about your business what your plans
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are what you want to do next how to take your
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business to the next level again think about being in your business
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but think about your business as well my best advice is
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to really work hard to clarify what your purpose is
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and be able to articulate that be able to communicate it in a simple sentence
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and the reason that's important is as you bring people into
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your company I think the most important question you ask them
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is why are you here why do you want to join this company and if you hear that purpose back, if you hear that passion around that purpose,
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it makes everything a whole lot easier.
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Any skill can be learned and taught, but passion cannot.
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Being an entrepreneur can be a roller coaster ride at times.
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You will have great days.
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You will have not so great days.
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You may even from time to time have an awful day.
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You've got to stay focused and stay level -headed and keep your feet on the ground.
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Companies that do well at some level, even though it may not be written down on a piece of paper, need to have kind of a clear strategy of why they're different,
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why they're adding value, why they're producing something special that customers need that they're not getting now.
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So I think if there's a clear sense of strategy and you can get all the people aligned around that,
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then you get a lot more power than if you're just scrambling and working harder and harder and without that clear direction.
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So that's my one piece of advice.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 48 zinnen en 587 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:11. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 185 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 92% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| delight zelfstandig naamwoord | /dəˈlaɪt/ | vreugde, plezier |
| passion zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpæʃən/ | passie, hartstocht |
| encounter werkwoord | /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/ | ontmoeten, stuiten op |
| substitute zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tʃuːt/ | vervanger, plaatsvervanger |
| entrepreneur zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/ | ondernemer, entrepreneur |
| satisfy werkwoord | /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ | voldoen, voldoende zijn |
| awful bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈɔːfʊl/ | verschrikkelijk, vreselijk |
| skill zelfstandig naamwoord | /skɪl/ | bekwaamheid, vaardigheid |
| difficulty zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/ | moeilijkheid |
| pursue werkwoord | /pɚˈsu/ | achtervolgen |
| communicate werkwoord | /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ | meedelen, mededelen |
| plug zelfstandig naamwoord | /plʌɡ/ | stekker |
| profitable bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/ | winstgevend |
| roller zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹoʊlɚ/ | roller |
| sweep werkwoord | /swiːp/ | vegen |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 13 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals they're, you're, gonna. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, articulate /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als delight, passion, encounter.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.