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happiness has tons of unhappiness in it to be happy is to be fully alive
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that's what it comes down to is to be is to
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have a is to enjoy your life not pleasure enjoyment
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which has people and meaning and it manages your pleasures
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which means foregoing a lot of your pleasures
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it means a self a self -managing individual is one who has true enjoyment not just pleasure it means satisfaction
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which is the joy of accomplishments with struggle
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that's what you're talking about without the struggle there's no sweetness
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there's no satisfaction it's just accomplishments like being born with daddy's money
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there's no satisfaction from being born rich the satisfaction comes from the struggle
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that it comes to get rich and then the rich part is almost beside the point
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and last but not least is the meaning
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and i could ask you about the moments of greatest meaning in your life where you find your resilience
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and your will to live and you're gonna tell me something something painful about your mother almost dying or,
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you know, a true loss that you've had in your life.
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You're not going to talk about that week at the beach at Editha.
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That's not what you're going to tell me about.
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You're going to tell me about hard things.
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The truth of the matter is that if you try to avoid suffering in any way, you will avoid your happiness.
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That's the truth of the matter.
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And so Alex Hormozzi says that happiness is a scam.
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That's because he thinks of happiness as a, Alex Hormozzi's great, but doesn't mean he's a happiness scientist
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and he things of happiness as a feeling feelings are just evidence of happiness don't chase a feeling
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that's insane that's like the smell of my turkey is my
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thanksgiving dinner no the smell of the turkey is evidence of your thanksgiving dinner look for the protein carbohydrates
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and fat and strive to get the macronutrients and balance
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and abundance with a delicious recipe then you'll actually be then you'll have a nutritious meal
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that will build your body and give you what you actually need
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and that you'll actually enjoy and find satisfying
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and even meaningful assuming you get your thanksgiving dinner with the people
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that you love that's really what it comes down to there's nothing at odds with these ideas of pain
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and suffering and the best possible life that's full of happiness
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and that's what we need to understand
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and that's one of the things by the way
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that your generation's been lied to that that if you're sad
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and anxious there's something wrong with you
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and you got to fix it no are you kidding me i mean this is life if you're not sad and anxious.
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You need therapy, man.
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Something's wrong.
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Now it can be maladapted.
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You know, clinical depression, generalized anxiety are real diagnosable disorders, and everybody should take their meds if they're taking meds, right?
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But the truth of the matter is I want it all, man.
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Bring it on.
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I want the pain.
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I want the trouble.
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I want the challenge.
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I want the tragedy.
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I want the grief i want all of it
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because i want to be happy i think the key thing there is
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that oftentimes depression
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which i would say is more of a metaphor for being in a depressed state yeah
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it's actually just a normal reaction to an abnormal set of circumstances
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that are incongruent with or a normal set of circumstances normal i mean the truth is
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that it's very normal for you to have adversity and setbacks
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and if you didn't have them you wouldn't learn and grow
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but you have natural emotions
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which are the proper functioning in the limbic system of your brain saying
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that these are things that are a threat and
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that you should work to avoid or manage that's normal fear anger disgust
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and sadness are the four negative emotions and
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and you literally have different parts of your limbic system
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that were developed to process each one of these emotions
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and they've evolved and persisted
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because these are are good for you not bad for you you're supposed to feel sadness
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when you lose someone or something that you love.
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And the reason that sadness is incredibly uncomfortable is because you need to have an incentive to avoid these losses.
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But when these losses are inevitable, you understand your life better when you process that emotion.
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That's the paradox of being fully alive.
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There's a great early Christian saint named Saint Irenaeus in the second century.
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And his greatest quote is
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that the glory of God is a person fully alive the glory of god
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so in other words to be in god's image is to be fully alive
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guess what that means lots of misery that means trouble is what
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that actually means
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and that's an important understanding of life right
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i don't want to walk around with a smiley face all the time
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i want the full experience i want to bring
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it on man the full monty every single day that's what i want
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “Stop Avoiding Discomfort If You Want Real Happiness”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: happiness, normal, satisfaction, emotion, pleasure. Deze video bevat 78 zinnen en 867 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:30. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 193 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 84% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| happiness zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | blijheid, blijdschap |
| emotion zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | emotie |
| satisfaction zelfstandig naamwoord | /sætɪsˈfækʃən/ | voldoening, bevrediging |
| thanksgiving zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/ | dankzegging |
| sadness zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsædnəs/ | verdriet, droefenis |
| suffer werkwoord | /ˈsʌfɚ/ | lijden |
| glory zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡlɔːɹi/ | glorie, luister |
| anxious bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈæŋkʃəs/ | bezorgd |
| accomplishment zelfstandig naamwoord | /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/ | voltooiing |
| circumstance zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ | omstandigheid |
| meal zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmiːl/ | maaltijd |
| anxiety zelfstandig naamwoord | /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ | bezorgdheid, ongerustheid |
| chase werkwoord | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | achtervolgen, achternazitten |
| anger zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæŋɡə/ | boosheid, woede |
| odd bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɑd/ | vreemd, merkwaardig |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | being born · been lied · can be maladapted |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | you've had · generation's been lied · they've evolved |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 20 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, you'll, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, satisfaction /sætɪsˈfækʃən/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, accomplishment /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: satisfaction /sætɪsˈfækʃən/, accomplishment /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: med /mɛːd/, odd /ɑd/, beside /bɪˈsaɪd/, incentive /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/, evolve /ɪˈvɑlv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/, satisfaction /sætɪsˈfækʃən/, thanksgiving /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/, sadness /ˈsædnəs/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: thanksgiving /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/, glory /ˈɡlɔːɹi/, anger /ˈæŋɡə/, grief /ɡɹiːf/, disgust /dɪsˈɡʌst/
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 happiness, emotion, satisfaction.
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