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Everyone wants the hack, the shortcut, the new strategy, but here's what actually works.

Doing the same boring thing a thousand times.

And honestly, I think that this is something a lot of us don't want to hear

because we're constantly looking for something new.

A new productivity method, a new morning routine, a new habit tracker.

But the problem isn't that you don't know what to do.

It's that you haven't repeated the right things consistently enough to see results

or truly step into that identity and

so in this video I want to share why repetition is

so powerful why we're often so resistant to it

and why doing the same things over

and over again can completely change the direction of your life

and so I think one of the biggest reasons

that people can't stay consistent in the long term is

because they expect instant results and the reason why is

because we live in a world catered for short -term thinking because we live in a society filled with instant gratification.

Now what does that mean?

It basically means that you can have anything you want as soon as you want it.

If you want to buy something new it can be at your door tomorrow.

If you want to watch a video all you have to do is open your phone.

If you don't want to cook no worries someone will just bring the food to you.

Everything is catered to just fulfill you right now and

so people get used to taking the easy road and they just expect everything to be instant.

However, if you really want to change your life or achieve a goal, whether that is to build up your business or lose weight

or grow a YouTube channel or to excel in your career or become a successful artist,

well, you have to be in it for the long term.

And so instant gratification is literally training your brain to expect things to be easy and fast.

And so you get impatient

and you're not willing to do the work required to actually get to where you want to be.

Because you're focused on short -term results, not long -term thinking.

Like honestly, it took me nearly two years of learning business before I made my first thousand online.

It took me nearly a year and a half of posting on YouTube consistently before any video saw real attraction.

And so the best thing I ever did for myself was to block out the noise of the world

and reduce instant gratification as much as possible.

Like we're in October of this year, 2026, and I've only been shopping once this year.

Like, I've literally only gone once to the shop to buy a few t -shirts.

I never order anything, also because I just don't need it.

Most people don't even need what they buy.

I don't have any social media apart from YouTube.

I don't eat sugar on a daily basis.

I don't watch TV very often, and so I have slowly trained my brain to not expect everything to be instant, fast, and easy.

And so you have to learn how to stop focusing on the outcome

or the results and instead focus on the repetition of action.

Because I'm telling you, that is what works.

The basic boring foundations that you have to get used to repeating every day.

However, most of us are just impatient and we want everything right now.

You want to lose the weight in one month.

You want to make the money in three months.

You want to complete the goal in six months.

And that's because you're focused on short -term thinking.

And so a good question to ask yourself is, what is the alternative?

This is the thing.

We're so focused on the timeline, but it actually doesn't matter that much because what is the alternative?

For example, if you decide to give up on losing weight, then what's the alternative?

Are you going to continue to just eat as you are?

Are you going to continue to gain weight and feel bad mentally?

What's the alternative to you not making the business?

Are you just going to continue to work in that really shitty job you hate?

Are you going to continue to have that boss that is rude to you every day?

Right, because I guess those are the two options.

You can either take action and forget about the timeline

and put in the work or you stay where you are and you keep doing what you're doing,

even though you know that's not making you happy.

See how that doesn't really make much sense?

That's why you have to forget about the outcome, forget about the timeline, forget about the results, and instead focus on taking the action.

And it could take you three months.

It could take you six months.

It could take you three years.

But what's the alternative, right?

I don't know.

That's your choice.

And I'll leave you with a quote I really like, which says the wait is not punishment, it's preparation.

Everything takes time.

Because what you have to understand is that this waiting time, this waiting period for you to get your results is not about punishment.

That waiting period is for you to step into a better version of yourself.

someone who is more patient, someone who is more resilient,

someone who is willing to be knocked down again and again and again and they still get back up.

That waiting period is developing your character and it is there for a reason.

And you have to trust that the results will come if you're actually putting in the repetition.

And I remember when I was like early on in my YouTube journey, I was getting impatient, and I was thinking, oh, this is so difficult.

Oh, I don't know what I'm doing.

You know, my videos are not working.

Oh, the thumbnails are bad.

The titles are bad.

And I was like, I just want results.

I just want this to happen.

I just want that.

And I had to really reflect and ask myself, do I actually deserve the outcome right now?

If I was to get this result I wanted, do I actually deserve it?

Have I been putting in the repetition?

Have I been putting in the hard work the answer was no

I wasn't I was trying to take shortcuts I was trying to look for quick fixes

and so the universe was like no you're not getting your results right now you're not getting your outcome

because this waiting time is not punishment

it's preparation for you to step up the results are there waiting for you

if you're willing to step up if you're willing to put in the focus

if you're willing to put in the work but

if you're going to keep looking for quick fixes

and keep jumping to this to that

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and being impatient well the waiting time just expands right there's another quote

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that says stop being mad at the results you didn't get from the work you didn't do

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and it's true

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so many of us are like an impatient child out here we want this we want that

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but have you been putting in the repetition have you been consistent have you been showing up remember

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this waiting time is not punishment it is preparation for you to step up and do the hard work, to put in the repetition,

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to show up when it's hard, to show up when everyone else is looking for the easy quick fix,

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and repeat the boring fundamentals because that's what works.

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I hope this video made you think.

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Thank you for watching.

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All the best.

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Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “This Is Boring But You’ll Outwork Everyone”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: result, waiting, repetition, instant, term. Deze video bevat 110 zinnen en 1309 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:57. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 188 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 89% 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
instant zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈɪnstənt/	moment, ogenblik
impatient bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/	ongeduldig
punishment zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/	bestraffing, straf
preparation zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/	voorbereiding
timeline zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn/	tijdlijn
bore werkwoord	/boɹ/	vervelen
consistent bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/kənˈsɪs.tənt/	veel voorkomend, consequent
reflect werkwoord	/ɹɪˈflɛkt/	weerkaatsen
expand werkwoord	/ɪkˈspænd/	vergroten, uitbreiden
knock werkwoord	/nɑk/	kloppen, aankloppen
fundamental bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/	fundamenteel
rude bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ɹuːd/	grof, onbeschoft
habit zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈhæb.ɪt/	gewoonte
productivity zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/	vruchtbaar
attraction zelfstandig naamwoord	/əˈtɹækʃn̩/	aantrekkingskracht, attractie

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
show up werkwoord	tentoonstellen
step up werkwoord	versnellen, verhogen
build up werkwoord	opstapelen

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

I don't eat sugar on a daily basis.
Because I'm telling you, that is what works.
Are you going to continue to just eat as you are?
What's the alternative to you not making the business?
Have I been putting in the repetition?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is	I've only been shopping · Have I been putting · have you been putting
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	haven't repeated · I've literally only gone · have slowly trained
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	is catered · be knocked
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding	someone who is

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 38 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, don't, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De klanken “sh” en “zh”: impatient /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/, punishment /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, consistently /kənˈsɪstəntli/, fundamental /ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/, productivity /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: expand /ɪkˈspænd/, rude /ɹuːd/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: expand /ɪkˈspænd/, habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/, attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/, tracker /ˈtɹækə(ɹ)/, gratification /ˌɡɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

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 instant, impatient, punishment.

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.

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