Shadowing Practice: You are NOT a failure. - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I don't look at failure as failure.
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I look at failure as attempts at what I'm trying to accomplish.
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So, let's say I failed the first time.
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That's just my first attempt.
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Failure is a big word, but if you're failing at something that's extremely difficult, to me it's not really failure.
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I was not always this strong guy, you see.
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I went through a lot of hard times in my life to get here today.
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So I came home one day from working at a job called Ecolab where I sprayed for cockroaches.
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I made a thousand dollars a month weighing 300 pounds.
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I watched a show on Discovery Channel of guys carrying boats and logs, Navy SEAL training.
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I decided to make a change in my life.
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I was 6 foot 1 and 300 pounds.
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He laughed at me.
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Seven other recruiters laughed at me.
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I walked in the recruiter's office and he looked at me and he said, You're fat and you're black.
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He said I basically had to lose 106 pounds in less than three months.
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I came back three months later, 106 pounds lighter.
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I uh...
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Thank you.
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The best advice I can give anybody suffering from mental health or just going through a bad time,
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you are just as tough as all the other people that have endured what you are doing right now.
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So always stay in the fight.
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Build belief, build confidence to the point where Nothing can hurt you because you know exactly who you are.
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You've faced your demons.
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I'm no longer embarrassed.
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I'm no longer ashamed.
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Being ashamed is one of the biggest things that kill people nowadays.
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In their minds, kill them for moving forward.
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I'm ashamed of myself.
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Don't ever be ashamed of anything you've done in your life.
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Face it, fix it, make it better.
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Believe in yourself and don't rely on anybody to believe in you.
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Don't rely on anybody to push you or make you better believe in yourself
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and only yourself and allow that human being to make you a better person.
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If you live that way I guarantee that your goals and dreams will get accomplished.

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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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