Shadowing Practice: 05.b True Wealth MS - Effortless Business English - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome to the mini -story for True Wealth.
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In this one, I am going to ask questions directly from the article.
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So, not a news story.
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I'm going to ask questions about the article.
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All right, let's start.
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The definition of wealth is the number of days you can survive without physically working
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or anyone else in your household working and still maintain your standard of living.
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Is the definition of wealth the number of days you can survive without working?
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Yes, the definition of wealth is the number of days you can survive without working.
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Is the definition of wealth the number of hours you can survive without working?
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No, it's not the number of hours you can survive without working.
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The definition of wealth is the number of days you can survive without working.
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is the definition of poverty the number of days you can survive without working.
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No, no, no, no, not poverty.
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Not the definition of poverty, the definition of wealth.
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The definition of wealth is the number of days you can survive without working.
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What is the definition of wealth?
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The definition of wealth is the number of days you can survive without working.
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Can anyone else in your household work?
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No, no, no, no, no. Also, without anyone else in your household working either.
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So, without you working, or without anyone in your household working,
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or without either of you working.
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Well, without either of you working.
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The definition is the number of days you can survive without you working and also without anyone in your household working.
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Is your roommate part of your household?
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No, no, no, no. Roommates are not part of your household.
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Is your mother part of your household?
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Ah, maybe, maybe.
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Is your mother part of your household if she lives with you?
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Yes, that's right.
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Your mother is part of your household if she lives with you.
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Is your roommate part of your household if he or she lives with you?
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Well, no, no, no, no. Roommates are not part of your household.
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Yes, they live with you, but no, they are not part of your household.
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only family that also lives with you is part of your household.
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So, if your mom does not live with you, is she part of your household?
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No, she's not.
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if she does not live with you then she is not part of your household
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if she does live with you then she is part of your household
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so for example the definition of wealth if your monthly expenses are a thousand dollars and you have $3 ,000 in savings.
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How many months?
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of wealth do you have three right you have three months of wealth if your expenses are one thousand dollars per month
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and you have three thousand well then you have three months of wealth
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So, what is wealth measured in time?
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Wealth is measured in time.
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Is wealth measured in dollars or is wealth measured in time?
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Wealth is measured in time.
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Wealth is not measured in dollars.
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So what is measured in time?
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Wealth.
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Wealth is measured in time, not dollars.
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Ultimately, it's not how much money you make that matters that's important,
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but how much money and how long that money works for you.
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Every day, I meet many people who make a lot of money.
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But all their money goes out to expenses and liabilities.
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How many people does Robert Kiyosaki meet?
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Well, many, many, many.
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I don't know how many.
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Maybe 500.
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100. Does he meet people who have a lot of money or who have a little money?
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He meets people who have a lot of money.
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He meets many people who have a lot of money, but they have a problem.
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What is their problem?
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All their money goes out to expenses and liabilities.
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Where does their money go out to?
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Expenses and liabilities.
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Does their money come from assets?
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A lot of assets?
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Or does their money go out to a lot of expenses and liabilities?
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Well, their money goes out.
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Their money goes out to a lot of expenses and liabilities.
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When they make more money, what do they do?
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Well, they go shopping, right?
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These people, when they make a little more money, they go shopping.
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They buy a bigger house or a new car,
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which results, which causes long -term debt and more hard work.
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Nothing is left to invest in assets.
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How much is left to invest in assets?
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Well, nothing.
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Nothing is left to invest in assets.
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How much is left to invest in assets?
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Nothing.
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Nothing is left to invest in assets.
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Nothing is left to invest in what?
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Assets.
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Nothing is left to invest in assets.
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Do these people, do they buy assets or do they buy liabilities?
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These people buy liabilities.
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They buy things that lose money.
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They buy houses with a loan.
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They borrow money.
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They borrow money for a car.
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They go shopping.
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They buy liabilities.
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They buy liabilities.
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They do not buy assets.
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So regardless of how much money people make, ultimately, finally, they should put some into investments.
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Investing is the process of money making more money.
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The idea that your money works so that you don't have to work.
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So, should people invest in assets or should people invest in liabilities?
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They should invest in assets.
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Assets make money every month or lose money every month?
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Assets make money every month. And liabilities?
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Liabilities make money every month or lose money every month?
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Liabilities lose money every month.
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Assets make money every month.
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And that's from Robert Kiyosaki.
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Who wrote that?
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Robert Kiyosaki.
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Robert Kiyosaki wrote that.
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Now me.
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I like the idea of measuring wealth in time, not dollars.
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So do I like to measure wealth with time or with dollars?
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Well, I also like to measure wealth with time.
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The important point is not how much money you have,
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but how much you enjoy your life. So what's important?
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How much you enjoy your life.
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How much you enjoy your life is most important.
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I once lived in my van for one year.
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Most people thought I was poor, but I felt wealthy.
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Did I feel poor or did I feel wealthy?
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I felt wealthy.
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Did most people think I was wealthy?
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No. Most people didn't think I was wealthy.
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Most people thought I was poor. Did I feel poor?
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No, I didn't.
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I didn't feel poor.
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How did I feel?
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I felt wealthy.
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That's right.
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Most people thought I was poor, but I felt wealthy.
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Why did I feel wealthy?
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Because I had a lot of time and freedom.
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Did I have a lot of money?
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No, I didn't.
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I didn't have a lot of money.
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What did I have a lot of?
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Time and freedom.
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I had a lot of time, and I had a lot of freedom.
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Did I work a lot?
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No, I didn't.
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I didn't work a lot.
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I worked very little.
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But I still enjoyed books, movies, music, and friends.
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I had a comfortable lifestyle that required very little work.
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On the other hand, I have known many people who make a lot of money, but they aren't wealthy.
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They must work long hours every week.
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They spend more than they earn.
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They have little freedom.
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They are tired and stressed.
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They have many liabilities and few assets.
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Now, always think about wealth in terms of what?
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Time.
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Always think about wealth in terms of time.
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Should you always think about wealth in terms of dollars?
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No, you shouldn't always think about wealth in terms of dollars.
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You shouldn't always think about wealth in terms of money.
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You should always think about wealth in terms of time.
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Ask yourself, how long could you maintain your standard of living without working?
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How long?
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How long could you live comfortably without working? one month one week one year
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10 years?
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How could you increase that amount of time?
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How could you get more time without working?
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Do you regularly save and invest your money? Do you?
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Do you collect assets or liabilities?
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What do you collect? Do you collect assets?
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Do you collect things that make more and more money?
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For example, businesses, savings accounts, some stocks.
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Or do you collect liabilities?
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Do you get more credit cards?
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Do you get more loans?
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What do you collect?
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What do you get more of?
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An asset is something that provides positive cash flow.
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Does an asset provide positive or negative cash flow?
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Positive.
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An asset provides positive cash flow.
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What kind of cash flow does an asset provide?
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Positive.
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Positive cash flow.
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An asset provides positive what?
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Cash flow.
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An asset provides positive cash flow.
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Does an asset provide negative cash flow?
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No, no, no, no. It doesn't provide negative.
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It provides positive cash flow.
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Is your job an asset?
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Yes, it is.
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Your job is an asset.
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It gives you money every month.
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Is your job a liability?
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No, no, your job's not a liability.
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You don't lose money from your job.
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You make money from your job every month.
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Good investments are also assets.
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They pay you money every month.
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If you own a home and rent it to another person,
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and if they pay more rent than your monthly payment,
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then, only then, is your rental house an asset.
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Your business is an asset if it is profitable.
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If your business is not profitable, is it an asset or a liability?
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A liability.
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If it's not profitable, if it's losing money, then it's a liability.
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If it's profitable, what is it?
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If it's profitable, it's an asset.
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All right.
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Liabilities are the opposite of assets.
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They are things which cost you money every month.
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Things that take money from you every month.
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Your home is a liability if you pay a loan every month and you're not earning money from renting it.
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Your car is a liability if you owe money on it,
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if you must pay the bank every month for your car.
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It's a liability.
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Your credit card is a liability.
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All your loans are liabilities.
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So are your loans assets?
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No, your loans are not assets.
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Are your loans assets or are your loans liabilities?
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Your loans are liabilities.
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Is your house loan a liability or an asset?
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Well, the house loan is a liability.
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It loses money every month.
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It does not make money.
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It loses money.
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So basically, liabilities are recurring expenses that you have.
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Are liabilities one -time expenses or are liabilities recurring expenses?
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Well, they're recurring.
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They happen again and again, many times.
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Liabilities are recurring expenses.
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Liabilities are what kind of expenses?
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What kind?
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Liabilities are recurring expenses.
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What are assets?
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Assets are recurring what?
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Income.
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Assets are recurring income.
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Liabilities are recurring expenses.
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So assets are recurring income.
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They have income that comes again and again.
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Income you get again and again.
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Simply, you want to increase your assets while decreasing your liabilities.
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Invest it in a business.
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Invest your money in stocks.
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Invest your money in a home that you rent to other people.
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So your home makes more money.
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And finally, pay off your car.
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Pay off your credit card.
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Pay off your house.
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Pay off all of your loans.
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If you pay off your credit card, do you pay some of it or all of it?
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Well, all.
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You pay all of it.
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If you pay off your credit card, pay off.
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then you pay all of it.
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Do you pay all of it or some of it when you pay off your credit card?
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All, right?
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Pay off means all.
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You pay all that you owe.
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Should you pay off your credit card?
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Yes, you should pay off all of your credit cards.
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You should pay everything you owe.
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Should you pay off your car?
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Yes, you should pay off your car.
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You should pay all of your car loan.
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Should you pay off your house?
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Yes, you should pay off your house.
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what should you do if you cannot if you can't pay off your house
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well if you can't pay off your house then you should rent a room or rent your house to someone else
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okay that is all
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that is all of the mini story for true wealth listen to this several times every day for seven days
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or 10 days or 14 days.
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Learn deeply.
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Repeat this mini -story many, many times.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “05.b True Wealth MS - Effortless Business English”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: asset, wealth, liabilities, month, household. This video has 274 sentences and 2084 words to shadow. The speech runs for 23:23. The speaker talks slowly, about 89 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 82 of its 274 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| asset noun | /ˈæsɛt/ | A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows. |
| liability noun | /laɪəˈbɪlɪti/ | An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone. |
| household adjective | /ˈhaʊshoʊld/ | Belonging to the same house and family. |
| invest verb | /ɪnˈvɛst/ | To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in. |
| expense noun | /ɪkˈspɛns/ | A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds. |
| wealthy adjective | /ˈwɛl.θi/ | Possessing financial wealth; rich. |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| profitable adjective | /ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/ | Producing a profit. |
| poverty noun | /ˈpɑːvɚti/ | The quality or state of being poor; lack of money |
| mini adjective | /ˈmɪn.i/ | Miniature, tiny, small. |
| earn verb | /ɝn/ | To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work. |
| borrow verb | /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/ | To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. |
| roommate noun | /ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/ | A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment. |
| regardless adverb | /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/ | Without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences. |
| deeply adverb | /ˈdi(ː)pli/ | To a deep extent or degree; very greatly. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pay off verb | To bribe, especially to deter oversight. |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Can anyone else in your household work?
- Is your roommate part of your household?
- Is your mother part of your household?
- Did I feel poor or did I feel wealthy?
- Did most people think I was wealthy?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is measured · is not measured · is left |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who make · people who have |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should put · should people invest · should invest |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | you're not earning · are recurring · they're recurring |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, don't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like asset, liability, household.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.