Shadowing Practice: Bài nói TEDxTalk của Không Phải Bác Sĩ - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello.
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Alright, alright, alright.
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Hello.
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So I really appreciate all of you for coming here today.
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And I also am really appreciative of the fact that you guys still stay until the very end.
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So let's applaud ourselves for that.
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So I just want a quick show of hands.
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How many of you guys know me.
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So please raise your hand if you don't know me.
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So every one of you don't know me?
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Okay, TED Talk, over.
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Okay, so I'm a teacher and I published my first book when I was 21.
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And I graduated high school when I was 16.
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And I did all of that while procrastinating.
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I'm a chronic procrastinator.
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And let me tell you the story of my experience with procrastination.
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Procrastination means that you're postponing, you're delaying to work until much later when you actually have to do it.
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So when I was still a student, I used to be a chemistry major.
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And that means doing lots of chemistry problems days in and days out.
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And for a normal chemistry major student, their workload may look something like this.
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They would start off strong.
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gradually increase their workload day in and day out, and then kick it up a really high notch in the final days when the assignment is reaching its deadline.
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For me, my workload looks something like I'm going to go.
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Well, I would not start until the very end.
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But then came my city excellence student contest.
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It was something that people have to prepare in advance for months.
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And knowing the significance of this, for a 14 -year -old, I gave it my all.
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And I knew it.
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I knew I have to give it my all.
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People start months in advance, right?
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So I have a plan.
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My plan was to start the chemical reactions slowly, and then once it incubates, and then when the results are there, I will do some serious work.
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And then in the final sector, I would give it my all.
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I would lock myself in.
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The first few months, however, for me, came and went.
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I had an awesome revised plan.
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Well, but it was really strange.
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It was a really cold winter in Ho Chi Minh City.
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It was weird because like Ho Chi Minh City is always hot, you know?
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And then it also came and went.
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Until one day, I realized I had one week before the contest.
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Whoa, I had to...
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Well, it's now or nothing.
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I gave it my all.
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I studied for 14 hours per day, 7 days a week, for 1 week.
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And then I studied for 14 hours per day, eat for 2 hours per day, and sleep for the remaining 8.
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So I still am able to sleep for 8 hours per day, which was the only positive side.
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And then 2 weeks later, I received a call from my school counselor.
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She was like, "Tong, is this Tong?" I was like, "Yeah." "Am I in trouble?
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You never call." She was like, "No, this time is serious." I was like, really?
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She was like...
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the contest.
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It's the best one we've ever seen.
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And I was like, Yeah, normal stuff.
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She was like, You're valedictorian and being serious. That did not happen.
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I just wanted to enjoy the moment where there was complete silence.
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Everyone was, "Oh, this guy's on to something." Right?
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I'm not that gifted, unfortunately.
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For chemistry, you still have to put in the work.
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Oh, that was me.
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I ended up second -priced.
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Not too bad.
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It was decent work.
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I'm not satisfied with it, though.
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I still beat myself up to this very day.
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And in that moment, I learned something at a very young age of 14.
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I learned that procrastination is not about time.
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It's about belief.
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It's not about something in here.
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It's about something up here in your cognitive processing brain.
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I also learned that the gap between fear and belief was the place that we never get started.
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We struggle before we ever start.
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And that was when it hit for me.
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I came to that realization and I, promised myself to never procrastinate it again.
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That did not happen again.
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Of course I procrastinate!
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Everybody does!
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Okay.
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So when I was 16, my next big thing came up.
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I transformed myself physically.
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It was not something that happened in a bathroom, it was happening in front of my bathroom mirror.
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So that was me.
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That was me at 14, 13, and that was 16.
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I used to be 110 kilograms and 250 pounds, or one fall from the elephant's weight for Americans.
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Okay, so how did I lose it?
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How did I lose?
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How did I shred the weight?
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So in the first few months?
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No, not the first few months.
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In the first week, I ran five miles per day.
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So eight kilometers.
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And then I also compiled it with a diet of only potatoes and water.
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I lost 25 pounds or 10 kilos in the first week.
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And I gained it all back several pieces later.
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This time, being rebounded from that initial weight loss, I had to revise my eating plan.
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I learned how to eat right, I learned how to exercise right, and I successfully kept the weight off.
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That was my first realization of I know that I have the ability to achieve whatever I want in life.
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Because, not whatever I want in life, but I know what was possible.
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I was able to become much more confident because of my new appearance in my mind.
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Next came my big twist in the academic journey.
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I graduated high school at 16
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and I had several years to play with in terms of what I wanted to do next.
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I initially, being a chemistry major and all, I naturally pursue biomedical engineering as my field of interest.
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However, I did not survive one semester.
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If her grade was hanging by a thread, mine was bad.
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I hated all the lab work.
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And then I found something more interesting in Singapore.
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I quickly flew from the US to Singapore to pursue my degree in commerce as well as my degree in marketing.
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And that's me nowadays.
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That was me back in college.
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Now that everything is said and done, now that I've seen the consequence, the result of everything, I find I tell myself that every switch was not a failure.
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I like to think that.
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It was discovery.
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Every detour gave me new coordinates and new goals.
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Thank you.
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Next was another transformation in my entrepreneurial journey.
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I came back to Vietnam in 2022.
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I started a learning center initially, and it was specializing in teaching students and prepping them for the university entrance exam.
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Well, at first, students were flocking in.
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I was low -key, had a good reputation online.
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So students were flocking in.
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In the first month we recorded 100 students enrolling.
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And somehow the business miraculously fell.
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You know why?
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Because I was procrastinating on asking them for tuition fee.
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Well, and also I only charge them for like 150 US dollars per entrance.
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So that was another reason it miraculously fell.
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My girlfriend at the time and Suez motivated me to redo it.
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I started my business currently, Nha Eost.
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And it's still living nowadays.
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At first, I didn't believe in myself because I was just felt, right?
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I had no money because of all the tuition, because of the procrastination.
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I know I could write curriculums, could write textbooks for this field.
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I could write books, curriculums, However, I didn't have the courage to do it.
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She stood by me and we started the center together.
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the realization of procrastination.
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Now it's the science behind it.
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So procrastination, it's a cognitive mechanism that your brain uses to regulate your emotion.
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And it's a really effective strategy at that.
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Procrastination is not about the lack of time or it's not about the laziness.
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It's about fear.
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It's fear of not being ready.
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It's the fear of trying but then failing and starting but not succeeding at the very end.
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So that's procrastination.
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So, how do we deal with this?
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And of course not by skipping school and not by doing chemistry for 14 hours per day, seven days a week.
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Right?
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Also, I encourage none of you guys to skip schools.
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Okay, go to BVIS.
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Still, go to school.
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Okay, so back to my original point.
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The nature of procrastination is just the conflict between the present self and the future self.
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The present self It wants to remedy your emotion.
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It wants to protect yourself from pain.
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However, it directly conflicts with the future self because the future self wants you to achieve much more.
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And the result is traumatic.
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It's because avoiding a task improves mood only temporarily or not improve it at all.
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And you end up in the long run stressing out.
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And it leads to ultimately poorer performance, which is what really is recorded.
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So how to deal with procrastination? Of course.
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First of all, go to school.
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Second of all, Task junking.
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So what is task junking?
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Task junking is, and I encourage all of you to try this, or at least tell your students about it, please.
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So task junking is to break down a big task into smaller tasks, and to break down a big thing, big assignment into manageable steps.
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Instead of doing this big assignment or doing this individual assignment, start on it.
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I would encourage my students to first spend a 20 minute session doing the literature review.
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After that, spend some time thinking about it, because that's really when the creativity is going to be done happens, and then ultimately submitting your paper.
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much more manageable.
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That was what my mom did to me when instead of saying, "Hey, be more considerate to other people." She said, "First of all, you need to greet everyone when you see, when you walk into the room.
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After that, you sit down, you quietly go to your place and then sit down.
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And third of all, be comfy." I So that's Whoa, that's not what.. okay, so that was chat chunky.
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Next of all is choice architecture.
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And this is by far the most effective of all.
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Choice architecture just means that you architect your environment.
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So what I do is I sometimes tell my girlfriend to lock me in a room with me
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and only my computer or my...
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I sometimes go really extreme typewriter.
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And it works but don't try this at home, especially if you're a parent because that's a felony, I guess.
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Don't do it if you're a parent.
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Do it if you're over 18.
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Okay, so that's choice architecture.
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Or it just can be as simple as leave your phone in the other room.
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All right.
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Okay, that's choice architecture.
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And third of all is timeboxing.
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So this is by far the most commonly used among students.
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This is the Pomodoro technique.
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I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with it.
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It's 25 minutes of doing the and what I personally do with myself is something called drop everything and.
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So at one o 'clock in the afternoon I do what's called drop everything and drink creatine, which is a substance that improves cognitive function.
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30 minutes later at 1 :30 I do something called drop everything and go to the gym.
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And at 12am every day I do something called drop everything
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and sleep regardless of the fact that I have not taken a shower or eat dinner, but I always advise you guys to eat dinner.
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So that's what I do.
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However, that's short -term mechanism.
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What about long -term?
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How can I mitigate this and ultimately be a better person?
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Not struggle with procrastination as much.
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So research shows, this research from Carleton University examined 120 participants,
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have found that those that forgive themselves do better in the long run.
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So the results have shown that students who forgive themselves
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or feel less bad at the moment are less likely to procrastinate in the future.
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So, Ultimately, what does this mean?
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Forgiving ourselves and feeling compassion when you are in a bad place is really the critical thing.
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We should admit that we feel bad, but you shouldn't be overly critical of ourselves.
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And also, you're not the first person to procrastinate, and you're not the last person either.
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And doing this can take the edge off the negative feelings,
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and ultimately, it's easier for you to get back on track. with procrastination.
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And thank you all for coming to my TED Talk.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Bài nói TEDxTalk của Không Phải Bác Sĩ”. This video has 210 sentences and 2099 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:43. The speaker talks at a natural 165 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| procrastination noun | /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ | The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally. |
| procrastinate verb | /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/ | To delay taking action; to wait until later. |
| junk noun | /d͡ʒʌŋk/ | Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items. |
| assignment noun | /əˈsaɪn.mənt/ | The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks. |
| workload noun | The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period. | |
| realization noun | /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ | An act of figuring out or becoming aware. |
| cognitive adjective | /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/ | Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions. |
| manageable adjective | /ˈmænəd͡ʒəb(ə)l/ | Capable of being managed or controlled. |
| miraculously adverb | /məˈɹækjələsli/ | In a miraculous manner. |
| revise verb | /ɹɪˈvaɪz/ | To review, alter and amend, especially of written material. |
| flock noun | /flɑk/ | A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats or other livestock animals, or sometimes any… |
| tuition noun | /tjuːˈɪʃən/ | The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor. |
| nowadays adverb | /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/ | At the present time; in the current era. |
| curriculum noun | /kəˈɹɪk.jə.ləm/ | The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university. |
| emotion noun | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| break down verb | To stop functioning. |
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. |
| start off verb | To begin. |
| stress out verb | To become stressed. |
| talk over verb | To discuss; to converse about a matter or issue. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- So every one of you don't know me?
- It's the best one we've ever seen.
- I'm not that gifted, unfortunately.
- I'm not satisfied with it, though.
- How did I shred the weight?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to be |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | we've ever seen · I've seen · have not taken |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being rebounded · is said · was just felt |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | day, which was · performance, which is · creatine, which is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 23 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: procrastination /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, tuition /tjuːˈɪʃən/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, appreciative /əˈpɹi.ʃətɪv/
- Long words — get the stress right: procrastination /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, procrastinate /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, manageable /ˈmænəd͡ʒəb(ə)l/, miraculously /məˈɹækjələsli/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like procrastination, procrastinate, junk.
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.