Shadowing Practice: Changing Your Life Is Not Easy with Lewis Howes - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I was going nowhere doing nothing I mean I was a useless human being really I had been in
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and out of the Navy and in and out of factories
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and working in bars I mean I was going nowhere
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and I was 26 when I woke up you ask the person why are you
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so unhappy why are you so frustrated why are you
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so resentful the moment you ask that their brain is going to associate
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that emotion to a past event to a memory to a memory that's
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because they have nothing to look forward to in their future
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so if you're not being defined by a vision of the future it just means to me
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that you're more in love with your past than you are with the future
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so how do you teach people to believe in a future
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that they can't see or experience with their senses yet
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but they've thought about enough times in their mind
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that their brain is literally changed to look like the event
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has already occurred the latest research in neuroscience says that's absolutely possible we know
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that and how do you teach a person to select a new possibility in their future
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and begin to emotionally embrace
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that future before it's made manifest the more you think about
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your desired future the joy the gratitude the the feelings you want to have
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that are more positive the more your body shifts now exactly
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so your body is believing it's living in
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that future reality in the present moment i think i'm very effective at what i do
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because i always figured
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if this worked for me it would work for anybody most people live through their senses
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because we're programmed to do that literally we're programmed genetically
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and then environmentally to go by what we hear see smell taste touch
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but you know we have perception the will reason imagination memory
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and intuition they're they're the faculties
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that make us separate from everything else you change your perception you change your life
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when john kennedy asked dr one of von braun what it would take to build a rocket
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that would carry a person in the moon bringing back safely
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to earth von braun said he answered him in five words
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he said the will to do it the ability to hold
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that picture on the screen of your mind
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and nothing else energy flows to
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and through you through concentration you increase the amplitude of vibration
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when the energy leaves you it took me a long time to embrace the fact
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that if you succeed by failing over
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and over again it's going to the gym you're not always going to have the killer day
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that you want to put on instagram most people just see
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you know the it's like a sculpture you most people just see
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when it's done in the museum right you don't see the chiseling
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and the messing up and the fixing and the repasting
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and the whack -a -mole the stronger the emotion you feel
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from some condition in your life the more altered you feel
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inside of you the more you narrow your focus on the cause
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and the brain freezes an image and takes a snapshot and
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that memory now is embossed in the brain it's branded in there
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so then people think neurologically within the circuits of those past experiences
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and they feel chemically within the boundaries of those emotions
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and the stronger the betrayal the stronger the trauma the more the body's living in the past right
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so then so how to reverse that so now
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if you truly got passionate about a future we've all done this you get a wild idea in your mind
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and you start holding on to that vision
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and you're preoccupied with it all of a sudden the thought in your mind becomes the experience
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and you start feeling the the energy of the future now the stronger the emotion you feel from
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that vision the more you're going to pay attention to the picture in your mind
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and now you're remembering your future people can do it they You just have to practice.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 58 sentences and 702 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:26. The speaker talks fast, about 204 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 85% 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| nowhere adverb | /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ | In no place. |
| perception noun | /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/ | The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information. |
| embrace verb | /ɛmˈbɹes/ | To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. |
| circuit noun | /ˈsɝ.kɪt/ | The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution |
| killer noun | /ˈkɪlɚ/ | One who or that which kills. |
| occur verb | /əˈkɜː/ | To happen or take place. |
| select verb | /sɪˈlɛkt/ | To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options. |
| sudden adjective | /ˈsʌd.ən/ | Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly. |
| associate noun | /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/ | A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee. |
| narrow adjective | /ˈnæɹəʊ/ | Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth. |
| reverse noun | /ɹɪˈvɝs/ | The opposite of something. |
| faculty noun | /ˈfæk.əl.ti/ | The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff. |
| define verb | /dɪˈfaɪn/ | To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly. |
| rocket noun | /ˈɹɑk.ɪt/ | A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| bring back verb | /ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/ | To fetch something. |
| live through verb | To survive a difficult period or event | |
| look forward to verb | To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to. | |
| mess up verb | To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 15 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, they're, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, perception /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, genetically /d͡ʒəˈneɾɪkli/
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 emotion, nowhere, perception.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | they've thought · has already occurred |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being defined · is embossed |
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.