Shadowing Practice: David Goggins Motivation - Learn English Speaking with Video
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You don't want it.
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And that's the harsh reality.
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I can't give you shit.
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You can't give him shit.
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This is your new life.
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Take it or leave it.
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There's no happiness about it.
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There's no peace behind it.
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It sucks.
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And I sat there and said, this is my life.
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I said, this is my life.
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You are exactly who the fuck.
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This is it.
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It's in our heads saying, you know what, man?
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dude you're not you're not doing shit you're not you're not amount yeah I mean
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and it's not putting yourself down people take this the wrong
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way in this new society I'm not saying to put yourself down I'm saying listen to the truth
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so in that restaurant I quit my job left my canister in
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that restaurant my spray canister got back in my eco lab truck
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and I went home
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and I started working out like somebody I was I became the most obsessed person on the planet earth
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and I was basically I had to invent a guy
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that didn't exist we all have this voice it's the right
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or wrong voice and a lot of times
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that voice guides us into comfort and my voice guided me into comfort a lot
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but I had This other voice I heard my whole life saying, hey, motherfucker, what are you doing?
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No, man, we got to go over here.
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We got to go over here to that rock pile over in the fucking corner where nobody's at.
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The truth isn't in the 20%.
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The truth is in this other part of your brain saying, look, man, you're wasting a bunch of percentage here.
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We have 80 more percent that we're not tapping into because in this other 80% is suffering,
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pain, failure, failure.
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failure self-doubt darkness and Then a whole bunch of light
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But to get to this light you got to go through all of this shit
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Who at 297 who can't fucking swim that great who's scary the fucking water?
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We have the fucking balls
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They're the balls to fucking man up quit a job
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and go and it put everything on himself
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So it's how I start talking to myself
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and put myself in a whole different category And that would fuel me the next day.
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And I just kept using that as fuel and fuel.
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No one would do this shit.
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No one would do this shit.
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You're the baddest motherfucker around.
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You're the baddest motherfucker ever lived.
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We suffer.
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We suffer every day.
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It's what we do.
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We do stuff that sucks every day.
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So then when the suck stuff comes, you're ready for it.
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What is making you a quitter?
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What is making you a weak man?
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What is making you afraid?
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And so that's why I kept on quitting and going back to start or not knowing how to get through hard times.
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I said, okay, we can't quit.
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We gotta figure out why you are this pussy.
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The voice in my head said, you know what, man?
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You're gonna die never even trying to reach your full potential.
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And how's that gonna feel?
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It's okay.
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It's okay.
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It's not okay.
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It isn't and I and I get it society's changing
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and we love to feel wanted and loved trust me that's all important it is
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but you have to have the truth from people hey you're
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not working your butt off hard enough you're not trying hard enough we all think we're trying hard
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but what are you gauging that off of it's a brutal journey every fucking day
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and everybody's what are you happy
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if anybody knows my life story i'll try to give you
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a just a snippet of it where i'm at today is
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in front of joe rogan telling you my life to get
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through where i became to get through where i'm at now there's nothing
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but pride i have for myself that i can't really i can't really show people
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because i have this face i have this face
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that they see like are you happy what's wrong with you i'm driven i'm obsessed and that's what you see
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Can't dissect anything in a normal environment.
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You can't dissect anything in 72 degree weather
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You must put it in the fucking freezer
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and freeze the fuck out of it And then you dissect it dissect it when it's miserable
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Dissect the brain when all this thinking about I need to get out of here, man I want to get out of the fucking freezer open the door and you said nah
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Five more seconds man five more seconds in the freezer and that's when you start to pick that brain apart
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And that's what all this stuff did to me.
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I kept on putting myself back into the freezer or the fire and Beating the shit out of myself
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mentally and physically
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That's why people got understand what is in us We have no idea until we start trying hard
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and I mean really trying hard where you're obsessed with hey This is my new norm.
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My new norm is that wow.
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This isn't always fun.
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It's not always meant to be fun
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You have to be open-minded to the possibilities that I can do this
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Once you shut your mind down to the possibility that it can be achieved is no way can happen
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So that's why my my eyes and my body light up about things
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because I know that if you're in a fight you have to attack
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You have to keep attacking The enemy has to know he is not going to give up.
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You must break the soul of whatever the fuck is in front of you That's what I realized.
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I was never breaking the soul of anything in front of me
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So that's why I came up with the thing called taking
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souls in my book I started to devise ways to break
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a soul of a human being of an object of whatever's in front of me
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If you keep on attacking something nothing wants to stand in front of anything That is relentless
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nothing And I started realizing through this through this process
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That the fucking mind is what you created And I started opening different doors that I didn't think were even there.
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They didn't think even existed.
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And the more doors opened up, the more I started realizing that my potential is damn near endless.
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And it changed my whole mindset.
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So I went from David Goggins and I created Goggins.
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And now it's done.
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And now it's going back to the lab.
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So now I go back,
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go back to firefighting, go back to finding another level of David Goggins that's done in quiet areas
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and finding more of myself, finding these spaces that haven't discovered yet in my mind.
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And I really love that about life.
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I love mastering self.
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So it's funny, human beings wanna show you the best side and they wanna hide the worst side.
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For me, I'm gonna teach you how to be vulnerable.
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that's the only way you fix yourself you don't fix yourself by coming out here
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and me selling you some fucking books that's why i don't
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have them i forgot them i'm glad people got something from the book i want you to learn
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that the only way you grow is how to look at yourself
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and say okay like i did table longer than this what
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the fuck i have to do to get somewhere you have to build a person
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that can withstand the pressures of whatever they're going to be dealing with in life.
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And we don't do that.
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I'm not trying to send a message of run 200 miles, be the best motherfucker in the world, but be tough.
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You better have a part about you that's tough, a part about you that can break down situations and get better
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and break down situations very quickly within some trauma in your life, some devastation in your life, because it's going to come.
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The devastation, the trauma is going to come, and you can't allow that to become a Jersey barrier.
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Yeah, I love playing basketball.
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I left that out.
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That's something I love to do.
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I don't care about that.
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That didn't make the fucking list, because the list that I had to live by was the very list
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that was to get me at this table with you,
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to talk to you, to the normal human beings was I once was about how you can get somewhere
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and how it looks looks very ugly there's no fucking passion
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there's no fucking motivation there's no oh my god man I
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fucking this is no it's every day of your life just doing I know where I came from
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and it's amazing that where I came from that person could have died
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that very fat lazy unfulfilled person and with inside
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that person was this person talking to you it's very freaky to me
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and a lot of us have these two people
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that you have greatness way over here
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but you decide to live in this space over here
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because between greatness or between this space here in greatness there's a lot of fucking work there's
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so much space to fill in with work
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and we just say fuck it i'll just stay over here
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in this space i put myself there at 297 not even able to do anything
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that these great men were doing i said man
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if i could feel that that would change my life
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if i could just feel that one it lasts for one second you get that that certificate, you walk across the stage, and what's next?
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But I didn't know that then.
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My mind was then, I thought I'd live in that moment forever.
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So I said, wow, man, if I could just feel like that.
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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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we are humans but then again if you always think
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that we're humans you will always just be a human
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and always make the same fucking mistakes a lot of people
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when you die they figure out why you died they figure out how you died in the autopsy
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but we never do a live autopsy to figure out why we're dying
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while we are alive and i was dying i was living every day but i was really dead
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And so I figured it out
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Because when you put yourself in the sewer like I was in and please if someone saved me come out and
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Announce it to the world.
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There was no one There's no one man.
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I got a fucking I've got it.
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No one's gonna fucking come to help me No, one's gonna fucking come to help me.
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It's fucking me against me period and So I had the man up
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and I said the first thing I started doing is facing
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every fucking fear I have every Every fucking day I wake up and I don't want to do some fucking shit, I'm like, okay, man, do you want to be a bitch today?
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Do you want to feel like a little bitch?
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Do you want to walk around all day knowing that you could but you didn't?
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So it's performed without purpose.
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It wasn't about going to Navy SEAL training.
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It wasn't about being the 23rd guy in that chair.
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I started realizing, man, just by going to war with myself every day
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and putting these These challenges and these goals and these obstacles, these insurmountable obstacles.
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So it wasn't about losing 106 pounds.
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Me losing 5 pounds was an accomplishment.
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You have to learn how to get up and do shit when you ain't got no fucking 5k, no 10k, nothing.
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Nothing exists.
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Your life fucking sucks.
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You're in the fucking dungeon.
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But guess what, motherfucker, I'm still going to get it.
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Because when that time comes, because the time is going to come when
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that purpose is there you'll be ready but most of us fucking aren't ready
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because we don't know how to do without having the golden
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carrot in front of us I had no coach had no
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trainer had no money I know how to lose weight I
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had no knowledge of what I was doing I was working I was just sacrificing
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and then through that all these different tools started coming up but I would have never found these tools
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if I didn't put myself in a very uncomfortable place.
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We all look for toughness.
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We all want it, but we look for it in a comfortable environment.
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You will not find toughness in a comfortable environment.
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Those of you who are listening to this, whoever hear this, you will not find it.
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What You'll Practice in This Lesson
This lesson uses a powerful, conversational video to boost your English speaking skills through real-world language. You'll practice understanding and mimicking natural, intense speech patterns, which is key for english speaking practice. The dialogue is raw and direct, making it perfect for honing your ability to follow fast, emotional communication—skills that translate to everyday conversations.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Harsh reality: A difficult truth that's hard to accept. Example: "The harsh reality is that progress requires effort."
- Obsessed: Extremely focused on a goal. Example: "She became obsessed with improving her pronunciation."
- Tap into: To use or access a resource. Example: "We need to tap into our inner strength to succeed."
- Put everything on himself: To take full responsibility. Example: "He put everything on himself to finish the project."
- Fuel (as a verb): To motivate. Example: "Her desire to learn fuels her daily practice."
Practice Tips for Shadowing
Shadowing—repeating speech immediately after the speaker—is a great way to improve pronunciation and fluency. Here's how to use this video for shadow speak success:
Match the speed and intensity: The speaker talks fast and with strong emotion. Start by pausing after short phrases, then gradually reduce pauses. This trains your mouth to move quickly and your brain to process language faster, which is crucial for improve english pronunciation.
Focus on stress and intonation: Notice which words the speaker emphasizes (e.g., "suffering," "light"). Mimicking this stress helps you sound more natural. Even if you miss a word, prioritize the rhythm—this is how shadow speech builds confidence in real-time communication.
Repeat challenging sections: Phrases like "We have 80 more percent that we're not tapping into" can be tricky. Loop these parts until you can say them smoothly. This practice trains your muscle memory, making complex sentences easier to produce later.
By using these tips, you'll turn intense dialogue into a tool for mastering natural English speech. Remember, shadowspeaks works because it connects listening, speaking, and memory—so keep practicing, and you'll see progress.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if anybody knows my life story i'll try · if i could feel that that would change |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | haven't discovered · you've done |
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.