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English Leap Podcast.
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From Speak English with Class.
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Hey, hey, English learners.
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Welcome back to the English Leap Podcast, your English podcast for daily life English,
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real conversations, and natural English listening practice.
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I'm Anna.
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And I'm Jake.
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It's really good to have you here with us today.
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Okay.
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Before we get into today's conversation, we need to tell you something.
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We gave you a very simple way to tell us what you wanted in the last episode.
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We said, if you want more B2 to C1 episodes, send us a rocket.
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And apparently, you really like rockets.
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There were so many of them.
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Honestly, we got the message.
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Loud and clear.
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So today, we're pushing the English a little further.
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You'll hear richer vocabulary, more natural expressions, and a few ideas that might make you stop and think for a second.
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But don't worry if you don't understand every single word.
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Stay with the conversation.
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Let the meaning build around you.
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Because that's actually how advanced listening grows.
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You stop trying to catch every word, and you start catching the thought.
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And today's thought is a good one.
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Can you actually attract better things into your life?
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Hmm.
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And before anyone starts imagining me sitting in a dark room surrounded by candles...
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You were absolutely about to ruin this topic.
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No, no, hear me out, because when people hear attract good things, it can sound a little mystical.
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It can.
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Like you just think positively, wait patiently, and one morning life knocks on the door carrying everything you asked for.
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Preferably with coffee.
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Obviously.
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But I think there's a much more interesting version of this idea.
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Maybe attracting good things isn't about controlling what life sends you.
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Maybe it's about becoming more capable of noticing, receiving, and responding to the good things that are already trying to enter your life.
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Yeah, because sometimes the door opens and we're the ones quietly closing it again.
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That's the part I find really interesting.
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Because I've done that.
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I've had something good appear in front of me, and instead of stepping toward it, my first instinct was to step back.
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Really?
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Mmm, and at the time, I didn't even realize I was doing it.
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Actually, let me tell you about a time I nearly talked myself out of something
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that turned out to be very good for me.
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Go on.
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A few years ago, someone invited me to a small dinner.
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I barely knew anyone who was going.
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And the second I saw the message, my brain started building a case against it.
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A full legal case?
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Oh, very convincing.
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You'll feel awkward.
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You won't know what to say.
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Everyone else probably already knows each other.
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Stay home.
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Home is safe.
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Home also has snacks.
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That was probably argument number seven.
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But I nearly said no. And then for some reason, I stopped and thought, what if I go anyway?
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So I did.
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And nothing dramatic happened.
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There was no magical moment where everyone stopped talking and said, Anna, your destiny has arrived.
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Disappointing.
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Very.
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But I met someone there who later introduced me to another person, and that connection eventually led to an opportunity I never would have found on my own.
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So the good thing didn't arrive looking like a good thing.
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Not at first.
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It looked like an invitation I almost rejected because I felt uncomfortable.
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That's interesting, because we often imagine opportunities arriving with a label.
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Hello, I'm an opportunity.
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Please accept me.
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Yes, very convenient.
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But real life isn't always that clear.
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And that brings us to the first thing I think matters here.
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What you expect changes what you notice.
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Explain that.
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Think of your attention like a spotlight.
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A room can contain 20 different things, but the spotlight can only illuminate a few of them at once, and whatever the light lands on starts to feel more important.
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Our expectations can work in a similar way.
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If you already believe, people always disappoint me, your brain becomes very sensitive to disappointment.
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Someone forgets to call, someone cancels plans, someone lets you down, and your brain says, See?
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I knew it.
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But then someone else remembers your birthday, checks on you when you're having a bad day, or helps you without being asked.
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And somehow that doesn't carry the same weight.
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There's actually a useful term here, confirmation bias.
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That sounds like something from a psychology textbook.
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It does.
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But the idea is simple.
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Confirmation bias is our tendency to notice or favor information that supports what we already believe.
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So if you believe you're unlucky, Every bad thing becomes evidence.
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Every good thing becomes, well, that was just a coincidence.
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I've definitely done that.
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Same.
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I remember having one of those weeks where everything felt irritating.
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Nothing terrible, just one annoying thing after another.
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I missed a train, my laptop froze during something important, I spilled coffee on a shirt.
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The shirt hurts.
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Thank you.
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And I remember thinking, this week is cursed.
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Very scientific.
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Extremely.
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But later that day a friend messaged me and said, I recommended you for something.
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I think you'd be perfect for it.
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And I almost brushed past the message.
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Because your mind had already decided what kind of week you were having.
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That's it.
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I had labeled it bad.
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So anything good almost felt like it didn't belong in the story.
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That's the strange part.
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Sometimes the story we've already written becomes more powerful than what's actually happening.
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And I don't think the answer is to force yourself to notice positive things.
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If something is painful, it's painful.
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If someone treats you badly, you don't need to rename it a beautiful lesson from the universe.
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Thank you.
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But we can become more accurate.
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Instead of asking only what went wrong, maybe also ask what went right that I nearly ignored.
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That's not fake positivity.
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That's fuller attention.
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I like that more because awareness is different from pretending everything is wonderful.
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Exactly.
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You're not painting the whole room yellow.
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You're just moving the spotlight around.
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Which takes us quite naturally to that dinner story, because noticing an opportunity is one thing.
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Being available for it is another.
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Yes.
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Sometimes we genuinely want better things, but when they appear, we're not emotionally ready to move toward them.
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Fear can do that.
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Comfort can do that that.
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Self -doubt can do that.
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And sometimes the opportunity simply doesn't look familiar enough to feel safe.
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Familiarity is powerful.
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Very.
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A familiar situation can feel safer even when it isn't particularly good for us.
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So we might prefer familiar disappointment to unfamiliar possibility.
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That phrase, unfamiliar possibility, is interesting.
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Because possibility sounds exciting in theory.
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A new job.
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A new city.
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A new relationship.
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A new project.
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A chance to speak English with people you don't know.
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But when possibility becomes real, it often comes with uncertainty attached.
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I know that feeling.
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I once had an application open on my laptop for nearly an hour.
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Everything was filled in.
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All I had to do was press send. And?
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I kept finding reasons not to.
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Maybe I should improve this sentence.
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Maybe I'm not qualified enough.
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Maybe I should do it tomorrow.
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Tomorrow.
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The safest day in the calendar.
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Apparently.
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Eventually, I realized I wasn't editing the application anymore.
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I was avoiding the moment of possibility.
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That's such a good example.
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And this is where being receptive matters.
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So, receptive means being open enough to actually consider what's in front of you.
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Right.
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Not saying yes to everything, just being willing to look before you automatically say no. Which is where discernment comes in.
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Looking carefully enough to decide, rather than reacting immediately from fear.
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Exactly.
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Discernment is about judgment.
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Fear is often much faster.
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Fear says, no, get away from this, discernment says, give me a minute, let's actually look at it.
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That distinction matters.
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A lot.
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Because some opportunities are wrong for you, some people are wrong for you,
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some invitations deserve a polite no. But if fear makes every decision before you've even looked properly, you can close doors that didn't need to be closed.
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English learners do this too.
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You say, I want to speak more confidently, then someone starts speaking English to you unexpectedly, and suddenly...
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You become deeply interested in the floor.
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Or your phone.
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Or a completely imaginary message you urgently need to answer.
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But that awkward conversation might be exactly what you need.
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Not because you'll speak perfectly.
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You probably won't.
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You may forget a word.
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You may say something and later think, why did I phrase it like that?
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And remember it at two in the morning.
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Of course, but growth often enters wearing slightly uncomfortable clothes.
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And I think that's why becoming available matters.
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You stop asking, do I feel completely ready?
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And sometimes you ask, am I willing to step toward this, even though I don't feel completely ready?
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Now, I think the third point is quieter, because sometimes we do get the good thing.
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We say yes.
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We receive it. And then...
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We immediately start waiting for it to disappear.
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I think this happens more than people admit.
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You get a new job and think, what if they realize I'm not good enough?
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A relationship is going well and you think, this is going too well.
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You finally have a peaceful week and you're suspicious of the peace.
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Why is everything calm?
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What's coming?
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Yes.
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And sometimes that comes from self -protection.
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If you've been disappointed before, you can become hypervigilant.
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Hyper -vigilant.
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So almost like you're constantly scanning for what could go wrong?
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That's it.
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You're not simply enjoying the good moment.
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Part of you is monitoring it, testing it, looking for the crack.
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It's like sitting down to watch a beautiful sunset, but spending the whole time checking the weather app for tomorrow's storm.
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That's a little sad.
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It is. And understandable.
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People sometimes think disappointment will hurt less if they see it coming.
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But I'm not sure it works that way.
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Sometimes you just suffer twice, once in your imagination, and then again if something actually does go wrong.
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My grandfather used to say, don't borrow trouble from tomorrow.
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I love that.
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I didn't understand it when I was younger.
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I thought, how do you borrow trouble?
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Where do you return it? With interest?
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Apparently.
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But now I understand.
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You can spend today emotionally living through a problem that hasn't happened.
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And maybe never will.
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And I think there's something important here.
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Letting yourself enjoy something good does not make you naive.
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You don't have to distrust happiness to prove that you're realistic.
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Good things can end.
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People can change.
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Circumstances can change.
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That's true.
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But something being temporary doesn't make it meaningless.
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A beautiful meal ends.
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A holiday ends.
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A conversation ends.
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This episode will eventually end.
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Hopefully not immediately.
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Hopefully not.
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But we don't reject those things simply because they're temporary.
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So maybe the goal is to stop treating every good moment like it's on trial.
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I like that.
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Let it be good before you interrogate it.
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And that leads to something related but different.
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Learning to receive good things.
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This is where compliments come in.
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Oh, compliments are a disaster for some people.
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Someone says, you did a great job, and suddenly… No, no, no. Honestly, it wasn't that good.
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I just got lucky.
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Anyone could have done it.
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You should have seen all the mistakes.
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We are unbelievably efficient at returning compliments to Sender.
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Why do people do that?
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Lots of reasons.
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Humility, discomfort, fear of looking arrogant, sometimes low self -worth.
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Sometimes we're simply not used to receiving praise without immediately earning something in return.
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And it isn't only praise, help, kindness, rest, affection, recognition,
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someone doing something thoughtful for you.
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Some people are amazing at giving and terrible at receiving.
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Yes.
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They'll help everyone else move house, solve everyone else's problem, carry everyone else's bags… And then when someone says, let me help you, they say, no, no, I'm fine.
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Well, clearly, not fine.
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I've got it. Of course.
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There's another useful word here, indebted.
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If you feel indebted to someone, you feel that you owe them something because they helped you or gave you something.
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And some people dislike receiving because they immediately feel that debt.
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Right, but not every kindness comes with an invisible invoice.
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That should be written somewhere.
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I think so.
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Sometimes a person helps because they want to help.
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Sometimes someone gives you a compliment because they genuinely noticed something good.
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You don't always have to shrink it.
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So what do you say?
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Sometimes just… thank you. That simple?
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Painfully simple.
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Advanced English lesson.
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Thank you.
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C1 level emotional difficulty.
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Fair.
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But really, letting something good land is a skill.
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Someone praises your progress in English instead of immediately saying, no, my English is terrible.
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Maybe say, thank you, I've been working on it.
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That's still humble.
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You're not declaring yourself the greatest English speaker in human history.
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You're simply allowing yourself to acknowledge progress.
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I think this is a good place to bring our listeners in.
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I was thinking the same thing.
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Have you ever received something good, a compliment, help, kindness, an opportunity, and your first instinct was to push it away?
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Or make it smaller than it really was.
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Tell us in the comments.
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What was it?
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And why was it so hard to accept?
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I think those answers could be really interesting.
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And probably very relatable.
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Sometimes reading somebody else's story makes you realize, oh, I do that too.
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You know, sometimes the reason we struggle to receive good things is already hiding in the way we talk about ourselves.
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Hmm.
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Because repeated language can quietly become a story.
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I'm unlucky.
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People always disappoint me.
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I'm terrible at English.
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I never get opportunities.
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Those sentences can feel harmless because we say them casually, but repeated language has a way of becoming a story, and repeated stories can become identities.
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Think about the difference between, I failed at this, and I'm a failure.
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One describes an event.
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The other describes who you believe you are.
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Or, I feel nervous speaking English.
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Versus, I'm just bad at languages.
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The second one sounds permanent.
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Yes, and once something feels permanent, why would you keep trying?
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So language can reinforce a pattern.
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Right.
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Reinforce means make something stronger.
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If you keep saying, saying, I'm awkward around people.
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You may avoid conversations.
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You get fewer chances to practice connecting.
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Then, when a conversation feels awkward, you think, see, I knew it.
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That loop can become very convincing.
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Which is why I prefer realistic language to exaggerated positive language.
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I don't necessarily want someone saying, everything always works out beautifully for me.
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That may not feel true.
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But compare, nothing works for me, with, this didn't work, very different.
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One sentence closes the future, the other describes the present.
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Or instead of, I'll never speak English confidently, I'm not confident yet.
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That little word, yet, does a lot.
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It leaves a door open.
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And I think that's what good language can do.
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It doesn't lie to you, it just refuses to turn one difficult moment into a permanent identity.
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Your words can become walls or windows.
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I like that.
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A wall says, this is who I am.
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Nothing changes.
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A window says, this is where I am right now, but I can still see beyond it.
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And now we arrive at the most practical point.
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Put yourself where good things can actually happen.
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This one sounds obvious, but people forget it.
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We sometimes want opportunity without exposure, friendship without meeting anyone, confidence without practicing, a new job without applying,
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better English without ever using English.
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That last one may feel personal to somebody listening.
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Lovingly personal.
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Good things often need proximity.
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You need to be near conversations, near ideas, near people, near places where something unexpected can happen.
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That's where serendipity comes in, those useful or beautiful things you find unexpectedly while you're doing something else.
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Like meeting someone by chance, finding a book you weren't looking for, hearing about an opportunity in a casual conversation.
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But serendipity still needs movement.
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Yes.
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You can't bump into anyone if you never enter the room.
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Unless someone breaks into your house.
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And then we have a different episode.
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Very different.
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But this is what people sometimes call luck.
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Someone gets offered a job through a conversation.
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Someone meets a partner through a friend.
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Someone finds a business idea because they attended an event.
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From the outside, it looks accidental.
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But they still had to be somewhere.
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Right.
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And I don't mean you need to constantly network work.
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Please don't spend every conversation secretly asking, how can this person improve my life?
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That would be exhausting. And unpleasant.
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I just mean participate.
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Show up sometimes.
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Try something new sometimes.
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Ask the question.
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Send the application.
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Join the conversation.
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Use the English.
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There's an idea I like here.
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Increase the surface area of your life.
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Explain that.
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Imagine good opportunities are rain.
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The larger the area you expose to the rain, the more drops you're likely to catch.
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Excellent.
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The point is, you can't guarantee anything.
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You can go to an event and meet nobody interesting.
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You can apply and get rejected.
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You can start a conversation, and it can be awkward.
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And that's important.
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Action creates possibility.
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It does not guarantee an outcome.
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Exactly.
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You can't control what every door leads to, but you can decide whether you ever walk down the hallway.
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So, if we bring all six ideas together… Attracting good things isn't really about controlling life.
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It starts with noticing more accurately.
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Becoming available instead of automatically retreating.
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Letting good moments be good without immediately preparing for disaster.
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Learning to receive instead of minimizing everything.
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Paying attention to the language you repeat about yourself and your life.
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And putting yourself where possibility can actually reach you.
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Which sounds much less magical than manifest everything you want.
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And much more useful, because life will still surprise you, sometimes beautifully, sometimes painfully.
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We don't control all of it.
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And I think that matters to say, because I wouldn't want somebody listening to think, something bad happened to me, so I must have attracted it.
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No, absolutely not.
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Bad things happen for reasons completely outside our control.
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This isn't about blaming yourself for life.
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It's about recognizing the areas where you still have influence.
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What you notice.
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What you accept.
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What you repeat.
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And where you choose to show up.
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That's already quite a lot.
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It is.
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And maybe attracting good things begins there.
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Not with demanding that life become perfect, but with leaving a little more room for good things to find you.
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Okay, so we've used some really useful words today.
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Let's slow them down.
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Hmm, this is our word tour.
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Listen first, then repeat with us.
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Early in the conversation, we talked about being open to opportunities instead of rejecting them immediately.
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That gave us receptive.
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If you're receptive, you're open and willing to consider, accept, or receive something.
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She was receptive to feedback and used it to improve her English.
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Or try to stay receptive when an unexpected opportunity appears.
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So being receptive doesn't mean saying yes to everything.
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It means being willing to look before you decide.
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And that led us to discernment.
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Discernment is the ability to judge something carefully and make a wise decision about it.
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Good opportunities still require discernment.
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Or she used discernment when deciding which advice was actually useful.
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So openness and discernment really need each other.
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Yes, one lets possibilities in, the other helps you choose wisely.
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Then we talked about constantly expecting something to go wrong.
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And the word there was hypervigilant.
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She was so hypervigilant about making mistakes that she struggled to relax while speaking English.
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If you're hypervigilant, you're extremely alert and constantly watching for possible danger or problems.
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After several difficult experiences, he became hyper -vigilant whenever things were going well.
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Sometimes being careful helps you.
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But being on guard all the time can make it difficult to enjoy anything.
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Then we talked about accepting help and feeling like you immediately owe somebody something.
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That gave us indebted.
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He felt indebted to the colleague who helped him during his first week.
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If you feel indebted to someone, you feel that you owe them something because they helped you or did something kind for you.
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Or you don't always need to feel indebted when someone offers genuine kindness.
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Sometimes receiving gracefully is enough.
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Later, we talked about repeated language making an idea stronger.
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The word there was reinforce.
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To reinforce something means to make an idea, idea, feeling, pattern, or structure stronger.
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Repeating I'm bad at English can reinforce your fear of speaking.
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Or small successes can reinforce your confidence.
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So reinforcement can work in either direction.
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You can strengthen a helpful pattern or an unhelpful one.
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And finally, we talked about unexpectedly finding something valuable.
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That gave us serendipity.
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Meeting her future business partner at a language class was pure serendipity.
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Serendipity is when something pleasant or useful happens unexpectedly, often while you were doing something else.
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Or, sometimes travel creates moments of serendipity you could never plan.
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It's a beautiful word.
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And a good reminder that not everything valuable can be scheduled.
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So we had receptive, discernment, hypervigilant, indebted, reinforce, and serendipity.
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Choose one of those that connects naturally to your own life.
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That personal connection usually makes a new word much easier to remember.
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And some of today's situations gave us phrases that people use all the time in natural English.
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Which means it's time for say it better.
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We'll take a simple sentence and give you another natural way to express the same idea.
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First, I rejected the opportunity too quickly.
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You can say, I talked myself out of it.
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I almost applied for the job, but I talked myself out of it.
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If you talk yourself out of something, you convince yourself not to do it.
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Usually after creating 17 reasons why it's a terrible idea.
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Some of them surprisingly creative.
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Next, I noticed something important.
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You can say, it stood out to me.
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The way she spoke with confidence really stood out to me.
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If something stands out to you, you notice it because it seems important, unusual, or different.
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Next, I'm trying to accept something good instead of dismissing it.
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You can say, I'm learning to take it in.
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When someone compliments my progress, I'm learning to take it in instead of brushing it off.
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To take something in can mean allowing yourself to fully absorb or appreciate what you're hearing or experiencing.
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And to brush something off means to dismiss it as if it doesn't matter very much.
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Next, I immediately thought something bad would happen.
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You could say, I was waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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Everything was going well, but I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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That phrase means you were expecting another problem or something unpleasant to happen.
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Very useful for that feeling of not trusting a good moment.
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Next, I decided to try, even though I wasn't completely confident.
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You can say, I gave it a shot.
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I wasn't sure I could handle the presentation, but I gave it a shot.
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Give it a shot means try something, especially when you're not sure how it will go.
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A very useful phrase for English learners.
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And finally, I want to be in situations where opportunities can happen.
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You could say, I want to put myself out there.
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I'm usually shy, but I'm trying to put myself out there and meet new people.
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To put yourself out there means to become more visible, participate, meet people, or take a social or personal risk instead of hiding.
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That connects directly to our last point today.
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You can't control what happens next.
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But you can make yourself available to possibility.
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And if today's English stretched you a little, that's actually perfect material to practice again.
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You'll find the transcript, vocabulary activities, quizzes, games, and shadowing practice inside the English Leap Club.
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And with a C1 episode like this, I'd keep the practice simple.
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Listen once without stopping.
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Don't chase every word.
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Just follow the conversation.
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Then, go back with the transcript and notice the expressions that slipped past you the first time.
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And finally, choose one short section and shadow it.
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Ten minutes is enough.
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One small section, properly practiced, can be much more useful than rushing through everything.
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Listen, notice, repeat.
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And let the English become familiar.
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You know what I keep thinking about?
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What?
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Your dinner story from the beginning.
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If you had stayed home that night, you probably wouldn't even know what you had missed.
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That's true.
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And I think that's one of the strangest things about life.
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We notice the opportunities we lose after saying yes and things go badly, but we rarely see the opportunities we lose by never giving them a chance.
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Because nothing dramatic happens.
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Right.
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There's no warning, no message saying, by the way, something lovely would have happened tonight.
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That would be useful.
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Very.
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But maybe that's why I like today's idea.
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Attracting good things doesn't mean you sit there waiting for life to become generous.
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You notice more.
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You stay open.
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You let good moments be good.
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You learn to receive.
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You watch the story you keep repeating.
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And sometimes you give possibility a chance.
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Even when you're a little nervous.
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Especially then.
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And before we go, finish this sentence for us in the comments.
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One good thing I want to become more open to is...
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Maybe it's speaking English more confidently a new friendship, a different career opportunity, traveling,
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rest, love, something completely different.
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Just one honest sentence.
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And if you want us to keep making these B2 to C1 listening episodes, I think we already know the system.
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Rockets.
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Rockets.
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We really did create this.
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We did.
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Thank you for spending part of your day with us.
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And remember, you don't need to understand every word to be moving forward keep listening keep using your english
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “English Podcast For Learning English Conversation Practice”. This video has 528 sentences and 4431 words to shadow. The speech runs for 29:47. The speaker talks at a steady 149 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| discernment noun | The act of distinguishing between things. | |
| receptive adjective | /ɹəˈsɛptɪv/ | Capable of receiving something. |
| indebted adjective | /ɪnˈdɛtɪd/ | Obligated, especially financially. |
| serendipity noun | /ˌsɛɹ.ənˈdɪp.ɪ.ti/ | The phenomenon of making an unplanned, fortunate discovery through a combination of unexpected circumstances and insightful recognition. |
| reinforce verb | /ˌɹiː.ɪnˈfɔːs/ | To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation. |
| compliment noun | /ˈkɑmpləmənt/ | An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect. |
| hypervigilant adjective | In a state of hypervigilance. | |
| unexpectedly adverb | /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/ | In an unexpected manner. |
| kindness noun | /ˈkaɪnd.nəs/ | The state of being kind. |
| confidently adverb | /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/ | In a confident manner; with confidence; with strong assurance; positively. |
| learner noun | /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/ | One who is learning; one receiving instruction. |
| disappoint verb | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ | To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for. |
| spotlight noun | /ˈspɒtˌlaɪt/ | A bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage. |
| disappointment noun | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/ | The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad… |
| podcast noun | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| show up verb | To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically. | |
| brush past verb | To go by (someone or something) quickly, making slight contact. | |
| live through verb | To survive a difficult period or event | |
| move forward verb | To cause to make progress. | |
| step back verb | /stɛp ˈbæk/ | To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation. |
| walk down verb | To continually advance (on an opponent) and punch (the opponent) in order to control the fight and dominate the opponent, while shrugging off the opponent's… | |
| work out verb | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | To calculate. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Can you actually attract better things into your life?
- You stop asking, do I feel completely ready?
- I thought, how do you borrow trouble?
- Where do you return it?
- You know what I keep thinking about?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've done · I've had · has arrived |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being asked · is cursed · was filled |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 114 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, distinction /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: serendipity /ˌsɛɹ.ənˈdɪp.ɪ.ti/, unexpectedly /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/, confidently /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/, disappointment /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/, unfamiliar /ˌʌnfəˈmɪli.ə(ɹ)/
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 discernment, receptive, indebted.
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.