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If you want to be wealthy and happy for the rest of your life, learn this lesson.
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Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
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I have found income does not far exceed personal development.
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Sometimes income takes a lucky jump.
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But unless you grow to where it is, it comes back to where you are.
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Life has strange ways.
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If someone hands you a million dollars, you had better become a millionaire quickly.
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So you get to keep the money.
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Otherwise, it disappears.
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Someone once said, if all the money in the world was divided equally among everyone,
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it would soon be back in the same pockets.
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Success is something you attract, not something you pursue.
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So instead of chasing success, work on yourself.
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Because happiness is not in what you get.
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Happiness is in what you become.
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Now, if you're ready, let me give you three steps to change your life, your personality, your lifestyle.
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Everything can change.
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Step number one, find out how things work.
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To change your life, you need ideas.
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There isn't anything an idea can't change.
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The problem is not lack of money.
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The problem is lack of ideas.
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If you get the right ideas, you can change anything.
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So make it a habit to study.
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If you want success, study success.
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If you want happiness, study happiness.
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If you want wealth, study wealth.
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Don't leave it to chance.
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Make it a study.
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Some people go through life with their fingers crossed.
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That won't work.
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You must study the things that can change your life.
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When you find something that works, write it down.
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Don't use your mind as a storage place.
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Use a journal because the next step is Repetition Go over it
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Again and again
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And again And one day
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That idea takes root
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It grows And shows up
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In your bank account
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Your personality Your lifestyle
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Now let me give you three ways
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To find out
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Anything Number one
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Read Successful people
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Are readers They are curious
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They want to know
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They read and read and read,
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become self -educated because standard education gives standard results.
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But if you want more, you must educate yourself.
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You can learn from your own experience, but also from others.
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One book can save you years.
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There are books on success, on leadership, on communication, on personal growth.
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People have written how they succeeded, but most people don't read.
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You don't need hours, just 30 minutes a day.
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Read something positive, something challenging, something useful.
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Become a reader.
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Number two, listen.
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Get around successful people and listen.
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Listen to what they say.
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Listen to how they think.
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You can learn from failure, but learn more from success.
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If you're not doing well, find someone who is and spend time with them, even if it costs you.
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Because one conversation can change your life.
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Ideas can multiply your income two times, three times, five times.
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Number three, observe.
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Success leaves clues.
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Watch successful people.
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Watch how they speak, how they act, how they behave.
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They repeat certain habits again and again.
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If you are smart, you will notice the pattern.
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There are two ways to see.
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Sight with your eyes.
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Insight with your mind.
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With your eyes, you see things.
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With your mind, you see answers.
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So pay attention.
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Don't miss anything.
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Step number two, go to work.
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Get excited.
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about your ability to make yourself do the necessary things.
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On any day, you can change your life.
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Start small.
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Small disciplines.
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lead to big results.
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If you can't handle small tasks, you won't handle big ones.
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Build discipline, build consistency, build yourself.
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And remember, motivation must come from within.
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Self -motivation.
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Don't wait for someone else to push you, because what if they don't come?
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You must act on what you learn.
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Don't let learning stay as knowledge.
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Turn it into action because action creates results.
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Step number three, don't try to beat the system.
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Learn how it works and work it the right way.
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Don't cut corners.
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Don't look for shortcuts because shortcuts lead to a cheap life.
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Do it right, even if it takes longer.
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Now, if I could speak to you one on one, I would say this.
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Reach inside yourself and bring out your potential because it's already there and you can change anything you want.
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You don't have to stay the same.
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Not after today.
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Only by choice.
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Starting tomorrow, what will you do to change your life?
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Because if you don't change anything, nothing will change.
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And the next five years will look exactly like the last five.
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So this is your moment.
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Change something.
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Change a little.
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Change everything.
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Or don't change at all.
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It's your choice.
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But remember this.
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Any day you decide, you can change your entire life.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “If You Want to be Wealthy & Happy..”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: success, learn, study, step, happiness. This video has 114 sentences and 805 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:35. The speaker talks at a steady 122 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 93% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| happiness noun | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | The emotion of being happy; joy; elation. |
| reader noun | /ˈɹi.dɚ/ | A person who reads. |
| lifestyle noun | /ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/ | A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group. |
| habit noun | /ˈhæb.ɪt/ | An action performed on a regular basis. |
| discipline noun | /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ | A controlled behaviour; self-control. |
| motivation noun | /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/ | Willingness of action especially in behavior. |
| educate verb | /ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/ | To instruct or train. |
| finger noun | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other… |
| pocket noun | /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ | A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| curious adjective | /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ | Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying. |
| chase verb | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | To follow at speed. |
| equally adverb | /ˈiːkwəli/ | In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly |
| succeed verb | /səkˈsiːd/ | To follow something in sequence or time. |
| pursue verb | /pɚˈsu/ | To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. |
| bring out verb | To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality). |
| get around verb | To move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path. |
| go over verb | To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
| show up verb | To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Don't use your mind as a storage place.
- You don't have to stay the same.
- Starting tomorrow, what will you do to change your life?
- Because if you don't change anything, nothing will change.
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 you are smart, you will notice · if you don't change anything, nothing will change |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have found · have written |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 21 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, can't, won't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, shortcut /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/
- Long words — get the stress right: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, consistency /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/, millionaire /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(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 happiness, reader, lifestyle.
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.