Shadowing Practice: Kill Your Laziness – JACK MA MOTIVATION - Learn English Speaking with Video
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You say you want success.
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You say you want to be on top.
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You dream about the big house, the cars, the lifestyle.
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But let me ask you, how bad do you really want it?
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Because wanting it isn't enough.
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Everybody wants something.
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Everybody has dreams.
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But only a few are willing to pay the price for them.
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The price is your comfort, your laziness, and your bad habits.
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How many nights are you willing to stay up?
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How many hours are you willing to put in when no one is clapping for you?
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How many times are you willing to show up and grind while everyone else is out there having fun?
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This isn't about wanting success.
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This is about being obsessed with it
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It's about making your dreams the air you breathe the fire that fuels you every single day
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So let me ask you again.
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How bad do you really want it?
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You go around telling everyone one day?
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I'm gonna be a millionaire one day I'll have everything I've ever dreamed of the world will know my name
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And then what do you do you sit back and wait for life to hand you something?
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You think just because you said it out loud the universe is going to drop success in your lap
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You have to earn it.
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You have to wake up every day and prove it.
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Every single action you take is either pulling you closer to your dreams or pushing you further away.
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What are you doing with your time?
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Because time doesn't wait for anyone and neither does success.
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Success doesn't care about your excuses or your dreams.
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It cares about your work ethic.
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You sit on the couch, hit snooze and scroll through your phone.
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You wait for the weekend to call your friends and party instead of staying late at the office.
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You're out there taking it easy instead of pushing yourself.
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You're letting laziness take over.
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Listen to me.
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You've got to kill that laziness.
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Laziness is your enemy, not your friend.
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It's the thing that's keeping you stuck, keeping you average.
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Every time you choose comfort, you're choosing failure.
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Every time you hit snooze, you're hitting pause on your potential.
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You're hitting pause on the life you could be living.
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You're letting opportunities slip through your fingers while others are out there grinding, working, earning what you're only dreaming about.
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Success doesn't wait for you to feel ready.
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You have to be ready to kill that laziness before it kills your dreams.
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Success doesn't come to those who dream about it.
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It comes to those who are willing to outwork everyone else, who are willing to do what no one else is willing to do.
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You say you want that Ferrari, that big house, that lifestyle.
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It's not coming if you're watching movies all Sunday instead of grinding.
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It's not coming if you're letting distractions control your life.
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Every time you choose Netflix over the grind, you're delaying your success.
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Every time you choose comfort over growth, you're staying in the same place while others pass you by.
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The people at the top didn't get there by accident.
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They got there because they were willing to sacrifice the small pleasures, the quick comforts, to chase something bigger.
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They put in the work when nobody was watching.
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They sacrificed weekends.
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They sacrificed sleep.
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They sacrificed their social life.
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And now they're living the life you dream about because they were willing to do what you're not willing to do.
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The people who win, who really win, they understand one thing.
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There's no substitute for hard work.
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There's no shortcut.
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They know it's simple.
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You sleep, sweat, grind, repeat every day over and over until that dream becomes a reality.
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And it's not glamorous.
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It's not pretty.
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It's not something you post about on Instagram.
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It's ugly.
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It's painful.
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But it's worth it.
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Because when you're the last one standing, when everyone else has given up, that's when you win.
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That's when you've killed your laziness and turned your dreams into your reality.
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You've got to fall in love with the process, not just the end result.
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The end result is the reward, but the grind is where the magic happens.
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But here's the hard part.
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There's no glory in the grind.
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It's ugly.
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It's painful.
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You've got to show up every single day and give it your all, even when life hits you hard, even when you don't feel like it.
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That's the difference between winners and losers.
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The losers quit when it gets hard.
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The winners push through.
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The losers let their feelings dictate their actions.
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The winners let their purpose guide them.
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The grind doesn't care how you feel and neither does success.
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There are no participation trophies in life, only results.
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So when you don't feel like showing up, when the alarm goes off and you're tempted to hit snooze,
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remember this, you're one step closer to winning every time you beat laziness.
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You've got to find strength in those moments of weakness.
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You've got to keep going when every fiber of your being wants to quit.
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That's where greatness is born.
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Most people give up when it gets tough.
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Most people let laziness sneak in when they're tired,
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when they're frustrated, when it feels like they're pushing that rock up a mountain and it's never going to budge.
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But that's exactly when you need to push harder.
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When it seems impossible, that's when the breakthrough is right around the corner.
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Most people quit right before they reach the summit because they can't see it yet.
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But if you keep pushing, if you keep grinding, if you refuse to give in to that voice of laziness inside your head,
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you'll make it to the top.
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And when you get there, you'll realize it was all worth it.
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Every sleepless night, every hard day, every time you pushed yourself when you didn't feel like it.
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It all adds up.
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The climb is what makes you stronger.
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The grind is what makes you great.
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You have to outlast your own doubts, your own fears, and your own laziness.
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But not you.
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No, not you.
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You're different.
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You're built for more.
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You weren't put on this earth to be average, to settle for mediocrity.
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You've got something inside you, something that refuses to let you quit, something that keeps you going even when it's hard.
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That's your gift.
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That's your power.
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Don't waste it.
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Use it.
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Every day remind yourself why you started this journey in the first place.
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Every time laziness tries to pull you back, fight it with everything you've got.
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You're not like the rest.
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You're a lion.
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You want greatness?
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Then you have to earn it.
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And the only way you do that is by killing your laziness.
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Stop letting the snooze button control your life.
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Stop letting the comfort of your bed or the distraction of your phone steal your future.
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Stop letting the voice in your head talk you out of your grind because that voice, that lazy voice is lying to you.
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It's trying to keep you small, keep you comfortable.
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But comfort is the enemy of greatness.
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Greatness lives on the other side of discomfort, of hard work, of sacrifice.
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You got to train your mind to love the struggle, to embrace the pain because that's where the growth happens.
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Every time you push through laziness, you get stronger.
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Every time you ignore that voice that says, take it easy, you get one step closer to your dreams.
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Success is waiting for you, but only if you're willing to fight for it.
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You've got to show up to the coliseum of life, day in and day out, ready for battle.
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I don't care if you're exhausted.
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I don't care if the world is falling apart around you.
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You've got to find your new 100 % and push through.
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Because life doesn't care if you're tired.
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It doesn't care if you've had a bad day or if you feel like giving up.
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Life is always going to throw obstacles in your way, and it's your job to overcome them.
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Champions don't make excuses.
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They find solutions.
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They don't sit around feeling sorry for themselves.
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They get back up and keep fighting.
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And that's exactly what you've got to do.
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When life knocks you down, when laziness tries to pull you under, you've got to stand up, dust yourself off, and keep grinding no matter what.
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I fail at most things I try.
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I fall down.
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But I keep grinding.
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You might see me out there running in the dark at 1 a .m and think I'm crazy.
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But no, I'm grinding.
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Because that's what it takes.
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It takes doing the things nobody else wants to do.
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It takes pushing yourself when no one's watching.
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It takes showing up every single day, whether you feel like it or not.
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Success isn't about what you do when you're motivated.
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It's about what you do when you're not.
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It's about how hard you're willing to push when there's no one there to push you.
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It's about how far you're willing to go when everyone else has quit.
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That's the difference between winners and everyone else.
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Because every day when you wake up, there's a battle going on.
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A battle between the version of you that wants greatness and the version of you that just wants to stay comfortable.
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You have to decide who's going to win.
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You have to decide which version of you is going to control your future.
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The version that hits snooze and stays comfortable or the version that gets up, grinds and chases greatness with everything they've got.
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The choice is yours.
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But remember this.
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The people who win, who really win, are the ones who kill that laziness before it has a chance to kill their dreams.
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So what's it going to be?
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You want to be a champion?
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You want to be great?
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Then stop letting laziness run your life.
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Get up, grind, fight for your future, and never ever let laziness take control.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Kill Your Laziness – JACK MA MOTIVATION”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: laziness, willing, dream, success, grind. This video has 169 sentences and 1693 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:21. The speaker talks fast, about 203 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 89% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| grind verb | /ˈɡɹaɪnd/ | To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion. |
| comfort noun | /ˈkʌm.fət/ | Contentment, ease. |
| greatness noun | /ˈɡɹeɪtnəs/ | The state, condition, or quality of being great |
| sacrifice noun | /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪs/ | Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity. |
| earn verb | /ɝn/ | To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work. |
| loser noun | /luzɚ/ | A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive. |
| chase verb | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | To follow at speed. |
| ugly adjective | /ˈʌɡli/ | Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. |
| refuse verb | /ɹɪˈfjuːz/ | To decline (a request or demand). |
| painful adjective | /ˈpeɪn.fl̩/ | Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. |
| lifestyle noun | /ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/ | A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group. |
| pause noun | /pɔːz/ | A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. |
| distraction noun | /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/ | Something that distracts. |
| 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… |
| ignore verb | /ɪɡˈnɔː/ | To deliberately not listen or pay attention to. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| show up verb | To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically. | |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). | |
| push through verb | To force (legislation or a plan) to be passed or agreed to or a decision to be reached. | |
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| add up verb | To take the sum of; to total. | |
| fall apart verb | To disintegrate, to break into pieces. | |
| fall down verb | /fɔl ˈdaʊn/ | To fall to the ground. To collapse. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- How many nights are you willing to stay up?
- How bad do you really want it?
- You go around telling everyone one day?
- What are you doing with your time?
- You want to be a champion?
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 ever dreamed · has given · you've killed |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | those who dream · those who are · people who win |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being obsessed · is born · weren't put |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 73 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, you've, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, breakthrough /ˈbɹeɪk.θɹuː/, ethic /ˈɛθ.ɪk/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: distraction /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/, participation /pɑːˌtɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/, shortcut /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/
- Long words — get the stress right: participation /pɑːˌtɪs.ɪˈpeɪ.ʃən/, millionaire /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/, coliseum /kɒləˈsiːəm/, mediocrity /mi.dɪˈɑk.ɹɪ.ti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like grind, comfort, greatness.
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.