Shadowing Practice: LISTENING to English with Advanced SHADOWING Speaking Practice - Learn English Speaking with Video
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We're back!
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Are you ready to practice?
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Let's do this.
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Let's take control.
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Now, this is going to be a lot of listening.
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Listen carefully and learn.
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Learn something.
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Repeat the English that you want to put into your memory.
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Shadow me if you are an advanced speaker.
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That means say it with me.
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All right, let's jump right into it.
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Here we go.
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Handle what's in front of you without delay.
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Handle.
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That means to take care of something, to do it.
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Handle it.
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Handle what's in front of you without delay.
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If you want to get better every single day, then you need to stop pushing things off.
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Pushing things off.
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That is procrastinating.
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All right, so stop leaving things for tomorrow that you can handle right now.
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Stop procrastinating things that you can do right now.
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Because the truth is, what's in front of you is the only thing that matters.
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Not the past.
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Not what might happen next week.
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Not some perfect plan you're still trying to finish in your head.
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What matters is what's on your plate right now.
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What's on your plate right now?
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What's in front of you right now?
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What do you need to do right now?
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And how quickly and seriously you deal with it.
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If you deal with something, you take care of it right away.
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Every time you ignore what's right in front of you, you send a message to yourself.
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That message is, this doesn't matter.
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Or, I'll deal with it when I feel like it.
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And the problem is that the mindset doesn't stay small.
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Did I make a mistake on this sentence?
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Let's look at it.
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The problem is that the mindset doesn't stay small.
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I guess this is a tricky one because I could have put, But the problem is that that mindset,
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that kind of mindset, that would have been better, that kind of mindset doesn't stay small.
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The sentence is not incorrect.
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However, it could be said better.
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The problem is that that kind of mindset doesn't stay small.
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It spreads.
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It becomes how you deal with everything.
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What was the mindset that becomes how you deal with everything?
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Let's go back real quick.
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This doesn't matter.
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I'll deal with it when I feel like it.
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That mindset right there becomes how you deal with everything.
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And suddenly, the small things you could have handled easily become bigger.
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now you're behind now you're overwhelmed
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when you're overwhelmed lots of things are coming at you not because life threw something new at you
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but because you delayed dealing with what was already yours to handle
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now you're behind now you're overwhelmed because you delayed dealing with what was already yours to handle.
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You delayed dealing with what you needed to do.
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When you ignore something simple like answering an email,
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cleaning your desk, when you ignore finishing the workout you started,
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or having a hard conversation, what happens?
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What happens when you ignore these things?
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You carry it into the next hour, then into the next day, and it weighs on you.
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It weighs on you.
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It's heavy on you.
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You might not feel it clearly, but it's there.
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Thank you it's sitting in your mind, reminding you that you still haven't done it.
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I'm still here.
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You still haven't done what you said you would do.
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That mental clutter, that messy mind,
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mental clutter, steals your energy, your focus, your drive.
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And you don't even realize how much it's draining you, draining you, taking away your power.
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People think putting things off is harmless.
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It's not.
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It's not harmless.
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It's a silent form of stress because your brain knows your brain's not stupid.
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It knows what's going on.
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It remembers what you didn't finish.
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And the longer you avoid it, the more resistance you build around it.
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Resistance, pushing against.
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Something that could have taken 10 minutes now feels like a mountain.
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and that's the trap most people live in every day.
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The key is to train yourself to respond fast.
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You don't need to be perfect.
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You just need to act.
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If there's a task sitting in front of you, take care of it right now.
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If there's a decision that needs to be made, stop second -guessing it.
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Stop second -guessing.
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Second -guessing is doubting yourself, questioning if you made the wrong choice.
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Did I make the wrong choice?
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I'm second -guessing myself.
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Stop second -guessing it.
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Make the best choice you can and move forward.
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Oops.
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Life doesn't wait for you to feel confident.
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And results don't come to people who spend all day thinking.
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They come to people who execute.
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Execute, take action, do things.
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You've got to be honest with yourself.
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Are you using thinking as a tool or as an excuse?
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Are you spending time planning or are you hiding from action?
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It's easy to tell yourself you're preparing.
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I'm getting ready.
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I'm preparing.
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But if you're not handling what's right in front of you, that's not preparation.
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That's a delay.
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That is a delay.
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You don't need a massive strategy to win your day.
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You just need to deal with the task that's staring you in the face.
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That thing you've been ignoring, handle it.
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that message you were supposed to respond to do it now that workout you promised yourself get up and start
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that deadline you keep skipping block out an hour and knock it out
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block out an hour set aside an hour and do it knock it out,
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get it done real change doesn't come from what you dream about it comes from what you finish
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you're not lacking time you're leaking time well you're not lacking,
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you're leaking time leaking like water coming out of a bucket you're losing time your time is going away
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And most of the time,
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leaks happen when you ignore the small actions you could have taken right away.
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you check your phone.
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You scroll.
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You pause and do nothing.
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And while you do that, your goals stay untouched.
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Your progress sits still.
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And your potential waits silently for you to act like you mean it.
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you don't need a new opportunity.
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You need to stop delaying the one you already have.
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The work in front of you might not be glamorous.
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It might be uncomfortable.
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It might feel small.
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But it matters because how you handle the small things shapes how you'll handle everything else.
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Discipline is built in the moments where you could have delayed but didn't.
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The best version of you doesn't put things off.
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they step up they show up they do what's needed not because it's fun not because it's easy but because it's right
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you've got to start living with urgency not panic urgency there's a difference panic is chaos urgency is clarity.
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You know what you need to do and you do it.
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It's knowing that time is moving.
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It's knowing that progress only happens when you act.
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If something is in your way, deal with it.
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If something is your responsibility, own it.
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don't hope someone else will clean it up for you.
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Don't wait until it's comfortable, because that comfort is never coming.
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The only comfort that matters is knowing you did your part.
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And the only way to earn that is by handling what's yours fast and with focus.
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You can tell a lot about a person by how quickly they respond to life.
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Some people avoid.
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They escape into distractions.
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They tell themselves, not now.
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Others step in.
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They see the mess and clean it.
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They feel the fear and move anyway.
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They don't wait to feel ready.
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They build readiness by doing.
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You have to train your mind to stop negotiating with delay.
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Because once that habit creeps in, it grows fast.
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And the more you feed it, the more powerless you feel.
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You'll start thinking you're lazy, but you're not.
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you're just stuck in a loop of delay.
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And the only way out is to break it with action.
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Break that loop of delay by taking action.
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You don't have to feel motivated.
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You just have to start.
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Take five minutes, focus, handle one thing that's been waiting, and then do another.
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Build a pattern, build a streak, build pride.
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Because when you start handling what's in front of you, you start gaining momentum.
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And momentum is what makes everything easier.
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Not because life gets lighter, but because you get stronger.
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You want to win the day?
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Handle the day.
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Not in your mind, not in your dreams, in your actions, with your time, with your choices.
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there's power in doing things now.
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There's power in keeping your life light and your mind clear.
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And that power comes from refusing to carry things that you could have already dealt with.
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No one is coming to do it for you.
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No one is coming to do it for you. For you.
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You have to do it.
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It's all up to you, right?
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This is your life, your goals, your responsibility.
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So stop scrolling past your potential.
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Stop scrolling past your potential.
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Stop hiding behind distractions.
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Take control by doing the thing that's right in front of you.
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Even if it's boring.
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Even if it's uncomfortable.
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Even if it takes effort.
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That's the price of progress.
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That's how you get better.
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Not someday.
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Not soon. But today.
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You don't need more motivation.
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You need movement.
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You don't need more knowledge.
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You need to follow through.
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You already know what needs to be done.
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You've just been waiting for a better time.
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But there is no better time.
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There's only now.
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handle it, clean it, finish it, face it.
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That's how people who grow think.
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That's how winners move.
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That's how you take the next step toward becoming everything you know you can be.
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You don't rise by accident.
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You rise when you stop delaying.
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And the only way to stop delaying is to take control of the moment in front of you
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and act on it like it matters. Because it does.
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It always has.
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And guess what?
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Boom.
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Good workout.
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We did it.
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Keep moving forward one step at a time.
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Now, if you want to go back and do that lesson again and try to shadow me this time, you can do that.
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I don't know.
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I took a lot of little breaks here and there to explain words and ad -lib.
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Sometimes I wonder, do I need to practice shadowing more with you? But, okay.
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No, no, no. This lesson was all about just listening, repeating chunks, and absorbing the message,
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and just feeling the English flow.
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That's what it was all about, right?
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All right.
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Okay.
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I'll see you in the next video.
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In the next video, we'll do more shadowing practice.
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I'll see you there.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “LISTENING to English with Advanced SHADOWING Speaking Practice”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: handle, mindset, delay. This video has 221 sentences and 1814 words to shadow. The speech runs for 18:43. The speaker talks slowly, about 97 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| delay noun | /dɪˈleɪ̯/ | A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity. |
| mindset noun | /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/ | A way of thinking; an attitude or opinion, especially a habitual one. |
| ignore verb | /ɪɡˈnɔː/ | To deliberately not listen or pay attention to. |
| shadow noun | /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ | A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. |
| leak noun | /liːk/ | A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape. |
| workout noun | /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/ | An exercise session; a period of physical exercise. |
| scroll noun | /skɹoʊl/ | A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll. |
| urgency noun | /ˈɜː.d͡ʒən.si/ | The quality or condition of being urgent. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| comfort noun | /ˈkʌm.fət/ | Contentment, ease. |
| knock verb | /nɑk/ | To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. |
| loop noun | /luːp/ | A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. |
| panic noun | /ˈpænɪk/ | Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare. |
| uncomfortable adjective | /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ | Not comfortable; causing discomfort. |
| drain noun | /dɹiːn/ | A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK) |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. | |
| move forward verb | To cause to make progress. | |
| follow through verb | To execute or complete a commitment. | |
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. | |
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. | |
| hide behind verb | To use someone or something as a shield in order to avoid taking responsibility for something; to avoid attention by using someone or something as a shield. | |
| set aside verb | /sɛt.əˈsaɪd/ | To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose. |
| 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:
- Are you ready to practice?
- What's on your plate right now?
- What's in front of you right now?
- What do you need to do right now?
- Did I make a mistake on this sentence?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | you've been ignoring · that's been waiting · You've just been waiting |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | could be said · be made · is built |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who spend · people who execute · people who grow |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | haven't done |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 58 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, distraction /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, negotiate /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
- Long words — get the stress right: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, momentum /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, negotiate /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
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 delay, mindset, ignore.
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.