Shadowing Practice: Mastery: How to Learn Anything Fast | Nishant Kasibhatla - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Raise your hand if you think you have a fantastic memory.

Okay, I can see a couple of hands raising, so let me make it easy for you.

I'm going to ask you an easy question.

Raise your hands if you think you have a bad memory.

ah a lot more hands going up right now and what about the rest of you did not raise the hands

You forgot to raise your hand.

Well, here's the good news.

It really doesn't matter whether you think you have a good memory or not.

because it's a fact that you can train your brain to remember better,

to learn faster, and to achieve mastery in anything you want in your life.

And I'd like to show you something really interesting here, which actually demonstrates to you what you can do if you train your brain.

Now, I would request to any five of you, any five people, can I volunteer to please come here and write something on the flip chart.

Okay, I promise you, you don't have to remember anything.

So that's a good thing, yeah?

Okay, so we've got one more person, one more person. So come on.

Just one more person, I want one more person to come up.

Yes sir, please come.

Okay, anyone?

All right, so we've got five.

A big round of applause for all of them here.

Thank you very much for volunteering.

Okay. So, um...

This is what's going to happen.

So I think you can start the nearest to the flip chart.

So all you need to do is-- I'll just open it for you.

Yeah.

All you need to do is to write a six -digit number on this flip chart, write it a little big, so everyone in the audience can see.

So one line, a six digit number.

And after you've done this, please pass the marker to the next person.

You write the six digits, six digits, six digits, and sir, is it okay if you stay back after you've written on your digit?

Because I need a little bit more help from you.

Okay, good?

Okay, perfect.

So I am going to go behind the flip chart.

because I'm not going to look at these numbers for the next few minutes.

Thank you.

All good so far?

Okay, good. So...

No, you also need to write a six digits, a random number.

Thank you.

Alright, so if everything went well, you should be having a 30 digit number on the flip chart, is that correct?

Okay, big round of applause for everyone.

Thank you very much and please have a seat.

Have a seat.

Except you.

Can I know your name please?

Angelo.

So Angelo is here.

Big round of applause for Angelo because he's going to help people with more things.

Okay, now what's going to happen is I'm going to stand behind the flip chart, and Angelo if you don't mind, Can you please call these numbers to me out loud one by one?

Yes, sir, go ahead.

Right?

- Seven.

Right?

Seven.

Right?

One.

Thank you.

Right?

- Two.

Right?

Full.

Right?

Six.

Thank you.

Right?

Sorry, I think I just messed up a little bit of thing here.

So after you said 2, 0, What is the next number?

Four.

Eight.

Okay, next.

Six.

Okay, go ahead.

Seven.

Right?

Three.

Right?

Two.

right?

Zero.

Right?

Three. So, write.

Right?

7th.

Right?

Three.

Right?

One.

100

Right?

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Good night.

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Right?

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Eight.

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Right?

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- Sue.

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Right?

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Right?

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Five.

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Right?

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One.

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Right?

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Six.

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Right?

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Two.

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Right.

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Five.

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Right?

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Three.

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Right?

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Right.

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So, thank you very much.

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We're going to give an applause for Angelo here.

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Perfect.

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Thank you.

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All right.

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So, of course, you're expecting me to do something, which is true.

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So, what's going to happen is I'll try to recall these numbers from my memory and let's see how it goes.

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The numbers are 7 7 1 7...

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Okay, I messed up.

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Let's start again.

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So it's 7 7 7 1 2 0 4 8 6

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7 3 2 0 3 0 7 7 3 1 9 8 2 2 5.

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Okay, wait, it's 8 2.

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After That should be, it's 9,

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5, 1, 6, 2, 5, 3, 4.

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Thank you.

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Okay, so...

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What's the time right now?

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So, what's the time right now?

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8 :45.

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8 :45.

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Sometimes 8 :45 is not the right time for me.

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I miss one or two digits.

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Alright, so what you've seen is a demonstration of what anyone can do.

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Now, that's just a 30 -digit number.

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We'll come back.

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Now, some of you are wondering how I memorized these numbers.

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I'll come back to you and explain to you how I did it.

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Now, one of my records is, I memorized a number consisting of 1 ,944 digits.

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It looks something like that.

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I memorized a deck of playing cards in less than two minutes.

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I also memorized a deck of seven decks of playing cards in 60 minutes.

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So for those of you who are thinking of taking me to the casino, I'm available.

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We can talk about the negotiation later on.

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And also I became a Grand Master of Memory many years ago, and also broke a Guinness record in memorizing the longest sequence of colors.

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Now, it is true that I broke a Guinness record in memory.

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It's also true that many years ago, I used to hold a world record in forgetting.

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It's not official, if you ask my mom and dad, they'll tell you.

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I had a lousy memory.

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In fact, I still remember one of those days when I was 15 years old, my mom asked me to buy something from the shop.

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I got onto my bicycle, went to the shop, parked my bicycle, went into the shop, and as I was going into the shop, I totally forgot I went there on a bicycle.

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walked out of the shop and started walking back home.

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And the most embarrassing thing was, I realized I left my bicycle only the next day.

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Now for those of you wondering what happened to the bicycle?

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Well you guessed it, I lost it.

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So I had a lousy memory.

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I went from a person with a lousy memory to breaking a Guinness record.

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And the good news is anyone can train their memory, anyone can become a fast learner.

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Because today, I'm going to show you my formula of how you can learn anything

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and master anything in a fun, easy manner.

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I'm gonna show you some pictures on the screen, and these are some famous people.

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So, who is this?

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Thank you.

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Who's that?

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Thank you very much.

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And who's this?

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And then who's this?

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Let's have a quick interaction here.

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Can you please find a partner?

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The person sitting next to you by default becomes your partner.

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Groups of two to three is fine.

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I'll give you 10 seconds and your exercise is very simple.

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Can you please turn to your partner and tell him or her What is common among all these people?

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Your 10 seconds starts now.

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Go ahead.

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Thank you.

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Okay, thank you very much.

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That's about 10 seconds time.

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Thank you very much.

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Can I have some answers please?

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Shout out loud.

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What is common?

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Billionaires.

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Thank you.

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What is it?

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- Rich.

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- Rich.

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Of course, the rich, the billionaires, whatever else, come on.

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- Americans.

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- Americans, aren't they?

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"Oh, so next time I should chain that.

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Thanks for pointing it at it.

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Next." - Thank you.

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Celebrities, what else?

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Inspirational.

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Inspirational, that's true.

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Now, can I also say that all these people are masters at their game.

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Do you agree with that?

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Well, they're masters at their games.

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So you know, when I was a teenager growing up, when I used to read or hear about successful people and their extraordinary achievements,

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I always used to be fascinated by their stories, and I always used to wonder, you know, what is it that makes these people very, very successful?

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Now I'm talking about way back 1990s, and those days there was no internet.

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And if you want to do research in 1990, what do you do?

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- The library.

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- You go to the library, that's exactly what I did.

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I went to the library, I fell in love with reading books, and I used to read hours and hours, and finally, when I started reading, A lot of these books,

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I found out the secret of success.

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Like most of you say, I mean, they're all rich and billionaires, but then most of the common things like, you know, they're passionate, All these successful people, they are passionate, they have clear goals, they have a good purpose,

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they are hardworking, they are committed, they are confident.

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But one thing that many people miss out, is they all have committed to lifelong learning.

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You name any person who has achieved extraordinary levels of success, I can tell you that that person has committed to lifelong learning.

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They keep on learning new things on a regular basis.

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Like Oliver Wendelholme said a long time ago, "A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions."

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And that is the reason I say that your learning ability decides your earning capacity.

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And that's also the reason why if you learn faster, you will stand out from everyone else.

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If you learn faster, you can go from underpaid to overpaid.

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And if you learn faster, you can have an unfair advantage over others.

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So the question is, how do you learn?

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So it all starts with input.

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And what I mean by input?

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Now most people, they just focus way too much on input.

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What I mean by input is they go to seminars, they read books, they watch videos, they listen to podcasts, they follow blogs, it's input, input, input, input, and more input.

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Well, there's nothing wrong with learning.

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The problem is, if you have too much of input with no output, what happens is you have shallow learning.

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That's not good.

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What we want...

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is not shallow learning.

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For example, how many of you had this experience where, you know, some of your friends come to you and say, "Hey, read this book !" And then you go, "Yeah, what did you learn from this book?" And then they go,

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"Uh, it's a good book.

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It's a good book.

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It's a very good book, you know?" And then you go, "Okay, I understand what it's saying, but what's the takeaway from this book for you?" And they say,

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I tell you, you must read this book.

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Well, what is the point of learning something if you can't implement it and benefit from this?

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That is pure intellectual entertainment, nothing else.

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We don't want shallow learning, we want deep learning.

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And how do you do that?

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We do it.

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It's very simple.

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For true mastery, you need to focus more on the output rather than the input.

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You need to focus more on the output rather than the input.

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So raise your hand if you've heard this thing before.

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Yeah, thank you very much.

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So use it or do it.

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This is so true with learning.

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When you learn something, if you don't use it, if you don't output it, You lose it.

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So that's the reason why we should become more of an output person than input.

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And here's my formula of how you can be a master at anything.

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The first thing is of course, learn, which is what you already are doing.

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Now the interesting thing is, When you are learning, you must ensure that the quality of input is really, really high.

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You must be paying 100 % attention.

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But the problem is when people are learning these days, what do they do?

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They do multitasking. Because of what?

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Because of the devices that you're actually holding right now, because of the phones that we have, people do multitasking.

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Just imagine, when you're reading a book, when you're watching a video, you have your phone nearby.

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And while you're reading, while you're learning, while you're understanding, and the phone message goes off, the notification goes off, what do you do?

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Of course you attend to it.

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When you attend to it, what happened?

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What you just did?

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You killed your momentum.

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You messed up with the quality of input.

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Now here's the thing, your quality of input determines the quality of retention.

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how well and how long can you remember information.

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It also affects the quality of recall.

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That's the reason why my suggestion is, if you are learning something, at least for the time you're learning, you should be doing not multitasking, but the exact opposite of it, which is...

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Single task.

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Do one thing at one time, especially when it comes to learning.

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Stay away from distractions.

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Pay 100 % attention and then you'll be well on your way to mastery.

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That's the first thing.

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The second thing is, of course, is reflect.

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Now many people are in the rush to learn new things, which is good, but the problem is you also need to do reflect.

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What do you mean by that?

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After you learn something, pause for a while and ask yourself, hey, what's the takeaway from this thing?

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Thank you.

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And how can I use this information in my life?

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How can I use this information in my work, in my family?

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When you pause, when you reflect, when you ask these questions, that's how learning solidifies.

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Otherwise, it's all just wasted.

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And after reflect, the next step is implement.

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And this is where the magic happens.

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And unfortunately, many people miss out on this thing.

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What they do is they go on learning new things, they get excited, and they feel good, they feel inspired, and they go on to learn something new.

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You just messed up.

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Now the problem is, if you get into the habit of just learning without implementation, you know what you get?

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You get illusion of competence.

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You feel you've learnt it.

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You feel you're competent.

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But it's not competence at all because you haven't implemented it.

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So my suggestion is, when you are learning something, stop, write down what are the few things I can take action on,

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schedule it in the calendar and take some action because this is what one of my mentors told me, Nishant, allow the action.

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is better than no action.

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Do you agree with that?

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Thank you very much.

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And of course the last step is share.

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Raise your hand if you heard this thing before.

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The best way to learn something is to teach it.

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Thank you, you all heard that, and that is so true.

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When you learn something, just output it, just share it with other people.

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Now if you don't know, if you don't want to teach, you could just share it, you could just discuss it, but what happens is when you share things with other people, What you're doing is you're helping your brain to pay more attention.

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and then you will be on your path to mastery.

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So I have not seen anyone who became a master at something just by doing the input.

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They all became masters by doing the input and more of the output.

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So I have a question for you.

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When you are learning something new, how much time do you spend on learning?

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and how much time do you spend on reflecting, on implementing, and on sharing?

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And if you're not spending more time in input, in output, that's not a good thing.

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Now coming back to the numbers I memorized, I know you're wondering how I memorize these numbers.

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Now for that I have a simple system, it's called visualization and association.

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Now how many of you believe that the brain remembers pictures better, yes?

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That's the reason why we always say, "I've seen you somewhere, sorry, what's your name?" Do you ever say,

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"I know your name, what's your face?" Doesn't happen, because that's the way the human brain works.

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So what I do is I have pre -assigned visuals for every two digit number.

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So as Angelo was calling these numbers to me, so what I did was I tried to,

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you know, convert those into the visuals that I already have and I used association to link them up together.

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Now if you're wondering, Nishant, how do you do so fast?

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That is where implementation comes.

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When you practice, when you implement it, that's how you become a true master.

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In fact, when I do these workshops, people can do this at the end of one day or two days.

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It's not that easy if you know the right technique.

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Now, coming back to this thing.

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Oops.

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I have a simple solution for you before I close, and this is this.

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If you're spending X amount of time on input, my solution is at least spend 2x amount of time on output.

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And when you do that, you are well on your way to be a master at achieving anything you want.

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Now because I messed up a couple of digits, I want to challenge myself.

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I got inspired after Manoj's speech.

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I'm gonna challenge myself and turn out my fear and face my fear.

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And what I'm gonna do is, just take one more minute.

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I'll try to recall this one more time after speaking for 20 minutes.

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OK.

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No. If this doesn't go well, just cut this out from the YouTube.

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Okay, that's good.

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Okay, good.

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So, that's true.

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So, let me see if you can recall these numbers. in the backwards sequence.

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Challenging myself. Who knows?

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four, three, five, 2, 6,

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1, 5, 9, 2, eight, nine, One, three, Seven.

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Seven.

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Zero.

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Not yet.

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Thank you.

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Three.

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Zero.

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Two.

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three, seven, six, eight, full um It's 0.

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to 1 7 7 7.

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Thank you very much.

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Who Should Watch This Video?

If you’re an English learner aiming to boost your speaking skills—whether for IELTS speaking practice or everyday confidence—this video is a goldmine. It’s perfect for intermediate learners ready to move beyond basic phrases, as the conversational tone and interactive style mirror real-life communication. The speaker’s clear, engaging delivery makes it ideal for shadow speak practice, where you repeat phrases aloud to mimic rhythm and pronunciation. Even advanced learners will benefit from the natural flow of dialogue, which helps refine fluency.

Words & Idioms Worth Stealing

The video is packed with practical expressions. Here are a few to add to your toolkit:

"Raise your hand if...": A classic way to engage a group, useful for meetings or classroom settings.
"Make it easy for you": Softens a request, great for polite conversations.
"A big round of applause": A natural phrase to acknowledge others—essential for social or professional events.
"All good so far?": Checks in gently, perfect for casual chats or guiding a group.

These phrases sound native, not scripted, making them ideal for shadowspeak practice.

How to Get the Accent Right

The speaker’s pronunciation is clear but conversational, with two key focus areas for shadowing:

Stress in questions: Notice how "Raise your hand if you think you have a bad memory?" emphasizes "bad" to create emphasis. Mimic this stress to sound natural.
Connected speech: Phrases like "it really doesn’t matter" blend "it" and "really" into "it - really" (with a slight glide). Practice linking words to avoid choppy speech.

Use a shadowing site to replay short clips, pausing to repeat each line. Focus on matching the speaker’s pace and intonation—this is how shadowspeaks transforms your speaking from "good" to "fluent."

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The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
“Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true	used to read · used to be
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if you learn faster, you will stand
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	you've done · you've written · you've seen
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	something, which is · person who has · learn, which is

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.

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