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400 trillion to one.
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The odds of becoming a human being.
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This is the reason I'm happy 24 seven, 365 for the rest of my life.
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Kindness is the ultimate strength in our society.
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When the intent of what you do is selfish, you will lose.
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The market doesn't care.
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What you need to do is make one person happy, you.
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Then you can make everybody else happy.
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There's a lot more to do with the showing up to the funeral than it has to do with the bank account.
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What works for me doesn't necessarily work for you.
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I really think mindset is everything.
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400 trillion to one.
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When you understand that math, how can't you live your life?
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That's how rare it is to be a human being.
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And what are you waiting for?
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Like you've been given this ridiculous triple miracle.
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Like you're literally more likely to win the lotto 10 times in your life than actually have a life.
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So I ask you my friends, with this one life, you're gonna sit on your couch and dwell.
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You're gonna be upset about that thing that happened last week that you up.
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I'm asking you, I'm promising you, please take this swing.
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There's nothing you'll ever accomplish that's more remarkable than that you have a chance to accomplish something.
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It always feels like there's a little bit more chips on the shoulder, which is what I have, but I wanna remind everybody, just cause you didn't grow up with a trust fund,
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just cause you don't live in Silicon Valley, the market doesn't care.
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If you're good enough, you will win.
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If you have ambition, your actions have to match that.
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And too many people are just like, not putting in the work.
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Their mouth is way ahead of their actions.
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Like, really?
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You're gonna be the greatest NBA player of all time?
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Why, because you think you got a little handle on the weekends?
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You need to shoot 15,000 free throws before school every day.
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Because if anybody ever did it, then you can too.
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Stop making excuses.
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Stop complaining.
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Nobody's listening.
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The market doesn't care.
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What you need to do is make one person happy, you.
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Then you can make everybody else happy.
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So people struggle with patience because mainly most people are insecure.
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They worry about what other people think about them.
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So they're rat racing quick to get paper so they can buy something to impress people they don't even like.
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And I'm trying to change that narrative.
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When I was 32, I was stocking shelves in a liquor store.
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So you can imagine when 26 year olds come up to me and they're like, I'm finished.
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I'm like, I'm like, mother you haven't started.
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It's not about being a perfectionist, you're afraid to fail.
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100%.
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And it's a cute version.
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You don't have the humility to admit that you're scared, so you created this real pretty package called perfection.
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Boy, do I get triggered when people say I'm a perfectionist.
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And it's funny, not anger, deep empathy.
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I'm like, wow, you're deeply scared and you've manipulated yourself and others to hide that you're scared.
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If you love something and you're good at it, it's going to be a big win.
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I think the nuance on that is if you love something and you're not good at it, it might be worth doing because being happy is more important than making money,
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but you have to be honest with yourself
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that you're only gonna make $40,000 a year being a painter because nobody's gonna buy your painting.
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What makes you happy? and I very much think that my success is a product of some level of skill, but I do think I win because I outwork people.
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I really do believe that, and I'm not sure that if my dad didn't set
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that example that I'd even have the ability to think one could work that hard.
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The fact that I've been working 19 hours a day, every day for the last 20 years is easy for me.
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It's the only gear I knew, right?
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I was poor, I sucked shit at school.
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It was the only gear I had, And so I would tell people to bet on their strengths.
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You need to bet on your strengths and don't give a about what you suck at.
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And to put themselves in a position to win with their strengths because that is absolutely the straightest line to success.
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You know what you have?
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You have time.
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Like every person's got something.
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And what you definitely have at this age is you have time.
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That's your asset.
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Your time and what you do with it is what you've got.
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Now you got school and you got some other you gotta take care of, but there's a lot of time.
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The only thing that I think maps for every 16 year old entrepreneur is patience.
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The biggest mistake a 16 year old entrepreneurs make is they want things to happen too soon.
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You have so much time.
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I mean, it's insane to me to think about how much time you actually have.
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If you doubled your age, you would still be eight years younger than me.
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But I get emails, which I get 50 amount of day for entrepreneurs, I'm like, hey, I know you always talk about patience.
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Like, I've been doing this, it's not working, should I give up and do something else?
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Inevitably I'll email back and be like, how long have you been doing it?
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Oh, four months.
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And I'm like, you.
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You want this to be your wife and you're giving up after four months?
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Are you out of your mind?
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It's a long game.
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I was told between seven years old and 18 years old that I lost.
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I knew inside that this was not the game that I was gonna play.
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I was patient.
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I ate crow in that 12 year period while the market and the machine told me I wasn't gonna win.
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I knew what my outcome was and you may now be in your 20s
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and 30s and the marketplace might be telling you that you're gonna lose, but it is about staying the course and putting in the work
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and positioning yourself in the right position to go out and win.
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Positivity always wins at the end, man.
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This shit is so basic.
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When I look at what's going on in the social realms, negativity always wins the short game and positivity always wins the long game.
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The only way you're gonna get the thing that's been running through your mind, the only way you're gonna get on that plane that you think you wanna be on,
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when you were sitting downstairs eating french fries with your homie
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and chopping it up and saying what we're gonna be in seven years, is if you outwork everybody, figure out what you're good at,
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bring value to the people you're trying to sell and just rinse and repeat forever till the end.
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You're gonna look for that miracle algorithm that's gonna change your outcome
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and you're gonna continue to search and play the short game while I keep putting in the work, the hours, the long-term value.
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You play the short game, I'll keep playing the long game.
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I can be kind of like aggressive and competitive and show that side, but my absolute strength and foundation to my success
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and often other people's that I admire from afar are predicated on their empathy and perspective and gratitude and warmth.
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And I think I'm winning on that.
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And I think I'm going to make it popular.
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And I think a lot of people are going to feel the benefits of good.
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It's incredible to watch people feel crippled by the thought that somebody's getting over on them.
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It is devastating for me to see that people struggle with the idea that kindness is the strength, not the weakness.
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So many of you are being told to be less kind
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and less of a pushover and charge more and stand up for yourself.
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And it's ludicrous talk kindness is the ultimate strength in our society
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when the intent of what you do is selfish you will lose i branded it kind candor to myself
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and i scale it in my companies we're about kind candor we're gonna tell you
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but we're gonna do it in a very humane very 360 very thoughtful way
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and the intent is
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that this candor allows us to fix it not set it
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up to fire you eight kids at a playground play
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and somebody gets hurt almost always all seven
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or six other kids continue to play but one comes over
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and comforts that child they haven't even lived life enough to know about anything they're just doing it
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because they're doing it there is no reason they're doing it it's in them
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and this is why i'm passionate about empathy and kindness and compassion and sympathy because it's good.
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It's really good.
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I really think mindset is everything and so you've got to really decide
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or you're going to be positive about things or negative about things.
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Am I thrilled
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that I have the ability to do things about it to make what I'm worried about better
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or am I crippled by shit?
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I always choose positivity.
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I look at other people around me.
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It's not just about me that are winning.
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They choose positivity.
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I look at the people around me that are not winning, that are not progressing, that are not advancing.
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They're choosing negativity.
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It's stunningly It's stunningly black and white.
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It's stunningly A or B.
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This is really up to you.
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There's a lot more to do with the showing up to the funeral than it has to do with the bank account.
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And you know what's funny, is if you actually live your life like the funeral, you end up making stuff for the bank account by accident.
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You end up meeting somebody who, you know?
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It's so crazy when I think about how I invested in Twitter and made all that money.
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It was more about giving shit about my funeral, like doing the right thing by a bunch of people, which led to going to South by Southwest, which led to me meeting the Twitter guys.
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I've made enough money.
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I'm good, I'm great.
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If I don't make a single dollar again, great.
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I don't need to buy the Jets, I need to try to buy the Jets.
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That's a distinction.
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I want legacy, I want you to show up to my funeral
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because you watched a Facebook livestream when I was in San Diego
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and I ranted and I finally kicked your ass into gear and you realized no more reading, no more consuming, time to do.
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Anytime something sucks like shit, remember it doesn't matter and the macro, there are only so few things that you will think about on your deathbed.
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There are only so few things that will matter to you as you continue to glide and guide through your life.
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So understand whatever the you're upset about right now fundamentally doesn't matter.
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It just doesn't.
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There's so many people that have a business that makes them 200,000 a year, they wanna grow.
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And then when it goes to 280,000, they went from extremely happy to miserable on that small of a delta.
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You know, please, please, in a success world,
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please understand that success is happiness, not net dollars in.
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I love doing business and I love nice.
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I'm addicted to nice.
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So I wanna leave a legacy where people feel compelled to come to my funeral one day
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or tell their daughter a story or whatever the social network of the day is
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or however we communicate to say something nice.
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I want to do that.
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I want to live that life.
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400 trillion to one.
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I just want everybody to hear this.
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This is the reason I'm happy 24 seven, 365, for the rest of my life.
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400 trillion to one.
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The odds of becoming a human being.
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You might not like the human being situation you ended up in, but let me tell you this.
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Your mom might have grabbed another glass of wine and you never would have been.
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I want you to know it now of how much you mean to me
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and how thankful I am and how much I learned from the way
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that you and mom navigated and how I do think my hard work
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and my hustle is my separation from the marketplace and I know that's a learned behavior by watching how you did it.
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And I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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And so I thought it was a good time to say, hey, I love you.
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Why Practice Speaking with This Video?
This video is a goldmine for shadowspeak practice—its conversational tone, emotional emphasis, and relatable topics make it perfect for honing natural speech. The speaker’s raw, unscripted style mirrors real-life conversations, helping you master pacing, pauses, and emphasis. Whether you’re working on fluency or confidence, shadowing this dialogue trains your brain to think and speak in English simultaneously. Plus, the motivational message keeps you engaged, turning practice into a meaningful activity rather than a chore.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
Let’s break down key phrases to boost your speaking skills:
- “The odds of becoming a human being.” The phrase “odds of” is essential for talking about probability. Notice how it’s used to emphasize rarity—great for adding drama to your speech.
- “Your actions have to match that.” “Have to match” is a simple yet powerful structure for linking intentions to actions. It’s a common way to stress accountability in everyday conversations.
- “Stop making excuses.” This direct imperative is perfect for strong, persuasive speech. Learning how to deliver such phrases with the right tone (firm but encouraging) will make your English more impactful.
Common Pronunciation Traps
Pay attention to these tricky sounds to improve your English pronunciation:
- “400 trillion to one.” The “tri” in “trillion” is often mispronounced as “tree”—listen closely to the speaker’s crisp “trih” sound. Shadowing this phrase helps you nail the “tr” blend.
- “Stocking shelves in a liquor store.” The word “liquor” has a short “i” sound (like “lick-er”), not “lee-quor.” Practice saying it slowly to avoid the common mistake of overemphasizing the second syllable.
- “Perfectionist.” The stress here is on the third syllable: “per-FEC-tion-ist.” Many learners stress the first syllable, but shadowing the speaker’s rhythm will help you get it right.
Using a shadowing site to repeat these lines will train your mouth to form these sounds naturally. Remember, shadow speech isn’t just about copying—it’s about understanding how tone and pronunciation convey meaning. Dive in, and watch your English speaking skills transform!
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 | I've been working · I've been doing · have you been doing |
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | If you're good enough, you will win · If you doubled your age, you would still |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've been given · haven't started · you've manipulated |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | you've been given · was told · are predicated |
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.