Shadowing Practice: You vs You. - Learn English Speaking with Video
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This ain't you bro.
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This ain't you.
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You weren't born like this.
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You won't die and if you do die you won't care.
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Because you'll be dead.
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Best case you win, worst case it won't matter.
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There's no luck in this game and it may be a little bit of luck
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but the luck happens after you bust your ass and you put yourself in that lucky situation.
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Luck doesn't happen.
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You put yourself in that situation where luck might fucking happen.
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And that's what people don't know.
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If you believe it, if you really believe that you could be something, if you have that little voice in your head saying,
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hey, you got talent, you could do this, then follow that voice.
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Fuck your motivation.
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Fuck your motivation.
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You need discipline.
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Because motivation's not there every day.
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I'm missing motivation most days.
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Wow, really?
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Some days, yeah, sometimes I got motivation.
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Some days I'm like, fuck yeah, today I felt good.
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I can't wait to get to the gym.
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Like, gotta get to the gym.
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And then once I get going, then I feel great.
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Yeah.
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And I feel great when it's over.
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But it's that beginning part that's hard because your body wants to stay comfortable.
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Your body will trick you.
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Like, man, today should take the day off, Theo.
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Yeah.
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Feel good.
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Theo, what did you get?
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Like, six hours sleep last night?
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That's not enough.
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It's so easy to be great nowadays, my friend, because most people are weak.
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Most people don't want to go to that extra mile.
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Most people don't want to find that extra because it sucks.
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It's miserable.
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It's lonely.
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easy to give up.
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It's the easiest thing in the world to do.
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I'm done.
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I ain't going.
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I ain't going to keep going.
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I don't feel like going to work.
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I'm done.
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It's easy.
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It's very easy.
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But what's hard is going, yo, yesterday I got nothing from working as hard as I could.
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Nothing happened from that.
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I'm going to do the same thing again today, but I'm going to try to go harder.
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That's the hardest thing in the world.
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To get up every day and give 100 % and be in the
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each day but mentally know that you're trying and trying
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and trying that's that's a real that's a real grind how bad do you want this
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if it's as bad as you want to live or breathe
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or sleep whatever hell it may be i can work with you
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but a lot of people most people don't want it that badly
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which why they always ask the question man how did you
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get to where you are you know how to do it you know exactly how to be you
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or how to be me you don't want to do it like i'm going to see you want to when you're tired.
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Let me see how you push yourself.
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Come on, man.
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Get up.
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Get up again tomorrow.
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Get up again tomorrow.
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Get up again tomorrow.
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The next day.
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Get up.
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Get up.
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Get up.
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Keep going.
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How long can you maintain a positive attitude?
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There's no hacks, bro.
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It's you against you.
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You against you.
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And if you misunderstand that, You have a real problem.
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You wake up, right to work.
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Immediately your mind is in action.
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No one wants to do that.
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No one.
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I don't blame them.
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Don't be mad!
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When you're laying there in your fucking bed, and you're in the fucking hospital, and you're 70, 80, 90 years old, you're thinking, man, I feel like I didn't fucking do something.
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Because you did.
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You didn't do it.
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You didn't do shit.
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You may have lived a great life, man, but you're always going to feel empty inside.
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I don't feel empty.
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The life you want is on the other side of a few hard conversations, and you're living a life you hate because you're too afraid to have them.
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I think about that a lot.
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Hard times create hard men.
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soft times create soft men soft men create hard times we are now around soft men
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and hard times there's a moment
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when every boy realizes no one's coming to save him
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and that's when he becomes a man and some boys never get there
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and stay children forever you should be a monster he said you should be a monster
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and it's that old expression it's better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war
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okay how good you are in anything you don't have discipline you ain't nobody right nothing of discipline
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because you give up on the slightest struggle without discipline 100
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told me discipline is doing what you hate to do
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but do it like you love it doing what you hate to do but do it like
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but if I'm feeling bad that doesn't mean I'm doing bad
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that doesn't mean I am bad that doesn't mean
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that I can't still take some action because yeah nothing changes and nothing changes man
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it's time to get back to work stop hearing yourself talk
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get off the podcast don't be on social media too much
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cut out all the fucking noise get back to the fucking mental lab I'd say
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thinking this will be the story that I will one day tell.
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And that means the harder it is the bigger the dragon.
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the more epic the story.
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and By consequence, the more epic the hero.
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The fear is never reaching your potential.
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That's it.
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That always falling short, always quitting before you're done, always procrastinating, always not doing the right thing.
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And then one day you're an old man.
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Yep.
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And you look back and go, God, I could have been great.
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Yep.
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I could have been great.
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It's time to stay focused.
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It's time to decide.
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Fuck clubs.
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Fuck partying.
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Fuck trying to fit in and socialize.
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you weird why are you so anti -social
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because I'm trying to get it why are you staying on the basketball court
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so much because I'm trying to get it why are you out there practicing in the hot sun
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when ain't nobody else out there
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because I'm trying to get it why are you not clubbing like every time I text you
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and invite you to go do something fun and cool you always studying
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because I'm trying to get it let me tell you something homie these women ain't going nowhere these these clubs,
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these parties, all this shit ain't going nowhere.
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The more weird you are, is a reflection of how committed you are to focusing on your shit,
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molding and shaping and developing your ideas and your craft so that when it's time for you to make your rounds, you gonna fly.
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was too different from the friends that I had, but not successful enough to be friends with the people that I wanted to be friends with.
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That's when you want people to root for you.
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That's when you want people to support you.
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Once you've already won, people are like, "He's amazing.
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He's so good." But like, that's the time when you need it the least.
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And so, you always have to be the person who roots for you before everyone else does.
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And it's usually a single clap in the auditorium for a very long period of time.
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It is a slow clap.
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That's just you rooting for you.
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And that visual I think is one that you can kind of take because it is...
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People struggle to do things alone.
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And the path of the exceptional person is one of an exception, which means that you are not with other people.
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And rather than fighting that or bemoaning it, you see it as an indicator that you're on the right path.
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Because if everyone else were cheering you on, then it means you're not in the right place.
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Because it means you're just like everyone else, and that's not where you want to be.
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Life isn't fair at all. At all.
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So what are you going to do about it?
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I knew that no one was coming back to help me.
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No one's gonna miracle me to be somebody special.
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So, mentality is the only thing that gets us through life.
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I was an underdog!
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We are all underdogs in life.
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Even the baddest person in the world should think that way.
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So you should always have "I've never arrived" mentality.
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And the can't hurt me mentality is no matter where you come from, the sewer, or wherever you think you're from.
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When I got on the sewer, I got to the road and looked around and said, can't hurt me Nothing should be able to hurt you.
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If you believe that it starts to become true.
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Be the guy who embraces The ugly the miserable.
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Be the guy who embraces hard work, the grind.
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Don't be afraid of being hurt.
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Don't be afraid of sacrificing some blood.
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You know, there comes a day, man, everyone's gonna have this day.
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There comes a day where being average, being mediocre, is just sickening to you.
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It's just sickening.
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It makes you want to throw up.
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Because you've seen people with far less talent than you as
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you're growing up with them their childhood buddies whatever else they
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didn't have what you had Yet now they're fucking to become something
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that you haven't there comes that day It's either when you're young, you know, and it strikes you on the baseball field
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because you're sick of striking out or it's it's
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when you get fired from your fifth job You know
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when your wife and kids are on your ass because you don't know how to support them anymore.
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There comes a fucking day where push comes to shove and shit just fucking burns and sucks so much.
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You can't deal with it one more day
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and you get off your fucking ass and you create something that's always been there.
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It's always been inside of you trying to come out, but you've never wanted to unwrap it because it's too much fucking pain and commitment.
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I'm a big fan of power follows the blame finger.
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So like wherever you point the blame fingers where the power follows.
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And so it's like if you point it, if you point it to the government, government has the power.
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If you point it at your spouse and say like it's their fault that I'm not in shape, it's their fault, they never let me do anything, it's like well you're giving them all the power.
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And so it's like until you're like it's my fault, it also becomes my responsibility.
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What if it's not your fault?
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What is?
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What if it's not your fault?
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It doesn't matter. And?
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Hmm.
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Like I can't run marathons because I lost my leg at birth.
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And either you can just never try or you put the metal thing on, And you do it anyways.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 193 sentences and 1845 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:45. The speaker talks at a natural 172 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| discipline noun | /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ | A controlled behaviour; self-control. |
| motivation noun | /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/ | Willingness of action especially in behavior. |
| mentality noun | /mɛnˈtæləti/ | A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs. |
| sickening adjective | /ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/ | Causing sickness or disgust. |
| underdog noun | /ˈʌndɚˌdɔɡ/ | A competitor thought unlikely to win. |
| clap verb | /klæp/ | To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound. |
| sewer noun | /ˈsuɚ/ | A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage. |
| grind verb | /ˈɡɹaɪnd/ | To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion. |
| miserable adjective | /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/ | In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor. |
| embrace verb | /ɛmˈbɹes/ | To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. |
| wherever | /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/ | Regardless of the place in, at or to which. |
| bemoan verb | /bɪˈmoʊn/ | To moan or complain about (something). |
| misunderstand verb | /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/ | To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly. |
| procrastinate verb | /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/ | To delay taking action; to wait until later. |
| socialize verb | /ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/ | To interact with others, especially personally, informally and off the clock rather than formally and officially. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. | |
| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) | |
| get off verb | To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| cut out verb | To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something). | |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). | |
| look around verb | To inspect a building or area. | |
| look back verb | To think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight). |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You weren't born like this.
- Best case you win, worst case it won't matter.
- Theo, what did you get?
- How long can you maintain a positive attitude?
- What if it's not your fault?
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 | you've already won · I've never arrived · you've seen |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | person who roots · exception, which means · guy who embraces |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | weren't born · being hurt |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should take · should be · should think |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 89 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: marathon /ˈmæɹəθən/, breathe /bɹiːð/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, socialize /ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, exceptional /ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/, reflection /ɹɪˈflɛkʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, mentality /mɛnˈtæləti/, miserable /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/, misunderstand /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/, procrastinate /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/
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 discipline, motivation, mentality.
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.