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If you want to be smarter, more confident, more attractive, this is one of the most overlooked ways to do it.
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And almost no one is paying attention to it.
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Because the hobbies you choose aren't just things you do for fun, they are shaping how you think, how you show up, and who you're becoming.
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So in this video, I am going to walk you through a set of hobbies that have very surprise you.
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Before we get into the list, I want you to tell me in the comments what is a hobby
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that you genuinely love or one that you would love to get into.
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I am always curious what people are drawn to.
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All right, now let's get into it.
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One of the most powerful hobbies that you can pick up
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and one that pays off almost immediately is learning a second language.
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Now, on the surface, this one is obvious.
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Yes, it makes you smarter.
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There's a lot of research on this.
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People who speak more than one language tend to have better memory,
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better cognitive flexibility, even a lower risk of cognitive decline later in life.
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But that's not actually the most interesting part.
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What is more interesting is what it does to your identity.
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Because the moment that you start speaking in another language, you start to feel different.
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You're no longer just operating in your default a different culture,
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a different conversation, a different version of yourself.
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And I have been learning French for a while now, so sometimes I will actually catch myself thinking: en fait,
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ça change complètement la façon dont tu te vois.
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Actually, it completely changes how you see yourself.
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And it's true, because by learning a new language, you are expanding your range as a person.
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comfortable with a new language is that you stop hesitating as much.
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At the beginning, you are very, very aware of yourself.
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You're thinking about every word.
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But over time, you start responding more naturally.
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You trust yourself more.
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And that confidence doesn't just stay contained to the language.
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Also, just practically speaking, it makes you a much more interesting person.
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There's a difference between "I've been busy with work" and "I've and trying to keep up in actual conversations.
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One of those is fine, the other one tends to hold people's attention a bit longer.
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So yes, this hobby will make you smarter, but more importantly, it expands your world and how you see yourself inside it.
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C 'est une autre version de toi, en fait.
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It's another version of you, really.
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Now, another hobby that works in a completely different way but is just as powerful is this.
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Golf.
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fall into this category too, but golf is a really good example.
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Now, I know golf has a bit of a reputation.
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Some people think it's slow.
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Some people think it's boring.
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And then there's a whole other group of people who are quietly obsessed with it, like me.
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And once you start playing, you understand why.
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On the surface, yes, this is one of those hobbies that tends to exist They're often around interesting,
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high -performing people.
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It's social, but not in a forced way.
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And you see a version of this in other sports too, like tennis, pickleball, all things where there's a mix of skill and social interaction.
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But what it actually trains is composure, because golf will expose you very quickly.
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You can hit a great shot and then completely mess up the next one.
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You can feel confident one minute and then slightly unravel the next minute.
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don't get to hide from that.
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When I started learning how to play, I didn't see myself as someone who plays golf at all.
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I didn't grow up playing sports.
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I didn't have that identity.
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And there's a moment, especially early on, where you feel very aware of yourself.
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You're at the range or on the course, and there's that subtle thought, do I actually belong here?
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And I made a lessons, invest in it, practice regularly,
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because all of those actions and decisions allowed me to show up like this is who I am now.
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And that's where the real shift happens.
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Because at some point, it's not about the sport anymore.
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It's about becoming someone who can stay steady, even when things are not going your way,
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which as it turns out is most of life.
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Also, golf is one of the which is probably useful.
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So yes, it's social, it's active, it's a bit aspirational, but most importantly, it builds a kind of calm, grounded confidence that's very hard to fake.
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Now, if that one works more on your composure, this next one works directly on how you think.
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Reading.
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Now a lot of people read and it doesn't change anything.
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They finish the book, they think, "Oh yeah, that was interesting," and then they go right back to thinking the same way that they did before.
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There are lots of benefits to making reading one of your hobbies.
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Yes, it makes you smarter.
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You are absolutely exposed to new ideas, new frameworks, different ways of seeing things, and then over time that compounds.
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It also makes you a more interesting person to talk to because You have something substantial to talk about.
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Another benefit of reading is much more subtle.
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It changes the voice in your head.
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Because most people don't realize the quality of your thinking is not fixed.
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It's influenced constantly by what you're consuming.
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And this is something that I have been very intentional about for years.
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Not just reading more, but reading better.
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Books that
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In fact, I just made a video where I break down 21 books
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that genuinely changed how I think and the core ideas from each one.
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I also made a video about how important it is to upgrade your inputs when you're on a journey of reinventing yourself.
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And yes, reading is definitely one of those key inputs.
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So if you are someone who wants to be more intentional with what you're reading, those two videos are a really good place to start.
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So yes, reading can absolutely make you smarter.
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And more importantly, it upgrades your thinking and that changes everything downstream.
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And actually, I would love to hear if there is one book that changed how you think.
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I am always curious about that, so let me know in the comments.
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Now this next one builds a completely different kind of intelligence
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and it's one that most people don't have a lot of experience with: learning to play an instrument.
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a lot of people like the idea of but don't actually stick with.
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Because at the beginning, it's not very rewarding.
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You're slow, you're a bit awkward, it doesn't sound great, and there's a very strong temptation to quit early.
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But playing an instrument is definitely something that can make you much more interesting.
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This is not something that I can claim myself.
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I have tried a few times when I was younger, I did take piano lessons for a while,
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but I never really felt the joy doing it so I gave it up after a while.
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I do kind of wish that I had tried out some different instruments
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or maybe stuck with piano a little longer
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but I definitely find it magnetic when I meet someone who can play a musical instrument.
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I think learning to play an instrument teaches you how to stay with something long enough to get good
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which is a very rare experience because the truth is most of us spend our time in things that we are
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But with an instrument, by definition, you have to do something uncomfortable in the beginning, just like many of the other hobbies that we've talked about so far,
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like languages and golf.
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Progress is slow.
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It's incremental.
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Sometimes it's almost invisible.
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And then, over time, something shifts.
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You realize that you are no longer the person who gives up early.
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You are someone who can tolerate the middle.
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The part where you're not any good yet, but you keep going anyway.
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Which, to be honest, is where most valuable things in life actually live.
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So yes, playing a musical instrument, it's creative, it's expressive, it's definitely impressive.
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But more than that, it builds patience and discipline and a kind of quiet persistence that carries into everything else.
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Now this next one is a bit more getting food on the table.
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I mean learning how to cook well.
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Because a lot of people treat cooking as a chore, something to just get through, something to outsource, something to do as quickly as possible.
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But when you actually learn how to cook, even at a fairly simple level, it becomes something else entirely.
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It's attractive.
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It's social.
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It changes how you host,
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raises your standards, not just in food, but in how you live.
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And I've noticed this in my own life.
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A little while ago, I decided to get really intentional about mastering a few signature dishes that I make really well,
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like a proper coq au vin and flourless chocolate cake and my own chili recipe that I have perfected over the years.
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And I really love approaching cooking like
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prepared and you're experimenting to find just the right way to poach an egg or cook a steak.
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You're no longer just consuming whatever is easiest.
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You're creating something.
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And that shifts your relationship with your day to day life.
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You start to build small rituals.
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The way you prepare a meal, the way you set a table, the way you slow things down even slightly.
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And those things add up.
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a really good meal.
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It's a very underrated form of competence.
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So yes, it's practical, but more than that, it shifts you from reacting to your life to curating and shaping it.
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Now, before we go on to hobby number six, just quick pause for a second.
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If you are watching this and thinking, okay, I know I want something to shift,
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but you can also see how easy it is to fall back into the same patterns,
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free guide called the Self -Sabotage Recovery Guide.
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It walks you through those patterns that quietly keep
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so many people stuck and stop you from making changes like the ones that I've been talking about, like adopting some new hobbies or new standards for your life.
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And the guide shows you how to start getting out of your own way.
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So I will link it below if you want to grab it again for free.
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All right, let's keep going.
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The next hobby that I want to talk about is writing.
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And Or it can be more structured writing.
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It doesn't really matter.
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What matters is that you're putting your thoughts somewhere that you can actually see them.
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Because most people are walking around with a constant stream of thought in their head
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and they never really stop to examine them.
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They just react to them.
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very real for me.
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So I've been journaling for years consistently.
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Like I have stacks of journals.
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And it's one of those habits that seems simple, but compounds in a very powerful way over time.
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Because the real benefit is this, it shows you your patterns.
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And once you can see your patterns, you can actually change them.
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A lot of what keeps people stuck isn't a lack of knowledge.
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It's the about who they are and what they can do.
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And those are very hard to shift when they're just in your head.
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And honestly, even writing my first nonfiction book, which is coming out soon, has reinforced this even more.
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Because when you're writing at that level, you can't stay vague.
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You have to get really clear on what you actually think, what you actually believe.
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And that's what writing does.
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It creates distance.
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You can see what you're thinking.
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just completely inside it.
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And that's where change starts.
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Also, sometimes you write something down and immediately realize, oh, that's the story I've been running.
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And it's not nearly as convincing when you can actually see it.
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So yes, writing gives you clarity, but more than that, it helps you to get out of your own way.
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Now, this next one takes that internal clarity and puts it out that a lot of people instinctively avoid.
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I think we have all heard the stat about how people fear public speaking more than death, which just shows how primal this fear can be.
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With public speaking, you're visible.
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You're being evaluated.
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You're vulnerable to judgment and rejection and humiliation.
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And yes, those do sound like bad things,
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but just stick with me for a sec because there are a whole doing more public speaking.
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One of the benefits is that you become more confident.
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I talk about this a lot in other videos
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that it's not about waiting to become more confident so that you can then do scary things like speaking.
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When you do the scary things and prove to yourself that you can handle it, even when it doesn't go all that great at first,
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that's the stuff that gives you more confidence.
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it.
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And more than that, when you make a decision to do some public speaking, what it actually does is force an identity shift.
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Because you cannot keep seeing yourself as, I'm not really that kind of person, and also put yourself out there.
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At some point, something has to change.
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Either you hold back or you expand.
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And this hobby doesn't really let you stay on YouTube,
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speaking regularly, and more recently doing my TEDx talk, those are not things that I would have naturally seen myself doing years ago,
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but the act of doing them, changes you.
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You get more comfortable expressing your ideas.
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You trust your voice more.
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You stop overthinking quite as much.
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And you start to see yourself differently.
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So yes, this hobby builds confidence and visibility.
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But more than that, it expands what you believe you're capable of.
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Now this next one works in almost the opposite way.
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It's much quieter but just as powerful.
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some of the obvious benefits of something like yoga or Pilates are the changes to your physical presence,
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your posture, your movement, the way that you carry yourself.
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There's a certain kind of calm, grounded energy that comes with it.
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And as you practice consistently, what it's really doing is regulating your nervous system.
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And that affects everything.
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This has been a constant in school, mostly as a way to manage stress.
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And it stayed with me through different phases.
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So during pregnancy with regular prenatal yoga,
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and then later it became a really important part of how I supported my body through an autoimmune illness.
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And what I have found is that it's not just about flexibility or strength.
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It's about how you respond to things.
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You become a bit less reactive, aware of what is happening in your body,
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which in most situations is a useful upgrade.
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Because when your nervous system is more regulated, you make better decisions.
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You handle stress differently.
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You don't get pulled off track as easily.
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So yes, it changes how you look and move,
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but more importantly, it changes how you feel and how you respond to your life.
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Action.
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Travel.
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And I really do think travel can function as a hobby, not just an occasional holiday,
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but something that you intentionally value and build into your life.
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Because travel gives you things that are hard to get any other way.
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Perspective.
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Novelty.
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energy.
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It wakes you up a bit.
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You notice more.
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You become more curious.
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And then you come back with fresh eyes.
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It also makes you much more interesting.
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You have stories and experiences and a broader sense of the world.
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And that tends to come through in conversation, in confidence, and in how you relate to people.
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Travel has enriched my own life enormously.
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After graduating several weeks which was such a formative experience.
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Later my husband and I did a lot of travel before we had kids.
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We went to Thailand, Hong Kong, we went on an African safari
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and now in this season of life we have created second homes for ourselves in France and London.
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So travel has become woven into how we live.
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We actually share some of that on our vlog channel as well, our travels and this of building.
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So yes, travel can be fun and beautiful, but it's also energizing and enriching, and one of the best ways to keep life feeling expansive.
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And you also get very good at figuring things out on the fly, which is a useful skill in general.
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Now this last one brings things back in slightly, but sharpens how you think in a very precise way.
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Learning a precision -based skill.
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how to edit video, or playing cards strategically, even something like calligraphy or design, or anything that requires detail and concentration.
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So these hobbies train a kind of focus that a lot of people are losing.
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You have to pay attention, you have to slow down, you have to notice small things, and that alone is valuable.
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They also sharpen how you think, how you start recognizing patterns, and thinking ahead, and making small adjustments.
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You become observant and more mentally engaged.
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And in a world where so much is fast and distracted and surface level, there's something really powerful about developing depth of attention.
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Also, these hobbies are very humbling.
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They look easy right up until you try them.
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So yes, they can make you smarter.
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And they also keep your mind active and focused and sharp.
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Now, if you step back and look hobbies isn't just that they make you smarter or more attractive.
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They make life richer.
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They keep you growing.
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They give you fresh energy and they help you become a more engaged, interesting version of yourself.
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Now, maybe as you're watching this, part of you is thinking, okay, that all sounds great, but it also sounds like effort,
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learning something new, starting as a beginner and sticking whether you would actually stay motivated. So
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if that's you, I want you to watch this next video where I unpack everything you need to know about motivation
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and why you feel unmotivated.
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Because motivation is usually misunderstood, and once you understand what is really going on, change gets a lot easier.
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So I will link it on the next screen, and then I will see you there.
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Thank you.
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Wait, too close.
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I don't want to knock it over.
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Okay.
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Alright, let's roll.
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Este vídeo tem 270 frases e 3127 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 21:25. O falante mantém um ritmo estável de cerca de 146 palavras por minuto, confortável para o shadowing. 86% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar.
Vocabulário principal deste vídeo
15 palavras menos comuns do vídeo, com pronúncia e significado:
- hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/ (substantivo) — passatempo, hobby. An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
- instrument /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/ (substantivo) — instrumento, aparelho. A device used to produce music.
- curious /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ (adjetivo) — curioso. Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
- skill /skɪl/ (substantivo) — habilidade, talento. A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
- upgrade /əpˈɡɹeɪd/ (verbo) — melhorar. To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
- intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/ (adjetivo) — intencional. Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.
- meal /ˈmiːl/ (substantivo) — refeição. Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
- naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ (advérbio) — naturalmente. In a natural manner.
- lesson /ˈlɛs.ən/ (substantivo) — lição. A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
- scary /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ (adjetivo) — assustador. Causing fear or anxiety
- piano /piˈænɪː/ (substantivo) — piano. A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers…
- consistently /kənˈsɪstəntli/ (advérbio) — consistentemente. In a consistent manner.
- differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/ (advérbio) — diferentemente. In a different way.
- motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/ (substantivo) — motivação. Willingness of action especially in behavior.
- yoga /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/ (substantivo) — ioga. Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system…
Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir
- get into (verbo) — entrar em. To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
- come out /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ (verbo) — sair, partir. To be discovered; to be revealed.
- give up (verbo) — render-se. To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
- go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verbo) — continuar. To continue in extent.
- grow up (verbo) — crescer. To mature and become an adult.
- mess up (verbo) — desarrumar, bagunçar. To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
- pay off (verbo) — compensar. To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
- pick up (verbo) — pegar. To lift; to grasp and raise.
Pronúncia para ficar de olho
O falante usa 50 contrações e formas reduzidas, como you're, doesn't, don't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.
- Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, substantial /səbˈstænʃəl/
- Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, consistently /kənˈsɪstəntli/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/
Como praticar com este vídeo
- Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
- Faça shadowing frase por frase na velocidade normal, repetindo cada uma até o seu ritmo ficar igual ao do falante.
- Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como hobby, instrument, curious.
Gramática neste vídeo
As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:
| Estrutura | No vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — uma ação que começou antes e continua | have been learning · I've been talking · I've been journaling |
| Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agora | I've been · have been · have tried |
| Orações relativas who / which + oração — informação extra sobre uma pessoa ou coisa | People who speak · people who are · someone who plays |
| Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem faz | are drawn · are absolutely exposed · is not fixed |
O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.