Prática de Shadowing: The Four Agreements - FULL Summary - Aprenda a falar inglês com o YouTube
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Some people walk through chaos like it's nothing.
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Some people walk through chaos like it's nothing.
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No drama, no overthinking, just peace,
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even when life's on fire.
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It's not magic, it's a mental framework,
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one that rewires how you respond to everything.
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If you've ever felt triggered by someone's words,
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tired of overreacting to things that shouldn't matter,
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or crushed by your own thoughts,
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then these four mental habits are exactly what you need.
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They come from the book,
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The Four Agreements, A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom.
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They're simple, yet so powerful.
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So let's begin.
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Agreement number one, be careful with your words.
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There was a woman who was intelligent and had a very good heart.
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She had a little daughter she loved very much.
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One night, she came home from a terrible day at work,
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tired, stressed, and with a terrible headache.
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She just wanted a quiet, relaxing moment at home.
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But her daughter?
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She was singing and dancing, full of joy.
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Too loud, too much, and in that moment, the mother snapped.
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Shut up!
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You have an ugly voice!
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Can you just shut up?
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Her voice wasn't ugly, but the little girl believed it.
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After that, she no longer sang,
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because she believed her voice was ugly and would bother anyone who heard it.
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She became shy at school,
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and even speaking to others became difficult for her.
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The little girl grew up,
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and even though she had a beautiful voice, she never sang again.
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Look, words are powerful.
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They can create the most beautiful dream or destroy everything around you.
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Words are like seeds, and our minds are like fertile ground.
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If we say bad things to others,
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we are throwing a bad seed into their minds,
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and that seed will grow,
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just like a real seed grows into a tree.
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That little girl grew up shy,
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all because her mother threw a bad seed by saying her voice was ugly.
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Now here's what most people miss.
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It's not just about what you say to others.
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It's about what you say to yourself, too.
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I'm so dumb.
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I always screw this up.
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No one likes me.
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Those words are like bad seeds,
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and if you repeat them enough,
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you'll start to believe them and live like they're true.
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But here's the good news.
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If words are like seeds,
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you can also choose to plant good seeds instead.
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So use positive words for yourself.
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And here's another moment where we need to be careful with our words.
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The author says that being careful with your words also means not gossiping about others.
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Imagine you're excited to join a new class,
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and someone who already took that class says to you,
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oh, that teacher is a jerk.
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He didn't know what he was talking about,
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and he was a pervert too, so watch out.
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Some part of you believes it,
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and you go to the class.
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As the teacher speaks, you don't realize that you're seeing him through the lens of the person who started that gossip.
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Then you spread the gossip to others,
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and they start seeing the teacher the same way too,
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a jerk and a pervert.
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Eventually, you hate the class and drop out,
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but it wasn't the teacher.
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It was the bad words planted by the person who started the gossip.
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Now, consider how many times you've gossiped about someone,
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just to gain support for your point of view.
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But your opinion is just that,
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your opinion, your point of view.
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It's not necessarily true.
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Your opinion comes from your beliefs and your own perception.
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So be careful with your words,
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what you say to others,
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what you say to yourself,
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and even what you say behind others.
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And what if someone talks badly about you?
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And that goes to our second agreement,
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which is don't take anything personally.
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Let's be real.
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Someone talks behind your back or says something bad straight to your face, it definitely hurts.
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And it's hard not to take it personally.
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But here's the truth.
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Nothing others say or do is because of you.
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It's always about them.
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Their beliefs, their wounds, their bad day,
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just their whole internal story,
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which, by the way, has almost nothing to do with you.
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Remember the mother-daughter story?
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The little girl's voice wasn't ugly.
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The mother was exhausted, stressed,
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and had a pounding headache.
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Her harsh words weren't about her daughter.
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It was her own pain exploding outward.
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But the little girl suffered because she took it personally.
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Look, words only hurt when you agree with them.
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For example, if someone says,
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you're stupid, if you don't believe that, it bounces right off.
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But if you do believe it,
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even a little, that word sinks in,
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becomes poison, and sticks around for years.
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When someone judges you, they're reacting to a version of you they've created in their mind.
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It's not even a real you.
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So don't take it personally.
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The author says even if someone points a gun at you,
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don't take it personally.
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Because even then, it's not about you.
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That person is dealing with their own wounds,
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their anger, and their own story.
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When you take something personally,
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it's like eating someone else's emotional garbage.
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They throw it at you, and you swallow it.
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Now their garbage becomes yours.
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The truth is, that person is just dealing with their own feelings and opinions.
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Even praise works the same way.
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When someone's happy, they say,
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you're amazing, you're an angel.
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But when they're angry, they flip.
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You're terrible, the worst.
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What changed?
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Not you.
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Their mood did.
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And when their mood shifts,
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their version of you shifts with it.
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When you stop taking things personally, life gets lighter.
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You avoid unnecessary drama.
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Anger and sadness fade faster.
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The whole world can gossip about you,
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but if you don't take it personally, you stay immune.
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Someone could intentionally send emotional poison to you,
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but if you don't pick it up,
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the poison stays with them.
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If you don't take anything personally,
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you can travel the world with your heart completely open,
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and no one can hurt you.
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Agreement number three.
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Don't make assumptions.
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The husband glances at his phone and smiles.
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The wife's thinking, he's texting another woman now.
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You text a friend.
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Two hours pass, and no reply.
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Did he block me?
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Is he mad at me?
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Your boss says, can we talk?
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Oh, no, I'm in trouble.
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Look, we tend to make assumptions about everything.
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We assume, we misunderstand, we take it personally,
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and we create a whole movie in our head that never even existed.
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Here's the problem with making assumptions.
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We believe they are the truth.
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The truth is we don't know if we don't ask.
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Let's take a relationship example.
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A husband comes home from work,
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his wife is mad, cold,
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distant, and he has no idea why.
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And the wife thinks, he should know why.
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If he loved me, he would know.
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She made an assumption.
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Instead of asking for what she needed,
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she expected him to read her mind.
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When he failed, she took it personally and the gap between them grew.
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And remember the example we talked about earlier,
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how the husband looks at his phone and smiles.
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The wife assumes he's cheating,
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and she takes it personally.
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Now she's even mad, not over something real,
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but over an assumption she made up on her own.
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That's how fast assumptions can hurt feelings and ruin trust,
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which leads to a lot of trouble with people we supposedly love.
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But this is not just for couples.
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We make assumptions everywhere, at work,
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with friends, with neighbors, even with strangers at the supermarket.
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We assume, we misunderstand, and in the end,
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we either get mad or we get sad.
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It happens without a single real word being spoken.
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And what's even worse, we also tend to start gossiping based on assumptions.
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We believe that assumption is true,
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and then we spread it to someone else.
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For example, your cousin stays at home during the workday,
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so you assume he's lazy for not finding a job.
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But maybe he's working from home.
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Maybe he built a business and doesn't need a nine-to-five anymore.
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You don't know.
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You never ask or clarify.
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You just assume, and you already spread your assumption to other relatives.
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He's lazy.
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He's wasting his life.
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That's how fast poison spreads.
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All without a single real fact.
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Look, don't just assume.
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Ask.
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Clarify.
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If your friend doesn't reply to your message,
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instead of assuming he blocked you, just call and ask.
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Maybe he was just busy and put his phone on flight mode.
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If your colleague misses a deadline at work,
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instead of assuming he's lazy,
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just send a quick message and ask.
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The day you stop assuming, you'll start living lighter.
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You'll start communicating clearly.
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And most importantly, you can put the drama to rest.
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But here's one last thing you need to end all the unnecessary drama in your life,
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which is agreement number four.
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Always do your best.
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Two people show up at the gym.
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One feels great and lifts heavy.
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The other has a cold and barely finishes a light workout.
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Now, who did their best?
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Both.
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Because doing your best isn't a fixed target.
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It changes moment to moment.
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On some days, your best is 10 out of 10.
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Because you're sharp, energized, focused, you crush it.
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But other days, you're tired,
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sick, overwhelmed, and your best might only be a three. And that's okay.
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But just knowing your best isn't a fixed target?
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That's not enough.
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Here are three more things you need to know if you want to always do your best.
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Number one, don't overdo it and don't underdo it.
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This is the trap most people fall into when they do something,
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whether it's at work, in a relationship,
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or in anything they do.
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Sometimes we overdo it and burn ourselves out,
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or sometimes we give less than our best and regret it later.
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When you give what you can,
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no more, no less, You have nothing to feel guilty about,
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and you will have no regrets.
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Number two, don't just act for the reward.
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Doing your best means loving the process,
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not just chasing a prize.
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For example, some people only give effort when they expect a reward.
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They work for the paycheck or they chase the applause.
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Look, it's not wrong to get paid for work,
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but if your eyes are locked on the reward,
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you won't do your best.
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You might rush.
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You just want to finish it.
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But if you rush, will you be able to give your best?
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When you act because you love the work itself or you care about the craft, everything changes.
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You give more, not because you're forced to do it,
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but because you want to.
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Rewards will come, money will come,
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but your best no longer depends on them.
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And here's the beauty.
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When you live this way,
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your best naturally gets better over time.
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Number three, be in the present moment.
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Whatever life takes away from you, let it go.
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Doing your best also means living fully in the moment,
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not dragging yesterday's weight into today.
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Old failures, old regrets, they don't belong here anymore.
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If you stay stuck in the past,
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you'll miss the life happening in front of you, right here, right now.
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You'll always wish it was different.
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And when your mind is trapped in yesterday,
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you can't give your true best today.
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The author says, honor the man or woman you are right now.
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Live fully in the present by taking care of your body.
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Feed it, move it, respect it,
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and your best will follow.
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All right, to always do your best, remember these four things.
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Your best isn't a fixed target.
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Don't overdo it or underdo it.
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Don't just act for the reward and be in the present moment.
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All right, to recap all four agreements we discussed in this video.
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Number one, be careful with your words.
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Number two, don't take anything personally.
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Number three, don't make assumptions.
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Number four, always do your best.
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The first three only work when you commit to the fourth.
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When you do your best,
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the habits of misusing your words,
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taking things personally, and making assumptions will become weaker and less frequent.
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The suffering disappears and the noise inside gets quieter.
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And one last thing, the author reminds us,
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to truly do your best,
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you have to let go of your past.
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And if letting go feels hard, don't worry.
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You need practical advice.
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If you want real advice that helps,
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check out the video you see on your screen.
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It's the summary of The Untethered Soul.
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This is one of the three books I reread every year to remind myself how to live now
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and finally let go of yesterday.
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Thanks for watching.
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Time is the most valuable currency we have and you chose to spend some of it on this video.
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I hope it helped you to become a little bit better.
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Have a great day.
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- “You have an ugly voice.” - Um exemplo de como a construção de frases negativas pode impactar os sentimentos das pessoas.
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- “Ugly” - O som do "u" e a ênfase na primeira sílaba podem ser complicados. Treine sua articulação para evitar confusões.
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