Prática de Shadowing: You're doing your best, and I'll prove it. - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

If someone were to ask me, how do I know if I'm doing my best?

My answer would be that definitively, You always are.

I think a lot of the confusion that we face when asking ourselves this question

stems from how we define the phrase your best.

Most people think of doing your best as achieving the ideal outcome or making the objectively right decision.

But your best is not really an objective standard.

It's subjective because it's dependent on your current capabilities.

Like for example, I watch a lot of UFC.

Right.

And if the objective was to submit a UFC fighter and the two people competing to do that,

to complete this objective, were me and say somebody like Joe Rogan, who isn't a UFC fighter,

but he possesses a lot of skill and technique and has decades of experience in mixed martial arts under his belt,

he would have a much higher likelihood of completing that task or completing that objective.

But it doesn't necessarily mean that one of us is trying harder or less than the other.

It just means that his current capabilities within that scenario are more than mine.

Right.

So we could both be giving our best at this.

but we would produce different results.

simply because our capabilities are different.

And the same principle applies to every area of life.

Take addiction as an example.

The addict hopefully logically knows that sobriety is a better...

path for them, but they continue using and many people will interpret this as

the person's just not trying hard enough or they're just not doing their best.

But I see it differently.

The decision a person makes is always influenced by several factors.

And this could include things like beliefs, perspectives, resources, energy levels, past experiences,

current circumstances, etc. If someone carries a deep belief that they are simply not strong enough to choose the path of sobriety.

then that becomes a limiting factor.

even though intellectually they understand that sobriety is the better choice,

they might not yet align with that decision internally.

Right.

So in that moment, continuing to use may be the decision that they most align with.

Not because it's the right decision, but because it's the decision that their current beliefs,

perspectives, and current capabilities allow them to make.

So in essence, this is why I believe that we are always doing our best at all times.

And it's really indisputable because your best does not require you to always make the right decision.

your best just requires you to make the decision that your identity, your current belief systems and perspectives, etc, allow you to make.

And you may say like, well, what What about when somebody makes a bold,

brass decision that is seems to be out of character for them.

Maybe their life has been going in a certain trajectory and then they make an unexpected decision, an unexpected shift and choose a different path.

Is that them all of a sudden making a decision or a change

that in that moment was out of their sort of scope.

And the answer to that question is, Even when somebody does something like that.

They pivot unexpectedly, or they shift the tides, you know what I mean?

Like you have those sort of Pivotable moments in your life.

It is still the case that they are making the decision that most aligns with them,

given these several factors that determine what decision we ultimately make.

It may just so happen that they were influenced by some, someone or something, or they watched a certain movie, or they're around a certain person,

and they heard a certain perspective or some way, somehow, maybe they read a book and they, you know, a certain paragraph or phrase and it just really,

started to mold a different perspective within them, then a different possibility opens up.

And they might not even consciously know that.

But that is ultimately what leads somebody to make a pivotable sort of change in direction.

So to put it simply, the choice that that person makes changes because the person themselves have changed to some degree.

If you're sort of connecting the dots here, you'll start to understand that the real question that you should be asking is not

How do I know if I'm doing my best?

The more useful question would be something like, What factors are currently determining

What choices

i'm capable of aligning with because if your decisions

are ultimately determined by factors such as your beliefs your perspectives your emotional state and your capabilities

then real change comes from working on those factors.

So yes, an addict may not yet be capable of aligning with complete sobriety.

However, they may be capable of doing something like reading a book about somebody's story

pursuing the path of sobriety or going to a meeting, or just talking to a friend, perhaps who is a recovering addict, just to get a different perspective,

you know, and start challenging their own beliefs, and start shifting perspectives in a way that may

work better in their favor because it is these shifts at a fundamental level

and by the way an addict can be anything You know, just relate that to your own life in whatever way makes sense.

Maybe you're an addict to your phone.

Maybe you're an addict to your bed.

Maybe you're an addict to a substance.

Maybe you're an addict to video games.

Maybe you're an addict to just being comfortable with where you're at, even though you know you want to go forward in life and progress and do great things,

whatever that may mean for you, how you sort of.

give yourself the opportunity to make a decision to actually put in a different input

so that you can get a different output is by by simply working at these determining factors.

that exists at a very fundamental level, which will then set you up

for a better opportunity to then become the person who is capable of putting in a different input.

So it's important to really understand that when I say that you are always doing your best,

What I don't mean is that you're always reaching your potential.

I simply mean that you are acting... And...

Total Accordance to who you are in the moment.

So the question you need to ask yourself, if you want to get better results, if you want to start living a different life, and going down a better path is how can I mold?

How can I shift?

How can I change these factors that end up determining the decisions that I make, and that ultimately determine how I view myself,

my capabilities, and the life that I live.

And for what I'm about to say, if you don't take anything else from this video, Take this, like just just lock in for this next like 15 seconds.

I even have it written down here because it's so important.

Growth is the process.

of improving these independent factors that ultimately make up the decisions that you make so that

The decisions required to achieve your goals become the decisions you naturally align with.

Again, growth is the process of improving the independent factors

that determine the decisions that you make

Until the decisions required to achieve your goals become the decisions you naturally align with boy

Did I wish somebody preached this to me?

If you fail to make this distinction between understanding what the right choice is and what your best choices Um,

you will continue to live in perpetual internal agony and torture because you will always be comparing what you know,

like logically or objectively you should have done.

But instead, you made this decision instead, or instead, you were this productive instead of that productive, or you got this outcome instead of that outcome.

Um, You're not perfect newsflash.

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Okay, and so the decision that you make your best is is not always going to be the objectively right decision.

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It's a work in progress.

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And so if you can simply make the distinction between okay, I actually did my best and I'm confident in that we will work on you know,

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these individual factors so that we can slowly improve as a person and increase our capabilities that we can grow closer,

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to what the objectively best outcome is in this scenario,

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in whatever we're pursuing, then you can stop torturing yourself and comparing yourself like Because even if you did a good job,

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right, even if you did impress yourself, there will always be that thought, if you fail to make this distinction, Maybe I could have done better.

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And now you're in a rat race.

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Now you're just a hamster on a wheel.

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And that's no way to live.

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So I wanted to make this video because This is something that I struggle with for a long time and still do.

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Sometimes I'm human myself.

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Surprise, surprise.

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Again, I have this written down to most people evaluate themselves against what they believe they should have done.

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They compare their actions to the objectively ideal response, the perfect decision, or the person they wish they were.

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But if your current capabilities do not yet allow you to align with that choice, then you are judging yourself against something that was never available to you in that moment.

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Look, tell me I'm not.

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Tell me I'm not a poet.

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Okay, tell me I'm not... And absolutely.

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All right, let me stop.

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Let me stop.

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But seriously, though, like, you know, break out the notepad and paper because I'm spitting right now.

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And I'm also sweating so bad, but I have to have my fan off or else you guys will hear it.

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Yeah, so...

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As a result, no matter what you do, You'll never be happy.

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and Boy, that's torture.

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So stop asking yourself why you weren't already capable of making the perfect choice.

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you need to start asking yourself, What exactly would need to change for that choice?

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to become available to me.

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Anyways...

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I could go on and on and on about this topic.

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um, but it's getting late and...

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I think that's enough Food for thought.

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Or what do they say?

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Don't know brain food or something I love you guys.

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I appreciate your time.

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And I will see you soon.

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Nesta lição, você terá a oportunidade de refletir sobre o conceito de "dar o seu melhor" e como isso se aplica ao aprendizado da língua inglesa. Ao assistir a este vídeo, você aprenderá a compreender que o seu "melhor" é subjetivo e depende das suas capacidades atuais, crenças e experiências. Esta compreensão é essencial para o seu progresso, principalmente na prática de conversação em inglês, onde acertar ou falhar faz parte do processo de aprendizado.

Vocabulário e Frases-Chave

Dar o seu melhor - refere-se ao esforço máximo que alguém pode dar em uma situação específica.
Capacidades atuais - as habilidades que você possui no momento, que influenciam suas decisões.
Crenças limitantes - ideias que podem restringir seu potencial e decisões.
Escolha - a decisão tomada baseando-se em contextos e crenças pessoais.
Perspectivas - maneiras de ver e entender o mundo ao seu redor, que moldam suas decisões.
Mudança inesperada - quando alguém toma uma decisão que parece fora de seu comportamento habitual.

Dicas de Prática

Para melhorar a sua pronúncia em inglês e aproveitar ao máximo esta lição, considere as seguintes dicas de shadowing:

Assista ao vídeo com atenção: Tente absorver o conteúdo e as emoções transmitidas pelo locutor.
Repita em voz alta: Use a técnica de shadow speak, onde você repete o que ouve imediatamente após escutar. Isso ajudará a internalizar as pronúncias e entonações.
Pause o vídeo: Se você achar um segmento muito rápido, pause e pratique até se sentir confortável antes de continuar.
Ajuste a velocidade: Se a plataforma permitir, diminua a velocidade do vídeo. Isso pode facilitar a compreensão e a prática da pronúncia correta.
Grave sua voz: Compare sua pronúncia com a do locutor. Isso pode ser muito útil para detectar áreas que precisam de melhoria.

Utilize essas dicas juntamente com os conceitos discutidos neste vídeo para aprimorar ainda mais suas habilidades no idioma. Lembre-se de que o processo de aprendizado é contínuo, e cada prática é um passo em direção à fluência.

Gramática neste vídeo

As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:

Estrutura	No vídeo
Frases condicionais if + oração, will/would + verbo — uma condição e seu resultado	if you did impress yourself, there will always
Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem faz	is always influenced · were influenced
Orações relativas who / which + oração — informação extra sobre uma pessoa ou coisa	level, which will · person who is

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.

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