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Never, ever give up learning English, unless maybe you don't want to - then, don't.
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I'm not here to tell you what to do, but I mean...
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Blah.
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But my name is Ronnie, and I'm going to tell you what not to do.
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I'm going to give you some guidelines and I'm going to give you some help, because you
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probably need it.
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I know I do.
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I need help.
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Geez, do I ever.
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That's another topic we're not getting into right now, though.
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But what I want you to understand is that: Don't give up.
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Okay?
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Keep on learning, keep on trying, and I know it's difficult.
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I know English is crazy.
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I don't know how I speak it so well; maybe I don't.
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But if you have a goal-not only learning English-and you're not motivated, guess what?
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You're not going to achieve your goal.
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So, I'm teaching you English, but you can use this for anything.
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This lesson is: "Don't Give Up" and achieve your goal.
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Why? Why do we give up? What...? What happens? We...
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At first, we're very determined.
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We have an expression "gung-ho".
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"I'm gung-ho to do this", which means you're excited to do it and you're determined to
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do something, like learn English, but then something happens and you give up.
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So, all of the time that you spent, all of the money you spent, all of the hours of watching
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all of the wonderful videos on www.engvid.com - done; gone.
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Why?
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What happened?
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I don't know, but there's some research that's been done, and it's that: Why do we give up?
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The reason is because we make mistakes, and then we...
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We feel bad or we feel stupid, and then we give up because our emotions take over.
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Instead of our brain being smart, our heart takes over, our emotions take over and we
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give up.
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So, maybe this should be called: "How to Train Your Brain to Overpower Your Emotions", but
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I didn't choose that title.
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"Never Give Up".
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Maybe you've done this - you've written down or you write down your goals.
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Okay?
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So: "I'm going to be a fluent English speaker within three minutes."
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Sorry, that's not going to happen, but writing down your goals will give you something, like
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a guideline, to follow.
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So, make a list.
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Now, I know what you're thinking.
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You're thinking: "Ronnie, I've made the list.
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I've...
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I've written down my goals, and I just can't follow them."
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Me too.
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But, again, we're going to think of how you can actually follow this list.
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You have the list, you've written the list - now we have to follow it.
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So, what you should do is make whatever you're going to do fun.
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Learning English - make it fun.
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Watch videos.
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Do you like comic books?
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Read English comic books.
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Do you like music like I do?
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Listen to music in English.
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Do you like reading?
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Reading English books are difficult-they're long-but if you like doing it, do it.
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Who cares what anyone else says?
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If you don't like reading books, like I don't like reading books - don't read a book.
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That's boring.
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If you love movies, watch a movie.
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Make sure that what you're doing is fun, because if it's not fun, you're going to lose interest
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and your brain is going to go: "This is boring", and then you're on your phone.
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Okay?
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So, make it fun and also make short tasks.
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If you have too much work, you're going to get overwhelmed.
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"Overwhelmed" means you think or you know there's too much to do.
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So, you break it down or you divide it into short tasks or jobs.
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So, maybe you're going to learn the verbs in English.
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There's so many of them.
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There's 42; maybe more.
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What you're going to do is: Don't try to learn all of the verbs; try to learn patterns of
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the verbs.
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Try to break them down, and every day, little by little, do some work.
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If you look at it like doing it all at once, it'll never happen.
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Let's take this out of the context of learning English.
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Let's say that you have a lot of things to do in one day - maybe you have to do your
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laundry, and then you have to clean your apartment-uh-oh, this is my list-and then you've got to take
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your dog for a walk, and then you've got to eat something-oh my god-and then you've got
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to have a shower, and wash your hair, and then...
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Oh, and then you have to go out, and then you've got to get dressed, and then you've
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got to...
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Oh my.
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So, if you think about things all together, it's overwhelming and you're not going to
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do anything, like Ronnie does.
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Break it down into small patterns; small groups of activities.
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First of all, I'm going to do this.
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Woo-hoo, I did it.
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And you have to think: "I can do this.
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Yes!
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This is easy" if you achieve your goals in small steps.
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If it's too much of a task, it's not easy; you're not going to do it.
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But you have to change your thinking.
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You have to change the way that you make your brain work.
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If you look at the emotional side, you're never going to get the task done because you
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fail; but if you let your brain think positively, you think you can do it...
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"I think I can do it", you can do it; I promise you.
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You just got to try.
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Don't give up.
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Okay, this is one of my favourite ones: Celebrate.
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Let's say that you had a test and you passed - woo-hoo!
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Go have a beer or a glass of milk, whatever you drink.
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Don't let your achievements go without getting noticed by yourself.
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So, maybe you did well on a test.
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If you like to go shopping, go shopping; buy yourself a new pair of shoes.
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Buy something that you like.
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Whatever your reward is, whatever you like, reward yourself for doing a good job.
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So then your brain thinks: "Oh, hey, I passed this test and I got an ice cream.
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If I pass the next test, maybe I'll get an ice cream again."
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It's kind of like conditioning a dog - if there's a reaction-something positive happens-you're
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going to want to do it again.
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So, you're going to celebrate your success.
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If you do something well, tell the world.
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Reward yourself.
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Okay?
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Do something that you like; buy something, eat something, have a piece of cake, eat the
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whole cake - it doesn't matter.
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You've done something.
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You've rewarded yourself.
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Oh, this is fun.
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Do you have a friend?
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Why don't you challenge that friend?
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Some people are very competitive.
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Now, "competitive" means that you like to challenge people and you like to win.
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So, if you're a competitive person, challenge your friend and say to your friend: "Hey,
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guess what?
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I'm going to beat you on this test", or: "I'm going to get a better mark than you are in
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this assignment", or: "I'm going to save more money than you will."
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Anything that you have to do.
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And if you challenge your friend, you've got some competition, so you think: "Damn, I better
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win this."
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Check this out: How about you give your friend $100?
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Make sure it's your friend that you trust.
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Okay?
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Not some random person on the street.
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Give me $100; you trust me.
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Everyone, give me $100 and then you will achieve your goals.
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No, that doesn't...
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No.
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Okay.
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So, give your friend $100 or $10, $20, $1 - as much as you want.
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If you achieve your goal, your friend has to give you the money back.
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"Thanks, friend."
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But if you fail or you don't achieve your goal - bye-bye, money.
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Your friend loves you and will keep your money.
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So, this is motivation with money.
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You can do this with anything; maybe beer, or cake, or a new t-shirt.
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Maybe you give your friend a t-shirt and say: "Guess what?
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You keep my t-shirt.
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If I get it, if I win, if I achieve my goal, you give me the t-shirt back; if not, you
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get my beautiful t-shirt."
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I pretty much think that you're going to do what you have to do to get that t-shirt back,
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because it's a really cool t-shirt, or you want that cake or that beer.
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Damn, best beer in the world.
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Motivate yourself with another person - that'll help you.
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And one other thing that is really, really, really important for everything you do in
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life, not just achieving your goal, but: Surround yourself in positivity.
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This is kind of an easy concept to understand, but less of a thing to actually achieve.
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We have an expression or a fun term called: "Someone who is a negative Nancy".
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So, "Nancy" is a girl's name, and if someone's a negative Nancy, they always think about
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the bad things or they're always very, very negative.
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They say: "Oh, God.
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This test is so hard.
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I'm never going to pass.
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Oh, I can't do this.
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I can't get to the top of the mountain.
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It's difficult."
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Guess what, Nancy?
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Shut up, and you...
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You, Nancy, go away.
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Me, I'm going to go my own way.
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So, if you have negative people in your life, get them out of here.
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I don't care if it's your mom, your dad, your dog.
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Yeah.
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Okay, if it's your dog, that's fine.
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If it's anyone that is bringing you down or saying: "You can't do that.
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Why are you doing that?
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You'll never amount to anything."
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Guess what?
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Get those people out of your life.
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They don't know you.
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You can do that, and those people - bye-bye.
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What about friends?
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Do you have friends?
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I hope so.
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I do.
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Hi, friends.
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If you have friends, make sure that they're positive, too.
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Maybe you have a friend or you know someone who's doing the same task you are.
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Maybe you have a friend that's learning English - do it together.
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This works for the gym.
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It's a really good motivation...
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Motivator for people who are trying to workout, or lose weight, or go to the gym.
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If you say to your friend: "Hey, let's go to the gym Monday, Wednesday, Friday."
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So, on Monday, you don't want to go to the gym.
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You're like: "I don't want to go to the gym.
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I want to go home and eat cupcakes, and...
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And...
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And just eat cupcakes."
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But your friend's like: -"Hey, let's go to the gym.
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You said you wanted..."
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-"Oh, god.
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We got to go to the gym now."
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So, if you have another person to help motivate you or a buddy, a workout buddy or a study
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buddy...
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That rhymes.
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If you have a study buddy, this will motivate you because they are going to depend on you
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and you're going to depend on them.
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So, if you can just think positively, get rid of the negative emotions.
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Making mistakes is normal and natural.
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I make mistakes in English all the time; you guys point it out in the comments.
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You say: "Oh my god, Ronnie said this instead of this."
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Guess what?
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Ronnie makes mistakes - oo, Ronnie's a human.
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But I don't give up and stop doing videos.
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I don't say: "I'm never going to do that again because I said 'pronunciation' instead of
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'pronounciation'."
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Guess what?
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I don't care.
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I travel on and I do it.
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So, you are going to do the same thing.
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Never give up.
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Try.
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But if you just don't like it, then don't do it.
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Don't listen to other people; you do what you do.
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Sail your own ship, fly your own boat.
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You can fly a boat.
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You can do it. Don't give up. Bye.