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English anyway if you're already and
and you're enjoying this lesson set
set
set let's
let's begin I want to talk about something
something a little bit different when
when I always try to come up with
with something a little bit different
different but in this particular lesson
lesson I wanted to talk about how
how we think now
now i'm a big fan of psychology and
and the way we think you know a lot
lot of people that are teaching you
you know English or whatever it is
is they happen to be teaching they're
they're talking about the very practical
practical
practical how
how to do things but without the right
right mindset or the way of thinking
thinking
thinking it's
it's really difficult to achieve success
success because really that's the
the the foundation of everything that
that the path that everything else
else flows from and if you have a
a great minds that are you able to
to think in a certain way than all
all of the other little things that
that you can do maybe those will change
change over time but the way of thinking
thinking is always going to lead you
you to success now
now i'm going to talk about something
something that's a little bit different
different as I mentioned just a second
second ago actually quite a bit different
different from what I usually do even
even with psychology but this is a
a particular sense i guess what i
i call a sense of success or a sense
sense of making the right choice now
now this is a really interesting thing
thing and it's a short hair and
and so this is a another great phrase
phrase here shorthand means a way
way of doing something quickly it's
it's kind of like a shortcut where
where you're trying to achieve a particular
particular thing but maybe you can
can achieve it in a much faster way
way
way now
now we do this normally when we're
we're thinking and talking in everyday
everyday conversations you know this
this is where stereotypes come from
from where you make certain assumptions
assumptions or judgments about people
people because of how they look how
how they dress that kind of thing
thing
thing so
so as a way of thinking this is just
just what we do as people because
because we're not computers we can't
can't process lots and lots of information
information and we have to make choices
choices very quickly and often without
without all of the information so
so we make lots of quick judgments
judgments and the better we get it
it making these judgments the better
better we get it developing a sense
sense of what's correct now
now if you look at a lot of business
business people a lot of you know
know especially like famous business
business people they'll be talking
talking about how they had kind of
of a gut feeling about something so
so your gut is your stomach and you
you can talk about like well you know
know on a particular day I was going
going to make a certain decision I
I had to make a big decision to choose
choose you know between two particular
particular things and you know I had
had a really good feeling about something
something and people talk about the
the feeling or the sense of something
something and that's what I'd like
like to talk about in this lesson
lesson
lesson now
now what's really interesting about
about having a particular sense of
of something is it's not something
something that we could analyze in
in a scientific way because we can't
can't really measure it and my sense
sense might be a little bit different
different from yours so
so it's something that we all feel
feel or at least you know I certainly
certainly feel it for myself and I
I can feel a certain positive feeling
feeling a certain energy almost when
when I make a decision and i know
know it was the right one even
even before I discover whether it
it was correct or not so
so if I'm you know having to make
make a decision about should i go
go here should i go there I'm
I'm kind of making a decision and
and I'm trying to see how I feel about
about that before I make a decision
decision now this is an interesting
interesting thing connected with this
this i remember back in highschool
highschool friend of mine and I were
were talking about you know should
should we do this we should we do
do that and he said why don't you
you flip a coin so to flip a coin
coin this means to take a coin and
and you throw it up in the air or
or to flip it with your thumb and
and then when it comes down you can
can decide whether heads or tails
tails - heads is the front or tails
tails is the opposite side of the
the coin and you can decide you
know
know how
how you you know whatever it is you're
you're going to do from that and I
I said well I don't really want to
to flip a coin and have a coin to
to decide how I feel but he said the
the interesting thing about flipping
flipping a coin is that you don't
don't let the coin decide you try
try to judge your reaction right when
when it happens so
so if you flip the coin and you're
you're excited about the choice that
that you get because usually you're
you're a little bit more at least
least a little bit more maybe leaning
leaning to one side or leaning to
to the other so
so a lot of times we say it's a decision
decision we can't really make or it's
it's difficult to make but
but really you know we have an opportunity
opportunity to to see how we feel
feel about something right when it
it happens so
so this is an important test and you
you can try to develop the feeling
feeling for yourself that way now
now the first thing you should really
really be doing there's kind of a
a two-part process here if you'd like
like to develop this feeling for yourself
yourself and this is something that's
that's very important to me for making
making you know business decisions
decisions or personal decisions it's
it's not everything about that but
but I really can tell i think maybe
maybe nine out of ten times i have
have a really good sense for something
something and I know it's going to
to be successful maybe occasionally
occasionally it will be good but I've
I've developed a really good sense
sense of making a decision and remembering
remembering how I felt at that time
time and usually it's a pretty good
good indicator of whether or not something
something will be successful so
so if I have a good feeling about
about that then i know i'm going to
to be much more excited and confident
confident about that thing but if
if I don't have a good feeling about
about that and maybe it's probably
probably not going to you know do
do me so well now
now of course because i have a not-so-great
not-so-great feeling maybe that changes
changes the way I behave in that thing
thing but you know it's kind of a
a different it's almost talking about
about time traveling and affecting
affecting situations in the future
future that kind of thing by how we
we feel
we feel but
but anyway I just wanted to give a
a kind of two step process that something
something that you can when you're
you're judging a new thing you're
you're trying to figure out if it's
it's the right thing for you like
like even taking a course or learning
learning English with a particular
particular person or doing anything
anything else but I wanted to give
give a very clear and concrete example
example from my personal life now
now i'm going to talk about I like
like to have you know something physical
physical here this is almond breeze
breeze now this isn't anything i would
would personally recommend this isn't
isn't a video about recommending almond
almond milk actually is pretty tasty
tasty
tasty you
you know this happen to be a little
little bit too sweet for my taste
taste too sweet for my taste you can
can talk about something
something being appropriate for you
you especially particular food like
like you can see it's a little too
too salty for my tastes are too sweet
sweet for my tastes are too sour for
for my taste that's a great native
native way of expressing that but
but anyway I wanted to talk about
about these containers so it doesn't
doesn't really matter what's in here
here I've actually got this filled
filled with water so i can give an
an example of something now
now when people are first trying something
something for the first time and the
the first trying something for the
the first time it's
it's a little bit redundant but anyway
anyway so when you're trying something
something for the first time often
often we get really excited we want
want to get into it and try to start
start doing something but maybe we're
we're not doing something in the right
right way
right way so
so if you're wanting to develop a
a sense for something the first thing
thing you should be doing at least
least with a new product or a new
new kind of thing you should be trying
trying to do it in the way that it's
it's recommended that you do it so
so following the instructions now
now I know a lot of people like if
if you buy a new car everyone gets
gets that thick instruction booklet
booklet or a new video game or a new
new computer or something like that
that
that all
all of these things have really thick
thick instruction booklets and we
we look at that thing maybe for two
two seconds and we throw it away and
and then we start playing with things
things
things so
so you know nobody really looks at
at that but this is a really simple
simple example of how we could be
be you know looking at something and
and trying to use it the right way
way before we figure out if it's something
something we like or not now
now when i get these containers i
i actually really dislike these containers
containers because they're really
really difficult to pour from so i'm
i'm going to take the cap off this
this and i'm just going to pour myself
myself a glass of water with this
this container here all
all right now this is maybe not going
going to be such an interesting example
example but if you've ever tried pouring
pouring one of these containers before
before and they're pretty ubiquitous
ubiquitous ubiquitous means they're
they're all over the place lots of
of people use and it's a pretty common
common container for things now
now when I'm pouring this like you
you know the milk or you know whatever
whatever it kind of it like look left
left look up and you can feel it it's
it's not coming out so well and you
you know it falls in the Cup or the
the glass in this case and it splatters
splatters and you get you know drops
drops of water things like that all
all over the place and the reason
reason that happens is because you're
you're pouring it like this and the
the air gets trapped inside here so
so nothing is coming back out now
now what I didn't realize for so many
many years until actually I saw it
it on Japanese TV is that you're not
not supposed to pour it that way so
so it's actually not how you're supposed
supposed to use this so
so again I wasn't really following
following the instructions and to
to be fair there aren't really any
any instructions written on this there's
there's certainly no picture of how
how to do it i've checked but what
what do you really want to do is turn
turn this around so that the spout
spout is on the top when you pour
pour it and when you pour it like
like this the air is able to flow
flow through the very top of the container
container so when I was first judging
judging this again we have a bear
bear only got a lot of water in here
here now
here now kind
kind of almond water with stuff floating
floating it all right i'm not going
going to drink that and put that down
down over here hopefully don't I hope
hope they don't kick it over later
later
later but
but anyway the point is when I'm taking
taking something like that I'm not
not following the instructions and
and right then I'm deciding if I like
like something or not so
so even if i may not be using it correctly
correctly i'm making a very quick
quick judgment because that's just
just what we do is people we make
make judgments about things and maybe
maybe we're right maybe we're not
not but you know in this case what
what I should have done is you know
know try to figure out at least if
if I'm using the thing in the right
right way now pouring it like
that
that even
even if I'm pouring it the correct
correct way so the air goes in through
through the top and the spout is at
at the top of the container and not
not at the bottom when
when I'm pouring it like that I still
still didn't really like the feel
feel of it so I know you know having
having like a juice container something
something like that isn't really something
something that's for me it's just
just not something I like so
so i can make a decision once i'm
i'm using it properly then I can figure
figure out if it's a good thing for
for me or not so
so it takes a little bit more time
time but this is what i would recommend
recommend for you when you're trying
trying to figure out whether something
something is a good choice or not
not
not so
so actually you know I'm bringing
bringing this up because you know
know when I think about trying a new
new product or even when you know
know people are trying to learn English
English with me now being an English
English fluency guy this is quite
quite a bit different from a teacher
teacher and especially how we create
create lessons with master English
English conversation so
so it's a very different way of learning
learning and many people getting to
to the program and a lot of people
people like it and maybe a few people
people are saying like it didn't work
work for me and then I say oh did
did you use the lessons as I recommended
recommended in there like I didn't
didn't read the instructions that
that hey you know one of the first
first things i would recommend doing
doing is first figure out if you're
you're using something the right way
way and then you can decide whether
whether or not something
something is good for you but as you
you get better at doing that and actually
actually you know trying to test something
something quickly you'll develop that
that sense to see whether or not something
something is successful so
so after a while you really get a
a good sense for that you develop
develop you know you can call it a
a sixth sense or just something like
like a gut feeling but it's actually
actually a skill you can develop and
and i feel i've seen it developed
developed in my own life as I've gotten
gotten better at making decisions
decisions and you get quicker and
and doing that of
of course it's not perfect but you
you really do make a lot of good decisions
decisions that way if it's something
something you're interested in doing
doing you'd like to be able to make
make quicker decisions better decisions
decisions and hopefully you do anyway
anyway whatever it is you're trying
trying new first try to figure out
out if you're using it the right way
way or not even though it takes a
a little bit more time and then you
you can decide you know how you feel
feel about that thing if you're making
making the right choice or not so
so the feel of that thing even pouring
pouring at the correct way it's just
just not for me so I maybe some things
things are like that container is
is better for other people other people
people enjoy using that but it's just
just not for me anyway that's it for
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