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well and we need to clear my throat
throat um maybe catching a little
little cold over here you can see
see me wearing a sweatshirt we actually
actually call this a hoodie h
h 00 d IE because it's got a hood
hood on it if you didn't know that
that already but that's a very common
common term you go looking for just
just like a regular this is a zip
zip up sweater for it and I guess
guess that sweater but like a sweatshirt
sweatshirt with a hood on it and we
we call that a hoodie anyway
anyway just a bit of extra English
English for you but let's get into
into the lesson so
so today I want to talk about something
something that's you know like always
always you know something that's important
important and it's got a big effect
effect on fluency and no
no how quickly you can get fluid and
and how successful you are not just
just with your English learning but
but also with other aspects of your
your life and so what I'd like to
to talk about today is the first rule
rule of fluency now
now i know that was a little bit slow
slow but i did that for effect so
so I really want you two to listen
listen carefully to that bar and anyway
anyway so the first rule of fluency
fluency what I'd like to talk about
about is how you think and then how
how that relates to exactly you know
know how you get fluent in the way
way you study and everything else
else it really kind of a i guess a
a better thing before I can explain
explain all this other stuff about
about the first rule of fluids he
he is starting with the most kind
kind of basic fundamental things about
about learning which is what we'll
we'll be talking about in this video
video but if you start with something
something over time it gets much much
much bigger and you can take two people
people that maybe have the same level
level of talent or maybe the same
same level of ability but one that
that like just works a little bit
bit harder than the other one over
over time they become much different
different in a long round so
so when you're thinking about not
not only like the the little bit of
of difference that it makes when you
you actually take time and effort
effort to do something versus what
what most people won't do most people
people are you know they have what
what it takes to get fluent or to
to learn or do something like that
that but they don't and
and people are often wondering why
why and as long as you're actually
actually learning something and you're
you're getting you know whether you're
you're learning with me or somebody
somebody else it doesn't really matter
matter there's lots of different ways
ways to learn i just have a particular
particular way that I like it the
the way I got fluid and it's the way
way that my personal students like
like to learn that's why they follow
follow my lessons but anyway when
when you when you kind of focus on
on these first principles of these
these most important things here that's
that's the things these are the things
things anyway these
these are the things that are going
going to give you a lot more results
results in a lot more power a lot
lot more leverage as you start getting
getting out into the higher things
things
things so
so an example of this would be learning
learning like a native speaker is
is the most important thing I teach
teach you know if you want to learn
learn like a native speaker and sound
sound like a native speaker then you
you have to practice like one as well
well so all of these things instead
instead of learning in a textbook
textbook or sitting in a classroom
classroom and not really getting much
much speaking practice that will prepare
prepare you for a test but it probably
probably won't get you very well prepared
prepared to speak in conversations
conversations so again
again one of these things if you're
you're learning like a native speaker
speaker then it changes everything
everything else about the things over
over here how you learn how you practice
practice the kinds of words you learn
learn those kind of things and then
then again when you think about that
that always think about these these
these little points over here all
all the little tiny things that you
you can change that have big results
results and give you big changes so
so if we want to talk about the first
first rule of fluency the
the first rule the most important
important thing you have to understand
understand about fluency and this
this again is something that translates
translates into other things in your
your life and this is how you think
think determines the results you get
get
get now
now it kind of even more important
important way of thinking about this
this is how responsible are you for
for fluency so
so how responsible are you for fluency
fluency and what I'd like you to realize
realize is that if you don't already
already that no one else can get fluent
fluent but you no one else can make
make you fluent just in the same way
way no one else can make you rich
rich no one else can make you muscular
muscular or something like you can't
can't take a pill and just get muscles
muscles maybe in the future we'll
we'll have something like that but
but we don't have a yet so
so you have to take responsibility
responsibility for fluency and that
that changes everything about the
the way you learn the things you say
say in the way you think and when
when it comes to not only getting
getting fluid but as I was saying
saying about you know getting wealthy
wealthy or getting fit or anything
anything else whatever it is you're
you're trying to do you have to take
take responsibility for that now
now when i talk to students a lot
lot of them complain well I've got
got this situation I've got that situation
situation or some other reason why
why they can't get fluent so
so maybe you live in a foreign country
country in a tiny town so mean i guess
guess for and i'm in a foreign country
country i'm in japan i'm still like
like thinking like an American but
but let's say non-native English speaking
speaking country live in a non-native
non-native English speaking country
country and you're thinking well I
I can't have like eight can't find
find people to practice with now
now what I'd like you to realize is
is that in your same country probably
probably in your same area or town
town or city or wherever you are there's
there's another person that has found
found people to practice with and
and just the same way that you know
know I could be living here i am in
in this very small town in japan so
so I like Nagasaki is here and I'm
I'm kind of I mean Nagasaki but it's
it's a kind of smaller kind of small
small like little section of it but
but base
but base quickly
quickly i mean there's there's really
really not much here it's like a like
like a little suburban town and this
this is a it's actually called a bed
bed town out here we have kind of
of a similar term in American English
English
English we're
we're just talking about a place where
where people live such that they can
can you know travel downtown to Nagasaki
Nagasaki to go to work something like
like that
like that so
so there's a lot of families living
living here but very few businesses
businesses very few restaurants very
very few other things like that just
just a whole bunch of houses so
so if you're thinking about a situation
situation where you have to you know
know travel from one place to another
another or you know even in a little
little situation like i am you know
know I could say well i can't i can't
can't start a business because i'm
i'm in a small town or I'm doing this
this or some other situation outside
outside of myself is affecting me
me but the first rule of fluency would
would be that I determine whether
whether i get fluent or not I take
take responsibility for that now
now this idea is something that's
that's really important it's actually
actually the most important thing
thing that's why I call it the first
first rule of fluency and this is
is the same thing that I teach in
in the insight and this is actually
actually a I should really make a
a bigger deal out of this is a bonus
bonus that I give to learners absolutely
absolutely free when they join our
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we'll see i don't know what we're
we're going to do with that yet but
but anyway the
the inside is something that explains
explains this idea of how you think
think determines what your results
results are and you have to take responsibility
responsibility for whatever those
those results are so if you're complaining
complaining or if you're blaming situations
situations or anything else outside
outside of yourself then you're not
not going to get Flint so
so it's impossible to say like well
well i live in this area so the weather
weather is not very good so I can't
can't do something or I can't I can't
because of some other
other situation outside of myself
myself now with me going back to that
that business example here I am I'm
I'm not native Japanese Speaker I
I can speak really well but you know
know I'm just living in a town where
where there aren't really like business
business opportunities here maybe
maybe i don't know i guess there could
could be but probably something quite
quite limiting it's just not that
that big of an area but i do have
have a business and here i am teaching
teaching people all over the world
world i'm sitting in my small little
little town able to help you and you
you could be in Australia or you could
could be in animal
animal some country in africa or some
some country in Europe or you know
know South America or you could be
be anywhere else but the point is
is I don't let my situation dictate
dictate how I feel or how I think
think or what I do so I begin with
with the idea that i want so I want
want fluency or I want wealth or I
I want fitness or you know whatever
whatever that thing is and
and then I figure out a way to get
get it listen you know kind of depending
depending on what my situation is
is so you have to be thinking the
the same way you have to realize that
that it doesn't matter what your situation
situation is you are the ultimate
ultimate person that gets to decide
decide what happens so
so you decide whether or not you get
get fluent it's not your situation
situation it's not your country it's
it's not your parents or you know
know your whatever your teacher at
at your school if
if you want something you'll figure
figure out a way to get it now i can
can imagine you know some people they
they don't really realize this for
for maybe well for fluency or something
something like that but pretty much
much everybody has something that
that they that they really like made
made sacrifices for or that they really
really wanted badly or something like
like that
like that so
so as an example maybe in America
America you would have liked some
some guy that like he says like all
all I don't have any money or something
something like that and like I'm complaining
complaining about these things and
and again you're complaining because
because you're thinking about a situation
situation that you decide you don't
don't want to remove yourself from
from or you decide that you don't
don't want to think differently about
about and this person may be like
like they're saying on very poor whatever
whatever but they have a really nice
nice TV now you'll see this a lot
lot you know like somebody has a really
really nice TV in their house and
and they cared about that that was
was something that was important to
to them they probably save money and
and they bought that and they were
were responsible about that but it
it is don't happen to be responsible
responsible about anything financial
financial in the rest of their life
life so it's a little bit disappointing
disappointing but again they brought
brought that on themselves they created
created that in the same way that
that you create the kind of fluency
fluency you develop so if you're only
only putting yourself in situations
situations where you can stick a kind
kind of study for tests or develop
develop your fluency just so you can
can listen without actually being
being a confident speaker and you're
you're creating that for yourself
yourself
yourself so
so I thought this was a really great
great video to make not only is a
a great listening practice but it's
it's also something really important
important to think about and not just
just for fluency really the first
first rule of fluency is the first
first rule of life I mean it's really
really the first rule of getting anything
anything done all
all the successful people that you've
you've seen you know on TV or read
read in books or anything like that
that these are all people they decided
decided that they wanted something
something and that they were going
going to take advantage of whatever
whatever they had you know around
around them to do that but they decided
decided they wanted that thing and
and there weren't going to let outside
outside situations stop them from
from doing whatever again
again you can see like I don't have
have like a whole bunch of fantastic
fantastic camera equipment i'm still
still using the same camera i got
got four years ago and it still works
works just fine maybe
maybe i'll go up to like a 4k camera
camera but nothing really that I mean
mean I don't know they will do 3d
3d or it looks like I'm like that
that like I'm you know coming out
out into the camera actually
actually there is an interesting camera
camera we thought about getting and
and maybe we'll play around with that
that my team and I going forward in
in 2016 but anyway the whole point
point here is that like like what
what I was explaining at the beginning
beginning
beginning excuse
excuse me what I was explaining at
at the beginning of this video if
if you've got a small thing that you
you can focus on here a small leverage
leverage . something that you could
could change just
just a little bit then you don't have
have to change all these big things
things over here these big things
things naturally change themselves
themselves as a result of what you
you do with this little thing over
over here so you have two people again
again like I gave in the example before
before one of them is thinking I control
control how i learned i decide how
how i get fluent I decide what I'm
I'm going to do and then you've got
got the other person says well my
my situation is like this or you know
know my country is like this or my
my this thing is like that really
really listen to your language take
take some time at the beginning of
of 2016 and really think about that
that
that are
are you the kind of person that's
that's making excuses and again doesn't
doesn't matter if this is for fluency
fluency of this is for business let's
let's say you have a business and
and you're saying well you know like
like the economy the economy is not
not doing very well so my business
business is not doing very well either
either
either sounds
sounds like the exact same thing really
really I'm not in an english-speaking
english-speaking country so i probably
probably can't get fluent but again
again you can always find a counter
counter example so
so an opposite example of somebody
somebody that is living in your country
country that is succeeding in business
business even if the economy isn't
isn't very good that
that is getting fluid even if the
the economy isn't very good it
it is getting you know fit that is
is getting like healthy and physically
physically stronger even if they are
are busy with you know a wife and
and kids or you know husband or whatever
whatever they have so
so you can always find things if you're
you're again it's really easy and
and in whether you are that kind of
of person yourself or not surround
surround yourself with the kinds of
of people they talk about i do this
this and I do that and I decide what
what it is I want for my life and
and this is so important and if you
you can make this change just for
for fluency it becomes much easier
easier for you for you to do that
that for the rest of your life for
for all the things for health and
and wealth and you know love and all
all these other things you decide
decide what happens and it can be
be a little bit scary i understand
understand you know at the beginning
beginning I used to think the same
same way I used to think like you
you know I would complain about stuff
stuff like why is this situation you
you know how is this happening to
to me or why can't I you know getting
getting this thing or do this other
other thing or you know you get frustrated
frustrated because you're trying to
to change something outside of yourself
yourself which is impossible to do
do
do pretty
pretty much I mean maybe you could
could do that once or twice or something
something but it's not something you
you can easily do but the magic is
is you have the ability to control
control your own thoughts and actions
actions and you can decide what you
you want to do so even if you live
live in a non-english speaking country
country
country you
you can definitely find native speakers
speakers of practice with it just
just begins it
it just you know the process of finding
finding them begins with realizing
realizing that you take responsibility
responsibility for that and
and as soon as you do as soon as you
you make that switch that's when you
you really start to see things open
open up not only for your fluency
fluency but other aspects of your
your life is well well
well I hope you have enjoyed this
this video be really thinking about
about this for the beginning of 2016
2016 and you will see a lot more success
success regardless if you're thinking
thinking this way or not it's a really
really great way to look at the world
world and to remember that like I
I can just use an example here I'm
I'm holding this pin this is like
like a very you know very simple thing
thing we don't really think much about
about it you know we all hold pens
pens or pencils or you know touch
touch a computer mouse or do something
something every day but what you have
have to remember about this even this
this simple pin right here is that
that I'm able to move this pin i'm
i'm moving this pin with my mind isn't
isn't that amazing it'sit's
it'sit's really like you can move
move a pin with your mind and yeah
yeah I have to like pick up you
you know the pencil
pencil i'm on board the pain with
with my hand you know I'm like physically
physically picking it up but what
what controls my hand I
I do and again it all comes back to
to your mind and what you decide to
to do effects you know what everything
everything else is like around you
you
you so
so maybe this pin is just sitting
sitting somewhere and I think like
like oh I can't pick that up the pen
pen is just sitting there but i think
think all like I can actually control
control that with my mind now
now if you can move a pin with your
your mind I'm sure you can move quite
quite a few other things with your
your mind as well you can move your
your entire life you
you can move whole buildings you can
can do all kinds of things like that
that but it begins with you decided
decided to think differently I
I well remember the first rule of
of fluency to be responsible for your
your fluency and i will see i guess
guess in the next video when this
this but now you know that now I like
like a man that was awful i had like
like that was like such a great ending
ending to the video and then I'm like
like a like me we
we try that again I hope you've enjoyed
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