Improve English While Sleeping | Real Listening Exercises

[Music] hi i'm andrew and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise i will tell you about the importance of friends listen carefully and try to see how much you understand [Applause] today is a good day i've invited some of my friends to visit me so after work some of my friends are coming over we will drink tea and eat some cake [Music] oh i almost forgot i definitely have to remember to go to the store and buy some cake i didn't have time to make one myself this time that's why i have to buy

it so where was i yes the cake so we'll drink tea and eat some cake and talk about all the things that have happened since i last saw them i have been busy lately and haven't seen them in a long time that's why i'm really happy that they'll come and visit me tonight i'm sure we'll have a great time because my friends are coming over tonight i thought that it's a good idea to talk about friends and friendship let's start with this question who do we call our friends because of my work i meet new

people all the time they are all nice and we get along well but although i know a lot of people i wouldn't say they're all my friends most of them are just nice acquaintances i don't meet them regularly we only talk about work or other light topics we don't talk about personal problems [Music] i feel that i don't know them enough to talk about that i don't think they would feel comfortable discussing their personal problems with me either [Music] however if they ask for some advice or they want to discuss a personal problem with me

i'll listen to them and try to help them but they don't tell me about their problems often i also don't ask people i know just a little for help if i need some if i need some help i will ask my friends although i know a lot of nice people i wouldn't say that i have many friends i have some sure but not many with my friends i can talk about all different kinds of things i can talk about the things that make me happy and my friends will also be happy for me i can

talk about my problems and my friends will help me solve them [Music] if i think about it then i can say that i have about 10 good friends but i'd say that i actually only have a couple of really close friends i have known them for a long time already and they will always be there for me if i need them i think it's not important to have many friends it's important to have a couple of good friends do you have many friends or just a few how many close friends do you have one thing

that i have noticed is that most of my friends are as old as i am another thing that i have noticed is that i have known some of my best friends since i went to school have known them for many many years already [Music] i also have some really good friends that i met at work however for some reason it seems to me that it's more difficult to make friends as adults why do you think that is i think that it's maybe because when we start working we become busy and don't have much time for

new friends anymore building a friendship takes time and effort [Music] it also helps when you're interested in the same things and have common hobbies it's easier to become friends with people who like the same things as you do and do the same things as you do then you'll always have a lot to talk about common interests and time spent together are one of the most important things for building a friendship how do you make new friends do you think it's easy to take care of a friendship [Music] how do you spend time with your friends

i hope you liked this story and found it inspiring by the way here's an awesome language learning hack that will help you learn english much faster [Music] try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you are doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening [Music] keep up the good work until next time [Music] hi

i'm andrew and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise i will tell you about my day [Music] listen carefully and try to see how much you understand so as i told you before my name is andrew and i work at speakly first a little about me i'm 30 years old and i live in washington dc it's the capital of the united states i like many different things i like to do sports i go running every evening and sometimes i ride my bicycle as well i like to cook for my family and spend time together

with my wife and children i have two kids my biggest hobby is learning languages at the moment i'm learning french my day is usually very interesting i do many different things i have meetings with my colleagues i work at my computer i find solutions to problems and many other things for example today i need to find a hotel for my colleagues because they need to travel to new york to some meetings and i need to book their rooms i also need to buy the plane tickets new york is not far from here therefore it's a

short flight i love new york it's such a beautiful city [Music] i already know some good restaurants that i will recommend them to visit [Music] have you been to new york if not i really recommend you to go there at least once it's a big city and there is a lot to see now back to my work [Music] i really like that i can speak to my colleagues in many different languages [Music] that's my favorite part of the job i like to study languages and i love that i can practice many different languages with my

colleagues how many languages do you already speak the most important thing in the office for me is my computer i use it every day because i need to send emails solve problems and help people who are using speakly for learning languages yesterday i needed to make some changes in one project that we were working on and i had a long meeting with my colleagues we had many good ideas and i hope that everything will go well with that project [Music] it's half past 11 right now and it will soon be lunchtime [Music] i'm already very

hungry because i forgot to eat breakfast [Music] usually i eat a lot for breakfast [Music] i make coffee and some sandwiches plus i always eat some fruit [Music] i like to eat healthy food because i know that it's good for my body i have no idea what i will eat for lunch today i usually take the soup of the day but today i will order something bigger one thing that i don't eat is sugar [Music] so every time somebody brings candy or something else that is sweet to the office i'm the only one who doesn't

eat it but it's okay i like being healthy and i know that sugar is not too good for me [Music] coming back to my day after lunch i will continue working and i will finish my work around six [Music] i have some plans for the evenings as well i will go to the movies with a friend we will go see this new comedy that everyone is talking about i hope that it will be good i love to watch comedies usually i get home right after work around 6 30 but today i will arrive very late

after the movie i will also go to a restaurant with some colleagues so i think that today i will get home around 11 o'clock in the evening i like to do something relaxing like reading a book [Music] i'm in front of my computer all day and i don't want to watch tv at home for that reason so i try to read something interesting spend time with my family and go out for a walk and after that i go to bed usually around 12. that's my day how was your day i hope you liked this story

and found it inspiring by the way here's an awesome language learning hack that will help you learn english much faster try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you're doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next time [Music] hi i'm marcus and welcome to our listening experience in

this exercise i will tell you about why it's good to wake up early and to be a morning person listen carefully and try to see how much you understand [Music] are you a morning person or an evening person [Music] do you wake up early in the morning full of energy and ready to start your day or do you hate waking up early would you rather sleep longer and do everything in the evening or at night there are different theories about when we should go to sleep and when we should wake up some people say it's

better to be a morning person that you'll be more successful this way others say that it's better to be an evening person because you can concentrate more at night when everyone is already sleeping some people say that it doesn't matter which one you are as long as you are happy usually people think that it's better to be a morning person so let's see why it's good to be a morning person [Music] some people say that waking up early is the best way to start your day they say that doing the things you want or need

to do before you go to work is the best they say that it's easier to concentrate because there are no other people around everyone else is usually sleeping early in the morning so that it's quiet no one will call you or text you this means that you can concentrate better and if you can concentrate better on what you're doing you'll get better results [Music] using those one or two hours before work can help you achieve your goals there are a lot of articles about how to become a morning person there are also articles about famous

people who wake up very early every day they say that if you want to be successful you need to wake up early it's probably because a lot of people feel tired after they come home from work and even though they would like to go to the gym or take a course and learn something new they don't have the energy to do that anymore [Music] it's much easier to just be at home and watch tv working out or reading a book early in the morning when you still have a lot of energy is a good idea

waking up early in the morning will make you feel that you have done a lot before the day has started however it's not always easy to get up so early at least not in the beginning when you're not used to waking up early it will be quite difficult what can you do if you would like to start waking up earlier an important thing to remember is going to sleep early if you go to sleep late and need to wake up early it'll be difficult that's why if you want to wake up early go to sleep

early also it's a great idea to wake up a little bit earlier every day [Music] for example this week you can decide to wake up 15 minutes earlier than you did yesterday and then the week after you can wake up another 15 minutes earlier than this week this will give you time to adjust to your new wake up time [Music] also if you have decided to wake up early then just do it just get up don't think if you think too much you'll find excuses for not getting up the most important thing is to get

out of bed so just get up get out of bed and start your day as always [Music] soon you won't be sleepy anymore and you can enjoy the extra time you have there are many good things about waking up early but what if you feel that you're not a morning person at all will you then miss the opportunity for becoming successful i'd say don't worry you can become more successful in different ways and waking up early is just one of those [Music] next time i'll tell you about how to be successful as an evening person

too [Music] if you want to be successful it's best to figure out your own natural schedule and if possible live your life according to that [Music] i hope you liked this story and found it inspiring the way here's an awesome language learning hack that'll help you learn english much faster try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you're doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive

all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next time [Music] hi i'm andrew and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise i will tell you about why it's totally okay to be an evening person listen carefully and try to see how much you understand let me ask you something yes i know i have asked you this before but let me ask you this once more are you a morning person or an evening person if you say that you're a morning person then is it something

that's natural to you did you enjoy waking up early when you were a kid or did you learn to wake up early as an adult [Music] is it easy for you to wake up or do you have to force yourself now if you say that you're an evening person then why is that is it because you really feel more energetic in the evening [Music] or is it because you wake up late have a lot to do during the day finish your tasks late at night and then waking up late again usually people think that it's

better to be a morning person they usually say it's because of three reasons first they say it's because of biology it's good to follow the earth's biological rhythm second they say it's because of money since most of the businesses are open during the day it's better for your business if you also work during the day also it is often said that morning people are more successful because they get more things done [Music] many famous and very successful people wake up early in the morning and by early in the morning i mean very very early in

the morning not at 7am not at 6am no that's not early at all some of the very successful people wake up at 5 00 am and some even as early as 3 30 am [Music] for example richard branson the owner of the virgin group is a morning person [Music] however there are many people who wake up late and stay up late and are very successful and very famous for example barack obama the 44th president of the united states is an evening person so if you're not a morning person don't worry you can still be successful

there might be some truth in the theory about following the earth's rhythm but remember that we all have our own rhythm too and the natural rhythms of people are different there is no one correct rhythm that is the best it's important to know your own natural rhythm and not try to be what you aren't if possible it's better to arrange your day according to your natural rhythm you'll get the best results if you know when you're the most productive or when you have the most energy to work out and set your day accordingly sure it's

true that a lot of businesses are open during the day and it's easier to do business in the time when everyone else is doing it however there are many businesses that are open in the evenings many cafes and restaurants for example also if your business partners are from a different time zone it might be good to be a night person [Music] in a world with a lot of opportunities it's always possible to find something that fits you even if you work in a place where you have to go to work early you can still take

your own rhythm into account a good trick is to leave the most difficult tasks for the evening when you have the most energy and do the easy tasks in the first half of the day when your body is still waking up [Music] also there are several studies that show that evening people are more intelligent and in general more rich of course with all kinds of studies it's important to remember that they usually measure just a couple of things and can't take into account all of the factors that make a person intelligent or rich also it's

difficult to say are the people in the study group more rich because they are evening people or are they evening people because they are more rich [Music] everyone is different and so is our natural rhythm you'll get the best results if your schedule reflects your energy type if you're a morning person do the most important things in the morning if you're an evening person take advantage of your energy in the evening it doesn't matter if you're a morning person or an evening person if you know what's best for you and you act according to that

you'll be successful [Music] i hope you liked this story and found it inspiring by the way here's an awesome language learning hack that will help you learn english much faster [Music] try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you are doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next

time [Music] [Music] hi i'm andrew and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise i will tell you about the things that are the most important to me listen carefully and try to see how much you understand what are the things that you like to do me personally i like to do many different things my motto is that i want to become a better person every day and for that reason i always try to develop myself as much as possible i have four big key words that are important to me in my daily life these

are family work hobbies and friends i always try to invest time in all of these four areas so that i would not forget one of them it's really easy to start working too hard and forget to spend time with friends or to spend enough time with my family [Music] it's not always easy to find a balance and for different people different things are more important what are the most important aspects of your life what do you focus on the most [Music] talking about family i always try to spend time with my two kids and my

wife they are very important to me so i try to book most of the weekends and several nights of the week just for them it doesn't really matter what we're doing as long as we're together our favorite things to do together are going to the movies traveling somewhere or just watching a movie at home we often play board games as well i'm really bad at board games and my kids are always super happy when they win and i lose on the weekends we have more time together than during the week and this gives us an

opportunity to get away from the city for a couple of days we often visit our parents our kids grandparents and spend time in the countryside because i'm usually working on a computer all day long and it's really good to get into the nature and relax talking about work i really enjoy my work as well i can't imagine how most of the people in the world go to work with a negative feeling because they're doing something that they're not interested in i'm lucky because i can do something that i'm good at and that helps people something

that is making the world a better place now about my hobbies my main hobbies are music and sports i play several musical instruments and i have three guitars and a piano at home i'm playing them pretty often i sometimes even write my own songs my songs must be pretty good because even my kids love them about sports i don't do a lot of sports myself i prefer to watch it on tv i like watching basketball and football games often some friends come to our place as well and we watch the games together [Music] i have

loved ball games especially basketball since i was really young and i still love to watch it when i have time lastly friends i only have a few really good friends i know that we live in the age of the internet and everybody has hundreds of facebook friends i do too but in real life i only regularly spend time with a couple of them i'm sure that it's like that for you as well right with my friends we do usual stuff sometimes we go to a bar to grab a drink sometimes we have dinner together and

sometimes we go to parties as well to meet new interesting people i hope you liked this story and found it inspiring by the way here's an awesome language learning hack that will help you learn english much faster try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you're doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep

up the good work until next time [Music] hi i'm andrew and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise i will tell you about what i will do this sunday listen carefully and try to see how much you understand what do you usually do during the weekends my weekends are always filled with a lot of activities it's because i have some overly active friends who like to organize events and do stuff together and they always invite me as well don't get me wrong that's nice and all but to be perfectly honest i would usually just

stay home for the whole weekend watch tv and eat junk food the junk food part is actually not true i don't eat junk food at all but you get the point during the week i'm always really busy and during the weekends i just really want to relax and do nothing but as i already said some of my friends are really active and they always want to do something together to travel to the countryside go bowling together have dinners together go to karaoke nights etc can you guess what they have planned for the next weekend it

has something to do with the sea going to the beach no underwater diving no most certainly not yes we're going to rent a yacht with the whole group of friends and we will go sailing fortunately the captain will come with us so there will be someone who actually knows how to sail a yacht [Music] i've never been on a yacht before but i'm sure it will be nice my friends told me that they want to go swimming as well when we're in the middle of the sea can you imagine the water is super deep and

you can't see what's under you well no thank you i will stay in the yacht and then of course we will drink some wine watch the sunset and get back to the land after midnight [Music] it's such a cool idea and even though i said that i prefer to be alone actually there is nothing better than spending quality time with friends don't you agree as i mentioned before we usually spend time with a group of friends all together we're eight to ten people depending on how busy everybody is [Music] they're really nice people i'm sure

you'd like them too my best friend is robert he's a lawyer he's really intelligent and has a wonderful sense of humor then there are malory and brian they are a couple they work in a tech company they're both from the us then there is pierre who is a french guy and of course everywhere he goes he is always the lady's favorite he works as a model so the fact that everybody likes him should not be a surprise oliver is a history teacher and he is really smart he already knows everything about everything he is like

a walking encyclopedia then there is maria who is spanish and works at the government i don't know what it is exactly that she does in the government but i know that it's related to finances and then there are some other friends that join us when they have the time i really like that we have an international group of friends we usually speak english to each other because then everybody can understand the conversation well nowadays almost everyone speaks english anyway [Music] what do you usually like to do with your [Music] friends i hope you liked this

story and found it inspiring by the way here is an awesome language learning hack that will help you learn english much faster try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you're doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row [Music] when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next time hi i'm andrew and welcome to our listening

experience in this exercise i will tell you about the importance of friends listen carefully and try to see how much you understand [Music] today is a good day i've invited some of my friends to visit me so after work some of my friends are coming over we will drink tea and eat some cake oh i almost forgot i definitely have to remember to go to the store and buy some cake i didn't have time to make one myself this time that's why i have to buy it so where was i yes the cake so we'll

drink tea and eat some cake and talk about all the things that have happened since i last saw them i have been busy lately and haven't seen them in a long time that's why i'm really happy that they'll come and visit me tonight i'm sure we'll have a great time [Music] because my friends are coming over tonight i thought that it's a good idea to talk about friends and friendship let's start with this question who do we call our friends [Music] because of my work i meet new people all the time [Music] they are all

nice and we get along well but although i know a lot of people i wouldn't say they're all my friends most of them are just nice acquaintances i don't meet them regularly we only talk about work or other light topics [Music] we don't talk about personal problems i feel that i don't know them enough to talk about that i don't think they would feel comfortable discussing their personal problems with me either however if they ask for some advice or they want to discuss a personal problem with me i'll listen to them and try to help

them but they don't tell me about their problems often i also don't ask people i know just a little for help if i need some if i need some help i will ask my friends although i know a lot of nice people i wouldn't say that i have many friends i have some sure but not many with my friends i can talk about all different kinds of things i can talk about the things that make me happy and my friends will also be happy for me i can talk about my problems and my friends will

help me solve them [Music] if i think about it then i can say that i have about 10 good friends but i'd say that i actually only have a couple of really close friends i have known them for a long time already and they will always be there for me if i need them i think it's not important to have many friends it's important to have a couple of good friends do you have many friends or just a few [Music] how many close friends do you have [Music] one thing that i have noticed is that

most of my friends are as old as i am another thing that i have noticed is that i have known some of my best friends since i went to school i have known them for many many years already i also have some really good friends that i met at work however for some reason it seems to me that it's more difficult to make friends as adults why do you think that is i think that it's maybe because when we start working we become busy and don't have much time for new friends anymore building a friendship

takes time and effort it also helps when you're interested in the same things and have common hobbies it's easier to become friends with people who like the same things as you do and do the same things as you do then you'll always have a lot to talk about common interests and time spent together are one of the most important things for building a friendship how do you make new friends do you think it's easy to take care of a friendship how do you spend time with your friends i hope you liked this story and found

it inspiring by the way here's an awesome language learning hack that will help you learn english much faster try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you are doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next time hi i'm andrew and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise

i will tell you about my day listen carefully and try to see how much you understand [Music] so as i told you before my name is andrew and i work at speakly first a little about me i'm 30 years old and i live in washington dc it's the capital of the united states i like many different things i like to do sports i go running every evening and sometimes i ride my bicycle as well [Music] i like to cook for my family and spend time together with my wife and children i have two kids my

biggest hobby is learning languages at the moment i'm learning french my day is usually very interesting i do many different things i have meetings with my colleagues i work at my computer i find solutions to problems and many other things [Music] for example today i need to find a hotel for my colleagues because they need to travel to new york to some meetings and i need to book their rooms i also need to buy the plane tickets [Music] new york is not far from here therefore it's a short flight i love new york it's such

a beautiful city i already know some good restaurants that i will recommend them to visit have you been to new york if not i really recommend you to go there at least once it's a big city and there is a lot to see [Music] now back to my work [Music] i really like that i can speak to my colleagues in many different languages that's my favorite part of the job i like to study languages and i love that i can practice many different languages with my colleagues how many languages do you already speak the most

important thing in the office for me is my computer i use it every day because i need to send emails solve problems and help people who are using speakly for learning languages yesterday i needed to make some changes in one project that we were working on and i had a long meeting with my colleagues we had many good ideas and i hope that everything will go well with that project it's half past 11 right now and it will soon be lunch time i'm already very hungry because i forgot to eat breakfast usually i eat a

lot for breakfast i make coffee and some sandwiches plus i always eat some fruit [Music] i like to eat healthy food because i know that it's good for my body i have no idea what i will eat for lunch today i usually take the soup of the day but today i will order something bigger [Music] one thing that i don't eat is sugar so every time somebody brings candy or something else that is sweet to the office i'm the only one who doesn't eat it but it's okay i like being healthy and i know that

sugar is not too good for me [Music] coming back to my day after lunch i will continue working and i will finish my work around six i have some plans for the evenings as well i will go to the movies with a friend [Music] we will go see this new comedy that everyone is talking about i hope that it will be good i love to watch comedies [Music] usually i get home right after work around 6 30 but today i will arrive very late after the movie i will also go to a restaurant with some

colleagues so i think that today i will get home around 11 o'clock in the evening i like to do something relaxing like reading a book i'm in front of my computer all day and i don't want to watch tv at home for that reason so i try to read something interesting spend time with my family and go out for a walk and after that i go to bed usually around 12. that's my day how was your day i hope you liked this story and found it inspiring by the way here's an awesome language learning hack

that will help you learn english much faster [Music] try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you're doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next time [Music] hi i'm marcus and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise i will tell you about why it's good to wake

up early and to be a morning person [Music] listen carefully and try to see how much you understand are you a morning person or an evening person do you wake up early in the morning full of energy and ready to start your day [Music] or do you hate waking up early would you rather sleep longer and do everything in the evening or at night there are different theories about when we should go to sleep and when we should wake up some people say it's better to be a morning person that you'll be more successful this

way [Music] others say that it's better to be an evening person because you can concentrate more at night when everyone is already sleeping some people say that it doesn't matter which one you are as long as you are happy usually people think that it's better to be a morning person so let's see why it's good to be a morning person some people say that waking up early is the best way to start your day they say that doing the things you want or need to do before you go to work is the best they say

that it's easier to concentrate because there are no other people around everyone else is usually sleeping early in the morning so that it's quiet no one will call you or text you this means that you can concentrate better and if you can concentrate better on what you're doing you'll get better results using those one or two hours before work can help you achieve your goals [Music] there are a lot of articles about how to become a morning person [Music] there are also articles about famous people who wake up very early every day [Music] they say

that if you want to be successful you need to wake up early it's probably because a lot of people feel tired after they come home from work and even though they would like to go to the gym or take a course and learn something new they don't have the energy to do that anymore [Music] it's much easier to just be at home and watch tv working out or reading a book early in the morning when you still have a lot of energy is a good idea waking up early in the morning will make you feel

that you have done a lot before the day has started however it's not always easy to get up so early at least not in the beginning when you're not used to waking up early it will be quite difficult what can you do if you would like to start waking up earlier [Music] an important thing to remember is going to sleep early if you go to sleep late and need to wake up early it'll be difficult [Music] that's why if you want to wake up early go to sleep early [Music] also it's a great idea to

wake up a little bit earlier every day [Music] for example this week you can decide to wake up 15 minutes earlier than you did yesterday and then the week after you can wake up another 15 minutes earlier than this week this will give you time to adjust to your new wake-up time [Music] also if you have decided to wake up early then just do it just get up don't think if you think too much you'll find excuses for not getting up [Music] the most important thing is to get out of bed so just get up

get out of bed and start your day as always you won't be sleepy anymore and you can enjoy the extra time you have [Music] there are many good things about waking up early but what if you feel that you're not a morning person at all will you then miss the opportunity for becoming successful i'd say don't worry you can become more successful in different ways and waking up early is just one of those [Music] next time i'll tell you about how to be successful as an evening person too if you want to be successful it's

best to figure out your own natural schedule and if possible live your life according to that [Music] i hope you liked this story and found it inspiring by the way here's an awesome language learning hack that'll help you learn english much faster [Music] try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you're doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row [Music] when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you

will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next time [Music] hi i'm andrew and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise i will tell you about why it's totally okay to be an evening person listen carefully and try to see how much you understand let me ask you something yes i know i have asked you this before but let me ask you this once more are you a morning person or an evening person if you say that you're a morning person then is it something that's natural to you did you

enjoy waking up early when you were a kid or did you learn to wake up early as an adult is it easy for you to wake up or do you have to force yourself now if you say that you're an evening person then why is that [Music] is it because you really feel more energetic in the evening or is it because you wake up late have a lot to do during the day finish your tasks late at night and then waking up late again [Music] usually people think that it's better to be a morning person

they usually say it's because of three reasons first they say it's because of biology it's good to follow the earth's biological rhythm second they say it's because of money since most of the businesses are open during the day it's better for your business if you also work during the day [Music] also it is often said that morning people are more successful because they get more things done [Music] many famous and very successful people wake up early in the morning and by early in the morning i mean very very early in the morning not at 7am

not at 6am no that's not early at all some of the very successful people wake up at 5am and some even as early as 3 30 a.m for example richard branson the owner of the virgin group is a morning person [Music] however there are many people who wake up late and stay up late and are very successful and very famous for example barack obama the 44th president of the united states is an evening person so if you're not a morning person don't worry you can still be successful there might be some truth in the theory

about following the earth's rhythm but remember that we all have our own rhythm too and the natural rhythms of people are different [Music] there is no one correct rhythm that is the best [Music] it's important to know your own natural rhythm and not try to be what you aren't if possible it's better to arrange your day according to your natural rhythm you'll get the best results if you know when you're the most productive or when you have the most energy to work out and set your day accordingly [Music] sure it's true that a lot of

businesses are open during the day and it's easier to do business in the time when everyone else is doing it however there are many businesses that are open in the evenings many cafes and restaurants for example also if your business partners are from a different time zone it might be good to be a night person [Applause] in a world with a lot of opportunities it's always possible to find something that fits you even if you work in a place where you have to go to work early you can still take your own rhythm into account

a good trick is to leave the most difficult tasks for the evening when you have the most energy and do the easy tasks in the first half of the day when your body is still waking up also there are several studies that show that evening people are more intelligent and in general more rich of course with all kinds of studies it's important to remember that they usually measure just a couple of things and can't take into account all of the factors that make a person intelligent or rich also it's difficult to say are the people

in the study group more rich because they are evening people or are they evening people because they are more rich everyone is different and so is our natural rhythm you'll get the best results if your schedule reflects your energy type if you're a morning person do the most important things in the morning if you're an evening person take advantage of your energy in the evening it doesn't matter if you're a morning person or an evening person if you know what's best for you and you act according to that you'll be successful i hope you liked

this story and found it inspiring [Music] by the way here's an awesome language learning hack that will help you learn english much faster try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you are doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next time [Applause] [Music] hi i'm andrew and welcome

to our listening experience in this exercise i will tell you about the things that are the most important to me listen carefully and try to see how much you understand [Music] what are the things that you like to do me personally i like to do many different things my motto is that i want to become a better person every day and for that reason i always try to develop myself as much as possible i have four big keywords that are important to me in my daily life these are family work hobbies and friends i always

try to invest time in all of these four areas so that i would not forget one of them [Music] it's really easy to start working too hard and forget to spend time with friends or to spend enough time with my family [Music] it's not always easy to find a balance and for different people different things are more important what are the most important aspects of your life what do you focus on the most talking about family i always try to spend time with my two kids and my wife they are very important to me so

i try to book most of the weekends and several nights of the week just for them it doesn't really matter what we're doing as long as we're together [Music] our favorite things to do together are going to the movies traveling somewhere or just watching a movie at home we often play board games as well i'm really bad at board games and my kids are always super happy when they win and i lose on the weekends we have more time together than during the week and this gives us an opportunity to get away from the city

for a couple of days we often visit our parents our kids grandparents and spend time in the countryside because i'm usually working on a computer all day long and it's really good to get into the nature and relax [Music] talking about work i really enjoy my work as well i can't imagine how most of the people in the world go to work with a negative feeling because they're doing something that they're not interested in i'm lucky because i can do something that i'm good at and that helps people something that is making the world a

better place now about my hobbies my main hobbies are music and sports i play several musical instruments and i have three guitars and a piano at home i'm playing them pretty often i sometimes even write my own songs my songs must be pretty good because even my kids love them about sports i don't do a lot of sports myself i prefer to watch it on tv i like watching basketball and football games often some friends come to our place as well and we watch the games together i have loved ball games especially basketball since i

was really young and i still love to watch it when i have time lastly friends i only have a few really good friends i know that we live in the age of the internet and everybody has hundreds of facebook friends i do too but in real life i only regularly spend time with a couple of them i'm sure that it's like that for you as well right with my friends we do usual stuff sometimes we go to a bar to grab a drink sometimes we have dinner together and sometimes we go to parties as well

to meet new interesting people i hope you liked this story and found it inspiring by the way here's an awesome language learning hack that will help you learn english much faster try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you're doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next time

hi i'm andrew and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise i will tell you about what i will do this sunday listen carefully and try to see how much you understand what do you usually do during the weekends my weekends are always filled with a lot of activities it's because i have some overly active friends who like to organize events and do stuff together and they always invite me as well don't get me wrong that's nice and all but to be perfectly honest i would usually just stay home for the whole weekend watch tv

and eat junk food the junk food part is actually not true i don't eat junk food at all but you get the point during the week i'm always really busy and during the weekends i just really want to relax and do nothing but as i already said some of my friends are really active and they always want to do something together to travel to the countryside go bowling together have dinners together go to karaoke nights etc can you guess what they have planned for the next weekend it has something to do with the sea going

to the beach no underwater diving no most certainly not [Music] yes we're going to rent a yacht with the whole group of friends and we will go sailing fortunately the captain will come with us so there will be someone who actually knows how to sail a yacht i've never been on a yacht before but i'm sure it will be nice my friends told me that they want to go swimming as well when we're in the middle of the sea can you imagine the water is super deep and you can't see what's under you well no

thank you i will stay in the yacht and then of course we will drink some wine watch the sunset and get back to the land after midnight [Music] it's such a cool idea and even though i said that i prefer to be alone actually there is nothing better than spending quality time with friends don't you agree as i mentioned before we usually spend time with a group of friends all together we are 8 to 10 people depending on how busy everybody is they're really nice people i'm sure you'd like them too my best friend is

robert he's a lawyer he's really intelligent and has a wonderful sense of humor then there are malory and brian they are a couple they work in a tech company they're both from the us then there is pierre who is a french guy and of course everywhere he goes he is always the lady's favorite he works as a model so the fact that everybody likes him should not be a surprise [Music] oliver is a history teacher and he is really smart he already knows everything about everything he is like a walking encyclopedia then there is maria

who is spanish and works at the government i don't know what it is exactly that she does in the government but i know that it's related to finances and then there are some other friends that join us when they have the time i really like that we have an international group of friends we usually speak english to each other because then everybody can understand the conversation well nowadays almost everyone speaks english anyway what do you usually like to do with your friends [Music] i hope you like this story and found it inspiring by the way

here is an awesome language learning hack that will help you learn english much faster [Applause] try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you're doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next time hi i'm andrew and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise i will tell you

about the importance of friends listen carefully and try to see how much you understand today is a good day i've invited some of my friends to visit me so after work some of my friends are coming over we will drink tea and eat some cake oh i almost forgot i definitely have to remember to go to the store and buy some cake i didn't have time to make one myself this time that's why i have to buy it so where was i yes the cake so we'll drink tea and eat some cake and talk about

all the things that have happened since i last saw them i have been busy lately and haven't seen them in a long time [Music] that's why i'm really happy that they'll come and visit me tonight i'm sure we'll have a great time [Music] because my friends are coming over tonight i thought that it's a good idea to talk about friends and friendship [Music] let's start with this question who do we call our friends because of my work i meet new people all the time they are all nice and we get along well but although i

know a lot of people i wouldn't say they're all my friends [Music] most of them are just nice acquaintances [Applause] i don't meet them regularly we only talk about work or other light topics [Music] we don't talk about personal problems i feel that i don't know them enough to talk about that i don't think they would feel comfortable discussing their personal problems with me either however if they ask for some advice or they want to discuss a personal problem with me i'll listen to them and try to help them [Music] but they don't tell me

about their problems often i also don't ask people i know just a little for help if i need some [Music] if i need some help i will ask my friends although i know a lot of nice people i wouldn't say that i have many friends i have some sure but not many with my friends i can talk about all different kinds of things i can talk about the things that make me happy and my friends will also be happy for me i can talk about my problems and my friends will help me solve them if

i think about it then i can say that i have about 10 good friends [Music] but i'd say that i actually only have a couple of really close friends i have known them for a long time already and they will always be there for me if i need them i think it's not important to have many friends it's important to have a couple of good friends do you have many friends or just a few how many close friends do you have [Music] one thing that i have noticed is that most of my friends are as

old as i am another thing that i have noticed is that i have known some of my best friends since i went to school [Music] i have known them for many many years already i also have some really good friends that i met at work however for some reason it seems to me that it's more difficult to make friends as adults why do you think that is [Music] i think that it's maybe because when we start working we become busy and don't have much time for new friends anymore building a friendship takes time and effort

it also helps when you're interested in the same things and have common hobbies it's easier to become friends with people who like the same things as you do and do the same things as you do then you'll always have a lot to talk about common interest and time spent together are one of the most important things for building a friendship how do you make new friends do you think it's easy to take care of a friendship how do you spend time with your friends [Music] i hope you liked this story and found it inspiring by

the way here's an awesome language learning hack that will help you learn english much faster try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you are doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next time hi i'm andrew and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise i will tell

you about my day listen carefully and try to see how much you understand so as i told you before my name is andrew and i work at speakly [Applause] first a little about me i'm 30 years old and i live in washington dc it's the capital of the united states [Music] i like many different things i like to do sports i go running every evening and sometimes i ride my bicycle as well i like to cook for my family and spend time together with my wife and children i have two kids my biggest hobby is

learning languages at the moment i'm learning french [Music] my day is usually very interesting i do many different things i have meetings with my colleagues i work at my computer i find solutions to problems and many other things for example today i need to find a hotel for my colleagues because they need to travel to new york to some meetings and i need to book their rooms i also need to buy the plane tickets new york is not far from here therefore it's a short flight i love new york it's such a beautiful city i

already know some good restaurants that i will recommend them to visit have you been to new york if not i really recommend you to go there at least once it's a big city and there is a lot to see now back to my work i really like that i can speak to my colleagues in many different languages that's my favorite part of the job i like to study languages and i love that i can practice many different languages with my colleagues how many languages do you already speak [Music] the most important thing in the office

for me is my computer i use it every day because i need to send emails solve problems and help people who are using speakly for learning languages yesterday i needed to make some changes in one project that we were working on and i had a long meeting with my colleagues [Music] we had many good ideas and i hope that everything will go well with that project it's half past 11 right now and it will soon be lunch time i'm already very hungry because i forgot to eat breakfast [Music] usually i eat a lot for breakfast

i make coffee and some sandwiches plus i always eat some fruit i like to eat healthy food because i know that it's good for my body i have no idea what i will eat for lunch today i usually take the soup of the day but today i will order something bigger one thing that i don't eat is sugar so every time somebody brings candy or something else that is sweet to the office i'm the only one who doesn't eat it but it's okay i like being healthy and i know that sugar is not too good

for me coming back to my day after lunch i will continue working and i will finish my work around six i have some plans for the evenings as well i will go to the movies with a friend we will go see this new comedy that everyone is talking about i hope that it will be good i love to watch comedies usually i get home right after work around 6 30 but today i will arrive very late after the movie i will also go to a restaurant with some colleagues so i think that today i will

get home around 11 o'clock in the evening i like to do something relaxing like reading a book i'm in front of my computer all day and i don't want to watch tv at home for that reason so i try to read something interesting spend time with my family and go out for a walk and after that i go to bed usually around 12. that's my day how was your day i hope you liked this story and found it inspiring by the way here's an awesome language learning hack that will help you learn english much faster

try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you're doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row [Music] when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next time [Laughter] [Music] [Music] hi i'm marcus and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise i will tell you about why it's good to wake up early and to be a

morning person listen carefully and try to see how much you understand are you a morning person or an evening person do you wake up early in the morning full of energy and ready to start your day or do you hate waking up early would you rather sleep longer and do everything in the evening or at night there are different theories about when we should go to sleep and when we should wake up some people say it's better to be a morning person that you'll be more successful this way others say that it's better to be

an evening person because you can concentrate more at night when everyone is already sleeping [Applause] some people say that it doesn't matter which one you are as long as you are happy usually people think that it's better to be a morning person so let's see why it's good to be a morning person [Music] some people say that waking up early is the best way to start your day they say that doing the things you want or need to do before you go to work is the best [Music] they say that it's easier to concentrate because

there are no other people around everyone else is usually sleeping early in the morning so that it's quiet [Music] no one will call you or text you this means that you can concentrate better and if you can concentrate better on what you're doing you'll get better results using those one or two hours before work can help you achieve your goals there are a lot of articles about how to become a morning person there are also articles about famous people who wake up very early every day they say that if you want to be successful you

need to wake up early it's probably because a lot of people feel tired after they come home from work and even though they would like to go to the gym or take a course and learn something new they don't have the energy to do that anymore it's much easier to just be at home and watch tv working out or reading a book early in the morning when you still have a lot of energy is a good idea waking up early in the morning will make you feel that you have done a lot before the day

has started however it's not always easy to get up so early at least not in the beginning when you're not used to waking up early it will be quite difficult what can you do if you would like to start waking up earlier [Music] an important thing to remember is going to sleep early if you go to sleep late and need to wake up early it'll be difficult that's why if you want to wake up early go to sleep early also it's a great idea to wake up a little bit earlier every day [Music] for example

this week you can decide to wake up 15 minutes earlier than you did yesterday and then the week after you can wake up another 15 minutes earlier than this week this will give you time to adjust to your new wake-up time also if you have decided to wake up early then just do it just get up don't think if you think too much you'll find excuses for not getting up the most important thing is to get out of bed so just get up get out of bed and start your day as always soon you won't

be sleepy anymore and you can enjoy the extra time you have [Music] there are many good things about waking up early but what if you feel that you're not a morning person at all [Music] will you then miss the opportunity for becoming successful i'd say don't worry you can become more successful in different ways and waking up early is just one of those [Music] next time i'll tell you about how to be successful as an evening person too if you want to be successful it's best to figure out your own natural schedule and if possible

live your life according to that i hope you liked this story and found it inspiring [Music] by the way here's an awesome language learning hack that'll help you learn english much faster try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you're doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next

time [Music] hi i'm andrew and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise i will tell you about why it's totally okay to be an evening person listen carefully and try to see how much you understand let me ask you something yes i know i have asked you this before but let me ask you this once more are you a morning person or an evening person if you say that you're a morning person then is it something that's natural to you did you enjoy waking up early when you were a kid or did you learn

to wake up early as an adult [Music] is it easy for you to wake up or do you have to force yourself now if you say that you're an evening person then why is that is it because you really feel more energetic in the evening or is it because you wake up late have a lot to do during the day finish your tasks late at night and then waking up late again [Music] usually people think that it's better to be a morning person they usually say it's because of three reasons [Music] first they say it's

because of biology it's good to follow the earth's biological rhythm [Music] second they say it's because of money since most of the businesses are open during the day it's better for your business if you also work during the day also it is often said that morning people are more successful because they get more things done [Applause] many famous and very successful people wake up early in the morning and by early in the morning i mean very very early in the morning not at 7am not at 6am no that's not early at all some of the

very successful people wake up at 5 00 am and some even as early as 3 30 am for example richard branson the owner of the virgin group is a morning person [Music] however there are many people who wake up late and stay up late and are very successful and very famous for example barack obama the 44th president of the united states is an evening person so if you're not a morning person don't worry you can still be successful there might be some truth in the theory about following the earth's rhythm but remember that we all

have our own rhythm too and the natural rhythms of people are different there is no one correct rhythm that is the best it's important to know your own natural rhythm and not try to be what you aren't [Music] if possible it's better to arrange your day according to your natural rhythm you'll get the best results if you know when you're the most productive or when you have the most energy to work out and set your day accordingly sure it's true that a lot of businesses are open during the day and it's easier to do business

in the time when everyone else is doing it however there are many businesses that are open in the evenings many cafes and restaurants for example also if your business partners are from a different time zone it might be good to be a night person in a world with a lot of opportunities it's always possible to find something that fits you even if you work in a place where you have to go to work early you can still take your own rhythm into account a good trick is to leave the most difficult tasks for the evening

when you have the most energy and do the easy tasks in the first half of the day when your body is still waking up also there are several studies that show that evening people are more intelligent and in general more rich of course with all kinds of studies it's important to remember that they usually measure just a couple of things and can't take into account all of the factors that make a person intelligent or rich also it's difficult to say are the people in the study group more rich because they are evening people or are

they evening people because they are more rich everyone is different and so is our natural rhythm you'll get the best results if your schedule reflects your energy type if you're a morning person do the most important things in the morning if you're an evening person take advantage of your energy in the evening it doesn't matter if you're a morning person or an evening person if you know what's best for you and you act according to that you'll be successful i hope you like this story and found it inspiring by the way here's an awesome language

learning hack that will help you learn english much faster try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you are doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next time [Music] hi i'm andrew and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise i will tell you about the things that

are the most important to me listen carefully and try to see how much you understand what are the things that you like to do me personally i like to do many different things [Music] my motto is that i want to become a better person every day and for that reason i always try to develop myself as much as possible i have four big keywords that are important to me in my daily life these are family work hobbies and friends i always try to invest time in all of these four areas so that i would not

forget one of them it's really easy to start working too hard and forget to spend time with friends or to spend enough time with my family it's not always easy to find a balance and for different people different things are more important what are the most important aspects of your life what do you focus on the most talking about family i always try to spend time with my two kids and my wife they are very important to me so i try to book most of the weekends and several nights of the week just for them

[Music] it doesn't really matter what we're doing as long as we're together our favorite things to do together are going to the movies traveling somewhere or just watching a movie at home [Music] we often play board games as well i'm really bad at board games and my kids are always super happy when they win and i lose [Music] on the weekends we have more time together than during the week and this gives us an opportunity to get away from the city for a couple of days we often visit our parents our kids grandparents and spend

time in the countryside because i'm usually working on a computer all day long and it's really good to get into the nature and relax talking about work i really enjoy my work as well i can't imagine how most of the people in the world go to work with a negative feeling because they're doing something that they're not interested in i'm lucky because i can do something that i'm good at and that helps people something that is making the world a better place [Music] now about my hobbies my main hobbies are music and sports i play

several musical instruments and i have three guitars and a piano at home i'm playing them pretty often i sometimes even write my own songs my songs must be pretty good because even my kids love them about sports i don't do a lot of sports myself i prefer to watch it on tv i like watching basketball and football games often some friends come to our place as well and we watch the games together i have loved ball games especially basketball since i was really young and i still love to watch it when i have time lastly

friends i only have a few really good friends i know that we live in the age of the internet and everybody has hundreds of facebook friends i do too but in real life i only regularly spend time with a couple of them i'm sure that it's like that for you as well right with my friends we do usual stuff sometimes we go to a bar to grab a drink sometimes we have dinner together and sometimes we go to parties as well to meet new interesting people [Music] i hope you liked this story and found it

inspiring by the way here's an awesome language learning hack that will help you learn english much faster try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you're doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next time [Music] hi i'm andrew and welcome to our listening experience in this exercise i

will tell you about what i will do this sunday listen carefully and try to see how much you understand what do you usually do during the weekends my weekends are always filled with a lot of activities it's because i have some overly active friends who like to organize events and do stuff together and they always invite me as well don't get me wrong that's nice and all but to be perfectly honest i would usually just stay home for the whole weekend watch tv and eat junk food the junk food part is actually not true i

don't eat junk food at all but you get the point during the week i'm always really busy and during the weekends i just really want to relax and do nothing but as i already said some of my friends are really active and they always want to do something together to travel to the countryside go bowling together have dinners together go to karaoke nights etc can you guess what they have planned for the next weekend it has something to do with the sea [Music] going to the beach no underwater diving no most certainly not yes we're

going to rent a yacht with the whole group of friends and we will go sailing fortunately the captain will come with us so there will be someone who actually knows how to sail a yacht i've never been on a yacht before but i'm sure it will be nice my friends told me that they want to go swimming as well when we're in the middle of the sea can you imagine the water is super deep and you can't see what's under you well no thank you i will stay in the yacht and then of course we

will drink some wine watch the sunset and get back to the land after midnight it's such a cool idea and even though i said that i prefer to be alone actually there is nothing better than spending quality time with friends don't you agree as i mentioned before we usually spend time with a group of friends all together we are 8 to 10 people depending on how busy everybody is they're really nice people i'm sure you'd like them too my best friend is robert he's a lawyer he's really intelligent and has a wonderful sense of humor

then there are malory and brian they are a couple they work in a tech company they're both from the us then there is pierre who is a french guy and of course everywhere he goes he is always the lady's favorite he works as a model so the fact that everybody likes him should not be a surprise oliver is a history teacher and he is really smart he already knows everything about everything he is like a walking encyclopedia [Music] then there is maria who is spanish and works at the government i don't know what it is

exactly that she does in the government but i know that it's related to finances [Music] and then there are some other friends that join us when they have the time i really like that we have an international group of friends we usually speak english to each other because then everybody can understand the conversation well nowadays almost everyone speaks english anyway what do you usually like to do with your friends [Music] i hope you liked this story and found it inspiring by the way here is an awesome language learning hack that will help you learn english

much faster try to listen to this exercise several times a day even if it's just playing in the background while you are doing other things and listen to it at least three to five days in a row when you do that you will give yourself enough time to receive all the new information and you will understand more with every listening keep up the good work until next time [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you