The book "Spartan Up" by Joe De Sena advocates for embracing challenges and discomfort to build resilience, discipline, and purpose, arguing that true growth and strength are forged through adversity, not comfort.
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All right, we got an English lesson for those of you that are a little bit more advanced. Are
you an advanced English learner? All right, this lesson's for you. Comfort kills. So,
we need to live like a Spartan. That's the title. Now, today's um today is a book summary. And let's
dive into the book Spartan Up. That's the title of the book. And it's written by Joe Dina. Joe
Dina is the founder of the Spartan race. Spartan race. It's it's an obstacle course race where you
do lots of obstacles like like the Spartans of old. All right. So anyways, he wrote a book and
then this book, what's it about? This book is a straightforward down-to-earth guide to building
resilience, discipline, and purpose by taking on challenges and developing mental toughness.
All right. So, first of all, straightforward. It's clear. If something is straightforward,
it is clear. Down to earth. That just means it's practical. So that would be clear and practical.
Straightforward and downto-earth. It's a clear and practical guide. It's a straightforward
down- to-earth guide to to doing what? To to building resilience, building discipline and
purpose. Building purpose. And how do they do it? By taking on challenges. taking on to take
on that's a phrasal verb that means to face or to do it. Um take on challenges and developing mental
toughness. All right, I'm going to say all of that and you can read along with me. Here we go.
This book is a straightforward down-to-earth guide to building resilience, discipline,
and purpose by taking on challenges and developing mental toughness. Did
you follow me? Let's do it one more time. Ready? Here we go.
This book is a straightforward down-to-earth guide to building resilience, discipline,
and purpose by taking on challenges and developing mental toughness. Remember,
comfort can hold you back. Comfort can hold you back. Hold you back means hinder your progress.
Holds you back. It it stops your progress. It hinders your progress. It holds you back.
True growth true growth happens when you face difficulties. You confront difficulties. You
face it. If you face a difficulty, you confront a difficulty. You could say challenge also. Face
a challenge. Face difficulties. Confront. How do you face those difficulties? You face them
head on. Head on. That means directly. You you face those difficulties directly. Head on. Not
when everything is easy. All right? So, you don't wait until everything's easy. You just
tackle tackle. There's another one you could use. Tackle those difficulties head on. All right.
Too much explaining vocabulary maybe. Let's just go to the top and say it. Here we go. Remember,
comfort can hold you back. True growth happens when you face difficulties head on,
not when everything is easy. Again, remember comfort can hold you back. True growth
happens when you face difficulties headon, not when everything is easy.
Becoming resilient doesn't just happen. It's something you build over time.
Resilient. What's that word up there? Resilient. That means quick to recover. You recover quickly,
you are resilient. So becoming resilient doesn't just happen automatically.
It's something you build over time. Becoming fluent in English doesn't just happen. It's
something you build over time with practice with English coach Chad. Yeah. All right. Wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I got too excited. Let Let's uh shadow that. All right.
Say it with me. Becoming resilient doesn't just happen. It's something you build over time. One
more time. Becoming resilient doesn't just happen. It's something you build over time. There we go.
We We have to practice speaking English, right? Get used to stepping outside your comfort zone
every day. Push both your body and mind to handle pressure better. Get used to. What's another way
to say get used to? Get accustomed to. Get accustomed to. Get accustomed to stepping
out. Stepping outside your comfort zone. You know that one, right? Step outside your comfort zone.
Do something that's not comfort comfortable. Do it every day. Every day. Push both your body and
mind. Train your body and mind. Push it. Train it to handle. To handle. What's another word for
to handle? Um to to manage. To manage pressure better, to handle pressure better. To handle
pressure more effectively. You could say that, too. Better than better is more effectively.
All right, let's shadow it. Let's Let's read it together. Here we go. Get used to stepping
outside your comfort zone every day. push both your body and mind to handle pressure
better. Again, get used to stepping outside your comfort zone every day. Push both your
body and mind to handle pressure better. Discipline goes hand in hand with freedom.
discipline because hand in hand closely tied together hand in hand linked that's maybe that's
better discipline is linked with freedom or you could just say connected discipline is connected
with freedom it goes if something goes with your verbs here goes with discipline goes with freedom
It goes hand in hand with freedom. All right. Closely tied together. Hand in hand. Discipline
goes hand in hand with freedom. Again, discipline goes handinand with freedom. Getting up early,
working hard, and refusing to make excuses help you build real momentum.
All right? So, getting up early, these this is simple. Getting up early, working hard,
and refusing to make excuses. Don't make excuses. All of that helps. Did you notice I added a nest
there? All of that helps you. There's no S right there, though. I I added an S, didn't I? Helps
you build real momentum. Now, should you put an S there or not? No S. Why? Because this is a
compound subject. There's A, B, and C help you. A, B, and C help you. If it was just one thing,
A helps you. So, one thing would be an S. So, A helps you. If you said getting up early helps
you build real momentum, that's okay. But we got getting up early, one, working hard, two,
and refusing to make excuses, three, that's a compound subject, so you go with help. Help
you build real momentum. Woo! Voca, we're not just doing uh English speaking practice
today. We're doing a little bit of u grammar. I never teach grammar. What am I doing? All right,
let's do some shadowing practice now. Here we go. Getting up early, working hard, and refusing to
make excuses help you build real momentum. Again, getting up early, working hard, and refusing to
make excuses help you build real momentum. A clear sense of purpose keeps you motivated. When you
know your why, when you know your why, that why means why you do why you do what you do. You'll
find the energy to overcome anything life throws at you. You will find the energy to overcome
anything life throws at you. Anything that life presents to you, puts in puts in your way,
challenges you with. Life throws problems at you. All right, let's shadow it. Here we go. A clear
sense of purpose keeps you motivated. When you know your why, you'll find the energy to overcome
anything life throws at you. Again, a clear sense of purpose keeps you motivated. When you
know your why, you'll find the energy to overcome anything life throws at you. Yes, you're stronger
than you might think. You are stronger than you might think. You think you're not very strong,
but you are strong. Now, I challenge I challenge you. Challenge yourself regularly. Often,
you'll be surprised by what you can achieve. Challenge yourself regularly. You'll be surprised
by what you can achieve. from the top. You're stronger than you might think. Challenge yourself
regularly. You'll be surprised by what you can achieve. One more time. You're stronger than
you might think. Challenge yourself regularly. You'll be surprised by what you can achieve.
Life isn't meant to be easy. It's meant to make you stronger. So, what challenge will
you take on today? Life isn't meant to be easy. It's meant to make you stronger. So,
what challenge will you take on today? All right, that is the book summary. Pretty good book,
huh? Say it with me nonstop. Shadow me. Read along with me. Here we go. Today, let's dive
into the book Spartan Up by Joe Denna, the founder of Spartan Race, an obstacle course race. This
book is a straightforward down-to-earth guide to building resilience, discipline, and purpose
by taking on challenges and developing mental toughness. Remember, comfort can hold you back.
True growth happens when you face difficulties headon, not when everything is easy. Becoming
resilient doesn't just happen. It's something you build over time. Get used to stepping outside your
comfort zone every day. push both your body and mind to handle pressure better. Discipline goes
hand in hand with freedom. Getting up early, working hard, and refusing to make excuses help
you build real momentum. A clear sense of purpose keeps you motivated. When you know your why,
you'll find the energy to overcome anything life throws at you. You're stronger than you
might think. Challenge yourself regularly. You'll be surprised by what you can achieve. Life isn't
meant to be easy. It's meant to make you stronger. So, what challenge will you take on today?
Boom. Good workout. Way to go. If you are persistent and consistent, you are bound
to succeed. Keep moving forward one step at a time. All right, I'll see you in the next
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