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Shadowing practice: How to Wake up Before 6am Every Day

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  1. Have you ever tried to develop an early morning routine of waking up before 6am every day?0:01
  2. For much of my life, this was the one habit that I couldn't get to stick.0:07
  3. But recently in the past year, I figured it out.0:12
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  1. When I started waking up early, I found that I could get more done by 11am than I normally did in an entire day.1:02
  2. I got more done.1:09
  3. I was less stressed.1:10
  4. And by 5pm, I could either relax or spend time with the people I cared about.1:12
  5. Now if you're somebody who's following a 9 -5 route, then you might be able to use your mornings to focus on your passions, to start writing or build that1:17
  6. business from the ground up.1:27
  7. There's a lot that you can do in the morning, but it really starts with figuring out how the hell to wake up early.1:29
  8. These are some of the things that I've found helped me rise before 6am.1:36
  9. In order to commit to this new change, you need to understand why you want to make the change in the first place.1:45
  10. When you focus on the benefits that you'll receive, it's going to be much easier to make this habit stick.1:53
  11. It all starts the night before.1:59
  12. I used to get so frustrated because the night before I would be motivated, I would be inspired I would be looking forward to waking up early the next day2:01
  13. and changing my life.2:10
  14. But then what happens?2:14
  15. I wake up in the morning, 7am, 6am and I am tired as shit and I hit that snooze button.2:16
  16. And I hit it over and over again and I don't wake up early.2:23
  17. What happened?2:29
  18. I didn't put together a plan for my next day.2:30
  19. I was motivated to wake up early, but I didn't have that why clarified.2:33
  20. I need to figure out a to -do list that gave me step 1, 2 and 3.2:39
  21. And I'm not talking about brushing your teeth or showering.2:43
  22. I'm talking about why am I waking up early?2:46
  23. Is it because I want to write a book?2:49
  24. Okay, great.2:51
  25. Then step 1, write 500 words, write 100 words, make it as simple and easy as possible for you, but know exactly what you want to write.2:52
  26. And figuring out that why is going to help to motivate you in the morning, not just the night before.3:02
  27. So before I go to bed, I'll either create a new list or review a list I've already made.3:08
  28. It'll include up to three of the most important things that I want to get done the next day.3:13
  29. Before you ever have a chance of getting out of bed early, you need to have a purpose first.3:17
  30. Find something that drives you.3:21
  31. A simple step that will really help is to put your phone or alarm clock on the other side of the room so you have no choice but to get3:24
  32. out of bed.3:30
  33. It's one of the oldest tricks in the book.3:31
  34. Take it a step further by putting a glass of water next to your phone.3:34
  35. Right when you turn off the alarm, drink the entire glass of water.3:37
  36. This usually wakes me up and further prevents me from slipping back into bed.3:40
  37. Now this next step is really important and it really got me to not only wake up early that next morning, but to continue to wake up in the long3:45
  38. run and to build a habit.3:54
  39. The idea is that you need to wake up at the same exact time every morning, but only go to bed when you're tired.3:56
  40. Maybe I didn't get to bed until 11pm or 12am.4:03
  41. I'm going to have maybe five, six hours of sleep and that's not going to be good for the short term.4:07
  42. But that next night I'm going to be so tired by 9pm that I'm going to fall asleep much quicker.4:12
  43. I'm going to get a more full night's sleep and I'll start to build that habit of waking up at 5 or 6am.4:18
  44. And eventually what happens is you start to wire your brain to wake up at that time and you'll start to wake up even minutes before your alarm clock goes4:24
  45. off.4:34
  46. Anybody who has an early morning routine will know this, that waking up early gets easier the more you do it.4:34
  47. Explain to your partner why you're doing this.4:41
  48. First, it's going to make sure that they don't get pissed off when the alarm unexpectedly goes off at 5am.4:44
  49. But two, it also creates accountability.4:51
  50. So you don't want to be the kind of person that doesn't follow through on their word.4:54
  51. If you say that you're going to wake up early, then you want to wake up early.4:58
  52. You don't want to let yourself down and you certainly don't want to let the people that you care about down.5:02
  53. If you don't have a partner, see if a friend wants to commit to making the change with you.5:09
  54. If you don't have a friend, I think there's lots of websites that you could go to that might help you with that.5:13
  55. Now I know I said that you may need to deprive yourself of sleep in the short term for a night or two, but that is definitely a horrible long5:18
  56. term strategy.5:26
  57. Most people need 8 hours of sleep a night to function at 100%.5:27
  58. But the benefits go beyond alertness.5:30
  59. It reduces stress, helps your body repair itself, and can even improve memory function.5:33
  60. And to those that are addicted to the hustle mindset and think they can sleep when they're dead, you will be dead much sooner if you get less than 75:37
  61. hours of sleep per night.5:44
  62. One study following over 21 ,000 twins found that those who are sleep deprived have a 24 % increased risk of death.5:45
  63. I shouldn't have to sell sleep though, it's pretty awesome.5:53
  64. And you can do some additional things that really make sure that you're having a great night's sleep.5:56
  65. Close the blinds, use earplugs, use an eye mask, use a humidifier during the winter, and play rain sounds before bed.6:00
  66. Alexa, play rain sounds.6:07
  67. Playing the rain song by Led Zippelin.6:09
  68. Son of a bitch.6:11
  69. All these steps will help to make sure you get a full night's sleep and wake up well rested.6:12
  70. The last piece of advice that I'll offer you is to keep it simple and attack this one habit by itself.6:18
  71. Don't try to take on 12 habits at the same exact time.6:25
  72. And I get this can be really frustrating advice to hear, especially if you just finished watching I'm Not Your Guru with Tony Robbins.6:28
  73. You're motivated, you're fired up, you want to change every aspect of your life.6:35
  74. But think about the long run.6:39
  75. If you're able to develop this one habit this month and a new habit next month and so on for an entire year, that's 12 new habits that you've developed6:41
  76. and brought into your life.6:50
  77. Now, if you look in the long term, look back on all those habits over 20 years, you're going to look at a completely different person than if you hadn't6:51
  78. taken it slow and steady.7:00
  79. If there's something that I didn't mention in this video that helps you to wake up early every day, I'd love to hear it down in the comments.7:02
  80. Let's start a discussion below.7:09
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American accent at conversational pace: everyday english shadowing practice

This is personal commentary: Matt D'Avella explaining a real change he made to his own life. It's advice about building an early morning habit, delivered at B1 level with native speech patterns. The pace runs at 215 words per minute, which is faster than 74% of the catalogue, so it pushes you to keep up with natural conversational speed. You'll hear how Americans shape practical explanation, not scripted dialogue or formal presentation. The speaker repeats his core points, which makes them learnable: "I found that I could get more done" and the reasons why. This is the kind of speech you need to produce yourself when explaining your own ideas or reasoning.

Colloquial speech and authentic patterns in practical advice

The language throughout this commentary uses everyday phrasing and casual intensifiers. Watch for how the speaker connects ideas and uses idioms to make his advice sound natural and genuine.

  • "For much of my life, this was the one habit that I couldn't get to stick" (line 2). The phrase "couldn't get to stick" is an idiomatic reduction of the idea that something won't hold. It's how English speakers actually phrase stubborn problems, not how they appear in textbooks.
  • "There's a lot that you can do in the morning, but it really starts with figuring out how the hell to wake up early" (line 19). Here you hear "how the hell" as a casual intensifier. This is everyday English conversation, the kind you need to produce when you're genuinely describing a challenge.
  • "When I started waking up early, I found that I could get more done by 11am than I normally did in an entire day" (line 13). This shows clear cause and effect: the speaker moves from problem to result. Notice the word order and the way he chains ideas together to build persuasion. You'll hear this structure repeated across the clip.

Shadowing this english speaking practice: a focused path through the commentary

Work through these lines in order. Each one teaches you something different about how native speakers explain themselves. Start here and build your ability to produce similar speech.

  • Start with lines 1 to 3. This is the hook where the speaker names the problem (waking up before 6am) and signals his solution. Your job is to catch the rhythm of his opening ideas and hear how pronunciation shifts on common words like "early" and "routine".
  • Focus on line 13 next. This is where he explains the payoff: what happens when you wake early. Repeating the full sentence helps you improve english speaking by learning how native speakers explain cause and effect in natural speech.
  • Move to line 19. This line turns the topic toward the real challenge. You'll hear "how the hell" and you need to produce that exact phrasing and intonation when explaining something hard.
  • Practice line 27 last: "I wake up in the morning, 7am, 6am and I am tired as shit and I hit that snooze button." This is where emotion enters. The speaker is honest and direct. Your job is to capture the stress pattern and pronunciation on words like "tired" and the hesitation of listing times.
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