How did you do in 2022? | A Year in Review

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Accent's Way English with Hadar


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Hey everyone, it's Hadar.
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Thank you so much for joining me.
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I'm recording this at the end of 2022, it's the end of the year, and
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we are just about to start 2023.
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I cannot even imagine that I'm saying it.
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Time flies, seriously.
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But back to what I wanted to talk about.
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At the end of each year, what I love doing on my own, in my business and
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also on my channel, is to reflect on the passing year and see what has worked,
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what hasn't worked, especially when it comes to our English journey and the
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progress that we've made in English.
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And the end of the year is a good time to sit and reflect and to
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enjoy your wins and successes.
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But also to plan for the next year so you can start the new year on the
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right foot with all the motivation and energy and clarity that you can have.
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Now, I'm going to list those questions here on the screen.
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I'm also going to add them to the description below the
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video and on the website.
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So you can find those questions, open a notebook and journal, or you can write
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your answers in the comments below the video, I would love to see them.
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So the first thing I wanna talk about is gratitude.
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What are you grateful for this year?
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What was possible for you this year because of English?
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We are so used to complaining about our English and to think about how we
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are not satisfied with where we're at.
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So I want you to take a minute to think about what is working and
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what was working for you this year.
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So, what are you grateful for this year?
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And I really want you to tie it into English and the things that were possible
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for you this year in English, even if it was just to speak confidently
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for three minutes about something that you are passionate about, right?
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We're not looking for big wins, and this is the most important thing.
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Gratitude could be about the small things.
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And honestly, if you can start practicing gratitude every day, thinking about the
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things that you're grateful for, thanks to your English, at the end of each day, you
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will start noticing your accomplishments and achievements a lot more.
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And that is so important for your English learning journey and process.
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The thing I'm most grateful for this year is being able to balance more between my
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life as an English language entrepreneur and as a teacher and as a mother.
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'Cause I felt like I was more present at home with my daughters, I really
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prioritized some things inside my family.
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So, that is a big win for me this year.
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And I'm also grateful that I got to meet many of my students
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in real life this year.
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So, I'm so incredibly grateful for that.
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And of course, grateful for my entire community of students and followers
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because this is what I live for.
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So, I'm definitely grateful for that.
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The next thing I want you to reflect on is, what is your biggest lesson?
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What is something that you have learned this year?
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Could be something that you've learned the hard way, could be a good lesson that
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was an outcome of a process or a journey.
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Whatever that is, I want you to think about it, I want you to write it down.
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I want you to remember it.
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And if you can't remember something, then spend some time thinking about it.
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Cuz I have no doubt that over the past 12 months there were a
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few lessons that you've learned.
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I can share with you that one of my biggest lessons is to simplify,
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right, I tend to complicate things.
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And I really learned that in order for me to be able to move faster in
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anything, really, I have to simplify and really understand what is the most
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important thing that I want to focus on.
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Another thing that I've learned was that I really need to learn from my
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mistakes because this year I have made some mistakes and then I repeated them.
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Knowing, fully knowing that I'm doing something that I've already told myself
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not to do and I'm doing it again.
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And guess what?
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It didn't work out.
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So, even though I decided to give it a second chance, I should
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have trusted my initial, the initial lesson that I've learned.
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So, when you learn a lesson, make sure you put it to practice.
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So anything that you come up with today, then make sure that you avoid
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doing that in 2023, or that you focus on doing that if it's a good lesson.
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The next thing I want you to do is to write all your achievements,
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or at least the most important achievements, that you have had in 2022.
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All your wins, all the things that you're proud of.
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So make a list so that next time when the imposter syndrome kicks in, you can go
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back and look at it and say to yourself, "Well, I am actually doing pretty well.
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I don't need to worry so much."
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All right?
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So make sure you list all your achievements.
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And of course, I'd be happy to hear some of them in the comments below the video.
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Now, my biggest achievement, again, was the community meetup that we
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had in October in New York City.
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So, I'm grateful for it, and I consider it as one of my biggest
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professional achievements.
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We've had more than 50 people come from all around the world, and
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it was really, really amazing.
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I have also launched New Sound, my signature program, twice in 2022, and
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we have enrolled incredible people.
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Our Beyond community is the strongest it has ever been.
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We are evolving inside my team, we are making changes, we are
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becoming a lot more organized.
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We have an incredible team that I'm so grateful for.
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And I feel like even though there were a lot of struggles this year with
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understanding how to manage it all and how to work together and who does what,
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and all of that, you know, that you need to take care of when you run a business.
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I feel like we have done a lot and we have accomplished a lot as
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a team, so I would definitely put it on my list of achievements.
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The next thing is about moving to the future and thinking about what you'd like
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to achieve in the next year, in 2023.
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So, where would you like to be 12 months from today?
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Next year when we're gonna do this year in review, where would you like to be?
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What would you like to list as your accomplishments?
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What would you like to have achieved in one year?
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So it's not necessarily New Year's resolutions, but specific goals,
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measurable goals related to English that you would like to achieve in 2023.
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So, the way I like to write goals, sometimes, is to write it in the present
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tense as if I have already achieved them.
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So what I might write is, "Today is the end of December,
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2023, and I have achieved..."
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and then, you know, I list the things that I am planning to achieve.
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I want to use a language that would make it seem like it's possible, like
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I have already achieved it, right?
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And when I say it like that, it feels possible in my brain, even though it
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might be far from my reality, right?
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But I still, I still want to create that space in my brain for that goal to exist.
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My goal for next year is to, yes, have another community meet up, and
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even an in-person retreat, like a weekend with people from all around
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the world, just training and working and speaking together in English.
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I have big goals.
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But I also want to work less and I want to be more present, even
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more present with my family.
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And in 2022, I said that I would start learning Arabic.
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I did not do it, did not accomplish that goal.
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So, I'm going to set it as a goal for 2023 again.
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Cross your fingers for me.
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And the last thing is, who is the person you want to be in 2023?
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Now, I'm not saying that you need to change, that's not what I mean.
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It's just, I think it's important to know how you want to feel
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every day when you wake up.
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I think it's important to know what parts of your personality would you like to
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explore that maybe are not explored fully.
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Or maybe you feel like there are parts in you that you don't
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allow yourself to express.
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And that is what I want you to focus on when you journal about who you
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want to be and how you want to feel?
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For me, I want to feel centered, I wanna feel calm.
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Like sometimes, when a lot of things are happening in the business and life
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and, you know, I feel overwhelmed.
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So I feel like I want to be able to handle it all without
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letting it get to be too much.
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Now, I am getting a lot better because I'm totally not the person
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I used to be five years ago.
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But at the same time, I think there's always, you know, it's
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always good to strive for more.
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So that's what I'm hoping.
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And I want to be more organized, I want to be on schedule.
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And I definitely want to be a better, in better control of my
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time, better time management.
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And I wanna be the kind of person who is not drawn into a negativity
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online and social media, because that could suck up all your time.
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And, you know, I prefer to spend that time differently.
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And I mostly wanna be content and happy, no matter what happens.
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I think that when I understand that happiness is just a state and it's not
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dependent on external circumstances, then I think anything is possible.
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So, that is the person that I want to be in 2023, and I would love to hear who is
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the person that you want to be in 2023.
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All right, that's it.
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So, I'm going to list those questions, if you haven't had a chance to write
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those down, in the description below.
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It's also on my website, so feel free to get them and journal
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and share with me your answers.
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You can share them in the comments below the video.
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If you're listening to the podcast, you can send me a DM at
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@hadar.accentsway on Instagram.
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Or you can send us an email at [email protected], we
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would love to hear from you.
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So, thank you so much.
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I hope you had a lovely year.
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And even if not, then I hope that moving forward things are going to be better
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and you will start fulfilling yourself and accomplishing your goals and dreams.
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Have a beautiful, beautiful beginning of the new year.
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And I cannot wait to see you next year in 2023.
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