Advanced English Learning: Speaking Practice

hey hey English practicer you're back for  some more English speaking practice i'm  

here for you let's do this let's jump right into  it today's book summary we have a book and this  

book is called The Second Mountain the second  that means there must be a first mountain by  

David Brooks okay here is what the book is all  about the book is a powerful reflection on how  

real happiness isn't found in personal success  but real happiness is found in commitment to  

something bigger than yourself all right I'm  going to restate that this book is a profound  

insight into the idea that true happiness lies  in true happiness isn't found in it lies in not  

individual achievements not personal success not  individual achievements but in dedicating yourself  

commitment to something greater than oneself  something bigger than yourself all right maybe  

that helped you understand it a little bit  better let's work on our fluency and our flow  

try to say it with me together ready this  book is a powerful reflection on how real  

happiness isn't found in personal success but  in commitment to something bigger than yourself  

all right let's do that one more time this  book is a powerful reflection on how real  

happiness isn't found in personal success  but in commitment to something bigger than  

yourself good job listen and repeat the  first mountain we often scale is all about

achievement did you get it here it is the  first mountain we often scale is all about

achievement that's right we scale a mountain  to scale a mountain means to climb it all the  

way to the top you conquer the mountain you  climb the mountain you scale the mountain and  

all about I I want to look at that all about  seems simple but what does it mean what can  

you replace all about with the first mountain  we often scale is focused on achievement okay  

you could say that you can say focused on  achievement or maybe you can say revolves  

around achievement oh that's even better  if something's all about something it's  

it revolves around that thing so it revolves  around achievement it's all about achievement  

the first mountain the first big thing we do in  our life i think that's what they mean there the  

first mountain the first big thing we do  in our life is we often we we often scale  

the first mountain we often scale is all about  achievement okay calm down chat let's say that  

nice and smooth all right the first mountain we  often scale is all about achievement one more time  

the first mountain we often scale is all about  achievement we pursue career success wealth and

status status i'm an American we say status  although sometimes I'll I say status as well  

it depends on your region the place in the world  you you can say status or status all right we  

pursue career success don't we that's what we do  we pursue our our careers we want wealth we want

status believing that what do we believe  we believe that these things these will  

lead us to happiness success will lead us to  happiness wealth will lead us to happiness  

status that's what we believe right let's say  that together we pursue career success wealth  

and status believing that these will lead to  happiness again we pursue career success wealth  

and status believing that these will lead us to  happiness lead us as I as I read that I thought  

to myself in the Did I say lead and then not  say the us the first time around sometimes  

I do that i skip words all right let's look  what we got here listen and repeat however the  

second mountain focuses on meaning that's easy  however the second mountain focuses on meaning

the second big thing we do in our life is about  meaning now focuses on what are some things we  

could say there all about or revolves around  so the second mountain revolves around meaning  

what's meaning purpose our purpose meaningful  reason why we do something purpose okay true  

fulfillment comes from serving others i'm gonna  say that again true fulfillment comes from serving

others cultivating deep relationships  repeat after me cultivating deep

relationships and living with a higher purpose in

mind and living with a higher purpose in

mind all right al together here we go true  fulfillment comes from serving others cultivating  

deep relationships and living with a higher  purpose in mind again true fulfillment comes from  

serving others cultivating deep relationships and  living with a higher purpose in mind commitment is

crucial commitment is crucial what's another  word for crucial essential very important very  

important essential crucial a truly great life  a truly great life isn't built on transient

pleasures oh that's just a fancy way  to say it's not um built on is is  

like founded on transient is fleeting it's  temporary it's moving through so it's trans  

it's transient it's moving it's temporary  it's fleeting so like a truly great life  

isn't built on temporary pleasures transient  pleasures instead rather it's rooted in deep

commitments rooted in you know it's in the ground  it's grounded based on roots go into the ground  

right so it's rooted in rooted in deep commitments  and the deep means strong strong and deep so deep  

commitments are the foundation to family faith  community or a cause that resonates with us okay  

so a truly great life isn't built on transient  pleasures instead it's rooted in deep commitments  

to family faith community or a cause that  resonates with us resonates with We've covered  

that many times before do you remember what  it means speaks to us or my f my definition  

that I made up it makes your heart say yes it  resonates with you it makes your heart say yes  

all right let let's say that together  shall we a truly great life isn't built  

on transient pleasures instead it's rooted in deep  commitments to family faith community or a cause  

that resonates with us one more time a truly  great life isn't built on transient pleasures  

instead it's rooted in deep commitments to family  faith community or a cause that resonates with

us it's important to note that joy differs from

happiness it's important to  note that joy differs from

happiness yet joy is different than  happiness while happiness may be

fleeting happiness may be fleeting it's  temporary it's transient joy arises from living

selflessly joy arises from means  it comes from living selflessly  

what is selflessly that's living in a way  that that is concerned more for the needs  

of others and the wishes of others  than yourself so you're not living  

for yourself you're living more for the  needs of other people so you're selfless  

you live selflessly so joy arises from living  selflessly you say that joy arises from living

selflessly all right good  and forging connections with

others forging you you can you build  it means to build or to make and make  

connections with others build connections  with others all right say that with me  

while happiness may be fleeting joy arises from  living selflessly and forging connections with  

others one more time while happiness may be  fleeting joy arises from living selflessly and  

forging connections with others when  you lose yourself in the service of

others when you immerse yourself in helping  other people when you lose yourself in the  

service of others you often discover a  deeper sense of purpose and fulfillment

you often discover you find you uncover it a  deeper sense a greater sense of purpose and  

fulfillment altogether when you lose  yourself in the service of others you  

often discover a deeper sense of purpose and  fulfillment again when you lose yourself in  

the service of others you often discover  a deeper sense of purpose and fulfillment  

good so ask yourself ask yourself this  question are you climbing the first

mountain or are you ready to embrace the second

are you ready to embrace the second mountain  or are you still trying to climb that first  

mountain most of us are still trying to climb  that first mountain but if you want real happiness  

you need to move on to that second mountain  embrace it chase it all right say this with  

me so ask yourself are you climbing the first  mountain or are you ready to embrace the second  

again so ask yourself are you climbing the  first mountain or are you ready to embrace  

the second the second has a T sound a second  second the second second man I'll tell you  

what we We say it both ways the second The  second The second mountain second that's not  

a T it's I'm swallowing the tea all right  now that I've thoroughly confused you one  

more listen and repeat what's one simple way  you can serve something greater than yourself

today again listen and repeat what's one simple  

way you can serve something  greater than yourself today

what's one simple way you can serve something  greater than yourself today what's one simple  

way you can serve something greater than yourself  today let me think about that what is one simple  

way that I can serve something greater than  myself today something greater than myself  

how can I serve that's the way we need to think  huh all right now I'm going to say it nonstop  

from start to finish go ahead and shadow me or  just listen depending on your skill level here  

we go true fulfillment comes from service  not self today's book summary is The Second  

Mountain by David Brooks this book is a powerful  reflection on how real happiness isn't found in  

personal success but in commitment to something  bigger than yourself the first mountain we often  

scale is all about achievement we pursue career  success wealth and status believing that these  

will lead us to happiness however the second  mountain focuses on meaning true fulfillment  

comes from serving others cultivating deep  relationships and living with a higher  

purpose in mind commitment is crucial a truly  great life isn't built on transient pleasures  

instead it's rooted in deep commitments  to family faith community or a cause that  

resonates with us it's important to note  that joy differs from happiness while  

happiness may be fleeting joy arises from living  selflessly and forging connections with others  

when you lose yourself in the service of others  you often discover a deeper sense of purpose and  

fulfillment so ask yourself are you climbing  the first mountain or are you ready to embrace  

the second what's one simple way you can serve  something greater than yourself today and boom  

we did it one quick note I think I said status  instead of status i say both in my everyday speech  

so that's what that's just the way it is baby  boom keep working keep moving forward one step  

at a time get all the steps at englishcoach.com  i'm going to keep making more and more of these  

book reviews or book summaries i guess that's  what it is a book summary and we'll have fun with  

a bunch of motivational books with um self-help  books uh health books things that are good for  

us right things that will make our life better one  step at a time and I'll see you in the next video