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ID: 0658 Upper Intermediate
Awaken the giant within! Take immediate control of your Mandarin Chinese destiny! If you can't you must, if you must you can! If you think Anthony Robbins is a methamphetamine jacked-up freak, wait til you meet his Chinese alter ego. Listen to this podcast and get with the program, people!
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
提升 tíshēng to improve
倾听 qīngtīng to listen intently
期望 qīwàng expectation
积极 jījí actively
很多人问我怎么才能成功
hěn 很duō 多rén 人wèn 问wǒ 我zěnme 怎么cáinéng 才能chénggōng 成功
A lot of people ask me, what can I do to succeed?
是靠智慧是靠努力还是靠运气
shì 是kào 靠zhìhuì 智慧shì 是kào 靠nǔlì 努力háishi 还是kào 靠yùnqi 运气
Does it depend on wisdom, on hard work, or on luck?
我在这里要告诉大家的是成功的关键是不断自我提升
wǒ 我zài 在zhèlǐ 这里yào 要gàosu 告诉dàjiā 大家de 的shì 是chénggōng 成功de 的guānjiàn 关键shì 是bùduàn 不断zìwǒ 自我tíshēng 提升
What I want to tell everyone here is that the key to success is continual self improvement!
没有最好只有更好
méiyǒu 没有zuì 最hǎo 好zhǐyǒu 只有gèng 更hǎo 好
There is no ``best," there is only ``better."
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