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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!
Thu Oct 04 2007 | Jenny, John
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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 duō rén wèn wǒ ，zěnme cáinéng chénggōng ？
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 kào zhìhuì 、shì kào nǔlì háishi kào yùnqi ？
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 zài zhèlǐ yào gàosu dàjiā de shì ，chénggōng de guānjiàn shì bùduàn zìwǒ tíshēng ！
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 zuì hǎo ，zhǐyǒu gèng hǎo 。
There is no ``best," there is only ``better."
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