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Hi, this is AJ Hoge, Director of the Effortless English Club. Welcome to our new set of 

lessons, these are called the Power English Lessons. The reason they’re called Power 

English is because in these lessons we’re going to do two things. Number one, you’re 

going to learn English, of course. As always, we have the mini‑stories which are our 

favorite lessons for most of our members, but the content, the focus, the topics in these 

lessons are going to be focused on the psychology of learning and the psychology of 

success. 

Now these ideas, they’re not just my ideas. In fact, they come from a lot of other 

people. They come from people like Tony Robbins, who is a famous success coach, 

Robert Anton Wilson, Joe Vitale, Robert Kiyosaki, Alan Watt, so I’ve taken a lot of ideas 

from a lot of different people about this topic of the psychology of success. And the 

reason that we’re going to talk about this in these lessons is that in my experience, most 

English students struggle and fail because of psychology, not because of methods, not 

because of teachers. 

Those things are important, but Tony Robbins talks about the fact that psychology is 

80% of success. And I think he’s right, based on my experience with many, many 

English students. Psychology is 80% of success, so 20% are the methods you use to 

study. 20% are the schools you go to, the teachers you have, the books you use. 

Those are important, we talk a lot about them. But the other 80% is psychology, your 

motivation, your emotions, how you manage your time. All of these things are in fact 

much, much more important. 

What I saw in my classes were that the enthusiastic students, the energetic students, 

the optimistic students always learned much faster. They succeeded. The ones who 

failed, the ones who dropped out and quit, the ones who struggled had the opposite 

mentality. They had a very negative mentality. Their motivation was low. They tended 

to be pessimistic. They felt that they weren’t good at English. They had ideas that 

English was very tough, very difficult, they struggled. They didn’t have enthusiasm for 

English. They didn’t love English. 

So in these lessons we’re going to talk about how can you manage your emotions. How 

can you develop that strong, powerful, enthusiastic attitude towards English, how can 

you maintain it so that you don’t get bored? So that in fact you get stronger and 

stronger with English and your psychology gets stronger and you succeed, you reach 

your goals. You speak fluently, effortlessly. So among teachers, English teachers, 

language teachers, this topic is called Non-Linguistic Factors. Non‑Linguistic Factors. 

So what “Non‑Linguistic Factors” means is things that are not related to language 

learning directly. When we talk about language learning research, when we talk about 

the best methods to use when you learn English, those are linguistic factors, right? 

They are related to the language. Non‑linguistic factors means not related to the 

language. This has nothing to do with English, it’s more about psychology. Motivation, 

for example, is a non‑linguistic factor. So all it really means is just emotional factors. 

And there are actually many research studies about this topic. 

Dr. Stephen Krashen down in Los Angeles, probably again the expert in language 

acquisition and language learning, has done many studies and he has also looked at 

many studies and he’s found that non‑linguistic factors are equally or in fact more 

important than the linguistic factors to determine who is successful ultimately. What that 

means is that things like your emotions, things like your peer group, the community that 

you belong to, your feelings about English are as important or more important than the 

methods you’re using to learn English.

So how are we going to do this? How are we going to learn? Well, one of the things we 

have to do is create a daily English ritual. You need to engage your physiology. That 

means you need to engage and use your body. You need to engage and use your 

subconscious. That’s how you start to affect and strengthen your psychology. So we 

have to strengthen our psychology, what does that mean? Really it means affecting 

your body and your mind at the same time, so that you actually feel better. Your 

emotions are happier while you’re learning English. And I know this is the opposite of 

what you learned in school. 

You probably didn’t feel very happy when you were sitting in your English classes. But 

when you’re learning with Effortless English, it’s very important for you to feel happy. 

For your body to feel good, for your mind to feel good. For you to emotionally enjoy the 

process of learning English. Of course, it’s just more fun, you’re going to like it a lot 

better. But the other benefit is that you actually will learn faster. You’ll improve your 

grammar faster, you’ll improve your pronunciation faster. You’ll remember vocabulary 

words better, longer and faster when you feel good. So there’s a very practical reason 

for doing this, too. 

So we’re going to talk a lot in detail in these lessons about how to do this. But just right 

now, during this introduction, let’s talk a little bit about a daily plan. Something you 

could do immediately, right now, today, to start improving your success with English by 

changing your psychology. So here’s a little ritual, a little plan you can follow every day 

to start improving, to start feeling better and therefore improve your motivation and to 

learn English faster and faster and faster, better and better and better. And it’s very 

simple. 

So the first thing you’re going to do is when you get up in the morning, the first part of 

this plan, this daily plan. You want to get into a peak emotional state. Peak means top. 

For example, the top of a mountain, when we talk about a top of a mountain, the very 

top we call the peak. So we’re saying a peak emotional state means a top emotional 

state or top emotional feeling. It means you want to feel great. Not just good, you want 

to feel really great. That’s the first thing you need to do before you listen to any English 

lessons. Before you study you want to first be sure that you feel great. 

How can you do it? Well, it’s really easy. I recommend, for example, using music. And 

I actually do this myself in the morning, most mornings. I will put on some great, 

exciting music that I love, jump around, act like a crazy person, and get myself feeling 

energetic and happy. Do that first before you listen. So move your body, smile. We’re 

going to talk about this more in detail in later lessons. But just for now, every morning 

when you get up first put on some music. Some energetic, happy music that you like, 

smile, move around. Do that for maybe 5 minutes, maybe 10 minutes. Then when 

you’re feeling really great, your body is moving, you feel like you have energy, you’re 

happy, then start your English lessons. 

The first thing you want to listen to is the main article, the main audio. So the first thing 

is listen to the main talk. And you can read this as well the first time if you cannot 

understand easily, you can read the transcript and listen at the same time. Do this 

perhaps two times per day, starting with the main story and reading. Use a dictionary if 

you need to to look up new words.

Next, listen to the vocabulary. So in the vocabulary again I will discuss the meanings of 

some of the difficult words that I used. And again, you can read the transcript of that 

vocabulary lesson. There’s always a transcript you can read if you can’t understand my 

speaking, if I’m too fast, then read at the same time. It’s okay.

Next, you’ll listen to the mini‑story and the mini‑story is the most important lesson. The 

mini‑story is designed for deep learning. In the mini‑story I am going to ask a lot of very 

easy questions while I tell a story. In fact I really ask the story, I don’t tell the story. Why 

am I doing this? Students ask me “Why are the questions so easy?” Well, the 

questions are supposed to be easy because I want you to answer fast and 

automatically. I want you to train your brain, teach your brain to answer very quickly. 

I don’t want you to translate from your language to English or from English to your 

language. It’s a bad habit, it will make you speak very slowly. I want you to just answer 

quickly, automatically, very fast. So that’s why I ask so many questions, like questions 

again, again, again, again, again…very easy. Your job…answer the questions quickly. 

You can answer with only one or two words, its okay. Short answers are fine. You don’t 

need to answer with a big, long sentence. In fact, short is better. 

So that’s the order that you’re going to follow. You’re going to listen to the main article 

first, one or two times. You can read as well if you need to. Then you’re going to listen 

to the vocabulary one or two times, each day. And then finally you’re going to listen to 

the mini‑story, one or two times or more. You can also read the transcript for the 

mini‑story in the beginning. 

Now another important point, when you’re listening to these lessons do not study them. 

Don’t struggle to memorize. Just relax and listen. If necessary, you can read as well, 

as I said if you need to. But relax, you’re not trying to memorize anything. Just let it 

come in. Let the English come into your ears and into your eyes. Don’t think about it. 

Don’t analyze it. Do not think about grammar. The mini‑stories will help you learn 

grammar subconsciously, so don’t interrupt that process by trying to analyze it. Don’t 

think about grammar rules. 

You want to learn like a native speaker and that means you’re going to learn the 

patterns of English in these mini‑stories. You might not be able to explain them, just like 

native speakers cannot explain grammar rules. But that’s okay, you want to be able to 

use them correctly. That’s the important part. So again, you want to relax. Do not 

study. Do not think about grammar rules. Do not try to translate. Just relax and listen. 

That’s why we call it Effortless English. It should be effortless. You should be smiling, 

relaxed and just listening.

Now another important point. You want to move your body while you’re listening to the 

lessons. This will keep your energy high. So, what do I mean by that? Well, a really 

easy way to do this is just to walk. You’ve got an iPod, you’ve got your earphones in, 

listen to the lessons while you go for a walk. You can do two things at one time. You 

exercise, you improve your body and you listen to English lessons and improve your 

mind at the same time. 

If you’re sitting in a train, then maybe you just stretch your body a little bit. If you’re in 

your car, you can move a little bit. You can move around in your seat. If you’re at your 

house you can go crazy, you can jump around. You can exercise very strongly. You 

can go to the gym. Do something with your body while you’re listening to the lessons. 

It will keep your energy high. It will keep you feeling better. You will actually learn faster 

by doing that.

And finally, a very, very important point. You need to use our deep learning method. 

That means you listen to each lesson set for one week or more. So for example, this 

introduction has got three parts. There is a main lecture, a main talk. There is a 

vocabulary section. And there is a mini‑story. Well those three, you want to listen to 

those three every day for seven days. You want that repetition. 

Repetition is very important. You want it to go deeply into your brain. Just one time is 

not enough. Even if it is very easy for you, if you listen you understand everything, it’s 

simple, still follow the deep learning method. Still listen to the whole set for one week or 

more. On the other hand, if it seems very difficult, listen longer. Two weeks is okay. 

Doesn’t matter, the point is you want it to go very deeply into your brain which means 

you want it to be almost effortless. It’s going to just go into your brain and eventually 

just come out without you thinking and that requires deep learning. It requires a lot of 

repetition.

So that’s kind of your basic plan for using these lessons. Again, first you’re going to get 

into a peak state. You’re going to get excited. You’re going to jump around. You’re 

going to listen to music. You’re going to feel great. Then you’re going to listen to the 

main lecture, the main audio, one or two times. Then you’re going to listen to the 

vocabulary, one or two times. Then you’re going to listen to the mini‑story, one, two, 

three, four, five times…every day. And remember, relax, feel good and enjoy the 

lessons while you listen.

Okay, that is it for our main section for this introduction. Next is the vocabulary.

Intro Mini-Story Text

Hi this is AJ Hoge. Welcome to the mini‑story for “Introduction to Power English”. Let’s 

get started. In the mini‑story I will tell a kind of strange, funny, stupid story. Usually 

actually I will ask the story. It means I will ask a lot of questions. The reason I ask 

these questions is to get a lot of repetition so that the grammar structure, the grammar 

pattern will go into your brain deeply because you’re getting it again and again and 

again. 

You don’t need to think about it. Just relax, listen to the story, answer the questions 

quickly. If you need to you can pause your iPod, pause your computer and answer the 

questions. Or if it’s too fast, just listen. You don’t have to speak. Speaking is optional. 

If you can do it, if you want to answer the questions, great! Shout them out. If you 

don’t, if it’s too difficult or you’re in a train with other people, that’s fine. Just listen and 

relax, that’s okay too. Okay, let’s start.

* * * * *

There was a beautiful woman named Sophie. Sophie had to play Tiger Woods in 

golf in just one month. 

Who had to play Tiger Woods in golf in just one month?

Well, Sophie. Sophie had to play Tiger Woods in golf in just one month.

What kind of woman was Sophie?

Sophie was a beautiful woman.

Who did she have to play?

Tiger Woods, she had to play Tiger Woods.

Who had to play Tiger Woods?

Sophie, Sophie had to play Tiger Woods.

In tennis, right?

No, no, no, not in tennis. In golf, Sophie had to play Tiger Woods in golf.

When did Sophie have to play Tiger Woods in golf?

In one month, Sophie had to play Tiger Woods in golf in just one month.

Was Sophie worried or was Sophie happy?

Sophie was worried.

Why was she worried?

Because Tiger Woods is the number one golfer in the world and Sophie was not 

good.

Was Sophie a good golfer?

No, no, no, no, no. Sophie was a terrible golfer in fact.

Was Tiger Woods a good golfer?

Oh yes, of course. Tiger Woods was a great golfer. And he still is a great golfer.

So Sophie went to Japan.

Where did she go?

Japan, Sophie went to Japan.

Who went to Japan?

That’s right, Sophie. Sophie went to Japan.

Why did she go to Japan?

To find a golf coach, of course.

She went to Japan to find a golf coach.

Where did she go to find a golf coach?

To Japan, she went to Japan to find a golf coach.

To find what?

A golf coach, she went to Japan to find a golf coach.

She found a coach named Yoda.

What was the coach’s name?

Yoda, the coach’s name was Yoda.

Was the coach’s name Bob?

No, the coach’s name was not Bob. The coach’s name was Yoda.

Whose name was Yoda?

Well, the coach’s name was Yoda.

What was Yoda?

Yoda was a golf coach.

He said “I can help you learn golf Sophie.” He said “If you use your 

subconscious, you will become a golf master.”

What did Yoda say?

He said “If you use your subconscious, you will become a golf master.”

What did Sophie need to use?

Her subconscious, Yoda said “If you use your subconscious, you will become a golf 

master.”

So if she used her subconscious, what would she become?

A golf master, he said “If you use your subconscious, you will become a golf master.”

Would she become a tennis master or would she become a golf master if she used her 

subconscious?

Well, if she used her subconscious, of course she would become a golf master.

What did she have to use?

Her subconscious, she had to use her subconscious to become a golf master.

Who said this to Sophie?

Yoda, Yoda said this to Sophie.

What did he say?

He said “If you use your subconscious, you will become a golf master.”

So Sophie tried to use her subconscious. She closed her eyes every time she 

played golf. Yoda said “Use your subconscious, close your eyes.” Unfortunately, 

it didn’t work.

Did Sophie become a golf master?

No, she didn’t. She did not. 

Every time she hit the ball it went into the trees.

Did Sophie try to use her subconscious?

Yeah, she did. She tried to use her subconscious. She closed her eyes and tried to 

use her subconscious.

When she tried to use her subconscious, was she successful?

No, she wasn’t. She was not successful when she tried to use her subconscious. 

Every time she hit the ball it went into the woods, into the trees. Poor Sophie.

So Sophie went to Hawaii.

Who went to Hawaii? Yoda?

Not Yoda, Sophie. Sophie went to Hawaii.

Why did she go to Hawaii.

To find another golf coach.

Why did she go?

To find another golf coach.

Did Tiger Woods go to Hawaii?

No, no, no. Tiger Woods didn’t go to Hawaii.

Where did Tiger Woods go?

South Carolina.

Tiger Woods went to South Carolina.

Where did Sophie go?

She went to Hawaii.

Why did Tiger Woods go to South Carolina?

Well, to find a coach.

He also wanted a golf coach. He found an Army golf coach. The Army golf coach 

said “You must run 30 miles every day.”

Did Tiger Woods close his eyes when he played golf?

No, no, no. He didn’t try to use his subconscious. Tiger Woods ran 30 miles every day. 

He did not try to use his subconscious. Sophie had tried to use her subconscious. 

Tiger Woods did not.

So Sophie went to Hawaii and she found a surfing golf coach named Farley.

What kind of golf coach did she find?

A surfing golf coach.

Who found a surfing golf coach?

Sophie, Sophie found a surfing golf coach.

He said “If you practice and surf every day, you will always succeed.”

What did she have to do?

She had to practice golf while surfing.

Did she have to practice golf and surfing at the same time or at different times?

Well, at the same time. She had to practice golf while surfing, at the same time as 

surfing.

So she got on the surfboard. She was surfing and she was trying to play golf at 

the same time.

Who was trying to practice golf while surfing? Tiger Woods?

No, not Tiger Woods, Sophie. Sophie was trying to surf while playing golf. She was 

trying to play golf while surfing.

Was she successful?

No, unfortunately not.

She got very wet but she did not improve.

Was Sophie successful practicing golf and surfing?

No, she wasn’t.

She fell into the water every time. Every time she got wet. She was still a terrible 

golfer.

Was Tiger Woods still a terrible golfer?

No, of course not, Tiger Woods was still a great golfer, the best golfer.

So who was still a terrible golfer?

Sophie, Sophie was still a terrible golfer.

She had tried to use her subconscious and she failed. She had tried to surf and 

play golf and she had failed. Now she was very worried. Only one more week to 

play Tiger Woods. She went to San Diego.

Why did she go to San Diego?

Well, of course, she went to San Diego to find another golf coach.

Why did she go? 

To find another golf coach.

She went to Tony Robbins.

Who was Tony Robbins?

Tony Robbins was a peak performance coach.

Was he a peak performance coach? Or did he teach people to do things badly?

Well, of course, he was a peak performance coach. He taught people to do things very 

well.

Who was a peak performance coach?

Tony Robbins, Tony Robbins was a peak performance coach.

Was Sophie a peak performance coach?

No, she wasn’t. Sophie was a terrible golfer. Tony Robbins was a peak performance 

coach.

Sophie said “Help me, Tony. Help me.” Tony said “If you engage your 

physiology, you will be a master.”

What did he say?

He said “If you engage your physiology, you will be a master.”

Did Tony want her to use her mind, her brain?

No, no, no. He said “If you engage your physiology, you will be a master.” Your body.

Did he want her to use her body very well or did he want her to use her mind, her brain 

very well?

He wanted her to use her body, her physiology. He said “If you engage your 

physiology,” if you use your body, “you will be a master.” 

Who wanted Sophie to engage her physiology?

Tony Robbins, Tony Robbins wanted Sophie to engage her physiology. Tony Robbins 

wanted Sophie to use her body correctly in a peak performance way. 

Tony taught her to get into a peak state.

Did he teach her to feel bad?

No, no, no. He taught her the opposite. He taught her to get into a peak emotional 

state. He taught her to feel really great.

Was she in a peak emotional state or a bad emotional state?

She was in a peak emotional state, a top emotional state. She felt top, great, wonderful, 

best.

Who was in a peak emotional state?

Sophie, Sophie was in a peak emotional state.

Then Tony said “Now practice golf.”

Did Sophie practice golf while she was in a peak emotional state?

Yes, exactly. Sophie practiced golf while she was in a peak emotional state.

Did she practice golf at the same time that she was in a peak emotional state?

Yes, at the same time. She practiced golf while she was in a peak emotional state.

She improved very quickly. Finally, the day came. Sophie played Tiger Woods. 

Tiger was very tired. He looked very tired. But Sophie was in a peak emotional 

state during the whole game. Finally, at the end of the game Sophie won. She 

beat Tiger Woods! Tiger cried “Sophie, you’re the best now.” He wrote a check 

to Sophie for $85 million. 

How much money did Tiger give Sophie?

$85 million, he wrote a check for $85 million. He gave Sophie $85 million. 

How much did Sophie earn?

She earned $85 million.

Did Tiger Woods earn $85 million or lose $85 million?

Tiger lost $85 million.

Was Tiger happy?

No, he wasn’t.

Tiger cried and cried. He was very sad.

Was Tiger in a peak emotional state?

No, Tiger was in a terrible emotional state. He was sad. He was depressed. He was in 

a very bad emotional state.

How about Sophie? Was Sophie in a great, top, peak emotional state?

Oh yeah, she was in a top, great, fantastic, peak emotional state. She was happy, she 

was excited and now she was rich.

* * * * *

Okay, that is the end of the mini‑story for the “Introduction to Power English.” Again, 

listen to this mini‑story once or twice every day for seven days or more. The questions, 

the repetition will help you effortlessly learn the vocabulary and you’ll be learning 

grammar, too. It’s kind of a secret grammar method. Don’t think about the grammar, 

please do not think about it. Just relax, listen to the questions, answer the questions. 

And every day you will start to learn these basic patterns of English, again and again 

and again, more deeply each day. So again, listen to this lesson every day for seven 

days or more. If you get bored, move your body, jump up and down, feel better and 

then start again. 

Intro Vocabulary Text

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Hello, welcome to the vocabulary for the “Introduction to Power” lessons. Let’s start.

Okay, let’s talk about our first word is linguistic, linguistic. Linguistic means related to 

language or about language. It’s an adjective. So linguistic factors, I mentioned 

linguistic factors. A factor is an element, for example, it’s a piece of something. So 

linguistic factors means elements about language, elements related to language. Or 

even more simply, things, things related to language. And then in this talk I talk about 

non‑linguistic factors. Of course, non‑means not, it’s negative. 

So non‑linguistic factors means things not about language. Things not related to 

language. So in the talk I’m talking about, for example, two different things. One are 

emotional factors, emotional elements, emotional things. And then the other is linguistic 

factors. So, for example, study method, that’s a linguistic factor. It’s connected to 

language learning very directly. It’s a linguistic factor. It’s a language related thing. On 

the other hand emotion is not directly related, is not directly connected to language 

learning. At least most people don’t think so, so it’s a non‑linguistic factor. Alright great, 

so that’s linguistic and factor.

Let’s talk about next subconscious. I mentioned the word subconscious. Sometimes 

you hear the word unconscious is another synonym for that but subconscious means 

something that is under your normal thinking. So, for example, if you’re quite hungry, 

suddenly you find that you’re hungry but you’re busy, you’re thinking about something 

else. You’re reading a book. But kind of under your thinking you have this idea “I’m 

hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry.” It’s not a conscious thought, it’s not a strong direct 

thought. It’s not at the top of your brain. Sub means under or below. So it’s kind of in 

the bottom, the back of your brain, this sort of quiet, small voice, or this quiet, small 

thought. So that’s subconscious. 

So I mention that you want to engage your subconscious. Engage means to use. To 

use, or to, it’s like turn on. So to turn on your subconscious, to use your subconscious, 

to engage your subconscious. It means you want to use those emotions that are in the 

back of your brain or the bottom of your brain. You want to use that quiet voice. You 

want to use those strong emotions that are kind of in the back because they are very 

powerful. So engage your subconscious means use those. It means choose to use 

them in a powerful way. 

I also talk about engaging your physiology, physiology. Physiology means related to the 

body. It’s related to the word physical, alright? Physical means body, something that is 

connected to your body and in your body and not your brain, not your mind, it’s body. 

And physiology again is a similar idea. Physiology means what is happening in your 

body. It’s the systems in your body. It’s the parts of your body. So again, engage your 

physiology means use your body, right? Engage is turn on or use. Physiology, body. 

So engage your physiology, engage your body. Use the parts of your body. Use the 

systems in your body. That’s what that means. Alright, great.

Next, let’s talk about the word peak. So peak I mentioned in the main story. Peak 

means top. Now, often we use this to describe, for example, a mountain. The very top 

of a mountain we say it’s the peak, the mountain peak, the peak of the mountain. The 

very top part. We also use it in the phrase “peak performance”. Of course performance 

means performing or doing something. Peak means top, so it means doing something 

in a top way, in the very best way. Sometimes we use this with sports, say he is a peak 

performance athlete. He is a top‑performing athlete. He is the very best performing 

athlete. So again that is peak meaning top, very top, or sometimes meaning best. 

Okay so peak meaning top. So emotional state, I talk about peak emotional state. So 

top or best, peak, emotional, of course, feelings, and state. State means kind of your 

situation or experience. So an emotional state means it’s the general emotional feeling 

you have right now. So I might say I’m in an angry emotional state. That means, it’s 

kind of a long‑term idea, it means generally for some time I feel angry. Now this is a 

very formal, kind of academic, or intellectual way to say “I’m angry.” Okay? So this is a 

little bit more formal kind of English. But again, an emotional state, it’s a general 

emotional feeling and it has a little bit of the idea of a long time. So a peak emotional 

state, a top or best emotional state, it means feeling very good for a while. Right, say I 

am in a peak emotional state. I’m feeling very good for some time.

Okay, now that is the vocabulary lesson for the Introduction to Power. Of course, if 

there are other words you did not understand, you can use the text, use the transcript 

and a dictionary and just find the word in your dictionary and write it on the text and you 

can learn more vocabulary that way. It’s very difficult for me to guess exactly which 

words you know and which words you don’t know, because every student is different. 

So I will cover some of the main words, the words I think are quite important. But if 

there are other words you don’t know, just use the text and a dictionary and write the 

meaning on the text, that’s fine.

Okay, I will see you next for the mini‑story. Thanks.