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All Out – Mini Story

Hi, I’m AJ Hoge and welcome to the mini story for this month’s VIP lesson. Listen and answer the easy, easy questions. Try to shout your answers out loud if you’re alone if you can. If you’re not alone just think of the answers in your head that’s also okay. One or two words for each answer, also okay.

The questions will give you more repetition of the phrases, of the grammar and of the vocabulary. So relax and enjoy, let’s begin the story.

There was a vulture.

Was there a vulture?

Yes, there was a vulture.

What is a vulture?

A vulture is a bird. A vulture is a bird.

It’s a bird that eats dead animals.

What do vultures do?

They eat dead animals. Vultures eat dead animals.

What was the vultures name?

Vox. Vox was the vulture’s name.

Was Vox the vulture happy?

No, Vox the vulture was not happy. In fact, he was in agony at his job.

How was he?

In agony. He was in agony at his job.

In agony- means in pain, in terrible pain, terribly unhappy.

Was Vox the vulture happy at his job?

No, he was not happy at his job he was in agony at his job.

Was he in agony or was he happy at his job?

He was in agony. He was in agony at his job.

What was his job?

Eating dead things. His job was eating dead animals.

Did he like his job?

No, Vox the culture didn’t like his job he was in agony at his job. So unhappy. Vox, the vulture was in agony at his job.

There was also a hyena.

What was there?

A hyena.

What was the hyena’s name?

Hal. Hal. The hyena’s name was Hal.

Hyena’s look a little bit like wild dogs, they’re in Africa. They also eat dead things.

Hal, the hyena… Hal the hyena was also in agony at his job.

Was Hal the hyena happy at his job?

No, he was not happy at his job, he was also in agony, in pain. Not physical pain, the pain was emotional.

It was a painful job, he was in agony at his job. He hated his job so much. Hal, the hyena’s job was also to eat dead animals. So they were both in agony.

They were both in agony where? Where were they in agony?

They were in agony at their jobs.

Both of them wanted to start their own business. They each wanted to start their own business.

Why did they want to start their own business or businesses?

They desperately wanted freedom. Hal desperately wanted freedom and Vox desperately wanted freedom.

Did they want freedom a little bit?

No, they desperately wanted freedom. Like, I must, must, must have freedom. They desperately wanted freedom.

So what did they want to start?

A business. Each wanted to start their own business.

Each day Vox incessantly thought of business ideas.

Did he constantly think of business ideas?

That’s right, constantly. Incessantly he thought of business ideas.

Incessantly – means without stopping, doing something and never stopping and you’re doing it all the time.

So he was incessantly thinking of business ideas.

Was he sometimes thinking of business ideas?

No, not sometimes. He was incessantly thinking of business ideas without stopping, constantly without stopping.

What about Hal the hyena? Same, he also incessantly thought of business ideas. Each day they wrote down their ideas for a new business.

Did they do this a little or incessantly?

Incessantly, without stopping. Constantly, constantly, constantly, every moment of every day incessantly they were thinking of business ideas.

Finally Vox decided, Vox the vulture decided; I will start a coffee shop.

What kind of business did Vox the vulture decide to start?

Coffee shop. He decided to start a coffee shop.

What kind of business did Hal the hyena decide to start?

A tea shop. Hal the hyena decided to start a tea shop. Vox the vulture decided to start a coffee shop, so they each had a business idea.

Next, Hal the hyena made a moderate effort to start his business.

Did he make an all out effort or a moderate effort?

He made a moderate effort, a moderate effort.

Who made a moderate effort to start his business?

Hal the hyena. Hal the hyena made a moderate effort.

Moderate – means like a medium, a medium effort, not a lot, not all out but not lazy; kind of in the middle, medium. A medium level effort.

So who made a moderate effort?

Hal. Hal, the hyena made a moderate effort to start his new business.

He worked two hours per day planning the business.

How many hours per day did Hal work?

Two. He worked two hours a day.

What kind of effort was this?

Moderate. It was a moderate effort.

What about Vox?

Vox made an all out effort.

Did Vox the vulture make a moderate effort to start his business?

No, not a moderate effort.

Did Vox the vulture make a small effort to start his business?

No, not a small effort.

What kind of effort did he make?

An all out effort, 100% of his energy, of his focus, of his time he used to start his new business.

Vox worked 17 hours a day every day on his new business.

How many hours per day did Vox work?

Seventeen. Vox, the vulture worked 17 hours a day.

Did he take a break on the weekends?

No he didn’t. He did not take a break on the weekends.

Vox the vulture worked every day, for how many hours?

For 17 hours. He worked every day for 17 hours a day.

What kind of effort did Vox make?

He made an all out effort, a total effort; planning and preparing and working on his business.

Vox worked incessantly.

Did Vox stop working and take brea

He created what?

Momentum.

Who created momentum?

Vox. Vox created momentum.

How did he create momentum?

By working incessantly.

By working incessantly Vox created momentum.

Who worked incessantly?

Vox. Vox worked incessantly and created momentum.

Did Hal the hyena work incessantly?

No, no, no, he was working moderately. He only worked two hours a day, so he did stop. He did take breaks.

And slowly, Hal was overcome by sloth.

What was he overcome by?

Sloth. Hal was overcome by sloth.

Slot – means laziness, laziness.

Overcome by – means defeated by or controlled by.

So Hal was defeated by laziness. He was controlled by laziness. He was overcome by laziness.

What’s the other word for laziness?

Sloth.

Who was overcome by sloth?

Hal. Hal the hyena was overcome by sloth. He became lazier and lazier.

Gradually, Hal’s energy dissipated.

What happened to Hal’s energy?

It dissipated.

What did the energy do?

Dissipated.

To dissipate – means to get less and less. To spread out, to go out and become less and less, smaller and smaller. To kind of slowly disappear. To slowly disappear. To dissipate. To slowly get smaller and disappear, dissipate.

What dissipated?

Hals energy. Hals energy dissipated.

Did Hal’s energy decrease?

No, the opposite. Hal’s energy did not increase it dissipated.

Whose energy dissipated?

Hals. Hals energy dissipated. Got smaller and slowly disappeared. It dissipated.

Did Vox the vulture’s energy dissipate?

No, his energy didn’t dissipate. He had a breakthrough.

Which one had a breakthrough?

Vox. Vox the vulture had a breakthrough.

Did Hal have a breakthrough?

No, Hal didn’t have a breakthrough. His energy dissipated. Got less, and less and less. His energy disappeared. His motivation dissipated. But Vox the vulture had a breakthrough. He opened his coffee shop.

He got a lot of new customers. He made money immediately from the beginning. People started coming in to his coffee shop spending money, more money, more customers; more money, more customers. He had a big breakthrough. Finally, in the end Hal the hyena quit.

Which one quit? Which one stopped?

Hal. Hal the hyena quit. Heh quit working on his business.

And, in fact, now he is still in agony at his job. Awe sad.

Did Vox the vulture quit?

No, no, no his business grew and grew and grew. He got a lot of loyal customers.

Loyal – means dedicated, committed. It means they love you. Loyal customers.

And now he can coast and relax.

What can Vox do now?

He can coast and relax.

What does coast mean, to coast?

To coast means to just move without effort, to move without effort. For example, on a bicycle, when you go down a hill you coast. You don’t need to pedal. You don’t need to make an effort, you can just coast down the hill, because gravity pulls you down the hill you coast.

So which one can coast now?

Vox the vulture can coast.

Why can Vox coast now with his business?

He can coast because he worked incessantly in the beginning. He can coast because he made an all out effort in the beginning. He can coast now because he had a breakthrough.

So which one can coast now and relax?

Vox the vulture. Vox the vulture can now coast and relax and enjoy his freedom and his success.

Okay, that is the end of our mini story. Again, listen to this audio every single day. Make an all out effort this month. Repeat this mini story several times a day. Repeat the point of view story several times a day. Repeat the main lesson and the commentary several times a day. Get that breakthrough for yourself. Do this for several months and get the big breakthrough.

All right, I’ll see you in the point of view lesson.