雙語勵志美文：簡單招數成就更完美的自己

摘錄：恐懼無法阻擋你：它是展示你所需的魔鏡，有助你成功的力量。我們要試着挑戰自己，不要沉溺於安樂窩裏。一旦害怕了，就把那感受當成信號燈來督促你即刻採取行動。抓住成長的機會，勇敢去做想成爲的那個人吧。

When living out our daily lives, we’re often bombarded with too many choices from different things around us, telling us what’s good for us and how we can improve ourselves. It soon becomes apparent that the amount of choices we’re offered from our society can be too overwhelming, which causes us to stop dead in our tracks. This becomes detrimental to our overall growth as individuals since the key to growing and becoming a better person is through clarity and knowing what you want.

This is a problem I’ve personally had to face on a number of occasions, and didn’t know what to do with my life for a long time. It was at this point that I knew something had to change and that in order to develop focus, I would have to change course and find another alternative to doing things, since my current lifestyle wasn’t giving me what I wanted.

各種各樣的選擇充斥着我們的日常生活，它們牽制着我們，告訴我們怎樣提高自我。但很快，社會加之給我們的大量選擇就崩盤了，我們也隨之消糜在摸索的道路上。那些選擇也就成了我們成長的累贅，而向前進步，超越自我的真正關鍵在於頭腦清晰地知道自己所需所求。

我曾多次遇到這樣的問題，也不知所措了好長時間。直到我意識到了要做出強硬的改變才能進步，同時爲了有的放矢，我必須另尋他路，找出有效的方法，畢竟當時的窘況只能容我奮力一搏。

Why too much choice is never ideal

選擇過多非理想之態

We’re often told that having more would lead to happiness when in actual fact, the opposite occurs. Having too much choice inevitably causes us to lose value in the very thing we’re seeking since there is an abundance of it already, and it becomes something to take for granted, knowing that it will always be there.

時常都會有人說擁有越多就越快樂，事實上卻恰恰相反。保留過多的選擇在不經意間就會削減我們所追求的事物的價值，其原因在於見多不惜，知道隨時都可以做出選擇，久而久之這些選擇於我們來說就會變得理所應當。

The key to avoiding this would be to eliminate everything that’s currently distracting you and to develop a clear mind, which will help you make better decisions as you move forward.

解決的關鍵方法就是排除任何目前干擾你的事物，理清思緒，這樣你就可在前進之時做出明智的決定。

Get rid of distractions

排除干擾

Looking back, the times in which I was the most confused and frustrated was when I had an abundance of choice, which caused me to settle and not look for improvements or a higher purpose. Life and routine suddenly became a distraction and I found myself going through the motions on a daily basis, rather than stopping and reviewing my current circumstances.

時光倒轉，當我在最困頓沮喪的時候，我身邊會出現一大堆選擇。它們讓我安於現狀，不思進取。那時的人生路線突然模糊了，我看見自己在乏味地繞圈子，卻不知道止步來審視現狀。

I knew that I had to somehow remove these distractions and to start discovering more challenges so I could begin pushing myself.

後來我明白唯有排除干擾，着手探索更多的挑戰纔是解決之道，於是乎我開始督促自己。

What’s distracting you in your life?

你的人生被何事幹擾?

Are they things you’re comfortable with?

你對干擾無動於衷嗎?

What can you do right now that will make you feel uncomfortable?

怎樣才能使你對干擾感到不安?

Write a list of everything that’s currently bothering you.

一一寫下所有正在干擾你的事物。

The goal of this exercise is to discover what needs to improve in your life and to develop the habit of creating higher goals for yourself. If there’s no movement or progress in your life, then it becomes obvious that this needs to change.

這樣做的目的在於幫你發現提升生活的需求以及養成追求更高目標的習慣。如果你的人生毫無進步，那它確實是需要改變了。

Create goals and milestones

設定目標和里程碑

After you gain clarity about your current issues, it’s now imperative to write milestones for yourself that will help you push past your current threshold. Having a higher purpose is what will drive us to better ourselves and to not settle as explained earlier.

一旦你理清了目前的思緒，就趕緊建造你的里程碑，這將助你超越自己的極限。高遠的目標能夠驅使我們改善自身，而非像前面所說的安於現狀。

Look to consistently create larger goals for yourself as it will help guide you in the direction you’ve always wanted.

要不斷爲自己設定遠大目標，因爲它能如你所願地指引你前進。

Appreciate what you currently have

感恩現狀

People often lose sight of the things around them and that causes them to turn in on themselves from time to time. It’s human nature to overlook the things we currently have and to feel dissatisfied of it due to having obtained it. It therefore becomes imperative to remind ourselves that what we currently have is a blessing, and to write about that daily.

人們通常對所擁有的視而不見，以致時常焦灼不堪。忽略當下，有恃無恐，是人之常態。但我們更應提醒自己目前所擁有的一切都是恩賜，並要記入日常。

Attempting to grow without initially appreciating what we have will often always lead to dissatisfaction in the future due to lack of focus. Find appreciation in the things you have and in the life you currently lead. This will make it easier to grow, and will change the focus on growing to improve for the sake of improving and not just to obtain more and better things.

不懷着最初的感恩之心就企圖有所進步，最終只會對未來失望透頂。我們應當感激當下擁有的萬事萬物。如此，才能更易邁步前進。並且，我們也會爲了提升自我而提升，而非單一地去獲得更好的物質生活。

Be willing to fail

欣然接受失敗

It is often said that if you’ve never failed, you’ve never lived, and this is something i definitely agree with. Looking back at my past, everything I’ve become has all resulted in failing numerous times until I developed competence at what I did in order to move forward.

常言道：失敗過的人生，纔是真正的人生。我也舉雙手贊同。回首過往，我曾屢戰屢敗，直到有天我徹底地領悟出了前進的祕訣。

Don’t let fear stop you: use it as a learning tool to show you what you need to do in order to succeed. Learn to challenge yourself and step outside of your comfort zone. If something scares you, use it as a signal from your body to take action. It is an opportunity to grow and to become the person you’ve always wanted to be.

恐懼無法阻擋你：它是展示你所需的魔鏡，有助你成功的力量。我們要試着挑戰自己，不要沉溺於安樂窩裏。一旦害怕了，就把那感受當成信號燈來督促你即刻採取行動。抓住成長的機會，勇敢去做想成爲的那個人吧。