Now well into my 30s, there are several good habits I’m thankful I started in my 20s. If you’re still in your 20s, or even if you’re not, I challenge you to implement the habits below into your daily routine, one at a time, starting today. A year from now, I guarantee you’ll appreciate the results.
現(xiàn)在30多歲的我回過頭去看，非常慶幸自己在20多歲就開始堅(jiān)持了一些好習(xí)慣。無論你是否身處20多歲，或還沒到20歲，我依然建議你把以下10條好習(xí)慣列入到你的日常生活中去。這樣一年后的你，一定能感受到巨大的變化并因此感激自己的決定。
1. Focus on the activities and people that make you happy.
把注意力放在那些能讓你快樂的活動(dòng)和人上。
Sometimes we make things complicated when they are really quite simple: Find what it is that makes you happy and spend more time doing it. Find who it is that makes you smile and spend more time with them. Living your dream is really just a state of mind. It’s feeling comfortable in your own skin, and realizing that where you are at any given moment is exactly where you want to be. Thus, happiness and success in life is simply the gratifying combination liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking who you do it with.
有時(shí)候，我們自己無形中把簡(jiǎn)單的事情復(fù)雜化了。其實(shí)很簡(jiǎn)單的：找到那些能讓你快樂的事物，并把更多的精力放在上面;找出那些總讓你快樂的人，并跟他們度過更多時(shí)光。所謂的活出你的夢(mèng)想，指的其實(shí)就是一種心理狀態(tài)，也就是每一刻你都活得自在，并充分享受當(dāng)下的狀態(tài)。所以想讓生活變得幸福成功的話，你只需要愛自己、愛自己所做的事、愛那些在你周圍的人就可以啦。
2. Trust your instincts on new opportunities.
相信自己對(duì)于新機(jī)會(huì)的直覺。
Life is too short to wait. Every new day is another chance to change your life. Every great accomplishment starts with the decision to try. Trust that little voice inside your head that says, “What if…” and then GO DO IT. You would be surprised how often “what if” works. And no, you’re not obligated to win every time. You’re obligated to keep trying – to do the best you can do every day – to be better than you were yesterday.
生命太過短暫，不能浪費(fèi)在等待中。每一天都是一個(gè)改變生活的新機(jī)會(huì)。每一個(gè)偉大的成功都來源于最初的嘗試。相信你內(nèi)心那個(gè)小小的聲音吧，如果它在說“假如我去做…的話”，那么直接去做。你會(huì)驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，那些假如通常都能實(shí)現(xiàn)!你不需要事事爭(zhēng)第一，但需事事盡力，展現(xiàn)出那個(gè)最好的自己，那個(gè)比昨天更棒更優(yōu)秀的自己。
3. Build the courage to face your fears.
勇于面對(duì)恐懼。
Everything you want is on the other side of fear. Don’t ever hesitate to give yourself a chance to be everything you are capable of being. It’s better to cross the line and suffer the consequences of a lesson learned, than to just stare at that line for the rest of your life and always wonder. And remember, courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid; courage means you don’t let your fear stop you.
你想要的每一件東西都在恐懼的另一面。別因?yàn)楹ε露桓胰L試你能成為的角色。一件事，做過、失敗過、體會(huì)過個(gè)中滋味，總比永遠(yuǎn)沒做而一輩子懊悔來得更好。記住，所謂“勇氣”，并不代表沒有恐懼，而是指面對(duì)恐懼，你依然有向前的決心。
4. Focus on the resources you do have access to.
重視那些你實(shí)在擁有的東西。
It all begins and ends in your mind. Too many of us are hung up on what we don’t have, can’t have, or won’t ever have. We spend too much energy being down, when we could use that same energy – if not less of it – doing, or at least trying to do, some of the things we really want to do. So focus on the opportunities you DO have, and exploit the resources you DO have access to.
萬事皆出于心。我們中的太多人都被那些得不到東西掌控住，浪費(fèi)了太多精力。而這些精力本可以運(yùn)用到那些我們更應(yīng)該去做的事情上的。所以，請(qǐng)珍惜自己真正擁有的機(jī)會(huì)，開拓那些真正屬于你的領(lǐng)域吧。
5. Be less busy, and more productive.
花更少的時(shí)間，做更高效的人。
Incessant busyness is often a sign of ineffectiveness and laziness. Because it’s easy to be busy – just partake in a bunch of random activities that drains all your time. Doing so justifies never having enough time to clean, cook for yourself, go out with friends, meet new people, etc. Right? Wrong. Don’t just get things done; get the right things done. Results are always more important than the time it takes to achieve them.
忙得連軸轉(zhuǎn)代表著低效和懶惰。因?yàn)橄朊ζ饋砗苋菀祝恍枰S便參與點(diǎn)很占用時(shí)間的活動(dòng)就行，所以你總是沒有足夠的時(shí)間來整理家務(wù)、烹飪、聚會(huì)、和結(jié)識(shí)新朋友，對(duì)吧?其實(shí)這樣是不對(duì)的。不要總奔忙于繁瑣中，而應(yīng)該先完成那些最應(yīng)該完成的任務(wù)。人們只會(huì)注重結(jié)果，而不會(huì)在意為完成它所花了多少時(shí)間。
