英語美文朗讀 第378期 10 ways to make it a year to remember

Ten ways to make this your best year ever.

 

 

The beginning of a new year offers a great opportunity for a fresh start, but it doesn't have to be New Year's Day or even the month of January to make resolutions and set goals for your career or for your life. Any time of the year offers a great opportunity for a fresh start, to make the most of the next 12 months, consider these 10 ways to make it a year to remember.

一年之初為新的開始提供了一個很好的機會，但它不必是元旦那天，甚至不必是一月份，你可以在任何時間為你的事業(yè)或生活做出決定和設定目標。一年中的任何時候都為新的開始提供了一個很好的機會，為了充分利用接下來的12個月，考慮一下這10種方法，讓今年成為難忘的一年。

 

#1 Make up your mind.

A successful life or creative career takes more than talent and tactics, it also requires knowing what you want, combined with a positive mental attitude. So take time now to determine what you plan to accomplish this year, and then vow to keep your expectations upbeat and your optimism riding high.

下定決心。 成功的人生或創(chuàng)造性的職業(yè)需要的不僅僅是天賦和策略，還需要知道你想要什么，以及積極的心態(tài)。所以現(xiàn)在花點時間，確定你今年的目標是什么，然后下定決心，要保持樂觀的期望和情緒。

 

#2 Make it easy

One of my favorite quotes is, any fool can make something complicated, it takes a real genius to make it simple. Don't overburden yourself with a complex plan, pick a couple of key areas and focus relentlessly on them, keep things simple, also make it easy for other people to figure out who you are and what you do, to place an order, to get in touch with you, there is beauty in clarity.

把事情變得簡單。 我最喜歡的一句話是，任何傻瓜都能使事情變得復雜，真正的天才才能使事情變得簡單。不要疲于制定復雜的計劃，選擇幾個關鍵的領域，并堅持不懈地專注于它們，讓事情變得簡單，也讓別人一下子就知道你是誰，你是做什么的，如何跟你下訂單，如何聯(lián)系你等等，簡單明了是一種美。

 

#3 Make a list

To promote yourself and expand your career, you must connect with people, and follow up with them repeatedly, having a system helps, it doesn't matter if you use contact management software, index cards, or a spiral notebook you bought from the dollar store. What's most important is that you have some way of recording names addresses phone numbers etc, and a plan for connecting with the people on your lists who matter.

列清單。 為了提升你自己，擴大你的事業(yè)，你必須與人聯(lián)系，并反復跟進他們，搭建一個系統(tǒng)會很有幫助，無論你是使用聯(lián)系人軟件，索引卡，還是從美元商店買來的螺旋形筆記本，這都無關緊要。最重要的是，你有一些記錄姓名、地址、電話號碼等的方法，還有一個計劃，聯(lián)系重要人物。

 

#4 Make an offer

It's one thing to have music and books and art for sale, and live events to promote. it's quite another to inspire people to buy and to attend. So don't just list your merchandise and event dates, make offers, buy one get one free, order within five days and get a discount, arrive by 7:00 p.m. and we'll buy your first drink, get the picture, so make offers to inspire people to act.

出價。有音樂、書籍和藝術可供出售，有現(xiàn)場活動可供推廣，這是一回事。鼓勵人們購買和參與是另一回事。所以，不要僅僅列出你的商品和活動日期，要提供優(yōu)惠，比如買一送一，五天內(nèi)訂購并獲得折扣，晚上7點前到達，我們會免費贈送第一杯飲料，免費拍照，所以提供優(yōu)惠來激勵人們采取行動。

 

#5 Make love not war

Stop giggling, it's not what you think, although that would certainly make any year a lot better, but the message here is this, stop fighting unnecessary battles, don't always look for what's wrong with your career in your life, because you'll just get more of it. Zero in on what you want, keep things positive and operate from a position of warmth and passion.

做愛做的事，而不是開戰(zhàn) 。不要笑，不是你想的那樣，雖然這肯定會讓任何一年都好很多，但我想表達的是：停止不必要的爭斗，不要總是關注生活中和事業(yè)中的問題，因為你會得到更多的。專注于你想要的，保持積極的態(tài)度，從一個溫暖和激情的位置開始運作。

 

 

#6 Make lemonade

As a follow-up to the previous tip, when you do encounter a negative outcome, look for the hidden opportunity, failure is a normal part of life. What separates the winners is their ability to overcome obstacles and learn from adversity. As the saying goes when life hands you lemons, make lemonade.

做檸檬汁。 續(xù)前一個小建議，當你遇到一個消極的結果時，尋找潛在的機會，失敗是生活中非常常見的一部分。勝利者跟失敗者的區(qū)別在于，他們克服障礙和從逆境中學習的能力。俗話說，當生活給你檸檬時，用它來做檸檬水。

 

#7 Make up

Everyone has regrets, poor decisions they made, and bridges that were unfortunately burned, if you stress over these past events, it can eat you up and turn you bitter. This year, consider taking steps to heal old wounds, contact people you fight a falling-out with, or apologize to someone who really needs to hear that from you. Clear the air and make space for your success to bloom.

彌補。 每個人都會有遺憾，做過的錯誤決定，以及不幸被燒毀的橋梁，如果你對這些過去的事情耿耿于懷，它會把你吞噬，讓你痛苦。今年，考慮采取措施來治愈舊傷口，聯(lián)系你與之發(fā)生爭執(zhí)的人，或者向一些人道歉，因為他們真的需要聽到這些。凈化心靈，為你的成功騰出空間。

 

#8 Make it or break it

While having a positive attitude is key, being objective and realistic is important too. Always view your marketing and your creative activities with a fresh eye. If something is not panning out, change it or try something new, no matter how well you think the idea should be working, your audience will tell you pretty quickly if something is effective, and it's your job to keep your eyes open for the clues, and then act accordingly.

成敗在此一舉 。雖然積極的態(tài)度是關鍵，但客觀和現(xiàn)實也很重要。始終以全新的眼光看待你的營銷和創(chuàng)意活動。如果有什么東西沒有成功，改變它或嘗試新的東西，無論你認為這個想法應該是多么有效，你的聽眾會很快告訴你它到底可不可行。你的工作就是，一直睜大眼睛，隨時搜尋線索，然后采取相應的行動。

 

#9 Make great art

This should go without saying, but no amount of money or great marketing ideas can help promote music or art or literature that doesn't connect with anyone. Now what is great is subjective, but you should always strive to write produce record perform art that is highly satisfying to you, and a growing number of fans. So resolve to up your game and create the highest quality art that you can this year.

創(chuàng)造偉大的藝術 。這應該是不言而喻的，如果你的音樂、藝術或文學無法跟人建立起關聯(lián)，那么任何金錢或偉大的營銷理念都幫不了你。偉大的是主觀的東西，但你應該一直朝著偉大進行努力，創(chuàng)造出讓自己滿意的作品，吸引越來越多的粉絲。所以，下定決心提高你的比賽水平，創(chuàng)造出最好的作品吧。

 

#10 Make haste

Don't make the mistake of waiting too long for the time to be right, for all your ducks to be in a row, for the situation to be perfect, because guess what, that time probably will never come. So do it now, here's another good quote, anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. So get off your butt, get busy learn from mistakes, and keep plowing forward.

抓緊行動。 不要犯這樣的錯誤：等一切都準備好之后再開始。因為你猜怎么著，那個時間可能永遠不會到來。現(xiàn)在就做吧，再告訴你一句名言，任何值得做的事情，都值得做的很糟糕。所以，放開去干吧，從錯誤中吸取教訓，繼續(xù)前進。

 

I hope these tips give you the headstart you need to make the next 12 months your best year yet.