英語(yǔ)美文朗讀 第401期 It is possible，just watch me

As Ellen Cook puts it, success is like a quiet daily set of tasks. Real real small. It's like that quiet walk to the library, that empty 24/7 library late at night, over and over and over. Or as I sit there studying other great people and I compare their actions with my own actions over and over and over. Or as I sit doing 30 minutes of meditation a day over and over and over. Making the choice to eat foods that enhance my brain neuro-transmitters over and over and over.

 

正如Ellen Cook所言，成功就像每日默默完成的任務(wù)。這些任務(wù)很小，比如每天晚上都自己走去那個(gè)空蕩蕩的24小時(shí)圖書(shū)館，或者我反復(fù)地研究其他優(yōu)秀的人，并把他們的行為和我的進(jìn)行對(duì)比，或者我每天都用30分鐘練習(xí)冥想，或者我一直堅(jiān)持吃健康的、有益于我的大腦神經(jīng)遞質(zhì)的食物。

 

It's a very quiet process where you're doing these simple little tasks but finding love in those simple little tasks. It's not the big thing where you do this one thing and something big happens. Being able to make a success out of your life. It's not purely down to luck. You have more control over it than you think. You can decide to be successful. You can decide to have the fast cars and the big house.

這個(gè)過(guò)程很安靜，你的任務(wù)很簡(jiǎn)單也很小，但是你逐漸喜歡上它們。它們不是什么偉大的事情，不是那種影響深遠(yuǎn)的事情。在人生中，獲得成功并不全靠運(yùn)氣。你對(duì)生活的掌控力，比你想象的要強(qiáng)。你可以決定自己是否成功，是否能夠擁有豪車(chē)和大房子。

 

And it starts right here with your studying, not because getting good grades is going to bring you success in the future, it's about the work ethic and the attitude you have towards your studying that will transfer to your work after you graduate. It's about believing that you can achieve something and doing whatever it takes to achieve it. It's about fine-tuning the skills you have to zero in on your goals, the skills that you are improving while you're studying.

這一切都是從現(xiàn)在開(kāi)始的，從你目前的學(xué)習(xí)開(kāi)始，這不是因?yàn)楹贸煽?jī)能讓你在未來(lái)取得成功，而是因?yàn)槟銓?duì)學(xué)習(xí)這件事的職業(yè)精神和態(tài)度。在你畢業(yè)之后，它們?nèi)匀荒軌蛴绊懩?。這也是因?yàn)?，你相信自己能夠?qū)崿F(xiàn)夢(mèng)想，并且用盡全力為之奮斗。這更是因?yàn)?，你不斷打磨自己的技能，從頭學(xué)起，通過(guò)學(xué)習(xí)來(lái)不斷提高它們。

 

Work ethic, time management, reading, critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, focus, reasoning, persuasion, organization, overcoming obstacles, and self-motivation. These are all skills that all great students have improved and refined over years of efficient and effective studying. And it's these students that have made a decision that when the world is saying that's impossible, you're not capable, your dreams will stay as dreams.

職業(yè)精神，時(shí)間管理，閱讀，批判性思維，解決問(wèn)題的能力，做決定的能力，專(zhuān)注力，推理能力，口才，組織能力，克服困難的能力，自己給的動(dòng)力，這些都是優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生們?cè)诙嗄甑母咝W(xué)習(xí)中提高的能力。在全世界都跟他們說(shuō)不可能、說(shuō)他們做不到、說(shuō)他們無(wú)法實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想的時(shí)候，他們能夠做出自己的決定。

 

They have that lone voice that goes, no, you know what, it is possible, just watch me. They have gone through this process of growth, and they have pushed and pushed through all the obstacles that were thrown at them. It's important that you don't think of your studying as though it's all about passing your exams and getting a piece of paper at the end of it all so you can get a good job, because it's so much more than that.

在他們心中，有一個(gè)聲音響起。不！一切皆有可能！走著瞧吧！他們經(jīng)歷了成長(zhǎng)的過(guò)程，無(wú)論遇到什么樣的困難，他們都能一一克服。你不要認(rèn)為學(xué)習(xí)就是為了通過(guò)考試、拿到文憑、得到好工作。這一點(diǎn)很重要，因?yàn)閷W(xué)習(xí)的意義遠(yuǎn)不止于此。

 

And it's the great students that understand this. It's not about your exams. It's about the process and the journey you go on and the skills you refine over the years. It's about when you don't feel like studying but you continue to push through and study anyway. It's doing the things that you need to do, that you know you need to do when you don't feel like doing it, because the reality is, is that most people can study when they're feeling good.

優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生，才會(huì)明白這個(gè)道理。學(xué)習(xí)不是為了考試，學(xué)習(xí)的意義在于它的過(guò)程本身，在于你這些年來(lái)練就的技能。學(xué)習(xí)就是在你不想學(xué)的時(shí)候，還能督促自己去學(xué)習(xí)。學(xué)習(xí)就是要去做那些你需要做卻不想做的事情。因?yàn)椋瑢?shí)際上，對(duì)于大多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō)，在自己狀態(tài)好的時(shí)候?qū)W習(xí)不是什么難事。

 

Most people can study when they have no distractions, when they're in a quiet environment, when there's pressure put on them as a deadline is approaching. But just being able to study on the highs isn't good enough. You have to be able to study all the time. So learning how to refocus your mind on the lows and knowing the lows are going to end is a huge skill. The process is just as important as the actual prize, because the process is going to make you. The deeper the process, the greater the reward. Just remember the prize is going to be huge.

在沒(méi)有令自己分心的事情時(shí)，在環(huán)境很安靜時(shí)，在沒(méi)有截止日期逼近的壓力時(shí)，大多數(shù)人都能學(xué)習(xí)。但是，在高峰時(shí)期學(xué)習(xí)，這還不夠。你要做到在任何時(shí)候都能學(xué)習(xí)。所以，學(xué)會(huì)在低谷時(shí)期專(zhuān)注于學(xué)習(xí)，并且告訴自己艱難的日子終將過(guò)去，這是很重要的能力。過(guò)程和結(jié)果一樣重要，因?yàn)檫^(guò)程最能塑造你。過(guò)程越深刻，收獲越豐富。記住，你將會(huì)獲得巨大的收獲。