生活英語聽力文章：最容易做的是最難做的

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　　最容易做的往往是最難做的

　　Know it—Do it

　　知道與行動

　　We know we should listen without interrupting, but we still find ourselves interrupting. We know we need to finish our projects on time, yet we find ourselves missing deadlines. We know we should remember someone’s name, but yet we don’t pay attention and forget. We know we should answer that email or return that phone call, yet we keep putting it off.

　　我們知道我們應(yīng)該傾聽而不中斷,但我們?nèi)匀话l(fā)現(xiàn)自己打斷他人。我們知道我們需要按時完成我們的項目,但是我們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己錯過最后期限。我們知道我們應(yīng)該記住別人的名字,但我們不注意也忘記。我們知道我們應(yīng)該回復(fù)電子郵件或電話,但我們總是敷衍了事。

　　The reason this lesson is one of the foundational pillars for Little Things Matter is because any big success is made up of little successes. As Coach John Wooden said, “Little things make big things happen.”

　　這教訓(xùn)之所以至關(guān)重要，原因是一個個小事情構(gòu)成大事業(yè)的支柱,因為任何大成功是由小成功構(gòu)成。就如教練約翰木說,“小事做好了大事情才能成功。”

　　If you are going to be successful at anything personally or professionally, it will result from doing the little things that, for the most part, are easy to do but also easy to neglect.

　　如果你要在任何個人或?qū)I(yè)上成功,它來源自做小事情的結(jié)果,在大多數(shù)情況下,很容易做但是也容易忽視,在大多數(shù)情況下,小事很容易做但是也容易忽視。

　　Be Consistent

　　始終如一地

　　Not only is it necessary to use your personal initiative to do the little things that are easy to do, the key is doing them consistently. Most people do push themselves to do something for a short time, but very few people will do the things they should over an extended period of time.

　　不僅有必要運用你的個人主動能動性做容易做的小事情,關(guān)鍵是始終如一地做好這些。大多數(shù)人都迫使自己短暫地做一些事情,但很少有人會較長一段時間做事情，而這些本是理所應(yīng)當(dāng)。

　　Being consistent in doing the little things you know you should do has many positive results beyond the obvious desired outcome of achieving your goals. You will become more respected and admired. You will develop new friendships and build deeper relationships with people in both your personal life and professional life. You will feel better about yourself and the person you are becoming.

　　始終如一地做你應(yīng)該做的小事情，除了明顯的實現(xiàn)你的目標(biāo)期望的結(jié)果外，還有許多積極的結(jié)果。你將變得更加受人尊敬和欽佩。你會在你的個人生活和職業(yè)生活中，開發(fā)新的友誼和與人建立更深的關(guān)系。你會對自己感覺更好,感覺你正成為你要成為的人。

　　So, why don’t we do the little things that are easy to do? The reason is because they are so-o-o-o easy not to do—to neglect, to procrastinate, to promise ourselves that we will do it tomorrow.

　　所以,為什么我們不去做那些容易做的小事情呢?原因是,因為他們是太容易不做，太容易被忽視,被拖延,太容易承諾自己,我們將明天再做。

　　Another reason could be the fact that when the little things are looked at individually, we don’t value their importance. Napoleon Hill said, “A big success is made up from a great number of little circumstances each of which may seem so small and insignificant most people pass them by as not being worthy of notice.”

　　另一個原因可能是,當(dāng)小事情單獨看,我們沒有覺得它的重要性。拿破侖·希爾說,“一個大的成功由許多小的事情構(gòu)成，通常情況下，每個小狀況看起來如此的微不足道,大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為不值得注意而輕易放過他們。”

　　Fight the Cause

　　戰(zhàn)勝你的借口

　　What’s the reason you aren’t consistent in doing the little things you know you should do? Think about it.

　　是什么原因你不能始終如一地做那些你知道應(yīng)該做的小事情?考慮一下。

　　When I was interviewed on Mixergy, a blog for aspiring entrepreneurs, I was asked what the No. 1 obstacle was that I had to overcome in order to achieve my goals. My answer was laziness. I know the little things I need to do and I understand their importance. For me, I have to fight laziness and PUSH myself to do the little things I know I need to do.

　　當(dāng)我接受Mixergy,一家專為有抱負(fù)的企業(yè)家設(shè)立的博客,采訪的時候，我被問到的為了達(dá)到我的目標(biāo)，必須要克服的第一障礙是什么。我的回答是懶惰。我知道我需要做小事情,我理解他們的重要性。對我來說,我必須戰(zhàn)勝懶惰，強迫自己做我知道我需要做的小事情。

　　Become a Disciplined Person

　　成為一個自律的人

　　The fact that you are reading this blog post tells me that you want to achieve more in life. If you are going to be successful at achieving your goals, you must become a disciplined person. You must become a person who will do the little things that are easy to do and easy not to do.

　　你正在閱讀這篇文章這個事實告訴我,你想在生活中獲得更多。如果你要成功地實現(xiàn)你的目標(biāo),你必須成為一個自律的人。你必須成為一個會做小事情的人,那些很容易做也是很難做的事。

　　I also want to point out that I don’t believe there is any distinction between who you are in your personal life and who you are in your professional life. If your bedroom is a mess, then your car is probably a mess. If you don’t have the discipline to clean your home and car, you will likely struggle having the discipline to do the little things required of you to achieve your goals. You can’t be one person at home and a different person at work. You are who you are!

　　我還想指出,我不相信，在你的個人生活中和在你的專業(yè)生活中，你所扮演的角色有任何區(qū)別。如果你的臥室很亂,那么你的車可能是一團糟。如果你不自律打掃房屋和汽車,你可能會掙扎于你達(dá)到目標(biāo)需要自律的小事情。你不可能在家里是一個人,在工作場合是另一個人。你就是你自己。

　　If you want to achieve more in your life, if you want to grow as a person and achieve your personal best, then you MUST become a person who does the little things that are both easy to do and easy not to do. This will likely be the greatest challenge you will ever take on, but if you will commit to this challenge and use your personal initiative do the things you know you should do with consistency, your life can be transformed.

　　如果你想在你的生活中獲得更多成就,如果你想成長,做到最好的自己,那么你必須成為這樣的一個人，做那些容易做的也是最難做的小事。這可能是你承擔(dān)的最大的挑戰(zhàn),但是如果你將致力于這一挑戰(zhàn),使用你的個人主觀能動性，做你知道你應(yīng)該始終如一做的事情,就可以改變你的生活。

　　One of the most important keys to success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do even when you don’t feel like doing it.

　　成功最重要的關(guān)鍵之一是有自律性，你知道你應(yīng)該做什么,即使你不喜歡這么做。