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6 Harsh Truths That Will Improve Your Life

Truth hurts, but someone has to say it. Your life is what you make of it and the only person who can help you is yourself. If you’re ready to take personal responsibility and improve your life, I invite you to apply these seven harsh truths today.

事實(shí)是殘酷的，但人們必須揭露。命運(yùn)掌握在自己手里，而且能幫助你的只有自己。若你已做好準(zhǔn)備去肩負(fù)個(gè)人責(zé)任，提升個(gè)人生活，我今天就告訴你怎么運(yùn)用這6個(gè)殘酷的現(xiàn)實(shí)。

No One Is Going to Fix You

沒(méi)有人可以治愈你的傷痛

If you are waiting for a knight in shining armor to gallop into your life and heal your broken heart, you will be waiting forever. The only person who can help you is yourself. Be happy for the other people in your life, but do not become dependent on them for happiness unlike you like to be on a never-ending emotional roller coaster that is far beyond the realm of your control. Are you alone? No, far from it. But no one is going to fix you, so it is in your best interest to take personal responsibility for your own life. When you do that, you’ll discover you are more powerful than you ever thought possible.

如果你在等待一個(gè)身穿銀色盔甲的騎士拯救你的人生，為你流血的心靈療傷，那么你永遠(yuǎn)也等不到他。能夠幫助你的就是你自己。生命中出現(xiàn)的人你可以與之同樂(lè)，但不要指望他們給你帶來(lái)快樂(lè)，除非你想跌入一個(gè)沒(méi)完沒(méi)了又無(wú)法掌控的情感漩渦里。你會(huì)孤獨(dú)？不，遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)。但這并不表示有人可以解救你，所以最為周到的方式還是自己去承擔(dān)生命中的責(zé)任。一旦你付出行動(dòng)，你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己比想象中的還要優(yōu)秀。

Life Will Never Be Perfect

人生從來(lái)不會(huì)完美

If you are waiting for the “right” time to do something — pursue self-employment, begin a fitness plan, dive into the dating pool, or move to a new town — you’re going to be waiting forever. There is no such thing as a “right” time to do anything. This reaction is based on your fear-of-change, plain and simple. If you keep waiting for that mysterious “perfect time to act” (please tell me, when have you ever experienced such a thing?), this means you will never actually have to take action and confront your fear. Do the scary thing. You will be so glad you did.

如果你在等待一個(gè)正確的時(shí)機(jī)去做某事--自主創(chuàng)業(yè)，計(jì)劃健身，享受約會(huì)，或者搬家喬遷--那你只會(huì)等一輩子。做任何事情都沒(méi)有所謂的契機(jī)。等待只是害怕改變的一種表現(xiàn)，它既平乏又簡(jiǎn)單。如果你堅(jiān)持等那個(gè)神秘的“完美行動(dòng)時(shí)刻”出現(xiàn)的話（請(qǐng)告訴我，你何時(shí)經(jīng)歷了這種時(shí)刻？），等待意味著你將永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)采取行動(dòng)，不會(huì)面對(duì)恐懼。冒點(diǎn)險(xiǎn)。你將越挫越勇。

You Might Fail (a Lot)

你可能會(huì)失�。ê芏啻危�

If you attempt to achieve an ambitious new goal, then it is possible that you will fall on your face while pursuing said goal. Welcome to reality. It’s time to change your thinking about failure. It is not a big, bad thing that you should be frightened of. Failure is a learning opportunity and nothing more. If successful people quit pursuing their goal after failing the first time they tried something new, then there would be approximately zero successful people ever. There is no such thing as a “hole-in-one” in life. Do you want to know how many times I’ve failed? Over a hundred. The only reason I’ve managed to accomplish anything is because I am a firm believer in continuous improvement. If you fail in something, distance from the event for a day or two, because agonizing over the problem will not make it go away (and will make it a lot worse). Read a good book, catch up with some friends you haven’t seen in a long time, or go on a nature hike. You will be able to look at the issue with a fresh perspective. After you have done that, ask yourself: “Why didn’t this work out and how can I do better next time?”

如果你有一個(gè)野心勃勃的新計(jì)劃，那在實(shí)施的過(guò)程中你可能會(huì)跌個(gè)四腳朝天。這就是現(xiàn)實(shí)，你也是時(shí)候重新看待失敗了。失敗不是什么讓人恐懼的大事。它僅僅是一次學(xué)習(xí)的機(jī)會(huì)。如果成功人士在嘗試新事物初次失敗后便放棄，那世上也就不會(huì)有成功的人。人生中沒(méi)有“一桿進(jìn)洞”的好事。你想知道我曾失敗了多少次嗎？上百次！而能讓我堅(jiān)持下去的原因是我堅(jiān)定地相信要持續(xù)改進(jìn)。如果你在離成功僅有一步之遙時(shí)失敗，苦惱解決不了問(wèn)題（也許會(huì)讓情況更糟）。你可以讀一本好書(shū)，拜訪幾個(gè)多日不見(jiàn)的老友，或去大自然中徒步。這樣一來(lái)，看待問(wèn)題的眼光也會(huì)有所改變。一旦你做了這些改變，就問(wèn)自己：“為什么沒(méi)有成功，下次怎么才能做得更好？”

The Past Is Already Written

過(guò)去已塵埃落定

Have you ever made a mistake so monumental that you wish you could go back in time and do it all over again? Join the club. It’s called being human. I know you might feel immense regret, but beating yourself up over something that is already done serves no purpose. Shift your attention to the present, where you can take control of your life and move forward into a better future.

你過(guò)去是否犯過(guò)一個(gè)嚴(yán)重的錯(cuò)誤，以至于特別希望回到過(guò)去重新來(lái)過(guò)？大家都這樣。這是人類的特性。我知道你可能會(huì)覺(jué)得極其后悔，但執(zhí)迷于既成的事實(shí)毫無(wú)用處。你得把注意力轉(zhuǎn)移到當(dāng)下，這樣你才能掌握眼前的生活，才能邁向更美好的未來(lái)。

Tomorrow Is Not Guaranteed

明天是沒(méi)有保證的

Steve Jobs said it best, so I’m going to defer to him for this harsh truth:

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.”

The next time you catch yourself playing the “I will do it tomorrow” game, remember that tomorrow is not guaranteed. Traffic accidents, heart attacks, and acts of violence do happen. Live in the present and take action today.

史蒂夫.喬布斯說(shuō)得好，所以我將會(huì)聽(tīng)從他那殘酷的話：“記住我將很快死去，這是我遇見(jiàn)的能夠幫助我做人生重要決定的最重要的工具。因?yàn)樗�有的事�?-所有外在期望，所有驕傲，所有對(duì)尷尬或失敗的恐懼--這一切在死亡面前都將消失，而留下的就是真正重要的�！�

下次如果你發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在說(shuō)“我明天再做”時(shí)，記住明天沒(méi)有保證。交通事故，心臟病，還有暴力沖突隨時(shí)都在發(fā)生。要活在當(dāng)下，今天就采取行動(dòng)。

Just Because You’re “Busy” Doesn’t Mean You’re Accomplishing Something

忙并不表示你在實(shí)現(xiàn)某事。

If you like to brag about how great you are at multitasking, stop it, because you are only kidding yourself. Changing tasks without rhyme or reason is wasting your productivity, stressing you out, and possibly causing you to make mistakes. It will probably take you longer to complete two tasks that you are switching back-and-forth between than it would to complete each one separately. If you want to save time, instead of multitasking, try grouping similar tasks together. Have a bunch of e-mails you need to send? Do them all at once. Have an article or essay you need to write? Get it done before moving onto anything else. Different tasks require different mind-sets, so focus on one thing at a time.

如果你想吹噓自己多么善于處理多任務(wù)，得了吧，你就會(huì)騙自己。沒(méi)有節(jié)奏或隨意地變換任務(wù)只會(huì)降低效率，消耗精力，也許還會(huì)鑄成錯(cuò)誤。在兩個(gè)任務(wù)間來(lái)回奔波，其中消耗的時(shí)間可能會(huì)多于單個(gè)任務(wù)分別處理的時(shí)間。如果你想要節(jié)省時(shí)間，那就停止多任務(wù)處理，試試將相似的任務(wù)整合在一起。需要發(fā)一大堆郵件嗎？那就一次性發(fā)完。需要寫(xiě)一片文章嗎？那在做其他事情前把它們寫(xiě)好。不同的任務(wù)需要不同的思維方式來(lái)處理，所以每次專心做一件事就好。