英語美文朗讀 第443期 Your mindset needs to reflect the best

There's something about the way we perceive success, that results in one of the greatest tragedies of our time, and that's the belief that successful people, the ones at the top of their game, that talent is what punched their ticket, that destiny is what brought them to the finish line. And that's wrong. It's wrong because it takes the journey. It takes the struggle, the scratching and climb that it takes to get to the top of the mountain and it throws it out the window. Right it completely mitigates what's most important. In the real world, the one we're living in, it doesn't matter who you are, you are never entitled to a result.

 

我們對成功的一個認識導致了我們這個時代最大的悲劇之一，那就是，我們以為，對于那些走上人生巔峰的成功人士而言，天賦是他們的通行證，命運是他們的神助攻。這種想法是錯誤的。成功需要艱難跋涉，需要困苦掙扎，需要拼命往上攀爬，才能到達人生的頂峰，但這種想法忽略了這些重要的東西。它完全弱化了最重要的事情。在真實的世界里，在我們所生活的這個世界里，你是誰并不重要，沒有什么結果是命中注定的。

 

Victory is a product of the fight. And the biggest favor you can ever do for yourself as you progress through life's ups and downs, through the good the bad through rough times, is know that you were going through what every successful person every champion every innovator in the history of mankind has gone through. Struggle is perfection in progress. It's a sign that you were in the midst of what separates the great from average. It's a necessary step and it's the most important step you will ever take. Because 99% of people cannot see past it. The world see struggle hardship has the time to pack it up, to walk away, to be intimidated. But the best, I'm telling you, they look at struggle differently.

成功是拼搏的結果。當你走過人生的起起落落，走過最好的和最壞的時代，你能給自己的最大幫助，就是認識到，你所經(jīng)歷的，就是歷史上的那些成功者、勝利者、創(chuàng)新者們所經(jīng)歷的。掙扎是成長中的完美。掙扎，意味著你正在經(jīng)歷的事情，能夠?qū)ゴ箪`魂從平庸之輩中區(qū)分出來。于你而言，這是必要的，也是最重要的一步。因為99%的人無法看清這個事實。世界上大多數(shù)人只看到了拼搏的痛苦，他們草草收場撤退，落荒而逃。但是，我要告訴你，最優(yōu)秀的人，他們眼中的拼搏是不一樣的。

 

Just like you can't get fit without the blood the sweat that tears the gym, you can't make deals without the hustle. You can't make things happen if you don't move forward in the face of adversity. When the word no is staring you in the eyes that's all part of the process. Winners walk on. From Lincoln to Jordan to Oprah, we've heard the stories. But so often were hesitant to implement the work ethic, the winning formula. It doesn't change and it never will.

正如你需要在健身房里揮灑血汗才能變得強健一樣，你需要拼勁和沖勁才能將事情做好。如果你不能直面逆境奮勇向前，你就會一事無成。當退縮的念頭、說“不”的念頭涌上來，你要知道，這是奮斗拼搏的一部分。勝者會選擇繼續(xù)往前走。從林肯、喬丹，到歐普拉，類似的故事我們聽過很多。但往往我們總是太猶豫，沒能將我們的奮斗精神、制勝法寶發(fā)揮出來，這樣的話，現(xiàn)狀永遠不會改變。

 

But part of that is not being afraid to fail, right not being scared of rejection. Welcome that allow you to tempt any small failure that comes your way to stack up, so at the end of the day you can stand on them and reach levels of success that simply were not there a year ago, two years ago. You know we didn't decide to put a human on the moon and expect it to happen the following Tuesday. Excellence takes time. Achievements take patience. Learning. Reassessing. It's a pursuit that must be tenacious. Right we're getting knocked down isn't a detriment. It's a blessing, because it's refining our approach. We want that. We need it.

但，必不可少的一部分，就是，我們不能恐懼失敗，不能恐懼閉門羹。去面對這些，這會讓你將路上遇到的每次小失敗累積起來，這樣，你最終會以它們?yōu)閴|腳石，得到一兩年前你想都不敢想的成就。你要明白，我們并不是今天決定讓人類登月然后下周二就能成真。冰凍三尺，非一日之寒。欲速則不達。不斷學習。不斷反思。這是一個百折不撓的追求。我們被打倒，這不是什么壞事。這是我們的幸事，因為它正在磨練我們的策略。這是我們想要的，也是我們需要的。

 

Overshooting your potential will never be a problem because if you want it bad enough you will stretch yourself you will find a way. It's aiming low that kills us that destroys greatness at its roots, because we kill it before we even give it a chance to grow. Then the safe road, my friend, holds no victories, only regrets. You can ask me 100 times and I will answer the same way every single time. I would always trade discomfort now for victory later. It may seem like a lot to ask. It may appear tough. But trust me. The price is much steeper later on to sit back let life go by then wish that we turned our opportunity into something real.

高估自己的潛力絕不是什么問題，因為如果你對一樣東西足夠渴望，你就會逼著自己去尋求方法。目標過低，會將偉大扼殺在萌芽之中，因為我們連一個成長的機會都沒有給它。我的朋友，安逸的道路上沒有勝利，只有悔恨。就算你問我一百次，我每次都會這樣回答。我會用當下的不自在來換取日后的勝利。這看起來要求很高，這看起來非常困難，但，相信我，到你以后回憶往事、懊悔當初沒能實現(xiàn)你的愿景時，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)，你所付出的代價更加沉重。

 

So, your questions, your anxiety, should never revolver on whether or not you're comfortable because if you want something bad enough you know that being uncomfortable is an ingredient. Your question should be whether you are giving enough, whether that person next to you who wants the same thing you want, by the way, will be able to give the effort that you can, who'll be able to man up and make this sacrifice that you have.

因此，你的困惑，你的焦慮，不應該只關注你現(xiàn)在是否安逸，因為如果足夠渴望某樣東西，你就要知道，不適和痛苦是躲不開的。你應該問一下自己，你付出的是否夠多，和你有同樣追求的人是否付出了和你一樣多的努力，是否和你一樣勇敢，是否做出了和你一樣的犧牲。

 

If you want to be the best your mindset needs to reflect the best. You need to think differently than ordinary people right let others focus on the tip of the iceberg. You know that excellence lies in everything underneath the surface in what cannot be seen. That's your gold mine. That's your ticket. So, take mediocrity and make it excellence. Take what's yours and hold it up for the world to see because what hurts now in the present is the very same thing that will transform your life down the road.

如果你想成為最優(yōu)秀的人，你的思維模式必須是最優(yōu)秀的。普通人只關注冰山的頂端，你的思考必須和他們不一樣。你要知道，卓越的秘密潛藏在水面底下，藏在看不到的地方。那就是你的寶藏，那就是你的通行證。因此，你要變平凡為非凡。拿好你自己的牌，舉高，讓全世界知道，現(xiàn)在殺不死你的，終將使未來的你更加強大！