How High Can You Jump?
Flea1) trainers have observed a strange habit of fleas while training them.Fleas are trained by putting them in a cardboard box with a top on it.The fleas will jump up and hit the top of the cardboard box over and over and over again.As you watch them jump and hit the lid,something very interesting becomes obvious.The fleas continue to jump,but they are no longer jumping high enough to hit the top.
When you take off the lid,the fleas continue to jump,but they will not jump out of the box.They won’t jump out because they can’t jump out.Why?The reason is simple.They have conditioned2) themselves to jump just so high.Once they have conditioned them-selves to jump just so high,that’s all they can do.
Many times,people do the same thing.They restrict3) themselves and never reach their potential4).Just like the fleas,they fail to jump higher,thin king they are doing all they can do.
你能跳多高?
跳蚤訓(xùn)練人在訓(xùn)練時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)跳蚤有一個(gè)奇怪的習(xí)慣。訓(xùn)練時(shí),跳蚤被放在有頂蓋的紙板盒里。跳蚤會(huì)不斷地跳起來(lái),撞擊頂蓋。你觀察它們跳起來(lái)撞擊頂蓋,會(huì)慢慢注意到一個(gè)有趣的現(xiàn)象。它們?nèi)圆粩嗟赝咸?,但不?huì)再撞到頂蓋。
當(dāng)你把頂蓋拿開時(shí),跳蚤還會(huì)接著跳,但不會(huì)跳出盒子。它們不會(huì)跳出來(lái)是因?yàn)樗鼈円呀?jīng)跳不出來(lái)了。為什么?原因很簡(jiǎn)單。它們已經(jīng)習(xí)慣于只跳這么高了。而一旦習(xí)慣于只跳這么高后,它們就只能跳這么高。
很多時(shí)候,人們也是一樣。他們自己限制自己,從來(lái)不去努力開發(fā)自己的潛力。就像跳蚤一樣,他們沒有能夠跳得更高,還以為已經(jīng)把自己的能力發(fā)揮到了極限。
NOTE 注釋:
1. flea [fli:] n. 跳蚤, 低廉的旅館,生蚤的動(dòng)物
2. condition [kEn5diFEn] vt. 以...為條件, 使達(dá)到要求的情況
3. restrict [ris5trikt] vt. 限制, 約束, 限定
4. potential [pE5tenF(E)l] n. 潛能, 潛力, 電壓