生活英語聽力文章：小事情的重要性

　　The Best of Little Things Matter

　　小事情的重要性

　　With your help and support, this blog already has more than 10,500 subscribers. The podcasts are now ranked No.26 in America’s Top Podcasts; No.1 in the personal and professional development space; and, the Little Things Matter Facebook page has over 23,500 followers.

　　在你的幫助和支持下,這個(gè)博客已經(jīng)有超過10500用戶.它在美國的排名是頂尖的播客;是第一個(gè)關(guān)于個(gè)人和職業(yè)的發(fā)展空間;而且，這些在臉譜網(wǎng)中的小事情的網(wǎng)頁已有超過23500的粉絲。

　　What better way to celebrate a great year than to review the most popular posts of the past year. Using Google analytics, we selected the two top-viewed posts from each month. These are the posts that you, the readers of this blog, viewed the most.

　　更好的方式來慶祝偉大的一年,而不是回顧過去一年的最受歡迎的帖子。使用谷歌分析，我們每個(gè)月都選出兩篇瀏覽量最高的帖子，這是你的帖子，讀著讀過最多的博客。

　　January

　　一月

　　It’s a New Day!—This was my first blog post. It highlights the fact that we can create an amazing life if we put the past behind us and focus our energy on our future. If you often dwell on your past mistakes, you will benefit by reading this post.

　　這是新的一天!這是我的第一個(gè)博客帖子。這個(gè)明顯得事實(shí)是，如果我們把過去拋之腦后,將更多的精力集中在我們的未來，我們就可以創(chuàng)造成功的人生。如果你經(jīng)?；叵肽愕倪^錯，你可以通過讀這篇文章得到受益。

　　Our Lives Are a Mirror Image of the Little Decisions We Make—This is one of life’s most important lessons and the title says it all.

　　我們的生活像一面可以做小決定的鏡子，這是我們生命中最重要的課程，標(biāo)題可以說明一切。

　　February

　　二月

　　Become a Respected Leader—Leadership is a privilege. It’s not something you take; it’s not something get; it’s not a title. It is something you earn by becoming a person who is respected.

　　成為一個(gè)受人尊敬的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)是一種特權(quán)。這不是你要做的事，是你要獲得的事;這不是一個(gè)標(biāo)題。這是你賺的，一個(gè)受人尊敬的人。

　　Who Do I Have to Become To Get What I Want?—Most people focus their attention on what they need to DO to achieve their goals and never consider who they need to BECOME. Of the 203 posts on this blog, I think this is the most important.

　　我能成為那個(gè)可以得到所有我想得到的東西的人嗎?許多人都關(guān)注他們需要做什么才能達(dá)到目標(biāo)，從不考慮他們需要變成什么樣。我博客上的203篇帖子，我認(rèn)為這是我重要的事。

　　March

　　三月

　　Six Ways to Avoid Misunderstandings—Imagine how much happier your life would be if you didn’t have misunderstandings with people. If you follow these six tips, you will significantly reduce the number of times you are involved in a breakdown in communication.

　　6種方法避免誤解，想象一下如果不會和別人發(fā)生誤解，你的生活會多么的快樂。如果你遵循著6個(gè)貼士，你就會大大減少在交流中的問題的次數(shù)。

　　10 Ways to Make a Positive Impression Through Your Voicemail Messages— The voicemail messages you leave for people make an impression and are part of your personal brand. By following a few simple tips, you can improve how you are viewed by friends and associates.

　　10種通過語音留言留下好的印象的方式，你的語音留言會給人們留下印象和你個(gè)人品牌的一部分。按照一些簡單的步驟，你可以提高你朋友和同伴對你的看法。

　　April

　　四月

　　Top 33 Email Tips—Few people really take pride in their email communication. Those who do stand out as people who understand and recognize the importance of written communication. (These tips were later included in a report titled, 49 Ways to Improve Your Email Brand.)

　　最高33電子郵件提示,很少有人真的以信函交流自豪。那些能理解和認(rèn)識到書面交流的重要性的人總是引人注目的。(后來在一份報(bào)告中出現(xiàn)了這些技巧的標(biāo)題,49中方法來提高你的電子郵件交流水平)

　　Top 10 Phone Tips—Do you form opinions of people based on how they sound over the phone? Because people cannot see us through the phone, they form opinions based not only on “what” we say but also on “how” we say it. This post will help you improve your phone skills.

　　十大手機(jī)技巧，你是否對聽到他們在電話中的聲音而有意見?因?yàn)槿藗儾荒苷J(rèn)清電話中的自己，它形成的意見不僅基于我們說“什么”，而且還在我們“如何”說。這篇文字會幫助你提高你的電話技巧。

　　May

　　五月

　　36 Ways to Make a Positive Impression in Less Than 10 Seconds—What surprised me about this one is that I didn’t think a post with 36 short points would be popular. Boy, was I wrong! 1330 people on Facebook have shared this post with their friends.

　　36六種少于十秒的方法給人留下好的印象，使我驚訝是,我不認(rèn)為一篇文章36短點(diǎn)會受歡迎。男孩，是我的錯!1330人在臉盆網(wǎng)上和他們的朋友分享這篇文章。

　　Sometimes Five Seconds Is All it Takes—A simple, but powerful story reinforced the fact that when you show an interest in people and the things that are important to them, they will show an interest in you and the things that are important to you. Five seconds is often all it takes.

　　有時(shí)，它需要五秒，一個(gè)簡單的方法，通過一個(gè)有說服力的故事增強(qiáng)真實(shí)性，那就是你給他們分享一個(gè)對他們很重要并且有趣的事情，他們同樣會分享給你一件有趣并對你重要的事。這通常只需要五秒。

　　June

　　六月

　　25 Unexpected Ways to Make Someone’s Day—When was the last time someone did something unexpected to brighten your day? How did you feel about that person? When you do things for people that are unexpected, you are making a large deposit into your Relationship Bank Account. This was one of the top five posts of the year.

　　25種意想不到的方式給人帶來別樣的一天。上次一個(gè)人給你帶來意外驚喜的一天是什么時(shí)候?你對這個(gè)人感覺如何?當(dāng)你為別人做一些意想不到的事情時(shí)，你是在你的人際關(guān)系銀行中做了一個(gè)很大的存款。這是今年帖子中的前五分之一。

　　The Value of a Mastermind Team—Napoleon Hill said, “No two minds ever come together without a third invisible force, which may be likened to a ‘third mind.’ When a group of individual minds are coordinated and function in harmony, the increased energy created through that alliance becomes available to every individual in the group.”

　　一個(gè)策劃團(tuán)隊(duì)的價(jià)值，拿破侖希爾說,“從來沒有兩個(gè)頭腦加在一起沒有第三個(gè)力量大的情況,這兩個(gè)可以比作一個(gè)“第三”思想。當(dāng)一個(gè)組織中每個(gè)人的思想是協(xié)調(diào)的，力量是和諧的，這種通過聯(lián)合組織中的每個(gè)人可以創(chuàng)造更大的力量。”

　　July

　　七月

　　Happiness is a Choice—The research coming out on “Happiness” supports the fact that, for most of us, happiness is a choice. Just as you choose to put maple syrup on your pancakes because it makes them taste better, you can choose to be happy because of how it makes you feel.

　　幸福是一種選擇，研究出來的“幸福”和事實(shí)中的是一致的。對我們中的大多數(shù)人來說，幸福是一種選擇。就像你選擇吧糖楓汁放在你的薄烤餅上一樣，因?yàn)槟菢映云饋砗芎贸?，你可以選擇幸福，因?yàn)樗悄愕母杏X。

　　Taking a Good Look in the Mirror of Truth—I asked each of my children to write a guest post this past year. Jessica, my daughter-in-law, wrote this powerful lesson on personal character that will make you stop and think.

　　好好照照鏡子中的真理，我在過去的一年里讓我的孩子去寫的一篇文章。杰西卡，我的合法女兒，寫這個(gè)人格性格上的強(qiáng)大教訓(xùn)的文章會使你停止并去思考。

　　August

　　八月

　　10 Ways to Make People Feel Good—This is a powerful post. It’s more than just a post listing 10 simple things you can do to make someone feel good. You will learn that when you focus on others, you make a positive difference in two lives—yours and the person with whom you interact.

　　10種讓人們感覺很好的方法，這是一篇有力量的文章。它是超過十件簡單的小事情，可以讓你使別人感覺很好。你會學(xué)到，當(dāng)你關(guān)注別人時(shí)，你創(chuàng)造出兩種不同的積極的生活方式，你和你關(guān)注的這個(gè)人相互影響造成的。

　　The Compound Effect—My friend Darren Hardy, publisher of “Success Magazine” wrote this book. I was so impressed that I summarized some of the most important lessons in his book. I am not sure if it was Darren’s book or my summary of it that made this post so popular. ?

　　復(fù)合的效果，我的朋友達(dá)倫·哈迪,寫了并出版了“成功雜志”這本書。我對它是如此的印象深刻以至于我總結(jié)了這本說中的重要的課程。我不確定是達(dá)倫的書還是我的總結(jié),使這篇文章如此受歡迎。

　　September

　　九月

　　The Duplication Effect of Leadership—One of the most important leadership lessons you will ever learn. If you lead a team, stop now and read this post.

　　領(lǐng)導(dǎo)能力的復(fù)制效應(yīng)，你曾經(jīng)學(xué)過的最重要的一個(gè)關(guān)于領(lǐng)導(dǎo)能力的課程。如果你在領(lǐng)導(dǎo)一個(gè)隊(duì)伍，現(xiàn)在停止并去閱讀這篇文章。

　　Your Words Reflect Your Character—What we say about others reflects on our own character. When we speak unfavorably of others, it not only hurts the person our words are aimed at, but it also damages our credibility and reputation.

　　你的話反映出你的性格，當(dāng)我們對被人說話時(shí)映射出你自己的性格。當(dāng)你對別人說話很不順時(shí)，不是我們的攻擊了別人給別人帶來了傷害，就是損害了我們的公信度和名譽(yù)。

　　October

　　十月

　　25 Tips to Staying Married 25 Years—In this most popular post of the year, my wife and I share our top 25 tips to staying married 25 years. If you’re married, I encourage you to print this post and discuss it with your spouse.

　　25種技巧使你保持結(jié)婚，在今年最流行的文章中，我和我的妻子分享了25種保持結(jié)婚的方法。如果你已經(jīng)結(jié)婚了，我鼓勵你打印這篇文章并和你的配偶討論它。

　　Personal Accountability-A Requirement For Life Advancement—If you will hold yourself accountable for your actions, responsibilities, and goals, you can achieve anything that is important to you. Powerful lesson.

　　個(gè)人擔(dān)當(dāng)——要求生活進(jìn)步——如果你一直對你自己的行為、責(zé)任和目標(biāo)負(fù)責(zé)，你可以做到對你來說任何重要的事情。強(qiáng)大的教訓(xùn)。

　　November

　　十一月

　　130 Time Management Tips—I have yet to see a more comprehensive time-management report available on the Internet.

　　130年時(shí)間管理技巧——我還沒有一個(gè)可用的全面的關(guān)于管理互聯(lián)網(wǎng)時(shí)間的報(bào)告。

　　Overcoming Procrastination—Discover the most common causes of procrastination and the best methods for overcoming this destructive habit. Procrastination is not just an achievement killer, it is a self-esteem killer.

　　戰(zhàn)勝拖延——發(fā)現(xiàn)最常見的原因是拖延和最好克服這個(gè)破壞性習(xí)慣的方法。拖延不僅僅是你的目標(biāo)殺手，還是一個(gè)自尊殺手。

　　December

　　十二月

　　How Much Money Do You Need to Retire?—If enjoying a comfortable retirement is important to you, you cannot postpone your retirement planning. The quality of your retirement will be greatly influenced by the decisions you make today. This post outlines exactly how much money you need to save to maintain your current qualify of life during retirement.

　　你退休了，你需要攢多少錢?如果對你來，享受舒適的退休生活對你來說是很重要的，你不能拖延你的退休計(jì)劃。你今天所做的決定對你的退休質(zhì)量有很大的影響。這篇文章概述了你究竟現(xiàn)在需要攢多少錢才能有有質(zhì)量的退休生活。

　　How to Handle Disagreements—One of the skills we should all strive to master in our personal and professional lives is how to properly handle ourselves when we disagree with another person.

　　如何處理分歧——有一個(gè)技巧我們必須努力掌握，那就是當(dāng)我們和其他人的觀點(diǎn)不一致時(shí)，我們?nèi)绾握瓶厮说挠^點(diǎn)。

　　I encourage you to take the time to read or listen to each of the lessons above.

　　我鼓勵你拿出時(shí)間去讀、去聽以上的每一個(gè)課程。

　　How has this blog helped make your life better this past year? What changes have you made? What’s your favorite lesson of the past year? Share your thoughts in the comments section below this post.

　　這個(gè)博客是如何幫你把今年的生活過的更好的?你有什么改變?你在過去的一年里最喜歡哪個(gè)課程?分享你的想法和評論在這篇文字的下面。

　　You can achieve anything in 2011 that is important to you, if you will focus on the little things that matter!

　　你可以做到2011年所有對你來說重要的事情，如果你關(guān)注小事情的重要性。