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101 Simples Truths We Often Forget：
101條我們常忘記的簡單真理：
- The acquisition of knowledge doesn’t mean you’re growing. Growing happens when what you know changes how you live.
獲得知識並不意味者成長。只有當我們把得到的知識用在去改變自己的人生，這才叫成長。 - You can’t have good ideas unless you’re willing to generate a lot of bad ones.
你若沿襲舊習，就不會有好點子。 - A good idea without action is worth nothing.
沒被執行的好點子是沒有價值的。 - Change is often resisted when it is needed the most.
最抗拒的改變往往也是最亟需的改變。 - Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want right now. Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People .
所謂嚴以律己，就是選擇你最想要的，而非當下就想要的。 - People seldom do things to the best of their ability. They do things to the best of their willingness.
很少有人盡全力做事；通常是看自己願不願意而已。 - You can’t change other people; you can only offer guidance, and lead by example.
我們不可能改變其他人；我們只能提供導引，同時提供過往的案例讓他們自己做決定。 - Right now, there’s a lot you don’t know. And if you never challenge your own beliefs, the list will never shrink.
此時此刻，有太多我們不知道的世間事。如果我們不挑戰自己的信仰，不知道的事只會越來越多。 - If you’re talking to someone you don’t know well, you may be talking to someone who knows way more about the topic of conversation than you do.
當我們跟不熟的人聊天時，在聊的話題，對方很有可能知道的比我們多太多。 - The most common and harmful addiction in the world is the draw of comfort.
最常見但也是最害人不淺的癮頭是安逸。 - Growth begins at the end of your comfort zone. Stepping outside of your comfort zone will put things into perspective from an angle you can’t grasp now.
成長始於離開自己的舒適圈。踏出舒適圈會讓我們以一個全然未曾體驗過的新角度去體驗事物。 - When you spend time worrying, you’re simply using your imagination to create things you don’t want.
- It’s usually only as good or bad as you think it is. Most of what we see is only what we think about what we see.
- Most of the bad things you worry about will never happen. Most of the bad things that do happen will have never crossed your worried mind.
大多數你擔心的壞事從來不會發生。大多數的壞事反而是那些你從來不曾想到的事。 - Some circumstances are uncontrollable, but we can always decide how we react to those circumstances.
有些情況的確無法控制，但是我們可以控制我們如何應對對這些狀況。 - Those who complain the most, accomplish the least.
抱怨最多的人，成就最少。 - Whenever somebody discredits you, and tells you that you can’t do something, keep in mind that they are speaking from within the boundaries of their own limitations.
當有人看輕你，告訴你不可能成功時，要提醒自己，這些人只是從他們自己能力的極限來預測你的不可能。 - Every problem you have in your life right now is your responsibility, regardless of who initially caused it.
此刻我們生命中所有遭遇的難題，不管是誰造成的，都該是我們自己的責任。 - It’s not so much about finding opportunities as it is about creating them.
- Having a plan, even a flawed one at first, is better than no plan at all.
- Paving your own road is intelligent only if nobody has gone exactly where you are going.
- What you do every day matters more than what you do every once in a while.
- What you don’t start today won’t be finished by tomorrow.
- If you’re waiting for the perfect conditions, ideas or plans to get started, you’ll never achieve anything.
- Doing something and getting it wrong is at least ten times more productive than doing nothing.
- Putting something off makes it instantly harder and scarier.
- You cannot change what you refuse to confront.
- If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting.
- The harder you work, the luckier you will become.
- Kindness and hard work together will always carry you farther than intelligence.
- Lots of successful people have failed as many times as they have succeeded.
- Failures are simply lessons that help you prepare for next time.
失敗是幫助你能準備下一次的簡單課程。 - Being successful is a journey, not a destination.
成功在乎的是過程，不是目的。 - To be successful does not mean you have to dominate others; it means you have to dominate your own potential.
- Your success isn’t just about you. It’s about how you positively impact the lives around you.
- Being busy and being productive are two different things.
忙碌和有生產力是兩回事。 - Being happy and being successful are two different things .
快樂和成功是兩回事。 - You have every right to be happy, but it’s up to YOU and only YOU to exercise that right. Read Stumbling on Happiness .
- Everyone you meet is better than you at something. We all have different strengths. What worked for someone else might not work for you.
- When you’re worried about what others think of you, you’re really just worried about what you think of yourself.
- The bad news: nothing is permanent. The good news: nothing is permanent.
壞消息是，沒有什麼事永恆不變的，而這同時也是好消息。 - You don’t have to settle. It’s simply a choice you make every day. If you don’t like your life, then it’s time to start making changes and better choices.
- There’s no such thing as ‘risk free.’ Everything you do or don’t do has an inherent risk.
- No matter how smart you are, you will make mistakes.
- Problems, when they arise, are rarely as painful and hurtful as the process of fearing them.
問題產生時，沒有什麼比害怕處理問題更痛苦。 - Confusion isn’t a bad thing. It means you’re growing and thinking.
疑惑不是壞事。它表示你正在成長與思考。 - Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
能做，但不代表應該做。 - In the beginning, you need to say “yes” to a lot of things to discover and establish your goals. Later on, you need to say “no” to a lot of things and concentrate on your goals.
一開始時，我們必須對很多事情說Yes，這樣才能發掘並且確立目標。接下來我們就必須對很多事情說No，這樣才能專心致志於我們的目標。 - Even if it doesn’t cost any money, it’s not free if it takes up your time.
即便不用花錢，只要會花時間就不是免費的了。 - No matter how you make a living or who you think you work for, you only work for one person, yourself. The big question is: What are you selling, and to whom?
- Money makes life easier only when it’s yours free and clear. The stress of financial debt can change a person.
- The fewer possessions you own, the more you will use and enjoy them.
- Life is not easy, especially when you plan on achieving something worthwhile.
- There is good reason why you should wake each morning and mindfully consider what and who you will give your day to: Because unlike other things in life - love, money, respect, good health, hope, opportunities, and many more - time is the one thing you can never get back once it’s gone.
- Cutting your losses is often better than the alternative.
- We sometimes do things that are permanently foolish just because we are temporarily upset.
- Screaming at people always makes things worse.
對人吼叫只會讓事情更糟。 - Everyone likes a person who gets straight to the point.
- First impressions are oftentimes inaccurate judgments of a person’s true character.
- When you’re up, your friends know who you are. When you’re down, you know who your friends are.
當你發達時，朋友都知道你是何許人物；而當你失敗時，可以很輕易看清你的朋友是怎樣的人。 - If someone wants you in their life, they’ll make room for you. You shouldn’t have to fight for a spot.
真正希望有我們在人生中相伴的人，一定會挪出空間給我們的。我們沒有必要去極力爭取。 - When someone truly loves you, they don’t ever have to say a word. You will be able to tell simply by the way they treat you over the long-term.
- We rarely lose friends, we usually just figure out who our real ones are.
我們鮮少失去朋友。我們只是弄清楚什麼是真正的朋友。 - Just because one person doesn’t seem to care for you, doesn’t mean you should forget about everyone else who does.
- Family isn’t always blood. They’re the people in your life who want you in theirs – the ones who would do anything to see you smile and who love you no matter what.
- Good looks attracts the eyes. Personality attracts the heart.
好看的外表吸引目光，可敬的人格吸引人心。 - In human relationships, distance is not measured in miles but in affection. Two people can be right next to each other, yet miles apart.
- Being nice to someone you dislike doesn’t mean you’re fake. It means you’re mature enough to control your emotions.
- If you aren’t happy being single, you won’t be happy in a relationship. You have to create your own life first before you can share it with someone else.
如果單身時不快樂，戀愛時也不會快樂的。一定要有自己獨特的生活方式，才能與另一半分享。 - Whenever you hate someone or something, you are giving that person or thing a piece of your heart. Read The Road Less Traveled .
- Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you.
生命何其短，不該花時間在那些取走你幸福的人身上。 - It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company.
寧可失業也不要待在爛公司。 - Saying “no” to right people gives you the time and resources required to say “yes” to right opportunities.
- When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you.
- You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it. Either way, it’s getting raised.
- In life you get what you put in. If you want love, give love. If you want friends, be friendly. If you want money, provide value. It really is this simple.
- Cynicism might seem warranted at times, but it’s never useful.
- Everyone dies, some sooner than later, and often unexpectedly. To know this means you are alive, with a chance to make the time you have left count.
- You are in competition with one person and one person only – yourself. You are competing to be the best you can be.
- Trying to be somebody you’re not is a sure path to self-hate, and a waste of the person you are.
- It’s better to be disliked for who you are than to be liked for who you are not.
- Giving up doesn’t always mean you’re weak, sometimes it means you are strong enough and smart enough to let go.
放棄不意味著你是弱者，有時代表你得夠堅強，夠聰明才知道放棄。 - Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly.
有時得站遠一點才能看清事物的真面貌。 - You can’t make the same exact mistake twice. The second time you make it, it’s no longer a mistake, it’s a choice.
我們不會同一個錯誤犯第二次，因為第二次再犯時，就不是個錯誤了；那是選擇。 - Not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
得不到時，未嘗不是種幸運。 - You never have to deal with more than one moment at a time.
你無法在同一時間把很多事做好。 - Many of the greatest lessons we learn in life we don’t seek on purpose.
- You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life.
- A harsh fact of life: Bad things do happen to good people.
- Regardless of the situation, the sun rises the next day and life goes on.
- You never know how strong you really are until being strong is the only choice you have.
當堅強是唯一選擇時，你才會知道自己有多堅強。(有破斧沉舟的意思) - We end up regretting the things you did NOT do far more than the things you did.
- We meet no ordinary people in our lives. If you give them a chance, everyone has something amazing to offer.
- Every passing face on the street represents a story every bit as compelling and complicated as yours.
- People are not as beautiful as they look, as they walk, or as they talk. They are only as beautiful as they love, as they care, and as they share.
- Silence is often the loudest cry. So pay attention to those you care about.
- Making one person smile can change the world . Maybe not the whole world, but their world.
- Blowing out another’s candle will not make yours shine brighter.
吹熄別人的蠟燭並不會讓自己的生命之燭更耀眼。(損人不利己) - No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.
無論你犯了多少錯誤或行進多麼緩慢，你還是走在不勇於嘗試的人的前頭。 - Things turn out best for people who make the best out of the way things turn out.
- Life is short. If there was ever a moment to follow your passion and do something that matters to you, that moment is now.
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