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来源Becoming Your Best Self
译者TonyWhere Becoming Your Best Self 做最好的自己
If I asked you were it possible for you to get into the best shape of your life, we could agree that it is. If I asked you were it possible for you to become smarter than you’ve ever been, I think we could agree that you could work hard, study, learn, and practice more than you ever had. But strangely, the idea of becoming the “perfect version” of ourselves seems so unobtainable. It seems impossible. 如果我问你，对你来说是否可能让你的生活进入最佳状态，我们会认为这是可能的。如果我再问你，对你来说是否可能变得比以前更加聪明，我想我们也会认为：你可以比以前更加努力地工作，学习和锻炼。但奇怪的是，把自己打造成“完美版”的想法似乎很难得——这似乎不太可能办到。 But it isn’t. It just requires you to work harder and more diligently than you ever have before. Is it worth it? Just ask yourself this. Would you like to be the smartest, best looking, fittest, funniest, best dressed, most compassionate, loving person you’ve ever been? Would you like to be your own definition of the perfect person? 但事实并非如此。它只是需要你比从前更加努力和勤奋地工作。这么做值得吗？这得问问你自己。你想成为有生以来最聪明、最漂亮、最苗条、最有趣、最得体、最热情、最可爱的人吗？你想给完美形象做个亲身定义吗？ If, like me, you answered yes, then you’ve taken the first step to becoming your best self. The journey is long, the obstacles hard. The plan, though, is simple. Define, plan, execute, redefine, plan again, execute again, etc. Let’s go over the plan in a little more detail. 如果你像我一样，回答“是”，那么你就已经向着成为最好的自己踏出了第一步。这个过程很长，路上的障碍很大，尽管这个计划很简单。定义，计划，执行，重新定义，再计划，再执行，诸如此类等等。我们来稍微仔细地来看看这个计划吧。 Plan – think about your perfect self. What does he or she look like? How does he speak? How does he think? How does he eat? How does he interact with others? What do people think of him? What is he capable of, that you aren’t? Define your perfect self in adjectives that are measurable and obtainable. Things like “he is lean and strong, with a low body fat percentage and a good amount of visible muscle,” or “she speaks well, avoids idle conversation, and is listened to and respected by all of those that she communicates with.” 计划——考虑一下你心目中的完美自我。他或者她看起来怎么样？他怎么讲话的？他如何思考问题？他吃饭的方式如何？他跟别人怎么交往？人们怎么看待他？什么是他能胜任，但你不行的？用可以衡量和可行的形容词定义一下你心目中的完美自我。比如“他精干而强壮，身体脂肪含量低，而且有相当数量看得到的肌肉”，或者“她很会说话，避免空谈，而且能够得到所有交流的对象的聆听和尊敬。” Take those descriptions and plan out how long it would take for you to achieve each and every one of them. For instance “if I am at 17% body fat, and I can lose 1 lb per week, it will take me 20 weeks to get to my goal body fat percentage,” or “I speak often without thinking about what I’m saying. This lends to people not caring about my thoughts or respecting my opinions. I need to spend the next 3 months focusing on my idle talk.” 对照这些描述，做出计划，你要花多长时间来完成每一项和所有的目标。比如，“如果我现在身体脂肪含量是17%，我每周可以减掉1磅，那么我将要花20周来完成我的身体脂肪含量目标”，或者“我经常说话不经思考，我要花接下来的3个月集中改进我的空谈习惯。” Then implement a “snowball method” towards becoming your perfect self. Start with the shortest timed goals. “I will floss every day” will only take about a week or two to perfect, whereas “I will be able to run a marathon” might take much longer. As soon as you’ve made a description habit, move to the next one (while continuing the first, of course). With each habit you introduce into your newly constructed lifestyle, you will be 1 step closer to your perfect self. You will also gain momentum with each goal, which will motivate you towards the next goal. By the time you reach the goals that could take months or even years to implement, you’ll be so full of new skills and motivation that you’ll tackle them with no problem.然后用一种“滚雪球的方式”来完成朝着完美自我的演变。从需要时间最短的目标开始。“我每天用牙线剔牙”只需要一两个星期就可以做到完美了，但“我能够跑一场马拉松”则需要长得多的时间。一旦你养成了一项计划中的习惯，就开始下一个。当然，要继续保持前面养成的。每次你把一个习惯引入你新创造的生活方式，你就超着完美的自我走近了一步。每个目标都会为你带来动力，激励你向着下一个目标前进。当你达到需要几个月甚至几年才能完成的目标的时候，你就会充满新的技能和动力，毫无疑问地去解决它们。 Remember that each of your goals should have purpose. You may found as I have that a couple of months (or years) down the line that a certain goal of yours no longer suits your best interest. Maybe there is no good purpose for being 10% body fat, but instead you find it important to have functional strength and cardiovascular stamina. In this case you would align your plan to fit your new goals. Instead of focusing on body fat percentage, you would plan workouts that focused on increasing strength and stamina. 记住，你的每个目标都应该有其目的。你可能会和我一样，发现几个月或者几年以后你的某个目标不再适合你的最佳利益。可能拥有10%的身体脂肪并没有什么大用处，但是相反你发现拥有肌体力量和心血管耐力很重要。在这种情况下你要重排你的计划，以适应你的新目标。你需要计划集中训练来增强力量和耐力，而不是集中改善你的身体脂肪含量。 With the victory of each goal implemented into your lifestyle you’ll be one step closer to becoming your vision of your perfect self. Each victory will mark a decision you made and plan that you carried out, work that you did to make yourself better. You’ll feel better about yourself with each victory, and with the learning of each new skill or the discipline of each new focus, you’ll find it that much easier to move to the next goal. 随着每一个目标在你生活中的胜利实现，你就朝着成为你心目中的完美自我踏近了一步。每次胜利标志着你做的一个决定和你实施的一个计划，以及为了使自己更加完美所做出的努力。每次胜利都会让你对自己感觉更美好，同时随着新技能的学习或者新关注点的训练，你将会发现迈向下一个目标变得更加容易。 It’s a long journey to the top of the mountain, but it’s completely obtainable, and totally worth the effort. Start climbing today, and you’ll be well on your way before you even start feeling the pain. Good luck, and I’ll see you at the top! 登上山顶是个漫长的旅程，但它是完全可以达到的，而且绝对值得付出努力。今天就开始攀登吧，在路上你会感觉良好，你甚至不会感到痛苦。祝你好运，我们山顶见！ 相关文章： |
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