Unfortunately, just before you take your first step on the righteous journey to pursue your dreams, people around you, even the ones who deeply care for you, will give you awful advice. It’s not because they have evil intentions. It’s because they don’t understand the big picture – what your dreams, passions, and life goals mean to you. They don’t understand that, to you, the reward is worth the risk。
有個(gè)不幸的事實(shí)是：每當(dāng)你想要踏上追求夢(mèng)想的正確道路時(shí)，周圍的人，包括那些真正關(guān)心你的人，都會(huì)提供糟糕的建議。這倒不是因?yàn)樗麄冃膽巡卉�，而是因�(yàn)樗麄儧]法理解那些遠(yuǎn)景，激情和生活目標(biāo)對(duì)你的意義。他們不明白那個(gè)夢(mèng)想值得冒險(xiǎn)。
So they try to protect you by shielding you from the possibility of failure, which, in effect, also shields you from the possibility of making your dreams a reality。
As our friend Steve Jobs says:
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice, heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary。”
Here are 10 ill-advised tips (lies) people will likely tell you when you decide to pursue your dreams, and why they are dreadfully mistaken。
所以他們希望保護(hù)你，阻止你邁向可能出現(xiàn)的失敗，但這實(shí)際上也阻止了你的夢(mèng)想的實(shí)現(xiàn)。
就像我們的朋友斯蒂芬。喬布斯所說的那樣：
“你的生命是有限的，所以不要浪費(fèi)自己的時(shí)間活出別人的人生：不要被教條所束縛，那是別人思考的結(jié)果。不要讓別人的想法淹沒掉你自己內(nèi)心的聲音、想法和感覺。這些東西蘊(yùn)含了你真正想要成為的什么樣的人。其他都是次要的。
以下是十條阻礙你追夢(mèng)的十大誤區(qū)(謊言)和它們錯(cuò)誤的原因。
1. You can follow your dreams someday, but right now you need to buckle down and be responsible. – Someday? When is ‘someday?’ Someday is not a day at all. It’s a foggy generalization of a time that will likely never come. Today is the only day guaranteed to you. Today is the only day you can begin to make a difference in your life. And pursuing your dreams is what life is all about. So don’t be irresponsible. Don’t wait until ‘someday.’ Make today the first day of the rest of your new life。
等以后有一天，你可以追求你的夢(mèng)想，但現(xiàn)在你最好抑制下，要對(duì)自己負(fù)責(zé)。“有一天”， 哪一天是“有一天”?有一天根本不是一個(gè)具體的日期。它基本上就是一個(gè)永不出現(xiàn)的時(shí)間。今天才是你能使用的日子。今天是你可以將你生活變得不同的唯一一天。而追求你的夢(mèng)想是你的生命意義所在。所以不要不負(fù)責(zé)任。不要等到那所謂的“有一天”。把今天就變成新生活的第一天。
2. You’re totally screwed if it doesn’t work out. – Wrong! This is a giant, lame load of BS. You’re not even close to being screwed. In fact, the worst case scenario is that things don’t work out and you have to go back to doing exactly what you are doing right now。
如果不成功，你就死定了。錯(cuò)!這是一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤的想法。你甚至不會(huì)因此接近被折磨的境地。實(shí)際上，最糟糕的無非是沒成功，你不得不重操舊業(yè)。
3. It’s safer to stay at your day job. – Sure, I suppose. But you know what’s even safer than that? Going home, locking yourself in your bedroom, and never, ever coming out. And just like that you will have flushed your entire life and your dreams down the toilet. Remember, safer doesn’t always mean better。
停留在你現(xiàn)在的工作上比較安全。沒錯(cuò)，我同意。但你知道怎樣更安全嗎?回家，把自己鎖在臥室里，從此閉門不出。像那樣的話，你就把你的整個(gè)生活和夢(mèng)想都沖進(jìn)了馬桶。記住，更安全不意味著更好。
4. That’s impossible! – It’s only impossible if you never do anything about it. The reason certain things seem impossible is simply because nobody has achieved them yet. But this doesn’t mean that with your help these things won’t become possible in the future. If you truly dedicate yourself to an end result, almost anything is possible. You just have to want it bad enough。
那是不可能的!如果你什么都不做才是不可能的呢。某件事情看上去不太可能的原因只是因?yàn)楝F(xiàn)在還沒有人做到罷了。但是這不意味著將來你來做這件事也會(huì)不成功。如果你真的投身于某件事，幾乎任何事情都可能做到。要做成一件事，首先你需要非常強(qiáng)烈的意愿。
5. Only a lucky few “make it。” – That’s because those lucky few got off their rear ends and did something about it! They had the drive, determination, and willpower that you have right now. You can be one of them. It’s up to you, and only you。
只有很少一部分人能成功。這是因?yàn)檫@些幸運(yùn)兒動(dòng)手做了些什么。他們有的就是你現(xiàn)在有的動(dòng)力，決心和意志力。你能夠成為他們中的一員。這取決于你，僅僅是你。
6. You might fail. And failing is bad. – Failures are simply stepping stones to success. No matter how it turns out, it always ends up just the way it should be. Either you succeed or you learn something. Win-Win. The biggest mistake you can make is doing nothing because you’re too scared to make a mistake. If you can’t handle failure, then you can’t handle success either。
你可能會(huì)失敗，而失敗是可怕的。失敗僅僅是成功的基石。無論結(jié)果是什么，最后總會(huì)是應(yīng)得的：或者你成功了，或者你學(xué)到了什么。都是勝利。最大的錯(cuò)誤時(shí)你因?yàn)楹ε路稿e(cuò)誤而什么都不做。如果你無法應(yīng)對(duì)失敗，你就無法應(yīng)對(duì)成功。
7. You don’t have access to the right resources. – It’s not about having the right resources; it’s about exploiting the resources you do have access to. Stevie Wonder couldn’t see, so he exploited his sense of hearing into a passion for music, and he now has 25 Grammy Awards to prove it. Get it?
你沒有足夠的資源。這不是有沒有足夠資源的問題，而是你如何得到你現(xiàn)有的資源。Stevie Wonder看不見，所以他發(fā)揮了他對(duì)音樂的激情，現(xiàn)在他已經(jīng)贏得了25次格萊美獎(jiǎng)。明白了?
8. You need more money saved before you can take the first step. – You don’t need more money. You need a plan. You need a budget. Eliminate ALL the nonessential costs in your life. If pursuing your dream requires you to leave your day job, figure out the absolute minimum amount of income that you require to realistically live. Studying those who have succeeded with similar ventures also helps. But above all, take baby steps. Don’t be foolish and assume that you must have a certain amount of money saved right now, or that you must quit your day job today in order to pursue your dreams. Instead, ask yourself, “What actions can I take right now with the money and resources I have right now that will bring me closer to desired goal?”
你在開始前，你得先存夠錢。你需要的不是更多錢，而是一個(gè)計(jì)劃。你需要做個(gè)預(yù)算，避免生活中所有不必要的開支。如果追求你的夢(mèng)想要求你辭職，計(jì)算出維持現(xiàn)實(shí)生活的最少金額。學(xué)學(xué)哪些用最少資金成功的人的經(jīng)驗(yàn)也會(huì)有幫助。但首先，試一試。不要傻了，不要以為你一定要現(xiàn)在就有一筆錢或者你必須今天就辭職去追求夢(mèng)想。相反，問問自己“我現(xiàn)在有的資源和金錢可以用來做些什么使得我離目標(biāo)更近些”?
9. You don’t need any help. It’s smarter to go after it alone. – You are the sum of the people you spend the most time with. If you hang with the wrong people, they will negatively affect you. But if you hang with the right people, you will be far more capable and powerful than you ever could have been alone. Find your tribe and work together to make a difference in all of your lives。
你不需要任何幫助。最好是自己一個(gè)人做。你最了解自己。如果你結(jié)交了錯(cuò)誤的伙伴，他們將帶來負(fù)面的影響。但如果你選對(duì)了人，就能比一個(gè)人的時(shí)候能力更強(qiáng)。所以找到你的伙伴，一起做出與眾不同的改變。
10. That sounds like a lot of hard work. – You’re darn right it does! But that doesn’t mean it’s not worth it. I think success in life hinges on one key point: Finding hard work you love doing. As long as you remain true to yourself and follow your own interests, values and dreams, you can find success through passion. Perhaps most importantly, you won’t wake up a few years from now working in a career field you despise, wondering “How the heck am I going to do this for the next 30 years?” So if you catch yourself working hard and loving every minute of it, don’t stop. You’re on to something big. Because hard work ain’t hard when you concentrate on your passions and dreams。
聽上去需要很多艱苦的工作。你說得對(duì)：實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想當(dāng)然需要艱苦地工作!但這并不意味著你不值得這么做。我認(rèn)為成功的生活有一個(gè)關(guān)鍵：找到你樂意為之努力的工作。只要你保持本心，追隨你的興趣，價(jià)值觀和夢(mèng)想，你的激情將引導(dǎo)你通向成功。也許最重要的是，你不會(huì)在堅(jiān)持從事你不愿意的行業(yè)幾年后驚醒，茫然想到“如果我再做這個(gè)30年會(huì)多痛苦啊?”，所以如果你努力自己的事業(yè)，喜歡從事它的每一分鐘，那么不要停下來。你會(huì)成就大事業(yè)。當(dāng)你聚焦在你的激情和夢(mèng)想時(shí)，艱苦的工作就不會(huì)苦了。
Disregard these misguided bits of nonsense and you’ll be well on your way to fulfilling your dreams。
Now get out there and make a splash!
拋棄這些錯(cuò)誤觀點(diǎn)，你就會(huì)踏上追夢(mèng)的道路。
那么現(xiàn)在就出發(fā)，成就一番大事業(yè)吧。
