英語美文朗讀 第354期 If You Want To Change Your Life

If you want to change your life, I mean radically improve your life, you must first change your perception of yourself. It comes down to beliefs, because at the end of the day, no matter how hard you work, no matter how many hours you put in, if you don't believe you can do it, you won't do it. You won't do it, because when you get to that impossible moment, you'll quit. You'll procrastinate. You'll come up with all sorts of excuses because you don't believe you can do it.

 

如果你想改變你的人生，我的意思是，徹底地改變你的人生，你必須首先改變你對自己的看法。這一切都與信念有關，因為不管怎么樣，無論你工作得多賣命，無論你付出了多少時間，如果你不相信自己可以改變人生，那你就做不到。你做不到，是因為當你遇到困難的時候，你會放棄。你會耽誤時間。你會編造出各種各樣的借口，因為你不相信自己真的可以改變人生。

 

But if you identify yourself as someone who does achieve that particular thing, when you get to those impossible moments, you will rise to the occasion! You will rise! You will rise because you will believe you can do it. Even if there's only 1% of people in the world capable of achieving it, you'll believe you are in that one percent. Because you identify yourself as a winner, you identify yourself as someone who will do whatever it takes, someone who is willing to go through the pain to get to the other side. You identify yourself as someone who will win, in the end, no matter what.

但是，如果你認為自己是一個真的能夠有所成就的人，當你遇到困難時，你就會迎難而上！你會走上坡路！你會往高處走，因為你相信你能做到。就算世界上只有百分之一的人有能力做到，在那時你也會相信自己就是那百分之一。因為你將自己視為勝者，將自己視為一個愿意為此付出所有努力的人，一個勇于接受歷練煎熬去越過高峰的人。無論如何，你會將自己看作終將勝利的人。

 

Think about habits and addictions you want to change. If you're a smoker for example, no matter what processes you go through to change your habit of smoking, you'll never change it long term if you still identify yourself as a smoker, if you see the process as hard, or see it like it is taking something away from you. It's taking away your stress release, or whatever story you tell yourself. You see, the people who quit smoking without cravings, they do so because their new identity has changed. They're not smoking anymore. Smoking is equal to death. Smoking, the bad habit, is viewed as something that takes away from their life, not adds to it. It's the same for any habit, any addiction, anything you want to change in your life.

想一想那些你想改變的習慣和嗜好。比如，如果你是個煙民，不論你戒煙要經歷何種困難，只要你還認為自己是個煙民，只要你認為這個過程過于困難，或者認為這會讓你失去一些東西，那么你就永遠無法長期戒煙。你看，那些成功戒煙的人，他們能夠做到這樣，是因為他們在心中為自己樹立了新的形象。他們再也不會吸煙了。吸煙等于死亡。他們認為，吸煙這個壞習慣百害而無一利。這和其他習慣、嗜好或者任何你想改變的東西，道理都是一樣的。

 

Change your identity, and change the meaning you give to that thing and you'll be able to remove it and replace it with something that takes you to a much better place, somewhere you actually want to be. You've got to take a moment, by yourself and ask some deep and honest questions. You might want to write these down. Ask them, write your answers, then after that, write down how you want to see yourself.

改變自己的身份，改變你賦予它的意義，你會將舊的意義抹去，用能讓你變得更好的意義去替換它。你必須花點時間好好問自己一些深刻的、誠懇的問題。也許你會想把它們寫下來。問自己這些問題，并寫下你的答案，然后寫下你希望如何看待自己。

 

So, what is your current identity? How do you view yourself? In regards to your health, how do you view yourself? Are you someone who is healthy? Are you someone who has discipline to eat foods that make you stronger every day? Are you someone who exercises every day? If no, why not? If yes, can you train better, harder, differently so you feel at your peak every day?

那么，你現在的身份是什么？你是如何看待自己的？健康方面，你如何評價自己？你是一個健康的人嗎？你能自覺地吃那些讓你的身體更強壯的食物嗎？你每天都會運動嗎？如果你的回答是不，為什么？如果你回答是，你是否能更有效、更努力、甚至換種方式去鍛煉來讓自己每天都處于最佳狀態(tài)呢？

 

In regards to your achievements in life, can you do more? If yes, why haven't you? What is holding you back? Do you enjoy what you do for a living? What can you change to enjoy it more? How would you describe yourself in 3 sentences? Write it down. If you were to explain your qualities and struggles in 3 or less short sentences, to a complete stranger, how would you describe yourself? Write down whatever comes to your mind. This is not about being perfect or looking good. This is private. This is honest and if you're real and ready it will lead to change.

關于你現在的成就，你可以去爭取更多嗎？如果可以，為什么你還沒做到？是什么拖了你的后腿？你享受你的工作嗎？你能通過做出什么改變來使自己更享受這份工作？如果要用三個句子來描述自己，你會怎么說？寫下來。如果讓你用短短的三句話來向一位陌生人描述你的品質和遇到的困難，你會如何描述自己？想到什么就寫什么。這不是說要讓你顯得很完美或很體面，這是私下的交流。這是真誠的描述。如果你足夠誠懇、做足了準備，那么改變就會發(fā)生。

 

Now, write down how you want to see yourself. Picture one year from today. Imagine yourself one year from today after all the daily work you've put in to transform your life. Look at yourself from a birds-eye view. You're looking with pride because you are the exact person you want to be. You created this. You built this character.

接下來，寫下你想看到怎樣的自己。構想一下一年后的今天。想象一下，一年后的今天，你在付出了這么長時間的、日積月累的改變人生的努力之后，你會是什么樣的。從鳥瞰的角度看一下你自己。你內心感到自豪，因為你就是那個你想成為的人。你創(chuàng)造了這一切，你鍛造了自己的角色。

 

Now write down what qualities this person has. Write down in 2-3 short sentences who this person is. Is it someone who is completely authentically themselves? Is it someone who you see smiling all the time, someone with great relationships, someone who lights up everyone they come into contact with? Is it someone who has a crazy amount of physical energy? Someone who has unbreakable discipline – but that discipline comes easy? Is it someone that makes life look easy and fun? Someone who has created the wealth and happiness exactly as they pictured? Is it someone who learns and applies that learning to achieve results? Is it someone who keeps going and going and going? Who is that person?

現在，寫下這個人所擁有的品質。用兩三個短句描述一下這是誰。他是一個真實的自己嗎？他是一個經常將笑容掛在臉上的人的人嗎？是一個擁有良好的社會關系的人嗎？是一個能為他周圍的人帶來光亮的人嗎？他是一個精力充沛的人嗎？他是一個極其自律、且自律對于他而言輕而易舉的人嗎？他是一個讓生活安適又有趣的人嗎？他是一個能創(chuàng)造出自己所期許的財富和幸福的人嗎？他是一個不斷學習并用學到的東西獲得成就的人嗎？他是一個堅持不懈的人嗎？他是誰？

 

Now, write one sentence. Who are you now? I am… I am someone who lives with passion. Someone who is disciplined with ease. I am someone who only consumes that which makes me stronger. Food. Learning. People. I am someone who lives every day to the fullest and pushes myself every today so I am stronger every tomorrow. I am someone who knows exactly where they are going so I only take actions that get me closer to that place in every area.

接下來，寫一句話。現在，你是誰？我是……我是一個懷著熱情去生活的人。我是一個能自如地做到自律的人。我是一個只做能讓我更強大的事的人。吃有益的食物，終身學習，與優(yōu)秀的人交往。我是一個將每一天都活出極致的人。我是一個不斷鞭策今天的自己、去成就明天更優(yōu)秀的自己的人。我是這樣的一個人：我目標明確，無論是在什么方面，我都只做讓我不斷靠近我的目標的事情。

 

Who are you?

你是誰？

 

Who are you?

你是誰？

 

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