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出來,不是嗎?
對於我們每一個人來說,成功的意義都有所不同。一些人認為要用金融數目來衡量,比如,擁有財富;另一些人認為是樂於助人,而不是幫助自己。也許兩者兼而有之,或者,只是為了達到目的而已,成功是個人的事。對很多人來說,成功是他們生存的根本——我們存在的理由就是要去完成生命中一些有價值的事。對很大一部分人來說,他們想成功與否無關緊要;而對於我來說,也無所謂。只要這是你真正想要的,並能使你快樂地生活。但是,很多人則渴望並激勵自己去追求公眾的認可和殘酷的競爭得到的成果。多少人會真正快樂呢?多少人是真正在做他們想做的事呢?(附帶一句,有能力想象使我們有別於動物。)
不論是什麼激發你個人的追求,不論你選擇一生做什麼,不要期待立刻成功。多年的奮鬥、努力和學習如何選擇你奮鬥的領域或者職業,這並不是一件容易的事。我完全同意這個觀點。要想在任何一個領域獲得成功,都需要勇氣、品質和自律。所有成功的人幾乎都曾在某方面懷疑過自己,並想過要放棄。但是,他們堅持了下來。在離礦井中的金礦層僅有一或兩英尺的時候,很多人卻放棄了,與成功僅有一步之遙。可以肯定的是:成功孕育成功,因為它自身積累了動力,當一切順利時,你便獲得了飛速成功的機會。
我喜歡下面這些語錄。他們都能代表我個人對成功的理解,因而,我將與你分享……
“成功是不斷向預先確定的有價值的目標前進的旅程。”“用自己的方式生活,達到自己定下的目標,做自己想做的人——這就是成功。”
The Principle of Success
Anonymous
What is success?
I am not going to try to define success。 I think a precise1 definition is impossible。 Is it winning a Gold Medal at the Olympic Games or winning Wimbledon; or being awarded a Nobel Prize? What else? I believe personal success could be anything at all—it does not have to involve public recognition。 Who is more successful? A millionaire who is unhappy; or an unnoticed person who has led a simple; happy life? The simplest definition of success I think is“to set out to do something and to succeed in doing it”。 It really doesn’t matter what; or how humble2 the undertaking is。
Believe you can succeed and you will。 Achieving success in whatever endeavor3 you choose may be the goal of life, because it gives you freedom from worry。 Could that be?
Success means different things to every one of us。 Some people believe it is measured in financial terms; such as having wealth; others believe it is helping others rather than helping themselves。 A bit of both perhaps!Or it could be simply achieving for achievement’s sake。 Success is such a personal thing。 To many
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