source: 欲翻译的小伙伴,可评论领稿,并把已完成的译文贴在评论处或发在自己的心理圈内。请领稿的小伙伴,尽量在一个星期内完成翻译,谢谢!! Thestatement,“Youcandoanythingyouputyourmindto,”leadsustobelievethatallyoumustdoisimaginewhatyou’dliketoaccomplish,setyourmindtothetask,andwaitforsuccess。 Toacertaindegreethisistrue。Focusedintentioncombinedwithactionisapowerfulforce。Butthestatementismisleadingbecauseitfailstomentionthedifficultyandnecessityoffocusingyourmindonaspecificgoal。 Mostofusdon’tknowwhatwewant。Wethinkwedo,butwereallydon’t。Weonlyknowwhatwedon’twant。Wedon’twantaboringjob。Wedon’twanttobepoor。Wedon’twanttodisappointourlovedones。 Knowingspecificallywhatyouwantismuchdifferentthanknowingwhatyoudon’twant。Whenyouonlyknowwhatyoudon’twant,yourintentionsaren’tfocused。Considerthisexample。 Petedoesn’twanttobepoor。He’ssickofearninglessthanhisfriends,andhe’sdeterminedtoraisehisstatus。Toaccomplishthisgoal,Petecouldtakemanydifferentpaths。Hecouldtrainforahighpayingprofession,suchasdoctororlawyer。Hecouldstarthisowncompany,gointorealestate,ordomanyotherthingsthatwouldleadtoacquiringwealth。 ButPeteisn’tsurewhathewantstodo。Hedoesn’tknowwhichpathbestfitshisskillsandpersonality,sohedoesn’tresolvetofollowanyparticularpath。 Hopingtoanswerthisquestion,heinvestigatesadozenpossibilities,butassoonasherunsintoadversityhedecidesthatpathisn’tforhimandmovesontoanewsolution。 Pete’sactionsaren’tfocused。Althoughheworksveryhard,hiseffortsdon’tbuildoneachother。Ratherthanbuildingonegiantimpenetrablesandcastle,Petehasbuilttwentysmallsonesthatareeasilytoppled。Heendsupconfusedanddiscouraged。UltimatelyPete’slackoffocusleadstofailure。 Now,whatifPetehadchosenaspecificpath?Supposehedecidedonthelawprofession。Hisactionswouldhavebeenclearlydefined: GetahighscoreontheLSAT Attainlettersofrecommendation Getacceptedtoagoodlawschool Decideonafieldoflaw Earnalawdegree Findahighpayingjobwithagoodlawfirm Asetofspecificgoalsismucheasiertoachievethanavagueendgoallikebecomingwealthy。BeingfocusedonapathgivesPetealogicalsetofactionstofollow。Eachaccomplishmentisonestepclosertothefinalgoal。 Ithinkwecanallagreethatcommittingtoaclearlydefinedpath,regardlessofwhichone,givesPetethebestchanceofbecomingwealthy。 Buthowcanhechooseapathifhedoesn’tknowwhathewants?Maybemoneyisn’thisonlygoal。Maybehewantstodosomethinghelovesatthesametime。Maybehecan’taffordtogobacktoschool。Realityiscomplicated,andPetedoesn’twanttocommittoosoon。 Andthat’swhyhefails。 ButIdon’tthinkthat’snecessarilyabadthing。Mostpeopledon’tfitneatlyintoapredefinedpath。Forcingyourselfintoonemayleadtosuccess,butitprobablywon’tmakeyouhappy。 Thisisthepoint。Ifyouwanttobeconventionallysuccessful,toattainwealthandstatus,youneedtochooseaspecificpath(preferablysomethingmainstream)andfollowittotheletter。 Ontheotherhand,ifyouaren’tparticularlyconcernedwithwealthorsuccess,youcantakeyourtimesearchingforthatperfectniche。 Justdon’twaittoolongtodecide。Eachmomentyoudeliberate,youralreadycommittedcompetitorssprintfurtherahead。 But,thenagain,maybelifeisn’tarace,andmaybethemostinterestingpeoplefollowapathalltheirown。