英語(yǔ)美文朗讀 第532期 Become the best version of yourself

I knew it would take sacrifices. I knew it would take months and years of blood, sweat, and tears to reach the grades that I was achieving, but that's how you get to the top 5%.

 

我知道，想要成功，就要付出很多。我知道，要經(jīng)歷過(guò)長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的努力，熱血，汗水，淚水，才能取得我現(xiàn)在的成績(jī)。但是，只有這樣做，你才能成為所有人中最優(yōu)秀的百分之五。

 

No one was doing what I was doing. No one was achieving the grades I was achieving. As Gary Vayner Chuk used to say, to be an anomaly you've got to act like one, and that was my mantra.

沒(méi)有人，愿意做我現(xiàn)在在做的事情，因此沒(méi)有人獲得我現(xiàn)在的成績(jī)。正如Gary Vayner Chuck所言，要想成為與眾不同的人，那么，你必須從行動(dòng)上就與眾不同。他的這句話，就是我的信仰。

 

If you do exactly what everyone else is doing, then by its very definition, you will become average. And if you're happy with average, then so be it. That's fine. But I know you're capable of so much more. You only have one life. It doesn't have to be average. Make the most of it.

如果你做的事和別人做的一樣，那么，你就會(huì)成為一個(gè)平凡的人。如果你覺(jué)得平凡挺好的，那就這樣吧，沒(méi)關(guān)系。但是，我知道，你有能力獲得更大的成就。你只有一次生命，你沒(méi)必要平庸，要好好把握你的生命。

 

No one at your university has ever achieved extraordinary grades that didn't have huge obstacles they had to overcome, obstacles that every student has, obstacles that you're experiencing right now, trying to stop you from fulfilling your potential.

在你的大學(xué)里，那些取得最優(yōu)秀成績(jī)的人，都克服了巨大的困難，這些困難是每個(gè)學(xué)生都會(huì)遇到的，它們正是你目前遇到的困難，它們會(huì)想盡辦法阻礙你發(fā)揮你的天賦。

 

At first, it's the motivation and discipline that keeps you going, but the motivation and discipline can only help you short-term. It's the passion you have within you that keeps you going, not just the passion for studying and learning new things, but the passion for improving yourself, the passion for striving to become a better person each day. It's the passion to building a growth mindset that will help you become phenomenal in the long term.

一開始的時(shí)候，讓你堅(jiān)持下去的，是動(dòng)力，是自律，但是，它們很快就會(huì)消散。只有熱情才能讓你一如既往地堅(jiān)持，這不僅僅是對(duì)學(xué)習(xí)新事物的熱情，更是提升自己的熱情。這種熱情讓你一直想成為一個(gè)更優(yōu)秀的人，讓你以成長(zhǎng)的心態(tài)來(lái)看問(wèn)題。從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)來(lái)看，它會(huì)讓你變得非常優(yōu)秀。

 

And if you know anyone with a growth mindset, if you know anyone around you that is focused on pursuing their dreams, that is dedicated to becoming the best version of themselves every day, you'll probably notice they seem a lot happier. They have an optimism about them that other people just don't have, and it's something that's so difficult to explain, but when you get there, you'll know exactly what I mean.

如果你認(rèn)識(shí)擁有成長(zhǎng)型心態(tài)的人，專注于實(shí)現(xiàn)自己夢(mèng)想的人，為成為最好的自己而努力的人，你可能會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，他們看起來(lái)比普通人快樂(lè)多了。他們對(duì)自己很樂(lè)觀，其他人沒(méi)有這種心態(tài)。這種心態(tài)很難描述，但是，如果你擁有了它，你就知道我想說(shuō)的是什么。

 

I was not the smartest in my class, or the wealthiest or even the most academic, but my goals were clear. I knew exactly what I wanted to achieve. I was focused in on that 4.0, and nothing can take me away from achieving my goal. I knew what I needed to do. I knew where it was going to take to graduate in the top 5% of the university. I knew I needed to study every single night. When I got home, and when I started to get tired, that was the time when I needed to carry on, because when I started to get tired, I knew at that point, most of the people in my class were going to give up, and watch TV or watch Netflix, but I hadn't come this far just to be average.

在班上，我不是最聰明的，不是最有錢的，不是學(xué)業(yè)最出色的，但是，我的目標(biāo)非常清晰。我知道自己想獲得什么樣的成就，我專注于追求四點(diǎn)零的學(xué)分，沒(méi)有什么能阻擋我。我知道，我需要做什么。我知道，要想成為那最優(yōu)秀的百分之五，我要付出什么。我知道，每天晚上，我都需要學(xué)習(xí)。當(dāng)我回到家，感到非常勞累，我仍然需要堅(jiān)持，因?yàn)?，我知道，在我感到疲倦的時(shí)候，其他人也如此，他們會(huì)放棄，會(huì)看電視，看劇，但是，我的目標(biāo)不是成為平凡之輩。

 

So, I kept pushing, and kept studying. I knew that if I missed even one night, it could snowball into two nights, three nights, four nights. Everything I did was to take one step closer to achieving my goals. I'd wake up at 5:00 a.m., go straight to the gym. I'd be at the library by 6:30 before most people were even awake. By the time classes started at 9:00 a.m., I had already been studying for two and a half hours. And once classes had finished at 4p.m., I'd go home, eat and get a few hours more studying in before bed. It was hard work, but I did what it took.

所以，我不斷鞭策自己，不斷學(xué)習(xí)。我知道，如果我懈怠了一個(gè)晚上，很快，就會(huì)變成兩個(gè)，三個(gè)，四個(gè)晚上。我做的一切，都是為了靠近自己的目標(biāo)。我早上五點(diǎn)起床，直接去健身房。到六點(diǎn)半的時(shí)候，我已經(jīng)到達(dá)圖書館，而這時(shí)大多數(shù)人還沒(méi)醒。等到九點(diǎn)半開始上課時(shí)，我已經(jīng)學(xué)習(xí)了兩個(gè)半小時(shí)。下午四點(diǎn)下課時(shí)，我會(huì)直接回家，吃飯，再學(xué)習(xí)幾個(gè)小時(shí)，然后休息。這樣努力，確實(shí)很辛苦。但是，為了實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想，我會(huì)堅(jiān)持做下去。