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I was once told by someone that I should end each day by crossing it off my calendar and saying out loud, “There goes another day of my life, never to return again.” Try it yourself, and notice how much it sharpens your focus. Ask yourself how you would live the day if you had the chance to repeat it. If your answer is to live it the same, you gain a sense of appreciation that helps you focus on what is really important to you. When you end the day with a feeling of regret or loss, you gain the awareness of trying a different way the next day.
If we’re not careful, we won’t notice that the days are passing by us. We watch TV all evening rather than learn skills that will help us advance. We allow others to talk down to us; we put others’ needs ahead of our own. We allow a lack of confidence to refuse an opportunity.
If you look back over the past year, or even the past week, would there be something that you would change, or would you live it the same way if allowed to repeat it? No matter what your answer is, keep in mind an old saying, “Life is not a rehearsal — there is no replay button. In addition, there is no erase and record again functions!”
有人曾告诉我,当一天过去时,我应该从日历上把它划去,然后大声地说,“我的生命又逝去了一天,而且不会再回来了。”不妨自己也试试,然后留心这样会让你的关注度增加多少。当一天结束时,问问自己如果有机会再来一遍,你会怎样度过。如果你的答案是你仍旧会这样度过,那么你应心存感激,因为这会帮助你专注于对你真正重要的东西。如果你带有遗憾或挫败感地过完一天,你应该意识到第二天你要尝试一种不同的方式。
如果我们不在意,我们不会留意到日子在一天天逝去。我们整晚看电视,而不是去学习提高自我的技艺;我们忍受着别人用居高临下的口气跟我们说话;我们优先考虑别人的需要;我们坐视信心的缺乏,拒绝机会。
回头看看过去的这一年,或者仅仅是过去的一周,你会有所改变吗?或者如果可以重新来过,你会用同样的方式度过吗?不管你的答案是什么,记住一句古老的谚语,“生命没有彩排——它没有重放铵钮。同样,它也没有删除和记录功能。”
If we’re not careful, we won’t notice that the days are passing by us. We watch TV all evening rather than learn skills that will help us advance. We allow others to talk down to us; we put others’ needs ahead of our own. We allow a lack of confidence to refuse an opportunity.
If you look back over the past year, or even the past week, would there be something that you would change, or would you live it the same way if allowed to repeat it? No matter what your answer is, keep in mind an old saying, “Life is not a rehearsal — there is no replay button. In addition, there is no erase and record again functions!”
有人曾告诉我,当一天过去时,我应该从日历上把它划去,然后大声地说,“我的生命又逝去了一天,而且不会再回来了。”不妨自己也试试,然后留心这样会让你的关注度增加多少。当一天结束时,问问自己如果有机会再来一遍,你会怎样度过。如果你的答案是你仍旧会这样度过,那么你应心存感激,因为这会帮助你专注于对你真正重要的东西。如果你带有遗憾或挫败感地过完一天,你应该意识到第二天你要尝试一种不同的方式。
如果我们不在意,我们不会留意到日子在一天天逝去。我们整晚看电视,而不是去学习提高自我的技艺;我们忍受着别人用居高临下的口气跟我们说话;我们优先考虑别人的需要;我们坐视信心的缺乏,拒绝机会。
回头看看过去的这一年,或者仅仅是过去的一周,你会有所改变吗?或者如果可以重新来过,你会用同样的方式度过吗?不管你的答案是什么,记住一句古老的谚语,“生命没有彩排——它没有重放铵钮。同样,它也没有删除和记录功能。”