成功啓示錄：五招重啓你的人生
成功的人都有一個共同點，那就是他們總是能不斷地激勵自己進取。爲了得到你心中那個目標，你也需要給自己來點激勵。下面的五個建議會告訴你如何激勵自己。
1. Always act with a purpose.
1.做事要有目的性。
If you don't know why you're doing something, you're making that part of your life utterly meaningless. String together enough meaningless acts in your life and your entire life will be literally pointless--without a point.
如果你不知道你爲什麼要做某件事，你會讓那件事完全失去意義。如果生活中總是充滿了無意義的行爲，你的整個生活似乎也會變得無意義——沒有重點。
Starting every action with a review of your purpose, however, puts everything you do into context. Having a purpose for every act keeps you aimed at your life goals rather than cooling your heels.
然而，如果你能在做每件事前考慮好你的目的，就能讓你做的每件事都互相關聯。每件事都有目的性就能讓你總是專注於你的目標，而不是停下腳步。
2. Take responsibility for your own results.
2.爲你得到的結果負責。
Most people misinterpret this concept. They think it means taking the credit when things go well and taking the blame when things go wrong. But taking responsibility is not about blame or credit; it's about what you do next.
大部分人會曲解這句話。他們會覺得這句話的意思是在成功時居功，而在失敗時承擔過失。然而承擔責任的重點並不是過失或者功勞，重點在於之後你要做什麼。
If you're responsible for your own results, you take ownership of whatever future that emerges from those results. You continue to move forward towards your goals, even when you encounter setbacks.
如果你對你獲得的結果負責，你也會對未來任何由此引發的結果負責。這樣你就能持續不斷地向你的目標前進，甚至是當你面對挫折的時候。
3. Don't wait for perfection, just do it now!
3.不要坐等完美，而要腳踏實地！
Perfectionists are the hugest losers in life because they either expect things to be perfect before they take action or, if they do take action, they can't enjoy whatever happens because it's not the perfect outcome.
完美主義者是生活中最大的失敗者，因爲他們不是在做任何行動前就期待事情變得完美，就是在做事情時不能享受它帶來的樂趣，因爲總是無法得到完美的結果。
The real joy of achievement doesn't come from what you achieve but from your efforts in trying to achieve it. The only thing that's perfect in this world is that you're perfectly free to take action. Now, as in right now.
成就的真正樂趣不在於你獲得了什麼，而在於你爲之付出努力的過程。世界上唯一完美的事情就是你擁有完美的做事情的自由。現在，就在現在。
4. Eat wisely because success takes energy.
4.聰明地選擇飲食，因爲成功需要能量。
I'm not saying you don't eat the occasional donut. However, if you want the energy to act, the energy to achieve your goals, you need to give your body the kind of fuel that can create that energy. And it's not refined sugar.
我的意思並不是叫你不要再吃甜甜圈了。然而，假如你需要做事的能量，取得目標的能量，你就應該給你的身體補充哪些能夠製造那種能量的燃料。而那一定不是精製糖。
5. Surround yourself with motivated people.
5.和充滿動力的人在一起。
Numerous scientific studies have shown that the people around you influence your behavior. They define what you consider "normal" and thereby either bring you up (or down) to their level.
無數的科學研究表明你周圍的人會影響你的行爲。他們會決定你如何看待“正常”，從而會使你提升（或是降低）到他們的同水平。
If you hang around people who are energized, purposeful and committed to making a difference in the world, that's what you'll consider "normal." Being motivated will stop being something that you do and instead become who you are.
如果你總是和那些充滿能量，充滿動力並且希望給世界創造些不同的人在一起，你就會將此視爲“正常”。激勵自己的東西不再是你做的事情，而是你自己。
