成為最好也最真實的自己
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人這一輩子，若到頭來都認不清自己、未能長成最好最真實的自己，還有什麼意義呢？
真正快樂成功的人會長成最好最真實的自己——從內心而非外表上。重要的不是品牌、名譽或者外表形象，而是真實的自我。
道理很簡單，講出來也很容易。但問題是，做起來就不簡單了：這需要付諸很多努力，甚或一輩子才能實現。
需要窮盡畢生精力的事情必定不容易。成大事者必先苦其心志。因此，你必須走出舒適區，去經歷、去體驗那些會讓你害怕的機會。
正如史蒂夫-喬布斯在斯坦福大學的畢業典禮上所言：
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.
時間寶貴，不要虛擲光陰過著他人的生活。不要讓周遭的聒噪言論蒙蔽你內心的聲音。
You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
你要相信，生活中的偶然冥冥中也能指引未來。你要心懷信念——相信你的直覺、命運、生活抑或因緣。這個方法一直給我力量，促使我過得卓然不同。
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.
成事的唯一途徑就是做自己喜歡的事情。若你還沒找到，那就繼續追尋吧，不要停下來。
喬布斯的講話告訴我們一點：集中和自製——這兩個品質在當今社會非常難能可貴。
人們太容易分散注意力、尋求即時快感——而這樣能立馬捕捉到的感官或精神快感，是很容易讓人上癮的。
就像現代人完全離不開手機、iPad。
而為何我們仍然要成為最好的也最真實的自己？細說起來原因有這幾點：
1.It will make you happy.
你會感到快樂。
Getting to know yourself will make you feel more comfortable in your own skin. It will reduce your stress and anxiety. It will make you a better spouse, a better parent, a better friend. It will make you a better person. Those are all pretty good reasons, if you ask me.
了解自己後會讓你更愉悅地接受自己，減輕你的壓力和焦慮，使你成為更好的伴侶、父母、朋友，讓你成為一個更美好的人。這些益處難道不夠說服你為之努力嗎？
2.You really won't achieve anything significant in life until you know the real you.
只有了解真實的自己方能成就大事。
Not your pand, your LinkedIn profile, how you come across, or what anyone thinks of you. The genuine you. There's one simple reason why you shouldn't try to be something you're not, and it's that you can't. The real you will come out anyway. So forget your personal pand and start spending time on figuring out who you really are and trying to become the best version of that you can be.
你需要了解那個真實的你，而不是你的品牌、名譽、LinkedlIn資料、你的過去抑或他人對你的看法。為什麼你不應該過他人的生活？很簡單，因為首先你不是“其他人”，你的本性總有一天會現形。所以，請放開你的品牌形象，努力發掘真實自我、努力把自己經營成最好的自己吧。
3.You pay a huge price when you engage in mindless distraction.
盲目分心的代價很大。
The only people that really care about you are your loved ones, your friends and family. Everyone else is too busy living his own little mini drama. To put it bluntly, your network couldn't care less about you.
真正在乎你的只有你所愛的人、你的親人和朋友。而其他人都只圍著自己的小日子轉罷了。說穿了，社交關係中的人並不可靠。
That's why engaging yourself and others in mindless distraction isn't worth your time or theirs. More important, it will absolutely keep you from focusing on accomplishing whatever great things you might manage to achieve in life if you set your mind to it.
所以，浪費時間盲目分心應付自己或他人都沒有意義。更嚴重的是，當你決心著手生活中的大計劃時，分心會有礙你集中完成目標。
有一個商業術語叫“機會成本”。也就是說，當你做出了某個決定時，你也會錯過其他原本可以選擇的機會。
很少有人能意識到這一點，就算意識到也為時已晚。
而一旦你能意識到這一點，你就摸到了探尋最真實的內在自我的大門。
冒險之門向每個人敞開。打開這扇門之前，誰也不知道能獲得哪些收穫，會創造哪些奇蹟，又將有什麼新的發現……
而你所要做的，僅僅是啟程。
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