Life is short. It may feel like it takesforever sometimes, but the reality is that you live, and a short time later,you die. It happens so quickly, many people don’t even realize they had a lifeuntil it’s already over.

　　生命如此短暫。我們有時候覺得生命怎么也走不完，實(shí)際上，你現(xiàn)在活著，過不了多久，就會死去。人生真是轉(zhuǎn)眼一瞬間的事情，很多人到臨死前才意識到這一生已經(jīng)結(jié)束。

　　01Stop Doubting Yourself

　　停止懷疑自己

　　If you don’t believe in yourself, nobodywill. Success starts in your mind, and if all you’re doing is putting yourselfdown and predicting failure, it’ll become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Insteadof doubting yourself, think positively. Not only will you be happier and moresuccessful, you’ll spread it to everyone around you.

　　如果你自己都不相信自己，那沒人會相信你。成功源于你的頭腦，如果你所做的是不斷地看扁自己，預(yù)言著未來的失敗，這就真的會成為現(xiàn)實(shí)。與其懷疑自己，不如積極的考慮問題。不僅會讓自己更加開心和成功，你還能夠感染到周圍的人。

　　2Stop Being Negative

　　停止消極

　　Now that you’re done doubting yourself,stop doubting others. You don’t like when people are critical of you, so stopbeing critical of others. Think about how you make other people feel – even ifyou have good intentions, people don’t like hearing negativity.

　　現(xiàn)在你不要再懷疑自己了，也別再懷疑身邊的人。你不希望被人對你挑剔，那么也不要再去挑剔身邊的人。想想你給別人帶來的什么樣的感受吧——即使出發(fā)點(diǎn)是好的，別人也不想聽到那么多消極的事情呀。

　　3Stop Procrastinating

　　停止拖延

　　I don’t feel like procrastinating right now– I’ll do it tomorrow. When you procrastinate, you remain stagnant. Whateveryou’re putting off doesn’t go away; resolve the problem, and move on. You’ll bemuch happier in the long run.

　　我現(xiàn)在不想做，還是留到明天吧。一旦開始拖延，其實(shí)你已經(jīng)停滯不前了。你拖延的事情不會自行解決。解決問題，繼續(xù)前行吧。從長遠(yuǎn)角度來說你會更加快樂。

　　4Stop Being Mean

　　不要那么刻薄

　　It’s completely possible to step onsomeone’s toes without meaning to – it happens all the time. There’s no need topile on by purposefully doing mean things, so make a conscious effort to stopbeing mean. If someone wrongs you, let it go. There’s no need to seek vengeanceunless that’s the type of person you want to be.

　　無意踩到別人的情況真的有可能會發(fā)生——常常會發(fā)生。但沒必要去處心積慮地做一些不好的事情，所以要有意識地讓自己不要那么刻薄。如果有人對你無理地對待，隨他們?nèi)ズ昧�。沒必要去報復(fù)，除非你也想成為那一類的人。

　　5Stop Eating Out

　　不要在外吃飯

　　Eating out is the biggest waste of money.Every so often it’s nice to treat yourself, but eating out for every meal isthe quickest way to drain your bank account. Learn how to cook at least ahandful of foods you enjoy: It’ll save you money, keep you healthier, andoccasionally impress people.

　　在外面吃飯真的非常非常的浪費(fèi)錢。也許每次對于你而言都是一次犒賞，但每頓都在外面吃反而是花光積蓄的最快方式。至少也去學(xué)學(xué)怎么做一些自己喜歡的菜：既能省錢，還能讓你更健康，還會讓其他人眼前一亮。

　　6Stop Being Lazy

　　不要再偷懶

　　Lazy people are annoying – it’s likepulling teeth getting them to do anything. If I can’t do something as simple asgoing to a movie with you without having to factor in an hour of convincing youto get your lazy butt out of bed, I’d rather go alone. People have enoughtrouble motivating themselves; don’t make your friends and family waste theirvaluable energy motivating you as well.

　　懶人真的很招人煩——得像趕驢磨墨一樣逼著他們做事情。如果我想跟你看一場電影，卻不得不花一個小時說服你起床，那我寧愿一個人去看。給自己動力都不是件容易的事情，就別讓朋友和家人浪費(fèi)寶貴的精力再來給你動力了吧。

　　7Stop Complaining

　　停止抱怨

　　We all have problems, and sometimes we needto vent to someone. That’s acceptable, but pay attention to how often you’reventing. We all love helping our friends and family, but when all you get fromsomeone is negativity, it’s easier to cut them off than help, especially ifthey’re always complaining about the same things.

　　我們都有麻煩事，有時候總想跟別人傾訴。這可以理解，但要注意你吐槽的頻率。我們都喜歡幫助朋友和家人，但如果從那個人身上我只能感知到負(fù)能量，那么還是離得越遠(yuǎn)越好吧，尤其是當(dāng)他們在反復(fù)抱怨同一件事的時候。

　　8Stop Being Selfish

　　別再那么自私

　　If you only think about yourself, you’llsoon find yourself by yourself. Stop for a minute and think about how youractions affect other people – did you take the last cup of coffee from thebreak room? Refill it! Do you live with others? Don’t drink out the milkcarton. We share this world 100% of the time, so every action you take canaffect other people.

　　如果你只考慮你自己，那么很快你會發(fā)現(xiàn)身邊只剩下你自己。停一分鐘想想你的行為會給別人帶來什么影響吧——你是不是從休息室拿了最后一杯咖啡?再倒?jié)M呀!你是不是和別人合租?不要喝光所有的牛奶，這個世界是一個完全由大家分享的世界，你所做的每件事都會影響到別人。

　　9Stop Wasting Time

　　別再浪費(fèi)時間

　　I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again:time is the most valuable resource we have. Don’t waste your time onunproductive things. If you want to explore the world’s dark corners, that’sgreat. I still associate with people who have not-so-kosher careers, but Idon’t hang out with those people at the expense of my own short- and long-termgoals.

　　雖然之前說過了，但我還想再說一遍：時間是我們擁有的最寶貴的資源，不要把時間浪費(fèi)在沒有意義的事情上面，如果你想探索這個世界的黑暗角落，很好。我也認(rèn)識一些沒有固定工作的一些自由職業(yè)者，但我不會以犧牲自己的短期長期目標(biāo)為代價和他們出去玩樂。

　　10Stop Making Promises

　　別再做承諾

　　Always under-promise and over-deliver. Whenyou make a promise, you’re adding responsibility to your plate that, despiteall your best intentions, you may not be able to deliver on. More often thannot, your promise is an absolute (i.e “I promise I’ll always love you”)， and onlySith deal in absolutes. Instead of making a promise with your words, simply bethere when people need you, and exceed their expectations with your actions.

　　總是做承諾，總是做不到。每次做承諾都是不禁給自己增添了責(zé)任，無論你的出發(fā)點(diǎn)有多好，你都不可能完成所有的部分。大部分時候，你的承諾都太過(比如“我發(fā)誓我永遠(yuǎn)愛你”)，也只能在環(huán)境中才能實(shí)現(xiàn)。與其用語言許下承諾，不如在別人需要你的時候出現(xiàn)，然后用行動達(dá)到他們的期望吧。

　　11Stop Being a Pushover

　　不要做老好人

　　We live in a capitalistic society in whicheveryone’s trying to sell us something. Everyone’s looking out for themselvesin one way or another, and you need to do the same. Stop putting yourself outbecause you’re too shy to say no.

　　我們所處的社會，每個人都試圖告知我們一些事情。每個人都從不同的角度去找尋著自己，你也需要，你要做的就是在合適的時候說不。

　　12Stop Listening to Haters

　　不要聽討厭的人說話

　　No matter what you want to do in life,there’s always someone around to tell you why it can’t and won’t work. I cancome up with millions of reasons Twitter won’t work, and yet it’s one of themost popular social media sites on the web. My opinion didn’t stop Twitter’ssuccess any more than it convinced Kobe Bryant to quit the NBA or Josh Hartnettto stop acting. Why would you let someone’s opinion stop you?

　　無論你想干什么，總會有人告訴你不要這么做，沒有用的。我可以想出成百萬條推特不實(shí)用的理由，但它還是互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上的社交網(wǎng)站之一。我的想法不會阻止推特的成功，就像你無法勸科比退出NBA或喬什·哈奈特不要當(dāng)演員了一樣，都毫無意義。那么為什么要讓別人的想法阻止你呢?

　　13Stop Being Wasteful

　　停止浪費(fèi)

　　You don’t finish your meals,and away food instead. You leave the faucet running when you brush your teeth,pouring precious water down the drain. You drive places you could easily walk,burning gasoline (a non-renewable resource)。 You are wasteful,and it needs to stop.

　　你飯沒吃完，然后扔掉食物;刷牙的時候還開著水龍頭，就讓寶貴的水嘩嘩的流走;明明可以走到的地方你偏要開車，燃燒汽油(無法再生資源)。如果你浪費(fèi)了，那就趕緊停止這一惡習(xí)。

　　14Stop Littering

　　不要亂扔垃圾

　　The only thing I hate more than wastefulpeople are litterbugs. Litterbugs are my least favorite bug, and there are morethan you’d think. If you’ve ever thrown even one piece of gum, paper, candywrapper, cigarette butt, etc on the ground, you’re a disgusting litterbug, andyou should be ashamed of yourself. There are over 7 billion people in the world– if each person only throws one “innocent” piece ofgarbage on the ground, that’s 7 billion pieces of garbage littering a world in which nobody “did it”。

　　一個讓我覺得比浪費(fèi)的人更可惡的就是垃圾蟲。垃圾蟲最讓我厭惡，而且永遠(yuǎn)多的讓你數(shù)不清。如果你曾扔過一塊口香糖，一張紙、糖果包裝、煙蒂，那么你就是惡心的垃圾蟲。你應(yīng)該感到恥辱。世界上有超過70億的人——如果每個人都無意識的扔一點(diǎn)垃圾，那么全世界就會變成70億垃圾場，哪怕沒有罪魁禍?zhǔn)住?/p>

　　Your one decision makes a HUGE difference,and I will not allow you to blow it off and walk around with your head heldhigh. You’re a litterbug, and it needs to stop immediately. You don’t get alifehack for this one, you filthy animal. Just stop – you already know how.

　　你的一個決定會產(chǎn)生深遠(yuǎn)的影響，我不贊成你去大馬路大聲高呼。如果你是垃圾蟲，那么就需要馬上停止了，也許不會救命，但能讓你不那么惹人厭。停止這一舉動吧，你知道該怎么做的。

　　15Stop Taking Everything Personally

　　別把每件事太往心里去

　　People get offended about the strangestthings. Take Kendrick Lamar’s now-infamous verse on “Control” thissummer: he called out a list of a dozen rappers he thinks he’s betterthan (and he’s right)。 The internet went crazy, and rappers all over the industry rushedto their mics to record a response. The thing is, all K-Dot said is he’s thebest rapper. Everyone took it personally, and that’s exactly what he was goingfor. The lesson to learn from this is that not everything is about you, and ifyou’re easily upset, someone will use that to their advantage.

　　人們會因?yàn)橐恍┢婀值氖虑楦械奖磺址�。就拿Kendrick Lamar這個夏天備受爭議的歌曲《Control》為例：他在歌詞中挑釁了一些他認(rèn)為比他弱的說唱歌手(的確是這樣)，一石激起千層浪，整個說唱界的歌手都蜂擁錄歌作為回?fù)�。重點(diǎn)在于，所有的人都認(rèn)為自己是的說唱者，每個人都更看重自己，這就是他的目的所在。這件事教給我們的無非就是不是所有的事都要圍著你轉(zhuǎn)，如果你是玻璃心，有人會利用這一點(diǎn)。

　　16Stop Talking

　　不要再說話了

　　Sometimes it’s best to just STFU –especially in relationships. I can’t even count how many times I created anissue that didn’t need to be an issue simply because I opened my mouth. Even ifwhat you want to say is important, just shut up and ride it out. You can saymore with your actions than words, and you can’t listen when you’re talking.

　　有時候沉默是金——特別在情侶關(guān)系里。我都記不清到底多少次因?yàn)檎f錯話引發(fā)了本可以避免的爭端。即使你想說的非常重要，那也閉嘴，自行消化。你可以用行動證明一切，畢竟你自己說話的時候是聽不見的。

　　17Just Stop, and Breathe…

　　停一下，深呼吸吧

　　No matter what you’re doing in life or howyour day is going, there’s always room to just stop for a moment and justbreathe. Try it right now to celebrate getting through this list of everythingyou’re doing wrong.

　　無論你現(xiàn)在在干什么，這過得怎么樣，你都需要好好停一下深呼吸。不如現(xiàn)在就歇一歇，犒賞自己總算挺過了一些錯事。

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