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培養(yǎng)積極心態(tài) Build a Positive Mental Attitude 如何培養(yǎng)積極心態(tài) How to Develop a Positive Mental Attitude 你必須培養(yǎng)積極心態(tài),，以使你的生命按照你的意思提供報酬，沒有了積極心態(tài)就無法成就什么大事。 You must have a positive mental attitude to make life pay off on your own terms.Nothing great has ever been achieved without PMA 記住,，你的心態(tài)是你——而且只有你——惟一能完全掌 握的東西,，練習控制你的心態(tài),，并且利用積極心態(tài)來導引它,。 Recognize that your mental attitude is the only thing over which you--and only you--have complete control.Ecercise that control,and direct it by using PMA. 切斷和你過去失敗經驗的所有關系，消除你腦海中和積極心態(tài)背道而馳的所有不良因素,。 Learn to close the door of your mind on all failures from your past.Clear your mind of any influence which does not support a positive mental attitude. 找出你一生中最希望得到的東西,，并立即著手去得到它， 借著幫助他人得到同樣好處的方法,，去追尋你的目標,，如此一來，你便可將多付出一點點的原則,，應用到實際行動之中,。 Find out what you want most in life,and go after it .Do it right now by helping others to acquire similar benefits.This way you put the principle of going the extra mile into action. 確定你需要的資源之后，便訂定得到這些資源的計劃,，然而所訂的計劃必須不要太過度，也不要太不足,，別認為自己要求得太少,，記住：貪婪是使野心家失敗的最主要因素,。 Determine what kind of resources you need,set up a plan for acquiring them based on the idea of not too much,not too littler.Don^t think small,but remember,greed more than anything else has destroyed ambitious people. 培養(yǎng)每天說或做一些使他人感到舒服的話或事,，你可以利用電話,、明信片，或一些簡單的善意動作達到此一目的,。例如給他人一本勵志的書,，就是為他帶來一些可使他的生命充滿奇跡的東西。日行一善,，可永遠保持無憂無慮的心情,。 Form the habit of saying or doing something every day which will make someone else feel better.You can do this with a phone call,a postcard,or a simple act of kindness.Give someone a good inspirational book,for instance,and you give that person something that will work wonders in his or her life.One good deed a day will keep old man gloom away. 使你自己了解打倒你的不是挫折，而是你面對挫折時所 抱的心態(tài),，訓練自己在每一次不如意中,，都能發(fā)現和挫折等值 積極面。 Make yourself understand that what whips you isn^t defeat,but your mental attitude toward it.Train yourself to look for the seed of equivalent benefit in every disappointment you face. 務必使自己養(yǎng)成精益求精的習慣,，并以你的愛心和熱情發(fā)揮你的這項習慣,，如果能使這種習慣變成一種嗜好那是最好不過的了。如果不能的話,，至少你應記?。簯猩⒌男膽B(tài)，很快就會變成消極心態(tài),。 Ascertain what you like best to do,and do it as a labor of love with your heart and soul.Perhaps it will simple be a hobby.That^s fine.Just remember that an idle mind quickly becomes a negative mind;it^s called brooding. 當你找不到解決問題的答案時,，不妨幫助他人解決他的 問題，并從中找尋你所需要的答案,。在你幫助他人解決問題的同時,，你也正在洞察解放自己問題的方法。 Understand that often when you have searched in vain for a solution to a problem,you can find it by helping someone else solve his or her problem. By the time you have solved the other person^s problem,you will have the insight to solve your own. 每周閱讀一次愛默生的“報酬隨筆”,，直到你能領悟其中 的道理為止,。這本著作可使你確信，能從積極心態(tài)獲得好處,。 Study Ralph Waldo Emerson^s"Essay on Compensation"once a week until you understand and have assimilated it.This powerful work will convince you of the benefits you will derive from PMA. 徹底地“盤點”一次你的財產,，你會發(fā)現你所擁有的最有價值舶財產就是健全的思想，有了它你就可以自己決定自己 的命運,。 Take a complete inventory of every asset you possess.You will discover that your greatest asset is a sound mind with which you can shape your own destiny. 和你曾經以不合理態(tài)度冒犯過的人聯絡,，并向他致上最誠摯的歉意，這項任務愈困難,，你就愈能在完成道歉時,，擺脫調心的消極心態(tài)。 Communicate with anyone you know whom you have unjustly offended and offer sincere apologies.Ask for forgiveness.The more bitter this assignment is ,the more you will be free of negative mental influences when you have completed it. 我們在這個世界上到底能占有多少空間,，是和我們?yōu)樗死嫠峁┲盏馁|與量,，以及提供服務時所產生出的心態(tài)，成正比例的關系,。 Acknowledge that the space you occupy in this world is in exact ratio to the quantity and quality of the service you render for the benefice of others,plus the mental attitude in which you render it. 改掉你的壞習慣,，連續(xù)一個月每天禁絕一項惡習,，并在一周結束時反省一下成果。如果你需要顧問或幫助時,，切勿讓你的自尊心使你怯步,。 Break bad habits.Abstain form your vices one at a time for a month until you show yourself who is boss.If you need help from a counselor or a support group,get it.Don^t let your pride master you. 要知道自憐是獨立精神的毀滅者，請相信你自己才是惟 一可以隨時依靠的人,。 Perceive that self-pity is an insidious destroyer of self-reliance.Believe that you are the on person on whom you can and should depend at all times. 把你一生當中所發(fā)生的所有事件,，都看作是激勵你上進而發(fā)生的事件，因為只要你能給時間圓潤你煩惱的機會的話,， 即使是最悲傷的經驗,，也會為你帶來最多的財產。 Relate to every circumstance in your life as something that has happened for the best,for it may be that your saddest experience will bring you your greatest assets if you give time a chance to mellow your distress. 放棄想要控制別人的念頭,，在這個念頭摧毀你之前先摧毀它,，把你的精力轉而用來控制你自己。 Divert any urge for control over others,Squelch it before it destroys you.Channel that energy into better control over yourself. 把你的全部思想用來做你想做的事,，而不要留半點思維空間給那些胡思亂想的念頭,。 Occupy your mind with doing what you want to do so that no time will be left for it to stray to the things you do not want to do. 借著在每天的祈禱中，加入感謝你己擁有的生活來調整你的思想,，以使它為你帶來你想要的東西和想處的環(huán)境,。 Attune your mind to attract the things and situations you desire by expressing in a daily prayer your gratitude for what you already have. 向每天的生活索取合理的回報，而不要光等著回報跑到你的手中,，你會因為得到許多你所希望的東西而感到驚訝——雖然你可能一直都沒有察覺到,。 Demand a reasonable amount of dividends from life every day,instead of waiting to receive them.You will be surprised to learn how many of the desirable things in life are already your,even though you have not noticed them. 以適合你生理和心理的方式生活，別浪費時間以免落于他人之后,。 Live in a style that suits your physical and spiritual requirements,and don^t waste time keeping up with the Joneses. 除非有人愿意以足夠證據,，證明他的建議具有一定的可靠性，否則別接受任何人的建議,，你將會因謹慎而避免被誤導,，或被當成傻瓜。 Refuse to heed anyone^s advice-unless that person is willing to give you satisfactory evidence of the soundness of his or her counsel.You will save yourself from hucksters,the misguided,and fools. 務必了解人的力量并非全然來自物質而已,。甘地領導他的人民爭取自由所依靠的并非財富,。 Discern that personal power does not come form the possession of material things alone.Mahatma Gandhi led his nation to freedom without a fortune. 使自己多多活動以保持自己的健康狀態(tài)，生理上的疾病很容易造成心理的失調,，你身體應和你的思想一樣保持活動,，以維持積極的行動。 Exert yourself so that you keep your body in shape.Mental ailments can easily spring form physical ones,and your body,like your mind,must be kept active to remain positive. 增加自己的耐性,，并以開闊的心胸包容所有事物,，同時也應與不同種族和不同信仰的人多接觸，學習接受他人的本性,， 而不要一味地要求他人照著你的意思行事,。 Reinforce the habit of tolerance,and keep an open mind on all subjects and toward all people no matter what their rave or creed.Learn to like people just as they are,instead of demanding that they be just as you want them to be. 你應承認，“愛”是你生理和心理疾病的最佳藥物,，愛會改 變并且調適你體內的化學元素,，以使它們有助于你表現出積 極心態(tài)，愛也會擴展你的包容力,。接受愛的最好方法就是付出你自己的愛,。 Admit that love it the finest medication for your body and your soul.Love changes the entire chemistry of your body and conditions it for the e x p r e s s i o n of a positive mental attitude.It also extends the space you occupy in the heart of others.The best way to receive love is to give it. 以相同或更多的價值回報給你好處的人?！皥蟪暝黾勇伞?最后還會給你帶來好處,，而且可能會為你帶來所有你應得到 的東西的能力。 Return every benefit you receive with one of equal or greater value.The Law of Increasing Returns will operate in your favor,and eventually--or perhaps very soon--it will give you the capacity to get everything you are entitled to.A positive mental attitude works both ways. 記住,，當你付出之后,，必然會得到等價或更高價的東西。抱著這種念頭,，可使你驅除對年老的恐懼,。一個最好的例子 就是，年輕消逝,，但換來的卻是智慧,。 Avoid the fear of old age by remembering that nothing is ever taken form you without being replaced by something by wisdom. 你要相信你可以為所有的問題找到適當的解決方法，但 也要注意你所找到的解決方法,，未必都是你想要的解決方法,。 Trust that adequate solutions can be found for all your problems,but accept the fact that the solutions may not always be the ones your want. 參考別人的例子，提醒自己任何不利清況,，都是可以克服 的,。雖然愛迪生只接受過三個月的正規(guī)教育，但他卻是最偉 大的發(fā)明家,。雖然海倫·凱勒失去了視覺,、聽覺和說話能力， 但她卻鼓舞了數萬人,。明確目標的力量必然勝過任何限制,。 Rely on examples of others to remind you that any disadvantage can be overcome.Thomas Edison had only three months of formal schooling,yet he was the greatest inventor who ever lived;Helen Caller was without sight,hearing,or speech,yet she inspired millions definite major purpose is stronger than any limitation. 對于善意的批評應采取接受的態(tài)度，而不應采取消極的 反應,，接受學習他人如何看待你的機會,，利用這種機會做一 番反省，并找出應該改善的地方,，別害怕批評,，你應勇敢地 面對它。 Welcome friendly criticism instead of reacting to it negatively.Embrace any opportunity to learn how others see you,and use it to take inventory of yourself and look for things which need improvement.Do not fear criticism;encourage it. 和其他獻身于成功原則的人組成智囊團,，討論你們的進 程,，并從更寬廣的經驗中獲取好處,，務必以積極面作為基礎進 行討論。 Create a mastermind alliance with others dedicated to the principles of success.Discuss your progress and insights and gain the benefit of a much wider range of experience.Always keep these meeting on a positive plane. 分清楚愿望(Wishing),、希望(Hoping),、欲望(Desiring)以及強烈欲望(a burning Desire)與達到目標之間的差別，其中只有強烈的欲望會給你驅動力,，而且只有積極心態(tài)才能供給產生驅動力所需的燃料,。 Grasp the differences between wishing,hoping,desiring,and having a burning desire to achieve your goal.Only a burning desire gives you a driving motivation,and it can be fueled only by a positive mental attitude. 避免任何具有負面意義的說話型態(tài)，尤其應根除吹毛求疵,、閑言閑語或中傷他人名譽的行為,，這些行為會使你的思想 朝向消極面發(fā)展。 Abstain from negative conversation,especially carping,gossip,or tearing apart other people^s reputations.These activities condition your mind to think negatively. 鍛煉你的思想,，使它能夠導引你的命運朝著你希望的方向發(fā)展,，把握住“報酬”信封里的每一項利益，并將它們據 為已有,。 Discipline your mind to shape your destiny toward whatever purpose in life you have chosen.Seize every one of the benefits in the reward envelope and make them yours. 隨時隨地都應表現出真實的自己,，沒有人會相信騙子的。 Be yourself at all times.Neitherh yo nor anyone else trusts a phony. 相信無窮智慧的存在,，它會使你產生為掌握思想和導引思想而奮斗所需要的所有力量,。 Believe in existence of Infinite Intelligence,which makes it possible for you to draw on all the power you need to take possession of your own mind and direct it toward whatever you choose. 相信你所擁有的解放自己并使自己具備自決意識的能力，并借著這種信心作為行事基礎將它應用到工作上,，現在就 開始做! Believe in you ability to become free and self-determining,and put that belief to work by acting upon it.Do it now! 相信美國式的政府,，可保證你為了追求明確目標所需要的自由和權利，必要時你應采取行動保護你的自由,。 Believe that the American form of government guarantees you the freedom and privileges necessary to pursue your definite major purpose.Work to defend those freedoms as needed. 信任和你共事的人,，并承認如果和你共事的人不值得你 信任時，就表示你選錯人了,。 Believe in the people you are associated with,and recognize that if they are not worthy of your belief,you have the wrong associates. 最后連續(xù)6個月每周閱讀本章一次,。6個月之后你將會 脫胎換骨。當你學會本章所要求的良好習慣并且調適好你的 思想之后,，你的心態(tài)便會隨時處于積極狀態(tài),。 And finally:read this lesson once a week for six months.You will so thoroughly indoctrinate yourself with these habits and mind conditioners that your mental attitude will become and remain positive at all times. |
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