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1.    Don't Defeat Yourself 不要击败自己

Think a minute! Recent studies show that only 1 out of 3 people have strong and healthy self-confidence. That means 2 out of every 3 people simply don't know the ability they already have to be successful when it's right there in their hands!  But if you want others to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first.  Remember: "No one can make you feel inferior unless you let them." A successful businessman says: "You can't push anyone up a ladder unless he knows he can climb himself."
Many of us have an image problem, the image we have of ourselves. As one guy put it: "You can't win a horse race if you think you look funny on a horse." To succeed, the first person you have to beat is yourself! So stop believing your own lies about yourself.  Just Change your mind and you'll change your life.
One of the most lethal weapons that can kill your success in life are the 2 little words: "I can't." Do you know that people used to think that if human beings traveled faster than 30 miles an hour, it would stop our circulation of blood and kill us?  Thank goodness a few people didn't believe that silly thinking, or we wouldn't be riding in cars, busses, and flying on airplanes today. You'll never know until you try.
Roger Bannister was the first human being to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. But before he did it, most people in the world didn't think it was even possible.  Yet only weeks after Bannister did it, suddenly runners all over the world began running a mile in less than 4 minutes! If we believe something can be done, we'll usually do it. Just think a minute…

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请想一分钟!最近有一些研究表明，仅有三分之一的人具有充分和健康的自信心，这就是说，有三分之二的人即使胜券在握，也压根不知道自己已有了获得成功的能力。如果你要别人相信你，你首先必须相信自己。请记住：“没有人能使你感到自卑，除非你自己愿意自卑。”一位成功的商人说：“你不能推任何人上楼梯，除非他自己觉得能爬上去。”
我们很多人有一个想象的问题，我指的是对自我形象的想象。正如有人说：“如果你觉得自己骑马的样子滑稽可笑，你就不可能赢得马赛。”就成功而言，你要信服和控制的第一个人就是你自己。因此，你不要再继续骗自己了，改变你的思维就会改变你的生活。
生活中，对成功的最致命武器之一就是两个小字：“不能”。你知道吗？人们曾经相信，步行速度超过每小时30英里，人类就会因血液循环停止而死亡。幸好有些人没有相信这个愚蠢的说法，否则，今天我们就不可能驾车、坐大巴和乘飞机了。不试，你就永远不会知道。
罗杰·本尼斯特是在4分钟内跑完1英里的第一人。但在他达到此速度之前，当时世界上的大多数人都认为，这是不可能的。可就在本尼斯特破记录之后的几个星期内，突然间，不用4分钟就跑完1英里的跑步者就遍布了全世界。所以，如果我们相信自己能做到，往往我们就能做到。请想一分钟……

2.    No Parking 不能停车

Think a minute! On this journey called life, do you sometimes feel like just pulling over and parking? You feel like you've done enough, worked enough, and learned enough. Now it's time just to sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. But the problem is once we pull over and park, the ride of our life stops, because we stop ourselves from reaching our potential and living every day to the fullest. We stop trying, learning and improving to make ourselves and our life the best it can be.
And there are three common reasons or parking places that many people are tampered to stop at and park, instead of going on to reach their full potential. One parking place we stop at is what we think about our handicaps and weaknesses.  Because we compare ourselves to others who might have certain talents and abilities we don't have. Instead of being thankful for our own special strengths and abilities. So we each must learn first to accept ourselves with our own looks, personality and abilities.  Because no one is fully handicapped!  We all have a special place to fill in this world that no one else can fill except us. So friend, don't park by what you think are your handicaps or lack of talents and abilities. Start using and making the most of the special person you are.
A second parking place that many of us attempted to stop at is our failures You know every one of us has failed. So if you've failed, join the club! But learn from it and try again. Because it's not how you start, but how you finish that makes you a success. And it's never too late to get back on the road going toward your dreams and goals in life.  Life goes on, so you might as well go with it and get closer to the kind of character and life you want.
Finally the third place we might want to park is by our successes. Just because we've achieved a little success in life, we want to stop trying and growing, because we're satisfied with only a little success. But we've only just begun to reach the kind of living we are really capable of. Just think a minute...

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请想一分钟!在这个叫生命的旅程中，有时你是不是很想把车开到路旁，停下来歇一歇？你觉得做够了，干够了，学腻了，现在是坐下来松口气的时候了，可以去搭便车了。可问题是，一旦我们离开了车道而停下来，我们生命的进度也停了下来，生活没有了抱负，就使我们不能把每一天都过得非常充实。于是，我们就失去可通过努力、学习和提升来使自己生命达到极致境界的机会。
通常有三处地方让很多人想停下来泊车，不思进取。一个可能的停车位是对自己劣势和弱点的误识。对于他人具有的特长和能力，如果我们不具备，我们总耍不停地比较，而却不为自身所拥有的毅力和才干去感恩。所以，我们每一个人都必须首先学会接受自己，认同自己的外貌、个性和能力。没有人是一无是处和一无所有的。在这个世界上，我们每一个人都秉承不同的天赋，拥有别人所不能替代的地方。所以，朋友，不要因自认的落后或无能而停车。尽你最大的能力，发挥你最大的作为吧。
我们中间许多人被诱惑的第二个泊车位是我们的失败。你知道，所有的人都失败过。如果你也失败了，加入我们的行列吧！从失败中吸取教训，重新开始。因为不管你如何起步，关键在于你如何结束，那才是真正的成功。所以，开回去重来，你永远不会太迟，朝着你的梦想和生活的目标奔跑吧。岁月流淌，你要紧紧抓住你所追求的理想个性和人生，与时俱进。
最后，我们可能会停泊的第三个泊车位就是成功。就因为人生中的些许成就，我们就想停下来不再努力，不再成长，因一些小成绩而沾沾自喜。其实，好日子才开了头，以我们所具有的能力，我们还能走得更远。请想一分钟……

3.    The Sweat of Success 成功的汗水

Think a minute! The Former Prime Minister of England, Winston Churchill, became so famous for his great speeches that he's been called the greatest speaker of the century.  He was also famous for his quick thinking remarks and comments. Yet he was not a natural or gifted speaker. In fact, earlier in Churchill's life he had a speech problem so that many people laughed and made fun of the way he talked.
But do you know how Churchill changed to become the greatest speaker of this century? He wrote his speeches word-for-word on paper, and practised them.  He even practised the pauses and pretended to struggle to find the right word or phrase, even though he knew exactly what he was going to say! And he practised each speech many hours in front of a mirror. He worked on saying each word just the right way and even the expressions he used on his face when he spoke. You see, Winston Churchill was not a natural good speaker, but he disciplined himself and worked hard to become a great one!
And friend, you and I can never succeed in life without discipline and hard work.  Because it takes work and sweat to succeed in your job and career, in school, in sport, in your marriage and family. Because even if you're born in a rich family, or with a smart mind or a strong body, you still have to work hard to truly succeed and reach your potential. Just think a minute...

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请想一分钟!前英国首相温斯顿·丘吉尔的演讲非常著名，以至于有人称他是上世纪世界上最伟大的演讲家。他也因反应敏捷和妙语连珠的解释和见解而闻名于世。然而他本不是天才的演讲家。事实上，在丘吉尔的早年生活中，他说话结结巴巴，人们常取笑他的说话方式。
你知道丘吉尔是怎样变成上个世纪最伟大的演讲家的吗?他逐字逐句在纸上写下演讲稿，然后练习。他甚至练习停顿，即使可以口若悬河，也故做停顿，装出在字斟句酌的样子。每一次演讲他都要在镜前花费许多小时练习。他反复推敲每个字的正确表达方式，一直练到可以在恰到好处的面部表情下表达出来。你看，尽管温斯顿·丘吉尔不是天生的优秀演说家，但通过自我刻苦训练，他终于修成了大家。
朋友，不通过磨练和努力，你我都不会在生活中获得成功。因为在你的工作和职业生涯中，在学校、在体育活动中，在你的婚姻和家庭中，需要汗水才能培育成功。即使你出生于富贵家庭，或聪慧过人、体格强健，你仍然必须通过艰苦努力去发挥你所有的潜能，以获得真正的成功。请想一分钟……

4.    Work Works 做有效的工作

Think a minute! Did you know that the average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work? That means those who use 50% of their ability really stand out from the rest. And the very few who actually give their full 100% of strength and smarts to their work become the most successful. Many people want the greener grass, but they don't want to pay the higher water bill to get it!
"No person has ever slept his way to succeed. Because sleepers sleep through their best opportunities." You see, while we're sleeping, our talents and abilities sleep with us.  So the only way to smell sweet success is to wake up, and work up the ladder to where you want to be. Then after you've reached the level of success you want, work is the only way you can stay there and keep enjoying it.
Remember, nothing just happens by itself, somebody has to do the work to make it happen. The great music composers like Beethoven and Mozart did not sit around and wait until they got inspired before they started to work. They got inspired because they were already working.
But it's not enough to work hard. An important question we need to ask ourselves is what we are working for? We can't just work hard, we also have to work smart. Don't get ripped off by working your whole life for something that doesn't give you real quality of life. We need to be smart and get the best deal we can for our life of work. Some people work hard all their lives and become rich, but inside they're still poor and unhappy. They're miserable and empty because they didn't work smart for the right things. Just think a minute...

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请想一分钟!你知道吗？一般人仅把他所具有的能量和能力的25％用于自己的工作。这就意味着，谁在工作中使用他们能力的50％，就能够出类拔萃。极少数那些将自己的力量和智慧百分之百地投人工作的人，就成了最成功的人。可是许多人想要草地更翠绿，却不肯多付水费。
“没有人能睡出成功来，昏睡使他错失良机。”你看，当我们睡眠时，我们的才智和能力也随着我们沉睡。品尝成功甜蜜的惟一方法就是保持清醒，它使你能够登梯而上，达到你理想的境界。然而，在你达到你所渴望的成功之后，工作是你能继续享受成功的惟一方式。
请记住，天上不会掉馅饼，梅花香自苦寒来。像贝多芬和莫扎特这样伟大的作曲家，也不是坐等灵感来了才开始工作。正是因为他们已付出了艰辛的努力，才能思如泉涌。
但是，仅靠努力工作是不够的。我们必须问自己一个重要的问题：我们奋斗不息到底为了什么?我们不能一味地苦干，我们也必须运用智慧。不要让工作偷走了你的整个人生，去换取那些不能真正提升你生命品质的东西。我们必须变得聪明一些，为自己一生的工作争取最好的工作机会。有些人艰苦奋斗了一辈子，终于收获了财富，但他们的内心却依然贫困和凄苦。他们的不满和空虚是因为他们没有为了正义的事业去聪明地工作。请想一分钟……

5.    Create Your Own Luck 创造自己的运气

Think a minute! Do you know some people who just have all the luck? They seem to get all the breaks. And you ask yourself: "Why don't I get lucky? Why don't I get a great education? A great job or business? A nice house? A wonderful wife or husband? " But the real reason most people are successful or lucky is that they've learned how to put themselves in a place, so they can be lucky. They've learned how to, in a way, create their own luck!
I'm not talking about dishonest or illegal ways. I'm talking about hard, honest work. But successful people don't just work hard, they also work smart. They keep improving and making the most of their assets and abilities. Yet they also learn to ask for help in things they themselves are not good at doing. As one successful man says: "You can't put in what God left out." So we not only must make the most of our own special strength, we must also learn our limits and weaknesses.
A man recently got his lucky big break – a promotion in a large company. Everybody said: "That guy's so lucky! " But that man created his own luck--by always arriving at the office early. He apologized and admitted when he was wrong. He even shared the credit and reward with others when he had done much of the work. He was never satisfied just to get by and do average work. He always made the extra effort to do his very best. He kept working hard when others slacked off.
We have to work hard and do what it takes to be in the way of luck and success when it comes. Otherwise, we'll miss it because we aren't ready. You never know when the right opportunity will come your way, and when the right, an important person is watching your excellent attitude and work. That's when you'll get your lucky break! Just think a minute...

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请想一分钟!你知道吗?有些人总是鸿运当头，他们似乎占尽了机缘。你不禁会问自己：“为什么我没这种福气?我为什么没受到这么好的教育?没有这理想的工作或生意?没有如此美丽的房子?没有那么好的妻子或丈夫?”其实大多数人成功或走运的真正原因，是他们知道怎样身处有运气的地方。换言之，他们知道如何创造自己的好运。
我讨论的不是用欺骗或违法的方式，我讨论的是艰苦和诚实的工作。但是，成功者不仅努力工作，他们还富有智慧。他们不断地促进并充分地使用自己的资源和能力，而且对自己不擅长的事，他们也知道如何去寻求帮助。正如一位成功人士所言：“上帝之意不可违。”所以，我们不仅要充分地使用自己特有的力量，还必须知道自己的极限和弱点。
一位老兄近来走了大运，在一家大公司里得到提升。人人都说：“那家伙的运气真好!”其实，正是他每每提前到达办公室，为自己创造了这份幸运。当有失误时，他会承认错误，并表示歉意。尽管他做了大部分工作，但他仍然与他人分享荣誉和奖赏。他对工作永不满足，不会得过且过，而是追求尽善尽美。当别人松懈时，他坚持勤奋工作。
我们必须努力工作，尽一切努力走到运气和成功降临的路上，否则就会因为我们没有准备好而错失良机。你可能永远不会知道，何时有适当的机遇降临到你的头上，何时有关键和重要的人物正在注视着你杰出的状态和工作。然而，正是这时，你就将得到你的幸运。请想一分钟……

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