Every action has consequences. To improve your consequences, adjust your actions. 任何行为都有后果。为了改善你的后果，调整你的行动。

Sometimes it’s obvious what results your actions will cause. Other times, it can be more difficult to know in advance. 有时候你的行为会导致什么样的结果是显而易见的。有时，提前知道可能会更困难。

But almost always, after you take each action you will know its consequences. Learn from that experience, each time you have it. 但几乎总是，在你采取每一个行动后，你都会知道它的后果。从这种经历中学习，每次你都有。

Whenever something goes right, and whenever something goes wrong, ask yourself the same question. What exactly did you do to contribute to the result? 无论什么时候事情做得对，什么时候事情做得不对，都要问自己同样的问题。你到底做了什么来促成这个结果？

Of course many factors come into play, some of which you can influence and some over which you have no say. Yet the factors to focus on most are the actions you can take and the ones you can avoid. 当然，有许多因素在起作用，有些你可以影响，有些你没有发言权。然而，最需要关注的因素是你可以采取的行动和你可以避免的行动。

You are in position to be the world’s leading expert on the consequences of your own actions. Take that expertise seriously, use it wisely, and it will serve you well. 你有能力成为世界领先的专家对自己行为的后果。认真对待这种专业知识，明智地使用它，它会很好地为你服务。

— Ralph Marston - 拉尔夫·马斯顿