Some things you can change for the better, and others you can’t. Your effectiveness, your peace of mind, your levels of satisfaction and fulfillment depend on knowing the difference. 有些事情你可以改变得更好，而有些事情你却无法改变。你的效率、你的安心、你的满意度和成就感都取决于你是否知道其中的区别。 If you can improve the situation, take action. If nothing……

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Those who hold out for the perfect partner often end up with no partner. Those who seek the perfect opportunity may never find the opportunity they seek. 那些苦苦寻找完美伴侣的人，最终往往找不到伴侣。寻求完美机会的人可能永远也找不到他们所寻求的机会。 It’s great to expect the best out of life. But it’s foolish to expect the best to be handed to yo……

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Engage using your mind. Engage using your presence, with all you are. 用你的思想参与。用你的存在，用你的一切去参与。 Your life is not some flat, detached, concept. It is a dynamic, direct experience. 你的生活不是某种平面的、脱离现实的概念。它是一种动态的、直接的体验。 Go beyond merely wondering what various places and people and events would be like. Get ……

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To make sure you get it done, give yourself a reason why. If a compelling reason isn’t apparent, dig deeper. 为了确保完成任务，请给自己一个理由。如果没有令人信服的理由，那就深入挖掘。 Create a solid connection in your mind between what you must do and what matters to you. Maintain that connection until the work is done. 在你的头脑中，在你必须做的事情……

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Make something beautiful just for the beauty of it. Do something meaningful just because it has meaning to you. 做一件美丽的事，只为它的美丽。做一件有意义的事，只因为它对你有意义。 Fulfillment is not a formula, not a step-by-step recipe that you can mindlessly follow. Fulfillment is a process of discovery and experience. 满足感不是一个公式，不……

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Perhaps you’ve entertained the fantasy of rushing in on a white horse and saving the world. But it doesn’t work that way. 也许你曾幻想过骑着白马冲进来拯救世界。但事实并非如此。 Much of what improves life comes out of boring and tedious work. The good things in life don’t require saving so much as they require ongoing maintena……

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You need to be needed. As burdensome as they may be, your obligations add greatly to your life. 你需要被需要。尽管它们可能会给你的生活带来负担，但你的义务会大大增加你的生活。 Obligations don’t care about your resentment of them. So rather than resenting them, make it your business to embrace those obligations. 义务并不在乎你对它们的怨恨。因此，与其怨恨它们，不如把……

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Where effort goes in, meaning comes forth. When you invest time, thought, focus, and action, you end up with value and fulfillment. 努力在哪里，意义就在哪里。当你投入时间、心思、精力和行动时，你最终会获得价值和成就感。 Machines and elaborate systems can leverage your effort but they can never take the place of it. Because expending actual ef……

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If you’ve been meaning to get it done but haven’t, here’s what will help. Make the time. 如果你一直想做但还没做，下面的方法会有所帮助。挤出时间。 Show yourself and everyone else that you’re serious. Carve out sufficient time to get it done. 向自己和其他人表明你是认真的。挤出足够的时间来完成它。 Don’t trick yourself into thinking you can just squeeze it ……

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