英语美文朗读 第358期 Victory Is A Product Of The Fight

There's something about the way we perceive success, that results in one of the greatest tragedies of our time, and that's the belief that successful people, the ones at the top of their game, that talent is what punched their ticket, that destiny is what brought them to the finish line. And that's wrong. It's wrong because it takes the journey. It takes the struggle, the scratching and climb that it takes to get to the top of the mountain and it throws it out the window. Right it completely mitigates what's most important. In the real world, the one we're living in, it doesn't matter who you are, you are never entitled to a result.

 

我们对成功的一个认识导致了我们这个时代最大的悲剧之一，那就是，我们以为，对于那些走上人生巅峰的成功人士而言，天赋是他们的通行证，命运是他们的神助攻。这种想法是错误的。成功需要艰难跋涉，需要困苦挣扎，需要拼命往上攀爬，才能到达人生的顶峰，但这种想法忽略了这些重要的东西。它完全弱化了最重要的事情。在真实的世界里，在我们所生活的这个世界里，你是谁并不重要，没有什么结果是命中注定的。

 

Victory is a product of the fight. And the biggest favor you can ever do for yourself as you progress through life's ups and downs, through the good the bad through rough times, is know that you were going through what every successful person every champion every innovator in the history of mankind has gone through. Struggle is perfection in progress. It's a sign that you were in the midst of what separates the great from average. It's a necessary step and it's the most important step you will ever take. Because 99% of people cannot see past it. The world see struggle hardship has the time to pack it up, to walk away, to be intimidated. But the best, I'm telling you, they look at struggle differently.

成功是拼搏的结果。当你走过人生的起起落落，走过最好的和最坏的时代，你能给自己的最大帮助，就是认识到，你所经历的，就是历史上的那些成功者、胜利者、创新者们所经历的。挣扎是成长中的完美。挣扎，意味着你正在经历的事情，能够将伟大灵魂从平庸之辈中区分出来。于你而言，这是必要的，也是最重要的一步。因为99%的人无法看清这个事实。世界上大多数人只看到了拼搏的痛苦，他们草草收场撤退，落荒而逃。但是，我要告诉你，最优秀的人，他们眼中的拼搏是不一样的。

 

Just like you can't get fit without the blood the sweat that tears the gym, you can't make deals without the hustle. You can't make things happen if you don't move forward in the face of adversity. When the word no is staring you in the eyes that's all part of the process. Winners walk on. From Lincoln to Jordan to Oprah, we've heard the stories. But so often were hesitant to implement the work ethic, the winning formula. It doesn't change and it never will.

正如你需要在健身房里挥洒血汗才能变得强健一样，你需要拼劲和冲劲才能将事情做好。如果你不能直面逆境奋勇向前，你就会一事无成。当退缩的念头、说“不”的念头涌上来，你要知道，这是奋斗拼搏的一部分。胜者会选择继续往前走。从林肯、乔丹，到欧普拉，类似的故事我们听过很多。但往往我们总是太犹豫，没能将我们的奋斗精神、制胜法宝发挥出来，这样的话，现状永远不会改变。

 

But part of that is not being afraid to fail, right not being scared of rejection. Welcome that allow you to tempt any small failure that comes your way to stack up, so at the end of the day you can stand on them and reach levels of success that simply were not there a year ago, two years ago. You know we didn't decide to put a human on the moon and expect it to happen the following Tuesday. Excellence takes time. Achievements take patience. Learning. Reassessing. It's a pursuit that must be tenacious. Right we're getting knocked down isn't a detriment. It's a blessing, because it's refining our approach. We want that. We need it.

但，必不可少的一部分，就是，我们不能恐惧失败，不能恐惧闭门羹。去面对这些，这会让你将路上遇到的每次小失败累积起来，这样，你最终会以它们为垫脚石，得到一两年前你想都不敢想的成就。你要明白，我们并不是今天决定让人类登月然后下周二就能成真。冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。欲速则不达。不断学习。不断反思。这是一个百折不挠的追求。我们被打倒，这不是什么坏事。这是我们的幸事，因为它正在磨练我们的策略。这是我们想要的，也是我们需要的。

 

Overshooting your potential will never be a problem because if you want it bad enough you will stretch yourself you will find a way. It's aiming low that kills us that destroys greatness at its roots, because we kill it before we even give it a chance to grow. Then the safe road, my friend, holds no victories, only regrets. You can ask me 100 times and I will answer the same way every single time. I would always trade discomfort now for victory later. It may seem like a lot to ask. It may appear tough. But trust me. The price is much steeper later on to sit back let life go by then wish that we turned our opportunity into something real.

高估自己的潜力绝不是什么问题，因为如果你对一样东西足够渴望，你就会逼着自己去寻求方法。目标过低，会将伟大扼杀在萌芽之中，因为我们连一个成长的机会都没有给它。我的朋友，安逸的道路上没有胜利，只有悔恨。就算你问我一百次，我每次都会这样回答。我会用当下的不自在来换取日后的胜利。这看起来要求很高，这看起来非常困难，但，相信我，到你以后回忆往事、懊悔当初没能实现你的愿景时，你会发现，你所付出的代价更加沉重。

 

So, your questions, your anxiety, should never revolver on whether or not you're comfortable because if you want something bad enough you know that being uncomfortable is an ingredient. Your question should be whether you are giving enough, whether that person next to you who wants the same thing you want, by the way, will be able to give the effort that you can, who'll be able to man up and make this sacrifice that you have.

因此，你的困惑，你的焦虑，不应该只关注你现在是否安逸，因为如果足够渴望某样东西，你就要知道，不适和痛苦是躲不开的。你应该问一下自己，你付出的是否够多，和你有同样追求的人是否付出了和你一样多的努力，是否和你一样勇敢，是否做出了和你一样的牺牲。

 

If you want to be the best your mindset needs to reflect the best. You need to think differently than ordinary people right let others focus on the tip of the iceberg. You know that excellence lies in everything underneath the surface in what cannot be seen. That's your gold mine. That's your ticket. So, take mediocrity and make it excellence. Take what's yours and hold it up for the world to see because what hurts now in the present is the very same thing that will transform your life down the road.

如果你想成为最优秀的人，你的思维模式必须是最优秀的。普通人只关注冰山的顶端，你的思考必须和他们不一样。你要知道，卓越的秘密潜藏在水面底下，藏在看不到的地方。那就是你的宝藏，那就是你的通行证。因此，你要变平凡为非凡。拿好你自己的牌，举高，让全世界知道，现在杀不死你的，终将使未来的你更加强大！