英语美文朗读 第532期 Become the best version of yourself
我知道，想要成功，就要付出很多。我知道，要经历过长时间的努力，热血，汗水，泪水，才能取得我现在的成绩。但是，只有这样做，你才能成为所有人中最优秀的百分之五。
No one was doing what I was doing. No one was achieving the grades I was achieving. As Gary Vayner Chuk used to say, to be an anomaly you've got to act like one, and that was my mantra.
没有人，愿意做我现在在做的事情，因此没有人获得我现在的成绩。正如Gary Vayner Chuck所言，要想成为与众不同的人，那么，你必须从行动上就与众不同。他的这句话，就是我的信仰。
If you do exactly what everyone else is doing, then by its very definition, you will become average. And if you're happy with average, then so be it. That's fine. But I know you're capable of so much more. You only have one life. It doesn't have to be average. Make the most of it.
如果你做的事和别人做的一样，那么，你就会成为一个平凡的人。如果你觉得平凡挺好的，那就这样吧，没关系。但是，我知道，你有能力获得更大的成就。你只有一次生命，你没必要平庸，要好好把握你的生命。
No one at your university has ever achieved extraordinary grades that didn't have huge obstacles they had to overcome, obstacles that every student has, obstacles that you're experiencing right now, trying to stop you from fulfilling your potential.
在你的大学里，那些取得最优秀成绩的人，都克服了巨大的困难，这些困难是每个学生都会遇到的，它们正是你目前遇到的困难，它们会想尽办法阻碍你发挥你的天赋。
At first, it's the motivation and discipline that keeps you going, but the motivation and discipline can only help you short-term. It's the passion you have within you that keeps you going, not just the passion for studying and learning new things, but the passion for improving yourself, the passion for striving to become a better person each day. It's the passion to building a growth mindset that will help you become phenomenal in the long term.
一开始的时候，让你坚持下去的，是动力，是自律，但是，它们很快就会消散。只有热情才能让你一如既往地坚持，这不仅仅是对学习新事物的热情，更是提升自己的热情。这种热情让你一直想成为一个更优秀的人，让你以成长的心态来看问题。从长远来看，它会让你变得非常优秀。
And if you know anyone with a growth mindset, if you know anyone around you that is focused on pursuing their dreams, that is dedicated to becoming the best version of themselves every day, you'll probably notice they seem a lot happier. They have an optimism about them that other people just don't have, and it's something that's so difficult to explain, but when you get there, you'll know exactly what I mean.
如果你认识拥有成长型心态的人，专注于实现自己梦想的人，为成为最好的自己而努力的人，你可能会发现，他们看起来比普通人快乐多了。他们对自己很乐观，其他人没有这种心态。这种心态很难描述，但是，如果你拥有了它，你就知道我想说的是什么。
I was not the smartest in my class, or the wealthiest or even the most academic, but my goals were clear. I knew exactly what I wanted to achieve. I was focused in on that 4.0, and nothing can take me away from achieving my goal. I knew what I needed to do. I knew where it was going to take to graduate in the top 5% of the university. I knew I needed to study every single night. When I got home, and when I started to get tired, that was the time when I needed to carry on, because when I started to get tired, I knew at that point, most of the people in my class were going to give up, and watch TV or watch Netflix, but I hadn't come this far just to be average.
在班上，我不是最聪明的，不是最有钱的，不是学业最出色的，但是，我的目标非常清晰。我知道自己想获得什么样的成就，我专注于追求四点零的学分，没有什么能阻挡我。我知道，我需要做什么。我知道，要想成为那最优秀的百分之五，我要付出什么。我知道，每天晚上，我都需要学习。当我回到家，感到非常劳累，我仍然需要坚持，因为，我知道，在我感到疲倦的时候，其他人也如此，他们会放弃，会看电视，看剧，但是，我的目标不是成为平凡之辈。
So, I kept pushing, and kept studying. I knew that if I missed even one night, it could snowball into two nights, three nights, four nights. Everything I did was to take one step closer to achieving my goals. I'd wake up at 5:00 a.m., go straight to the gym. I'd be at the library by 6:30 before most people were even awake. By the time classes started at 9:00 a.m., I had already been studying for two and a half hours. And once classes had finished at 4p.m., I'd go home, eat and get a few hours more studying in before bed. It was hard work, but I did what it took.
所以，我不断鞭策自己，不断学习。我知道，如果我懈怠了一个晚上，很快，就会变成两个，三个，四个晚上。我做的一切，都是为了靠近自己的目标。我早上五点起床，直接去健身房。到六点半的时候，我已经到达图书馆，而这时大多数人还没醒。等到九点半开始上课时，我已经学习了两个半小时。下午四点下课时，我会直接回家，吃饭，再学习几个小时，然后休息。这样努力，确实很辛苦。但是，为了实现梦想，我会坚持做下去。
