生活英语听力文章：最容易做的是最难做的

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　　最容易做的往往是最难做的

　　Know it—Do it

　　知道与行动

　　We know we should listen without interrupting, but we still find ourselves interrupting. We know we need to finish our projects on time, yet we find ourselves missing deadlines. We know we should remember someone’s name, but yet we don’t pay attention and forget. We know we should answer that email or return that phone call, yet we keep putting it off.

　　我们知道我们应该倾听而不中断,但我们仍然发现自己打断他人。我们知道我们需要按时完成我们的项目,但是我们发现自己错过最后期限。我们知道我们应该记住别人的名字,但我们不注意也忘记。我们知道我们应该回复电子邮件或电话,但我们总是敷衍了事。

　　The reason this lesson is one of the foundational pillars for Little Things Matter is because any big success is made up of little successes. As Coach John Wooden said, “Little things make big things happen.”

　　这教训之所以至关重要，原因是一个个小事情构成大事业的支柱,因为任何大成功是由小成功构成。就如教练约翰木说,“小事做好了大事情才能成功。”

　　If you are going to be successful at anything personally or professionally, it will result from doing the little things that, for the most part, are easy to do but also easy to neglect.

　　如果你要在任何个人或专业上成功,它来源自做小事情的结果,在大多数情况下,很容易做但是也容易忽视,在大多数情况下,小事很容易做但是也容易忽视。

　　Be Consistent

　　始终如一地

　　Not only is it necessary to use your personal initiative to do the little things that are easy to do, the key is doing them consistently. Most people do push themselves to do something for a short time, but very few people will do the things they should over an extended period of time.

　　不仅有必要运用你的个人主动能动性做容易做的小事情,关键是始终如一地做好这些。大多数人都迫使自己短暂地做一些事情,但很少有人会较长一段时间做事情，而这些本是理所应当。

　　Being consistent in doing the little things you know you should do has many positive results beyond the obvious desired outcome of achieving your goals. You will become more respected and admired. You will develop new friendships and build deeper relationships with people in both your personal life and professional life. You will feel better about yourself and the person you are becoming.

　　始终如一地做你应该做的小事情，除了明显的实现你的目标期望的结果外，还有许多积极的结果。你将变得更加受人尊敬和钦佩。你会在你的个人生活和职业生活中，开发新的友谊和与人建立更深的关系。你会对自己感觉更好,感觉你正成为你要成为的人。

　　So, why don’t we do the little things that are easy to do? The reason is because they are so-o-o-o easy not to do—to neglect, to procrastinate, to promise ourselves that we will do it tomorrow.

　　所以,为什么我们不去做那些容易做的小事情呢?原因是,因为他们是太容易不做，太容易被忽视,被拖延,太容易承诺自己,我们将明天再做。

　　Another reason could be the fact that when the little things are looked at individually, we don’t value their importance. Napoleon Hill said, “A big success is made up from a great number of little circumstances each of which may seem so small and insignificant most people pass them by as not being worthy of notice.”

　　另一个原因可能是,当小事情单独看,我们没有觉得它的重要性。拿破仑·希尔说,“一个大的成功由许多小的事情构成，通常情况下，每个小状况看起来如此的微不足道,大多数人认为不值得注意而轻易放过他们。”

　　Fight the Cause

　　战胜你的借口

　　What’s the reason you aren’t consistent in doing the little things you know you should do? Think about it.

　　是什么原因你不能始终如一地做那些你知道应该做的小事情?考虑一下。

　　When I was interviewed on Mixergy, a blog for aspiring entrepreneurs, I was asked what the No. 1 obstacle was that I had to overcome in order to achieve my goals. My answer was laziness. I know the little things I need to do and I understand their importance. For me, I have to fight laziness and PUSH myself to do the little things I know I need to do.

　　当我接受Mixergy,一家专为有抱负的企业家设立的博客,采访的时候，我被问到的为了达到我的目标，必须要克服的第一障碍是什么。我的回答是懒惰。我知道我需要做小事情,我理解他们的重要性。对我来说,我必须战胜懒惰，强迫自己做我知道我需要做的小事情。

　　Become a Disciplined Person

　　成为一个自律的人

　　The fact that you are reading this blog post tells me that you want to achieve more in life. If you are going to be successful at achieving your goals, you must become a disciplined person. You must become a person who will do the little things that are easy to do and easy not to do.

　　你正在阅读这篇文章这个事实告诉我,你想在生活中获得更多。如果你要成功地实现你的目标,你必须成为一个自律的人。你必须成为一个会做小事情的人,那些很容易做也是很难做的事。

　　I also want to point out that I don’t believe there is any distinction between who you are in your personal life and who you are in your professional life. If your bedroom is a mess, then your car is probably a mess. If you don’t have the discipline to clean your home and car, you will likely struggle having the discipline to do the little things required of you to achieve your goals. You can’t be one person at home and a different person at work. You are who you are!

　　我还想指出,我不相信，在你的个人生活中和在你的专业生活中，你所扮演的角色有任何区别。如果你的卧室很乱,那么你的车可能是一团糟。如果你不自律打扫房屋和汽车,你可能会挣扎于你达到目标需要自律的小事情。你不可能在家里是一个人,在工作场合是另一个人。你就是你自己。

　　If you want to achieve more in your life, if you want to grow as a person and achieve your personal best, then you MUST become a person who does the little things that are both easy to do and easy not to do. This will likely be the greatest challenge you will ever take on, but if you will commit to this challenge and use your personal initiative do the things you know you should do with consistency, your life can be transformed.

　　如果你想在你的生活中获得更多成就,如果你想成长,做到最好的自己,那么你必须成为这样的一个人，做那些容易做的也是最难做的小事。这可能是你承担的最大的挑战,但是如果你将致力于这一挑战,使用你的个人主观能动性，做你知道你应该始终如一做的事情,就可以改变你的生活。

　　One of the most important keys to success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do even when you don’t feel like doing it.

　　成功最重要的关键之一是有自律性，你知道你应该做什么,即使你不喜欢这么做。