第38章 一生最大的收获 9(第2页)
冷漠有时候并不是无情,只是一种避免被伤害的工具。
&icism['skepti]n。怀疑态度;怀疑论
&esputsforwardsthemethodofgetoteract
thefideisminsaicism。
笛卡儿为了对抗经院哲学的盲目信仰主义和怀疑论,提出了普遍怀疑方法。
我们的勇气并非生来就有,恐惧也是如此。
向这些敌人开战吧。向你的恐惧发起攻击。鼓足勇气去对抗那些阻碍你的事物,与那些阻挡你实现目标与梦想的事物战斗吧。
勇敢地生活,勇敢地追求你想要的一切,勇敢地成为你理想中的人。
You'tbelieveeverything。Butyoualso'tletdoubttakeover。
takeover:接受;接管
Worseofall,theydoubtthemselves。
worseofall:更糟糕的是
激发你的人生潜能
&ingAroused
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"How'stheboygettingon,Davis?"AskedFarmerJohnField。
"Well,John,youandIareoldfriends,"repliedDeaDavis,ashetookanapplefromabarrelaoMarshall'sfatherasapeag;"weareoldfriends,andIdon'twanttohurtys;butI'mabluntman,andairgoihetruth。Marshallisagood,steadybht,buthewouldn'tmakeamertifhestayedihousandyears。Heweren'tert。Takehimba,John,andteailkcows!"
IfMarshallFieldhadremainedasDeaDavis'sstoreinPittsfield,Massachusetts,wherehegothisfirstposition,heeverhavebeeoheworld'smerces。
Butwheodsawthemarvelousexamplesaroundhimofpoorboyswhohadwoarousedhisambitiohthedeterminatiomerthimself。"Ifothersdosuderfulthings,"heaskedhimself,"whyotI?"
Ithadthenonlyabouteighty-fivethousandinhabitants。Afewyearsbeforeithadbeeradihecitygresandbounds,andalrediostsaants。Successwasintheair。Everybodyfeltthatthereossibilitiesthere。
Maothinkthatambitionisaqualitybornwithinus;thatitisoimprovement;thatitissomethingthrustuponuswhichwilltakecareofitself。Butitisapassionthatrespondsveryquicklytocultivation,anditrequirestdedu,justasthefausicorartdoes,orithy。
"WhatImost;asEmersonsays,"issomebodytomakemedowhatI。"TodowhatI,thatismyproblem;notoleonoraLincoulddo,butwhatIakesallthediffereomewhetherIbrihiheworst—whetherIutilizetey-five,orofmyability。
Everywhereweseepeoplewhohavereachedmiddlelifeorlaterwithoutbeiheyhavedevelopedonlyasmallpertageoftheirsuccesspossibilities。Theyarestillinadormahebestthinginthemliessodeepthatithasneverbeepossibilitiesofusefulnessandofatare,allunsciously,goingtowastewithinthem。