to myself.

對自己說。

(1) Wisdom is realizing what you can and can't control.

(1) 智慧是意識到你能和不能控制什麼。

In the past, when you've tried to get into better shape, you found that focusing on the

在過去，當你試圖進入更好的狀態時，你發現專注於

things you couldn't control—such as your cravings for food, your body fat percentage,

你無法控制的事情--比如你對食物的渴望，你的身體脂肪百分比。

or your weight—led to zero progress.

或你的體重導致的零進展。

Instead, it often led to feelings of shame and guilt.

相反，它常常導致羞愧和內疚的感覺。

But when you focused on the things you could control—such as finding fun workouts, moving

但是，當你把注意力集中在你可以控制的事情上時--比如尋找有趣的鍛鍊方法，移動

each day, and looking for new, healthy, and satisfying foods to eat—you made better

每天尋找新的、健康的、令人滿意的食物來吃，你就會做得更好。

progress on your health.

在你的健康上取得進展。

Everything in life falls into one of two categories: things you can control and things you can't.

生活中的一切都屬於兩類之一：你能控制的事情和你不能控制的事情。

When you focus on the things you can control, you actively shape your future, but when you

當你專注於你可以控制的事情時，你會積極地塑造你的未來，但當你

focus on the things you can't control, you are imprisoned by your past.

專注於你無法控制的事情，你被你的過去所禁錮。

(2) Your emotions depend on your expectations.

(2) 你的情緒取決於你的期望。

Let's say you're expecting to get a D on a test.

比方說，你期望在一次考試中得到D。

If you get a C, you're gonna be happy because your reality is greater than your expectation.

如果你得到了C，你會很高興，因為你的現實比你的期望要大。

If you get an F, you're gonna be sad because your reality falls short of your expectation.

如果你得到一個F，你會很傷心，因為你的現實與你的期望相差甚遠。

But if you're expecting to get a B on that same test, now a C will make you sad, and

但是，如果你期望在同樣的考試中得到B，現在C會讓你傷心，而且

only an A will make you really happy.

只有A才能讓你真正開心。

Your emotions equal your reality minus your expectations.

你的情緒等於你的現實減去你的期望。

(Emotion = reality - expectation).

(情感=現實-期望）。)

(3) Right perception leads to right action.

(3) 正確的認識導致了正確的行動。

If I told you a million dollars were buried in your backyard, you'd go out there and

如果我告訴你有一百萬美元埋在你的後院，你會去那裡並

start digging right now, and you wouldn't stop until you found it.

現在就開始挖掘，不找到它你就不會停止。

Your actions arise from your perception of the world.

你的行動產生於你對世界的感知。

So right perception leads to right action.

是以，正確的認知會導致正確的行動。

(4) Your relationships will make or break your life.

(4) 你的關係將決定你的生活。

In the light of recent worldwide events, this lesson is easier to understand than ever before.

鑑於最近的世界性事件，這個教訓比以往任何時候都更容易理解。

The line that separates your health from someone else's health is very thin, perhaps nonexistent

將你的健康與別人的健康分開的界限非常細，也許不存在。

in the long run.

從長遠來看。

You depend on the tree for your oxygen, the farmer for your food, and the builders for

你依靠樹木獲得氧氣，依靠農民獲得食物，依靠建築工人獲得食物。

your home.

你的家。

And all of these entities depend on you too.

而所有這些實體也都依賴於你。

If you drag people down to climb higher, the people around you will learn to do the same.

如果你拖累別人去爬高，你周圍的人也會學會這樣做。

And soon, you will be surrounded by people who do nothing but pull each other down.

很快，你就會被那些什麼都不做卻互相拉攏的人所包圍。

But if you lift people up with you, the people around you will learn to do the same, and

但是，如果你和你的人一起抬起來，你周圍的人也會學會這樣做，並且

soon, you will be surrounded by people who always lift each other up.

很快，你將被那些總是互相提攜的人所包圍。

In reality, all things are in relationship, directly or indirectly, and the quality of

在現實中，所有的事物都是直接或間接的關係，而品質的

your life is inseparable from the quality of your relationships.

你的生活與你的關係品質密不可分。

(5) Being attached to what other people think of you will rob you of your potential.

(5) 執著於別人對你的看法，會剝奪你的潛力。

I made a full video on this topic which you can check out by clicking the link in the

我就這個話題製作了一個完整的視頻，你可以點擊其中的鏈接查看。

top right of this video or using the link in the description below.

本視頻的右上方或使用下面描述中的鏈接。

But basically, the most valuable thing you can do is be yourself.

但基本上，你能做的最有價值的事情是做你自己。

Like a tree, you don't need to do anything but be yourself—you don't need to do anything

就像一棵樹，你不需要做任何事情，而是做你自己--你不需要做任何事情

but truly thrive—to be of use to the world.

但真正的茁壯成長是對世界有用的。

But if you're attached to what other people think of you, you'll be what they want you

但如果你執著於別人對你的看法，你就會成為他們想要的樣子。

to be rather than being yourself, and by abandoning yourself, you abandon your full potential.

而不是做你自己，通過放棄自己，你放棄了你的全部潛力。

(6) Your values determine whether your internal life is peaceful or stressful.

(6) 你的價值觀決定了你的內部生活是平靜的還是有壓力的。

If you value money but don't have any, you'll spend your life in a stressful chase to get

如果你重視金錢，但卻沒有錢，你會在緊張的追逐中度過你的一生，以獲得

it.

它。

But if you value the process of creating useful things instead, you'll spend your life in

但如果你看重的是創造有用的東西的過程，而不是創造有用的東西，你就會把你的生命花在

peace.

和平。

And you'll spend your life in peace because you can create something useful at any time.

而你將在平靜中度過你的一生，因為你可以在任何時候創造出有用的東西。

Nothing is stopping you.

沒有什麼能阻擋你。

You already own the thing you value: your own action.

你已經擁有了你重視的東西：你自己的行動。

If you value something that you don't currently have, your life is full of stress until you

如果你重視你目前沒有的東西，你的生活就會充滿壓力，直到你

get it.

得到它。

But if you value something you currently have, your internal life is peaceful.

但如果你重視你目前擁有的東西，你的內部生活就會很平靜。

(7) The most valuable things are available in the present.

(7) 最有價值的東西都在當下。

What's more valuable than knowledge?

有什麼比知識更有價值？

Isn't it the quality that leads to knowledge in the first place?

這不正是首先導致知識的品質嗎？

Let's call it curiosity.

讓我們稱其為好奇心。

What's more valuable than a strong body?

有什麼比一個強壯的身體更有價值？

Isn't it the quality that leads to strength?

這不正是導致力量的品質嗎？

Let's call it determination.

讓我們稱其為決心。

And isn't the quality that leads to money more valuable than money itself?

而導致金錢的品質難道不比金錢本身更有價值嗎？

Let's call it usefulness.

讓我們把它稱為有用性。

You acquire knowledge, a strong body, and money through time, but the qualities that

你通過時間獲得知識、強壯的身體和金錢，但這些品質

will lead you to these rewards, which are more important, require no time to achieve.

將引導你獲得這些獎勵，這些獎勵更重要，不需要時間來實現。

Curiosity, determination, and usefulness are available now.

好奇心、決心和有用性現在都有了。

What is acquired through time can be taken away through time, but what can be achieved

通過時間獲得的東西可以通過時間帶走，但可以實現的是

instantly can never be taken away.

瞬間不能被奪走。

If you have the right qualities, you will never lose your way.

如果你有正確的品質，你將永遠不會迷失方向。

And if your compass is oriented properly, you'll always find your treasure.

如果你的羅盤方向正確，你總能找到你的寶藏。

Whatever is most valuable, whatever is the thing from which all good things come, whether

無論什麼東西都是最有價值的，無論什麼東西都是一切美好事物的源泉，無論

it's virtue, truth, justice, love, or some other name, it's available in the present.

它是美德、真理、正義、愛，或其他名稱，它在當下是可用的。

It's available in every moment.

它每時每刻都可以使用。

It requires no time to acquire, or achieve, or act upon.

它不需要時間來獲得，或實現，或採取行動。

It requires no learning, no money, no status, nothing special.

它不需要學習，不需要錢，不需要地位，沒有什麼特別之處。

It can be achieved right here, right now.

它可以在這裡實現，現在就可以。

And if

而如果

you really want it, you'll find it.

你真的想要它，你就會找到它。