读点好英文:Seven Secrets to a Great Life　非凡人生的七大秘诀

Seven Secrets to a Great Life　非凡人生的七大秘诀

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A great life doesn't happen by accident. A great life is the result of aIIocating your time, energy, thoughts, and hard work towards what you want your life to be.Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure, and start setting up your life to support success and ease.A great life is the result of using the 24/7 you get in a creative and thoughtful way, instead of just what comes next.Customize these“secrets”to fit your own needs and style, and start creating your own great life today！

1.S-Simplify.A great life is the result of simplifying your life.People often misinterpret what simplify means.It's not a way to remove work from your life.When you focus on simplifying your life, you free up energy and time for the work that you enjoy and the purpose for which you are here.In order to create a great life, you will have to make room for it in yours first.

2.E-Effort.A great life is the result of your best effort.Creating a great life requires that you make some adjustments.It may mean reevaluating how you spend your time, or choosing to spend your money in a different way.It may mean looking for new ways to spend your energy that coincide with your particular definition of a great life.Life will reward your best effort.

3.C-Create Priorities.A great life is the result of creating priorities.It's easy to spend your days just responding to the next thing that gets your attention, instead of intentionally using the time, energy and money you have in a way that's important to you.Focus on removing the obstacIes that get in the way of you making sure you are honoring your priorities.

4.R-Reserves.A great life is the result of having reserves-reserves of things, time, space, energy, money.With reserves, you acquire far more than you need-not 6 months living expenses, but 5 years worth；not 15 minutes of free time，1 day.Reserves are important because they reduce the fear of consequences, and that allows you to make decisions based on what you really want instead of what the fear decides for you.

5.E-EIiminate distractions.A great life is the result of eliminating distractions.Up to 75%of your mentaI energy can be tied up in things that are draining and distracting you.Eliminating distractions can be a difficult concept to many people, since they haven't really considered that there is another way to live.Look around at someone's life you admire.What do they do that you would like to incorporate into your own life?Ask them how they did it.Find ways to free up your mental energy for things that are more important to you.

6.T-Thoughts.A great life is the result of controlling your thoughts so that you accept and allow for the possibility that it actually can happen to you！Your belief in the outcome will directly dictate how successful you are.Motivated people have specific goals and look for ways to achieve them.Believing there is a solution to the same old problems you encounter year after year is vitally important to creating a life that you love.

7.S-Start.A great life is the result of starting.There's the old saying everyone's familiar with“a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”In order to even move from the couch to the refrigerator, you have to start.There's no better time to start than today.Don't wait for a raise, or until the kids get older, or the weather is better.Today, right now, is the right day to start to take a step in the direction of your heart's desires.It's what you do TODAY that will make a difference in your life tomorrow.

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非凡的人生不是偶然产生的，它需要你合理分配自己的时间、精力、心思并为实现自己的生活目标而努力。走出忧虑和失败，全身心地迎接成功和安逸。非凡的人生是利用分分秒秒来创造和思索的结果而不是坐等。让我们从今天开始，根据下面的“秘诀”和自身情况，创建属于自己的非凡人生吧！

1.化繁为简。非凡的人生源于简化你的生活。人们往往误解了简化的含义，即不参加工作。当生活真正简化，你就会有时间和精力从事喜欢的工作，并为之奋斗。创建非凡的人生，首先要有自己的空间。

2.不懈努力。非凡的人生源于个人的艰苦努力。它需要对你的生活做些调整，它可能需要你重新分配时间，或调整理财方式；它可能要你寻求新的方法以使你将精力放在你自己所定义的非凡的人生上。有付出就会有回报。

3.分清主次。非凡的人生源于分清主次。人很容易被琐碎的事所吸引，而不能将时间、精力、金钱放在重要的事上，要集中精力先清除在自己首要解决问题上的绊脚石。

4.有备无患。非凡的人生源于懂得储备——储备物品、时间、空间、精力和金钱。有了这些储备，你所获得的就会远远多于所期望的——你得到的会是五年的生活费，而不是六个月的；你得到的会是一整天的闲暇时间，而不只是十五分钟。储备很重要，因为它能减少你的顾虑，还会使你依照自己的目标来做决定而不是被顾虑所支配。

5.专心致志。非凡的人生源于专注。做事三心二意，会耗费一个人75%以上的精力。很多人不知道如何清除杂念，因为他们从未想过换种方式生活。看看周围那些令你羡慕的人的生活吧，看自己能从他们身上学到些什么？向他们请教，寻求专注的方式，把精力集中到真正重要的事情上。

6.坚定信念。非凡的人生源于控制你的信念。信念会令事情真的发生，也会直接告诉你，你是多么的成功。有动力的人目标明确，并会想尽一切办法去实现。生活中会反复遇到很多问题，坚信这些问题终会解决，是创造美好生活的关键。

7.立刻行动。非凡的人生源于行动。有句大家熟悉的古谚语，“千里之行始于足下”，即使是想从沙发走到冰箱前，也需要亲自行动。从今天开始行动吧，不要再找借口，说等涨工资了；等孩子长大了；或者等天气好了再说吧。从今天开始，去努力实现心中的梦想，这是最好的时机。只有从今天就开始，你的明天才会更好。

核心单词

aIIocate['æləukeit]v.分派；分配

coincide[，kəuin'said]v.同时发生；相符，巧合

priority[prai'ɔriti]n.优先，重点；优先权

obstacIe['ɔbstəkl]n.障碍（物）；妨碍

eIiminate[i'limineit]v.排除，消除，消灭

mentaI['mentl]adj.精神的；心理的；智力的

incorporate[in'kɔ：pəreit]v.包含，吸收；使并入

实用句型

In order to create a great Iife, you wiII have to make room for it in yours first.

创建非凡的人生，首先要有自己的空间。

①这里是in order to引导的目的状语从句。

②make room for给……腾出空间，类似的表达还有leave room for为……留出空间；take up room占有空间等固定搭配。

翻译练习

1.这个办法是他偶然想到的。（by accident）

2.真没想到，考试的结果这么好。（the result of）

3.他不仅没有帮我们，反而还嘲笑我们。（instead of）