双语 ● The Four Things You Need to Succeed　为成功找理由，别为失败找借口

The Four Things You Need to Succeed　为成功找理由，别为失败找借口

◎ Mr. Self Development

I was talking to a friend yesterday who said the reason he hasn’t succeeded is because he doesn’t have the money to start his own business. He said, if only he had a good friend who could lend him the money he could succeed (he may have been referring to me as that “good friend”, I don’t know). But the reality is, you don’t need lots of money to achieve success.

昨天我和一位朋友聊天，他说他失败的原因是由于没有本钱创业。他还说，要是有一个好朋友能借钱给他的话，他就可以取得成功（他说的“好朋友”大概是在说我吧，我也不太清楚）。然而，事实是，获得成功并不需要你有很多钱。

There are 4 things that you need to succeed, and they don’t cost anything:

在成功路上，你需要拥有以下四件宝贝，而它们都不需要你花一分钱。

The first thing you need is “Time”

第一件你需要有的宝贝是“时间”。

With time you can climb mountains, develop a six-pack, break world records, write a bestseller, become rich, or anything else.

有了时间，你可以爬山，研发半打啤酒，打破世界纪录，写一本畅销书、成为富翁，等等。

Time is far more valuable than money. You can exchange your time to get money, but you can’t exchange your money to get more time. Time is the first thing you need to succeed, and it’s free.

时间可比金钱珍贵多了。你可以拿时间换金钱，但你却不能拿金钱买到更多的时间。时间是你成功路上需要拥有的第一件宝贝，而它还是免费的。

The second thing you need are “Ideas”

第二件你需要有的宝贝是“创意”。

I think about the articles that I write; everything I write is just an “idea”.

我认为我写的那些文章，以及所有写下来的东西都是一种“创意”。

There’s no limit to the number of ideas we can have.

我们拥有的创意，其数量是无限的。

I am inspired to write maybe five or six times a day, I have more inspirational thoughts than I can possibly write about.

得到激励的我可以一天写五六次，我有比我能写出来的多得多的灵感。

Why is this? Because there is no shortage in this world; shortage is only a figment of the imagination.

为什么呢？因为在这个世界上没有“短缺”，“短缺”也只是凭空想象出来的虚构的东西罢了。

You know, it’s an amazing thing; ideas that are “free” can actually make you rich. Randy Gage said, “You don’t have a money shortage, you have an idea shortage.”

你知道，这是一件了不起的事，“免费”的创意确实可以让你富有。兰迪·格基曾说：“没有金钱的短缺，只有创意的短缺。”

If you wanted to write a bestselling book, all you would need is an “idea”. An idea of what to write about, an idea as to how you could make it unique, an idea as to how you could get a publisher, an idea as to the best way to market it, an idea on a catchy title, an idea on how to get the right person to foreword it. It’s all ideas. Success comes from ideas, not from money.

如果你想要写一本畅销书，你只需要有一个“创意”。一个写什么的创意，一个如何能让它独特的创意，一个如何找到出版商的创意，一个最好的营销方式的创意，一个吸引人眼球的题目的创意，以及一个如何找到合适的人为你写序的创意。所有的这些都是“创意”。成功来自于创意，而非金钱。

You need to tap into your limitless river of ideas.

你需要去挖掘思想之河中的无限创意。

The third thing you need is “Consistent Action”

第三件你需要有的宝贝是“坚持”。

This is where most people have trouble. Our society has so programmed us with “get rich quick schemes”, and “instant gratification fixes” that we don’t understand that some things require consistent action for many years.

这就是许多人的症结所在。社会以种种“快速致富法”和“速成”引导我们。因此，我们不知道，有些东西需要长达数年的坚持才能实现。

Instead of us patiently cultivating the talents that we have, we sell our birthright of success and prosperity for a false hope; we sell it for fool’s gold, the false thinking that we can somehow get something for nothing. Let’s be clear, becoming a success and fulfilling what’s on the inside of you is going to take work! It’s going to take patience, persistence, faithfulness, faith, dedication, consistency, and determination, when it seems like nothing is working. But if you’re consistent, you will succeed.

与耐心培养我们的人才相反的是，我们为了不切实际的希望，而出卖我们那与生俱来的获得成功与繁荣的权利；为了傻子手里的金子，我们错误地以为可以空手套白狼。醒醒吧！要想获得成功并实现你心中的目标，你就得做事！它需要你有耐性、毅力、忠诚、信念、奉献、坚定和决心，当看起来什么事都没有做，而你却又在坚持的时候，你就会成功。

The fourth thing you need is “Passion”

第四件你需要有的宝贝是“激情”。

It’s critical that you pursue your passion.

追求激情很是关键。

Firstly because you’ll be willing to put in the time and dedication to make it a success, and secondly because your passion sparks your creativity and the flow of ideas; it sparks ideas that are unique, ideas that people will gladly pay to see manifested.

首先，因为你愿意为获取成功付出时间和奉献。其次是因为你的激情火花可以激发你的创造力和思想的流动，它点燃你独一无二的创意，而这些创意让人们一目了然，从而乐于为其掏钱。

Just like a seed, you have everything you need on the inside of you to succeed, you just need to be planted in the right soil and cultivated. The soil represents being involved in activities that you’re passionate about; the cultivation means doing the hard work which causes success to come.

就如一粒种子，你自身拥有获得成功所需要的一切条件，你仅仅需要种在合适的土壤里培养。土壤代表的是你所积极参与的活动，培养意味着攻克成功路上的艰难险阻。

In conclusion, there are no excuses, everyone has the ability to succeed, so get started today!

总之，没有任何借口。每个人都有能力获得成功，因此，从今天开始吧！

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