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英语角——Ambition（抱负）
英语角 July 25th, 2009
周末英语角，简单有意义的英语美文。
It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition. It would probably be a kinder world: with out demands, without abrasions, without disappointments. People would have time for reflection. Such work as they did would not be for themselves but for the collectivity. Competition would never enter in. conflict would be eliminated, tension become a thing of the past. The stress of creation would be at an end. Art would no longer be troubling, but purely celebratory in its functions. Longevity would be increased, for fewer people would die of heart attack or stroke caused by tumultuous endeavor. Anxiety would be extinct. Time would stretch on and on, with ambition long departed from the human heart.
Ah, how unrelieved boring life would be!
There is a strong view that holds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore a sham. Does this mean that success does not really exist? That achievement is at bottom empty? That the efforts of men and women are of no significance alongside the force of movements and events now not all success, obviously, is worth esteeming, nor all ambition worth cultivating. Which are and which are not is something one soon enough learns on one’s own. But even the most cynical secretly admit that success exists; that achievement counts for a great deal; and that the true myth is that the actions of men and women are useless. To believe otherwise is to take on a point of view that is likely to be deranging. It is, in its implications, to remove all motives for competence, interest in attainment, and regard for posterity.
We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time or conditions of our death. But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously or in cowardice, honorably or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift. We decide what is important and what is trivial in life. We decide that what makes us significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do. But no matter how indifferent the universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to make. We decide. We choose. And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed. In the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.
成功者能为失败者所不能为，纵使并非心甘情愿，但为了理想与目标，仍可以凭毅力克服心理障碍。强烈的进取心可使人勉为其难，排除不急之务的牵绊。 阅读 »
拒绝借口之不要轻言放弃
个人提升 July 23rd, 2009
向借口开刀是决定你能否胜出一般人的标志，褪墨最新系列《拒绝借口》。
任何放弃都是有借口的放弃，这是懈怠者一种非进取的精神。遗憾的是，随意放弃的人太多了。
曾经有一个精明的雇主登广告要招聘一个孩子，他对应征的30个小孩说：“这里有一个标记，那儿有一个球，要用球来击中这里，你们一个人有7次机会，谁击中目标的次数越多，就雇谁。”
结果，所有的孩子都没能打中目标。这个雇主说：“明天再来吧，看看你们是否能做得更好。”
第二天，只来了一个小家伙，他说自己已经准备好测试了。结果，那天他每次都击中靶心。“你怎么能做到呢？”雇主惊讶地问道。
这个孩子回答：“哦，我非常想得到这个工作来帮助我的妈妈，所以，昨天晚上我在棚屋里练习了一整夜。”不用说，他得到了这份工作，因为他不仅具备了工作所需要的基本素质，而且表现了自己的优秀品质。
大概谁都知道坚持不懈、永恒进取的魅力，可是又有谁能真正地去做呢？
1948年，牛津大学举办了一个“成功秘诀”的讲座，邀请到了当时声誉已登峰造极的伟大邱吉尔来演讲。三个月前媒体就开始炒作，各界人士引颈等待，翘首以盼。
这一天终于到来了，会场上人山人海，水泄不通。全世界各大新闻机构都到齐了，人们准备洗耳恭听这位大政治家、外交家、文学家的成功秘诀。
邱吉尔用手势止住大家的掌声后，说：“我的成功秘诀有三个：第一是，决不放弃；第二是决不，决不放弃；第三是，决不，决不，决不能放弃！我的讲演结束了。”
说完就走下讲台。
会场上沉寂了一分钟后，才爆发出热烈的掌声，经久不息。
没有失败，只有放弃，不放弃就不会失败。正如乔治·马萨森所说：“我们获胜不是靠辉煌的方式，而是靠不断努力。”
有了坚韧的毅力，饱满的热情，还要有清醒的认识。
“不放弃”本身并不是目的，成功才是目的。因此，不懈努力，不怕犯错误，决不等于可以重复错误。每一次错误都必须检讨、总结、改正、调整。只有这样，才能使障碍成为前进的阶梯。
障碍不是来阻挡我们的，而是来帮助我们成长的，我们每一次的成功都需要克服障碍。障碍会告诉我们，是资讯不够，能力不够，还是努力不够，因此，需要挖掘，需要学习，需要努力。
成功的过程，就是不断拒绝放弃，克服障碍的过程。
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