1. You spend too much time doing things you shouldn’t be doing

　　你在不應該做的事情上浪費了太多的時間

　　Video games. Reality TV. Surfing the ‘net. Stuffing your face with too much food. Drinking too much. And the list goes on. Take a serious look at your life. Where are you spending the majority of your time? And does it serve you well? Is it leading to a better life? Is it laying the foundation for a bright future? If not, then you need to reevaluate your routine activities and make changes.

　　視頻游戲、電視真人秀、上網、吃得太多、喝得太多。這樣的例子不勝枚舉。認真觀察一下你的生活：你把大部分時間都用在哪里了?這大把的時間你利用得好嗎?會讓你帶來更好的生活嗎?為光明的前途奠定了基礎嗎?如果答案是否定的，那么，你需要重新評估你的日常活動并做出改變。

　　2. You find yourself complaining a lot

　　你發現自己太愛抱怨了

　　I know people who are constantly overwhelmed with life, and they never cease to tell me. Are you one of those people? Do you complain about your job, your boss, your salary, your neighbors or your spouse? If you do, then you are doing nothing but exuding negative energy. Negativity doesn’t change things. It keeps you stuck. So change your thoughts and talk about what you appreciate about your life, not what you don’t like.

　　我認識一些這樣人：他們不斷受到生活的沖擊，不停地對我訴苦抱怨。你是其中一員嗎?你在抱怨你的工作、你的老板、你的薪水、你的鄰居或你的配偶嗎?如果你整天都在抱怨，自己處于釋放負能量的狀態下，你就什么也做不了，你會束手無策、停滯不前。因此，要改變你的思想，談談你喜歡過什么樣的生活，不要抱怨你不喜歡的生活狀態。

　　3. You don’t feed your mind

　　你的思想

　　If you’re not continually growing and learning as a person, then you are stagnant. That’s what your mind does if you don’t keep it active and learn new things. Positive challenges in your life will expand your mind, not send it backwards.

　　如果你不堅持讓自己不斷成長和學習的話，那么你就會停滯不前。如果你不堅持積極學習新知識的話，那么，你的思想就會落后。積極挑戰你的人生會擴大你的思想境界，不要對生活抱以消極退縮的態度。

　　4. You have a lot of negative self-talk

　　你經常進行消極的自我暗示

　　Self-talk can make or break your life. As Henry Ford said, “Whether you think you can, or think you can’t… either way, you’re right.” If you tell yourself that you’re not smart enough to get that promotion or start a business, then you’re right. If you tell yourself you’re too exhausted to put effort into changing your life, then you’re right. Whatever you tell yourself becomes your reality. So closely monitor what you say to yourself, because you will find that your life matches your thoughts.

　　自我暗示會成就你的生活也會毀掉你的生活。亨利-福特說過：“無論你認為自己能做到還是認為自己不能做到…..這就要看你怎么暗示自己了。” 如果你暗示自己不夠聰明、不能晉升、不能創業，那么你就會變成你自己所暗示的狀態。如果你暗示自己太累了，無法努力改變自己目前的生活狀態，那么，結果你目前的生活狀態就會一成不變。你暗示自己的話，會變成你的現狀。所以，要密切監視自己對自己的暗示，因為你會發現你的想法決定你的生活狀態。

　　5. You feel uninspired

　　你感覺自己缺乏動力

　　Do you have a passion for anything? I know a lot of people who think they don’t have a passion. But that’s never the case. There has to be something that you enjoy doing. So you need to rediscover what excites you, and then do more of it.

　　你是不是對任何事情都充滿熱情?我認識很多人都認為自己沒有激情，但其實并非如此，總是有你自己喜歡做的事情。所以，你需要重新認識自己，去做一些讓自己感到興奮的事情，然后，多做一些讓自己感到幸福快樂的事情。

　　6. You don’t plan for your future

　　你不會計劃未來

　　If you don’t have a goal or a plan, then you are like a boat that is wandering aimlessly in the ocean hoping to end up somewhere good. But you can’t do that. You have to make a step-by-step guide to get where you want to go. Just like a GPS gets you to a destination, you need your own inner GPS to guide you.

　　如果你沒有目標或者計劃的話，那么，你就像一艘漫無目的游蕩在大海中的船，希望這艘船最后停泊在一個美好的地方。但是你無法一步到達。你必須循序漸進一步一步地接近你想要抵達的彼岸方向。就像GPS導航一樣指引你抵達目的地，你需要自己內心的GPS導航來指引自己抵達彼岸的目的地。

　　7. You spend too much time with people who don’t contribute to your growth

　　你在那些對你的成長沒有幫助的人身上花了太多時間

　　It’s easy to get stuck hanging out with people who are not making you feel like a better person. But if you keep doing that, then you will stay stagnant or get pulled down with them. I like to call them “Energy Vampires.” They suck the life out of you and give you nothing positive in return. Instead, go find growth-oriented people to be around.

　　不要和無法給你帶來正能量的人混在一起，這樣就很容易把自己困住。如果你想要繼續這樣下去的話，你就會和他們一樣處于停滯不前的狀態或被他們拖下水，我喜歡稱之為“能量吸血鬼”，他們會破壞你的生活狀態，無法給你以積極性的回報。要和你周圍對你的成長方向起引導作用的人來往。

　　8. You’re addicted to your phone

　　你沉迷在手機的世界里

　　Sure, cell phones are super cool gadgets that can leave us entranced when we use them. While that’s fun, think about all the time you are wasting with your phone. Even worse, think about all the relationships that might be affected. Maybe you’re texting or searching the internet while you’re having dinner with your spouse or kids. If you are, you’re missing out on meaningful time you can spend with your loved ones – or time you could devote to making a plan for your future.

　　自然了，手機是超級酷的小玩意兒，會讓我們整天著迷般地使用它。盡管這東西很有好玩，想想你玩手機浪費的所有時間。更糟糕的是，想想你玩手機可能你的一切人際關系都會受到影響。也許在和家人一起吃晚飯時，你在發短信或者上網。如果你是這個狀態的話，你就錯過了你與自己所愛的家人共享這有意義的時光，或者你錯過了你制定未來計劃的時間。

　　9. You spend money on things that don’t matter

　　你在無關緊要的事情上浪費了太多錢

　　In fact, I know people who can’t pay their mortgage, but still have the fanciest gadgets on the planet. If you stop to think about it, there is very little that we actually need. Food, water, shelter and love are some of those things. All the rest are just bonuses. So look at what you’re spending your money on and see if you can make adjustments. Maybe you can use the money you save to invest in your future.

　　我其實知道大家支付不起房產的抵押貸款，但卻對最時尚最新款的科技玩意卻照買不誤。其實，如果你不想擁有這件東西的話，那么，我們真正需要的東西就很少。吃的、喝的、住的、愛都屬于我們生存之所需。其余的都只是屬于可有可無的東西而已。所以，看看你自己花的錢，看看是否可以對該花的錢和不該花的錢調整一下。也許你可以用省下的錢為你的未來做投資。

　　10. You don’t get enough sleep

　　你的睡眠時間不足

　　I’m not a medical doctor, but I have read enough books to know how vitally important sleep is. Sleep is crucial for good health. If you’re too busy to get enough sleep or if you simply have a bad habit of staying up until the wee hours of the morning, you should re-evaluate your habits.

　　我不是醫生，但我讀的書很多，我了解睡眠的重要性，睡眠對健康至關重要。如果你太過繁忙而導致睡眠不足，或者你養成了一個熬夜到凌晨的壞習慣，你應該重新審視你的這個壞習慣的問題。

　　11. You’re not taking care of your body

　　你沒有照顧好你自己的身體

　　Not only is sleep essential to your health, so is food and exercise. I know I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know. But eating a balanced, healthy diet and moving your body around truly does have more positive effects other than weight loss. So take a look at your diet and level of activity. You might find that making a few small changes will greatly improve your life.

　　不僅睡眠對你的健康至關重要，飲食和鍛煉也同樣對你的健康至關重要。我知道我所說的你也懂的，但均衡飲食、健康飲食除了有減肥的作用外，真的對你的身體健康具有更加積極的影響作用。所以，看看你的日常飲食情況和活動量。你可能會發現做出一些小的改變會對你的生活大有改善。

　　12. You don’t leave your comfort zone

　　你走不出自己習慣了的舒適區

　　I know how easy it is to live in a comfort zone. In fact, when I go to a familiar restaurant, I always order the same thing. Not because I’m afraid to try something new, but because I like the food I normally order. But that’s not the kind of comfort zone I’m talking about. I’m talking about taking a risk that will improve your life. And keep in mind, there is a difference between a “risk” and a “calculated risk.” Any risk has the possibility to be deadly, but a calculated risk is one in which you’ve weighed all options and thus come up with a good, sensible plan of action.

　　我知道活在自己的舒適區里有多容易。其實，我也總愛去自己熟悉的那家餐廳吃飯，我也愛點同樣的東西。不是因為我害怕嘗試新鮮事物，而是因為我喜歡我經常點的那道菜。但這并不算是我所說的那種舒適區。我的意思是去冒險來改善你的生活。要記住：“風險”和“計算風險”是有區別的。任何風險都有可能是致命性的，但計算風險是指你權衡了一切的選項后而想出了一個很好的很明智的行動計劃。

　　13. You’re living a life you don’t like

　　你在過著自己不喜歡的生活

　　The way I measure success is by someone’s level of happiness. Are you happy? If not, then you should change something! Even a feeling of contentment or satisfaction doesn’t tell you that you’re living life to the fullest. Life should be exciting! So if you’re not enjoying life, take a look at some of the changes you can make to get you to a better place.

　　我通過衡量一個人的幸福水平的方式來衡量成功。你幸福嗎?如果不幸福，那么，你應該改變一些事情!一點點的滿足感或滿意度，并不代表你把生活過到了極致。生活應該是激動人心的!所以如果現在的你沒有在享受生活，看看自己還要做出一些怎樣的改變，讓自己的生活變得更美好。

　　If any of these 13 points sounded like you, don’t despair. You can make changes. But the first change you need to make is getting rid of the idea that you can’t do it. Many times, your biggest obstacle is your own thought process. So start there. Change your thinking – then change your life!

　　如果你的生活狀態恰巧與這13點有類似之處，那也不要絕望。你可以自己做出改變來改變自己的生活狀態。但是，首先需要自己改變的一點是：你要擺脫“我做不了” 的這種想法。很多時候，你最大的障礙是你自己的思維過程。所以，從改變自己的思維開始。改變你的思維角度，那么，你的生活狀態就會隨之改變!

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