面對挑戰，勇于對自己說我可以
我喜歡挑戰自己，我喜歡設定看似難以完成甚至不可能實現的目標，然后盡一切努力達到這一目標。這件事不總是容易做到，有時我達不到目標——管他呢，有時與目標還相差甚遠——但這仍然是我喜歡做的。有時我迎接的挑戰是身體方面的，比如說長跑;有時更多的是精神上的，比如說寫一本書;有時非常抽象，比如說努力擺脫恐高或人多時的不安。但無論是什么挑戰，我都感覺很幸運能夠認清挑戰，然后迎接挑戰。
I actually meet many of them. I've run one hundred miles in 26 hours, I've written a few novels, and I've done some other things that I didn't think I could do at first. Nowadays, though, after taking on so many challenges, I never really feel that something is impossible -- I pretty much know that anything is possible with the right attitude and enough effort. That's not to say that nowadays I meet every challenge successfully, because I don't. I just don't start out by thinking that I can't do it.
我確實完成過很多挑戰，我曾用26小時跑了一百英里，寫過幾篇小說，還做過一些其他起初以為自己做不到的事情。然而現在，接受過如此多挑戰之后，我永遠不會感覺有什么是不可能的——我大體上知道，只要態度正確，而且足夠努力的話，一切皆有可能。我不是說我現在能成功地應對一切挑戰，因為我做不到。我只是不會在做事之前就覺得自己不行。
And I've learned that my attitude towards a challenge is one of the most important keys to meeting it. If I see a challenge ahead and I'm overwhelmed or intimidated, then the chances are very good that I won't be successful in meeting it.
我學會了面對挑戰的態度是應對挑戰最關鍵的因素之一。如果我看到面前有挑戰，就不知所措或者被嚇倒了，那應對挑戰時很有可能會失敗。
If, on the other hand, I see a challenge and immediately start thinking of different ways that I might be able to meet it, the chances are good that I shall meet it successfully.
相反，如果我看到了挑戰，馬上換個思路，認為自己有能力應對挑戰，那我最終很有可能會成功。
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