Norman Vincent Peale的十条积极生活名言警句
关乎生活，关乎快乐，有所期待和精彩的人生是要有正能量不断充电的喔。
“Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.”
“任何人都能够自己完成任何他想要做到的事情，而且促使达成这样的想法。我们都比自身意识到的要更能完成伟大的事情。”
“Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.”
“让决心和勇气飞过障碍，剩下的所有都会跟上来。”
Norman Vincent Peale was a minister and the author of the famous book The Power of Positive Thinking. That book and other works from Peale went on to sell tens of millions of copies. During the depression he, JC Penney and Thomas Watson – of IBM fame – spent time on philantrophy. Peale also had his own radio show for over half a decade.
Norman Vincent Peale是一名牧师，也是有名书作《积极思维的力量》的作者。这本书连同Peale的其他著作已经卖出了数百万册。在他萧条时期，他，JC Penney和有名的IBM创始人Thomas Watson花时间在慈善上。Peale同时也拥有自己的电台广播节目超过5年时间。
Here are some of my favourite tips from Peale.
下面是一些我最喜欢的Peale名言。
1. Focus on today.
1. 着眼今日
“Don’t take tomorrow to bed with you.”
“别躺在幻想明日的温床里。”
Focusing on this day today and on tomorrow when it arrives can save you a lot of stress and improve your focus and performance. Of course, you may need to plan for tomorrow. But thinking about it compulsively will just shatter your focus and ensure that you won’t be able to concentrate on what’s in front of you today. You can – over time – build a habit of spending more time in the present and less time in imagined future scenarios or old memories. You may do this through things like focusing on your breathing or on your inner body. You can read about in 8 Ways to Return to the Present Moment.
关注于当下的今天，等到明天到来的时候再投入注意力，这样能够节省很多精力，并且改善注意力和表现。当然，你需要规划未来，但是强迫自己思考这个问题是会破坏你的注意力，而且还是得你不能够专注于当下发生在你眼前的事情。你可以，通过时间的推移，形成一种花更多时间在现在的习惯，同时少花点儿时间在想象将来情节或是沉溺于陈年往事上。你可以通过专注于自己的呼吸或是内在涵养做到这一点。你也可以读读《重回当下8法》这本书。
2. Don’t walk around with the world on your shoulders.
2. 别双肩扛着整个世界前行
“Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don’t take yourself so seriously.”
“别觉得自己是Atlas（译者注：Atlas为希腊神话中受罚以双肩扛天的巨人），将整个世界扛在肩头。没有你，世界照样该怎么样还怎么样，所以，别太把自己当回事儿。”
I won’t spend much time on this point because I mentioned it just a few days ago and have written about many times before. It’s important though and can really change how you see the world and your life. It makes most things lighter. Check out Lighten Up! for practical tips and foundations for learning to think about things this way. And have a look at the last part of How to Keep Yourself on Track: 5 Helpful Questions for more on the two useful questions that can snap you out of a overly serious state of mind.
我不会在这一观点上花过多的时间了，因为我几天前才刚刚提过，而且之前也写过很多回。不过这一点非常重要，它真的能改变你如何看待这个世界以及你的人生，也让大部分的事情变得容易起来。放松些！关于实际一点的建议和学习如何用这种方式思考的基础部分，可以参考《如何让自己走正轨》的上一部分：5个有用的问题之2个有用问题，它会让你从思想过度的严肃的状态中解脱出来。
3. You may be surprised if you just step up and face your obstacles.
3.如果你朝着阻碍走去，没准儿反而会有惊喜。
“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.”
“勇敢面对阻碍，做点儿事儿克服它们。你就会发现障碍的阻力还不及你想象中的一半。”
“The “how” thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile “ifs” but goes right to work on the creative “how.”
““行动派”能高效地解决问题，是因为他们不会浪费时间在无用的“如果”假设上，但是他们会立即在创造性的“行动”上做些事情。”
It’s very easy to spend your time thinking and imagining all the horrible things that may happen if you stand up and face your obstacles and troubles in life. But if you actually do that those negative images seldom come into life. They are just huge monsters that you build in your mind. Just like you did when you were a kid and imagined monsters in the closet or under your bed.
考虑和幻想遭遇困难和麻烦所有可能会发生可怕的事情非常之容易，但是如果你实际去做这件事儿，那些消极的幻象其实很少真的出现。它们就像是你自己在脑子里勾勒的庞大怪物，就像你小时候想象着衣橱和床底下会有怪物一样。
When you actually stand up and face your obstacles you may find that the experience isn’t as bad as you imagined. Sometimes it’s actually a bit anti-climatic. You think to yourself: ”What?! Is this it?”.
当你真正面对障碍的时候，你可能会发现自己所经历的没有之前想的那么糟糕。实际上，有些时候它就是有一点点反常罢了。你就这么想：“什么！就是这样吗？”
So, after having done some thinking, research and planning on how you can accomplish something just stop thinking. Don’t fall into the trap of overthinking and monster-building. Just go and do what you need to do instead.
所以，在思考过一番，做了一些研究并且规划了你如何实现之后，就停止思考吧。不要陷入过度思考和怪物制造的陷阱中，而是要抽离，然后做些必须要做的事情。
4. Understand to overcome.
4.理解便能克服难关
“Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.”
“理解能够克服任何状况，无论是多么不可思议或是难以克服。”
Talk to people, do some research – in books, online, etc. – and the mist of anxiety and fear often vanishes. A situation may seem scary because it’s not understood and undefined and so your mind projects your worst fears upon that scary looking mist. It can seem like just about anything may jump out of it and attack you. So understanding can be useful. Overthinking, as mentioned in the previous point, not so much.
跟人聊天，通过读书，上网等方式做些研究，那么焦虑的迷雾和恐惧通常就烟消云散了。一种情况是比较恐怖的，是因为没有明白和未定义它，所以你脑子里投射的就是用貌似恐惧的迷雾飘散最糟糕的恐惧。就是任何事情从你脑子里蹦出来都能攻击到你。所以理解真的很有用。过度思考，就像之前一点提到的，真别太多。
5. Expect to get what you expect.
5. 期待获得你所期待的。
“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.”
“任何现实都没有我们的态度更重要，态度决定了我们的成功或失败。你思考现实的方式可能都会在你实际行动前将你自己击败。你经受不住现实，因为你本就这么想的。”
“Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture… Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.”
“规划并在脑海中深深刻画一幅自己成功的图景。牢牢保留这幅图，永远不要让它消失。你的思想就会搜寻者让这幅图更加清晰......千万不要在想象中构筑障碍。”
“Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.”
“要相信问题可以解决的。相信的人会成就惊人的事。所以相信会有答案，那么就会有。”
What you focus your mind on you will see in reality. Your mind can only take in a small part of reality. And the attitude you take towards what you let in lets you see those things through different lenses.
你思想集中在什么上，什么事情就会实现。你的大脑只能接收到现实的一小部分，而你的对待这部分的态度可以让你通过不同的视角看待这些事情。
Self-fulfilling prophecies can be very powerful. If you think that you will fail then you’ll find “proof” that you will fail in your reality. If you think you will succeed your focus system in your mind – your Reticular Activation System – will help you find the opportunities for success in your reality. What would remain “in the background” when you focused on the negative will suddenly pop out of the background when you focus on the positive or succeeding.
自我应验的语言很强大。如果你想着自己会失败，然后你就寻找在现实中所谓失败的“证据”。如果你想着自己会成功，你的大脑中的注意力系统，就是你的网状兴奋系统会帮助你寻找现实中成功的种种机会。你在关注消极点的时候，在脑子中隐藏这种状态，在当你注意积极或成功的因素的时候，隐藏的这些状态就会突然弹出。
Now, it may be common or “normal” to focus on the negative (perhaps with a sprinkle of positivity now and again). But it is also all it is. You are free to choose what to focus on all the time. So think about what you focus on because that is what you will see. And what you see is what you will act upon. And your actions do to a large degree determine your results.
现在，可能关注消极点（可能不是地也会有一点点积极因素）才算普遍或是“正常”，但是事实确实是如此。你总是可以自由选择自己的关注点。所以考虑一下你要关注什么，因为你关注的将是以后要出现的。而且出现的事情也是之后所要起作用的。你对他们的所作所为很大程度上决定了最后的结果。
6. Find the upsides of the problem.
6. 发现问题的积极面
“Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.”
“每个问题中都埋藏着自己的解决方式。如果你没有任何问题，那你也得不到任何解决方法”
“Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.”
“问题之于心灵正如运动之于肌肉，它让人变得坚韧而强壮。”
Problems can provide insights and give lessons in how you can grow. So don’t be totally discouraged when running into a problem. Realize that there are usually one or more opportunities in what you perceive as a problem. Doing that regularly makes it easier to not take your problems overly seriously because you aren’t seeing them as totally negative experiences anymore.
遇到的问题能够提供思路，并且教会我们如何成长。所以，遇到难题的时候不要完全沮丧。要意识到在你视之为问题的东西中，或许通常有一个或者更多的机会在其中。经常这么想，能够让你更轻松地不把问题想得那么过分严重，因为你这么做就已经是不在把问题看作是一个完全消极的经历了呀。
So when facing a problem, ask yourself a question like: what’s awesome about this situation? Or ask yourself: what can I learn from this situation?
所以，当面对问题时，问问你自己：这种状况是有多可怕？或者问问自己：我能从这种状况中学到什么呢？
7. Check your phraseology.
7. 检查措辞
“Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.”
“若你想形成一种平和的心理状态，请注意你讲话的方式。用肯定平和，安定和快乐的态度开始每一天，这样你的生活将会愉悦而顺利。”
“Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.”
“绝不说挫败的言辞。用一些比如希望，信念，信任和胜利的词汇。”
There is a good amount of power in what words you use. If you use negative words you tend to feel more negative and find more negativity in your world. If you use positive and uplifting words you tend to feel those emotions. This may sound a bit corny or silly, but when you get into the habit of actually using more positively charged words you find that it affects your mood and outlook on things.
你用什么样的词语真的会展现很大的能量。如果使用消极词语，你也会感觉消极，并在自己的世界中找到更多消极的应证。如果使用积极和让人开心的词汇，你就会给你那一样的快乐感觉。这一点听起来有一点点陈俗和愚蠢，但是当你真正养成更多使用正能量的词汇这样的习惯是时，你会发现它真的会影响你的心情和对事物的看法。
8. Don’t go too fast.
8. 别走太快
“To go fast, row slowly.”
“要前进得快，需要慢慢地划。”
It’s tempting to go fast. But if you go too fast your boat may tip over. You may stumble unnecessarily and make mistakes that you wouldn’t have done if you had just kept a slower pace. Or you may be tempted to grab on to the next big idea, the next “magic pill”, instead of steadily keep going on your current path. To actually get where you want to go a slower pace may be more useful and effective than a hurried and quick pace.
快快前进固然吸引人，但是如果你向前地太快，船只就会倾覆。如果你保持一个稍微慢一些的速度前进的话，你可能就不会摔跤，也不会犯些错误。或者你冒险区抓住那下一个好点子或是下一个“魔力药丸”，而不是稳定地保持着现在的道路，真的能够帮你去到想要的目的地最有用也最有效的方法是稍慢的速度前进，而不是快快地向前。
9. Develop the most useful habits of thinking.
9. 养成最有效的思考方式
“Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.”
“我们的快乐依赖于思维中培养的习惯。所以，每天练习快乐地思考。培养一颗快乐的心，养成一个常常开心的好习惯，这样生活就会变成一场持久的欢宴。”
“Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.”
“相同思维或身体活动的重复会发展成一种习惯，那种有了足够多次地重复后就能成为自然而然的思维习惯。”
What you spend most of your time thinking about you tend to become. One problem may be that you don’t know what you think about most of the time. If you for instance try a Positivity Challenge you may find that you’ll spend a lot more time on negative thoughts than you imagined. Such a challenge or just keeping careful notes for a few days can be useful to find out how you spend your time and thoughts.
你花很多时间考虑要成为什么样。问题是可能你就不知道你大多数时间都在考虑什么。比如你如果尝试“积极性挑战”的话，你可能会发现这时候你比想象中花更多的时间在消极思考上了。这种挑战或是进行仅仅几天严谨的记录，对于发现如何消耗时间和思维都非常有用。
To install more of a positive attitude or positive thinking into your mind you need to have patience. It may not be easy and you’ll probably fall back into old thought patterns a lot of the time. But I have discovered that over time – we’re talking about months here – you can slowly spend more and more of your week with, for instance, positive thoughts rather then negative ones. And after a while positive thoughts tend to become more and more automatic. Just like when playing tennis you don’t have to think so much about striking the ball after a while. It becomes an automatic reflex.
在思维中注入更多积极的态度或是积极的思考，你需要的是耐心。做到这一点可能并不容易，而且你可能还会世行回到以前的思维模式中去。不过通过时间，我发现---这里我们间的是以月为单位言说，你可以以周为单位慢慢进行，比如，多想想积极的而不是消极的。这样做之后积极思维就会变得越来越无意识进行。就像当你打网球的时候，你不必想着之后要击球一样，这种思考变成一种习惯。
One helpful tip while installing new thought habits is to continually remind yourself about them by asking yourself questions that keeps you steadily on this new mental track. Or gets you back on track if you veer off it. You can use notes posted on your computer, fridge, and bathroom mirror to remind yourself to actually ask yourself the questions.
注入一个新的思维习惯还要通过问些问题一直提醒着自己，这样就可以让自己稳定地保持这个思维轨迹，要不如果不小心转向的话，你就会回到原来的就习惯轨迹中。你可以在电脑，冰箱和浴室镜子上贴备忘来提醒自己时常做如此发问。
10. Learn not only from your mistakes.
10. 不要只从错误中学习
“We’ve all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it’s more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.”
“我们都听说过要从错误中进行学习，但是我认为从成功中学习更加重要。如果你只是从错误中学习，那么你学到的也只是一个个错误而已。”
“Check what you did right and don’t get lost in basking on your glory. It will make it easier to repeat whatever you did that created the success.”
“看看你做正确的事儿，不要再胜利的狂欢中迷失。重复让自己成功的任何所作所为都是比较容易的。”
I thought this was an interesting reminder. Our mistakes are interesting because they can often teach us something valuable if we just take a closer look at what happened. But, of course, the successes are really useful to analyze too.
我认为这是一个有意思的提醒。错误很有趣，因为当我们凑近了一探究竟时，都会领会到很多有价值的东西。但是，当然成功对于分析也非常有用。
It is here we can find perhaps a crucial detail or something that we did that we missed the other 10 times we tried. So, as Peale says, don’t get totally lost in basking in your glory. Or make the mistake of seeing your success as just having a bit of luck for once. Take a close look at what happened and what you did right. Preferably sooner than later as memories can quickly become a quite fuzzy. And write down what you come up with to prevent that the conclusions become fuzzy.
就是在成功中，我们会发现有可能一个残酷的细节或是我们做过的一些事儿帮我们避免了另外10次的尝试。所以，正如Peale说的那样，不要在胜利的狂欢中完全迷失，否则的话认为成功只是幸运偶尔降临也将是个错误。仔细一探究竟，看看你做过的正确的事情。宁可在不久记忆变得模糊前，拿笔将阻止结论不要变模糊的一切记下。
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