奧巴馬給女兒的一封信：停止在做的17件事

奧巴馬給女兒的一封信：停止在做的17件事

這是一封細緻入微的家書，非常感人，貴爲總統的奧巴馬給女兒的信親切、自然、樸實、沒有大話、套話，說的全是家常，17條建議都非常具體、每一條都可以做得到，每一條都有益，行文的語氣沒有作爲父親或者總統的“諄諄教導”，從“不在外面吃飯”這類小事，到“這個世界是一個完全由大家分享的世界，你所做的每件事都會影響到別人”這類普世價值觀，奧巴馬都說得貼切，自然，優美。

以下爲奧巴馬寫給女兒的信全文和翻譯

停止在做的17件事

Life is short. It may feel like it takesforever sometimes, but the reality is that you live, and a short time later,you die. It happens so quickly, many people don’t even realize they had a lifeuntil it’s already over.

生命如此短暫。我們有時候覺得生命怎麼也走不完，實際上，你現在活着，過不了多久，就會死去。人生真是轉眼一瞬間的事情，很多人到臨死前才意識到這一生已經結束。

1.Stop Doubting Yourself

停止懷疑自己

If you don’t believe in yourself, nobodywill. Success starts in your mind, and if all you’re doing is putting yourselfdown and predicting failure, it’ll become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Insteadof doubting yourself, think positively. Not only will you be happier and moresuccessful, you’ll spread it to everyone around you.

如果你自己都不相信自己，那沒人會相信你。成功源於你的頭腦，如果你所做的是不斷地看扁自己，預言着未來的失敗，這就真的會成爲現實。與其懷疑自己，不如積極的考慮問題。不僅會讓自己更加開心和成功，你還能夠感染到周圍的人。

2.Stop Being Negative

停止消極

Now that you’re done doubting yourself,stop doubting others. You don’t like when people are critical of you, so stopbeing critical of others. Think about how you make other people feel – even ifyou have good intentions, people don’t like hearing negativity.

現在你不要再懷疑自己了，也別再懷疑身邊的人。你不希望被人對你挑剔，那麼也不要再去挑剔身邊的人。想想你給別人帶來的什麼樣的感受吧——即使出發點是好的，別人也不想聽到那麼多消極的事情呀。

3.Stop Procrastinating

停止拖延

I don’t feel like procrastinating right now– I’ll do it tomorrow. When you procrastinate, you remain stagnant. Whateveryou’re putting off doesn’t go away; resolve the problem, and move on. You’ll bemuch happier in the long run.

我現在不想做，還是留到明天吧。一旦開始拖延，其實你已經停滯不前了。你拖延的事情不會自行解決。解決問題，繼續前行吧。從長遠角度來說你會更加快樂。

4.Stop Being Mean

不要那麼刻薄

It’s completely possible to step onsomeone’s toes without meaning to – it happens all the time. There’s no need topile on by purposefully doing mean things, so make a conscious effort to stopbeing mean. If someone wrongs you, let it go. There’s no need to seek vengeanceunless that’s the type of person you want to be.

無意踩到別人的情況真的有可能會發生——常常會發生。但沒必要去處心積慮地做一些不好的事情，所以要有意識地讓自己不要那麼刻薄。如果有人對你無理地對待，隨他們去好了。沒必要去報復，除非你也想成爲那一類的人。

5.Stop Eating Out

不要在外吃飯

Eating out is the biggest waste of money.Every so often it’s nice to treat yourself, but eating out for every meal isthe quickest way to drain your bank account. Learn how to cook at least ahandful of foods you enjoy: It’ll save you money, keep you healthier, andoccasionally impress people.

在外面吃飯真的非常非常的浪費錢。也許每次對於你而言都是一次犒賞，但每頓都在外面吃反而是花光積蓄的最快方式。至少也去學學怎麼做一些自己喜歡的菜：既能省錢，還能讓你更健康，還會讓其他人眼前一亮。

6.Stop Being Lazy

不要再偷懶

Lazy people are annoying – it’s likepulling teeth getting them to do anything. If I can’t do something as simple asgoing to a movie with you without having to factor in an hour of convincing youto get your lazy butt out of bed, I’d rather go alone. People have enoughtrouble motivating themselves; don’t make your friends and family waste theirvaluable energy motivating you as well.

懶人真的很招人煩——得像趕驢磨墨一樣逼着他們做事情。如果我想跟你看一場電影，卻不得不花一個小時說服你起牀，那我寧願一個人去看。給自己動力都不是件容易的事情，就別讓朋友和家人浪費寶貴的精力再來給你動力了吧。