前言
PREFACE

成為你夢想的成功者
Be the Successful Person You Always Dreamed of

◎Amy Twain

Goals determine what you are going to be.

～Julius Erving

So what does it take to succeed to become a successful person? Success is accomplishing a desired end result or objective. If I asked you if you want to be a successful person, of course you’ll say yes. The first thing to consider is—what is it really you’re trying to be successful at? You have to make that decision—what do you want to achieve in your life? Are you striving to be more organized? To be healthier by losing weight? Or are you trying to pay off those debts? Or how about trying to enjoy your retirement years? Whatever your goals and dreams are, bear in mind that they don’t materialize by wishing on a wishing well or catching a falling star.

You have to make the necessary steps in order to attain your goals and be a successful person. Firstly, you have to be specific—because if you don’t, you may not discern

目標決定你將成為什么樣的人。

——尤里烏斯·歐文

是什么造就了一個人的成功？成功是指達到了期望的最終結果或目的。如果我問你是否想成為成功人士，你當然會說想。但你要考慮的第一件事是，你真正想要在什么方面成功。你必須做出決定——你想在你的人生中實現什么？你是想努力變得更有條理，還是努力減肥變得更健康？你是想努力還清債務，還是享受你的退休時光？無論你的目標和夢想是什么，請記住，只是對許愿池或流星許愿是不會成功的。

為了實現你的目標，成為成功的人，你必須采取必要的行動。首先，明確目標。因為如果你的目標不明確，你可能就無法分辨出自己是否已經成功。簡言之，你首先得自己決定你想要的，并且制訂達到成功的計劃。

what you want, and create a plan of action to get there.

Of course, with success comes happiness. If you enjoy what you’re doing, then you’ll be a successful person. Happiness is a decision—so decide to be happy now. And don’t ever condition your thoughts that you’ll only be really happy if you acquire certain stuff or you’ll only be truly fulfilled if you reached a certain point in your life.

Just tell yourself to enjoy the trip and you’re certainly on your way to be a successful person you always aspired to be. Your delight would be the drive that you got to do what you have to do in order to become a successful person. Okay, I admit that it won’t always be a walk in the park, but you feel good anyway, knowing that whatever you’re experiencing right now is just a process and a journey to your success.

And when the right time comes, your goal would come to its fulfillment and realization. Remember that almost every individual has tasted the bitter sting of failure before they reached the pinnacle of success. Therefore, don’t be afraid to fail, because if you never failed in your life, then you never tried anything at all.

Don’t be petrified of taking that huge leap of faith now—so what if you failed? At least now you know than forever wondering, “what if” or “what might have been”. Setbacks and obstacles are just temporary challenges to test us, but don’t let them make you wave the white flag and surrender.

The successful person is not a quitter and it doesn’t matter how many times you fall, but how you endured the hardships that come your way. Finally, strive not to judge yourself based on what you are now, and especially based on the mistakes you’ve done on the past. Just move on forward and start over with a clean state; do whatever you could within your power to get closer to your dreams and try to celebrate even the smallest triumphs you have.

當然，成功會帶來快樂。如果你享受你正在做的事，那么你就會成為成功人士?？鞓肥且环N決定，所以現在就決定快樂吧。不要用思維定式困擾你的想法，認為你只有獲得某樣東西才會真正幸福快樂，或只有你達到人生的某一點才會真正地感到滿足。

請告訴自己，享受過程吧。你確實在通往你所一直渴求的成功的道路上。你的快樂會是個內驅力，為了讓你成為成功的人，它會推動你去做你必須要做的事。是的，我承認這不像在公園散步那樣輕松容易，但是請明白，無論你現在正經歷什么，這都只是通向成功的過程。

當恰當的時機來臨時，你的目標就會實現。請記住，幾乎每個人在登上成功之巔以前都品嘗過失敗的苦澀。因此，不要害怕失敗，如果你在人生中從未經歷過失敗，那么你也不會嘗試任何其他的事。

不要對我們現在一百八十度轉彎的態度表示驚詫——如果你失敗了怎么辦？但比起永遠的迷茫，至少現在你是清楚的，你知道假使失敗了“會怎樣”或者“該怎么辦”。挫折和障礙只是測試我們的暫時的挑戰，但是，不要因它們而舉起白旗投降。

你失敗了多少次不重要，成功人士并不輕易放棄，然而，在這個過程中你是如何對付困難的，這才是真正重要之事。最后，不要根據你現在是什么樣就評判自己，尤其不要根據你以前犯過的錯誤來評判自己。你要做的只是不斷前行，以全新的狀態重新開始。在你的能力范圍內，做任何你能做的事，靠近你的夢想，甚至即使只是獲得了小小的勝利，也要試著為此慶祝。