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How High Can You Jump? Fleas(跳蚤) trainers have observed a strange habit of fleas while training them.Fleas are trained by putting them in a cardboard(纸板) box with a top on it. The fleas will jump up and hit the top of the cardboard box over and over and over again. As you watch them jump and hit the lid(盖子), something very interesting becomes obvious. The fleas continue to jump, but they are no longer jumping high enough to hit the top. When you take off the lid, the fleas continue to jump, but they will not jump out of the box. They will not jump out because they cannot jump out.? Why? The reason is simple. They have conditioned(使习惯于…) themselves to jump just so high. Once they have conditioned themselves to jump just so high, that is all they can do!Many times, people do the same thing. They restrict(限制) themselves and never reach their potential(潜力). Just like the fleas, they fail to jump higher, thinking that they are doing all they can do. The Pursuit of Happiness P1:Everyone wants happiness but no one can pin it down exactly. P2-5: the commercial drive behind the concept of happiness P6-9: a more neutral definition of happiness using the two-extreme-definition What are the two extremes? P6 1) the greedy extreme eg. Living in a marble mansion, having hundreds of outfits 2) the spiritual extreme eg. The Indian holy man What should one do to pursue happiness concerning the two-extreme-definition? P6: work towards the middle P8: find some sort of balance P10-13: comments on the meaning of happiness What is the gist(要点) of happiness? It is an effort-making process. pursuit 追求幸福/爱情 Pursuit of happiness/love 追逐利润 Pursuit of profit 追捕狐狸/兔子 Pursuit of a fox/rabbit P1: Conceive VS perceive 古人认为/想象地球是平的. The ancients conceived of the earth as flat. 我感觉到轮胎在变瘪. I perceived that the tire was getting flat. P2: dedicate Dedicate one’s life to Dedicate oneself to 他献身革命工作. He dedicated (his life/himself) to revolutionary work. Dedicate one’s book/works to somebody将…