90和10的定律(英语学习).pdfVIP

Discover the 90/10 Principle 发现了 90/10 的定律 作者：Stephen Cove It will change your life (at least the way you react to situations). 它将改变你的一生(最低限度，它将改变你对不同情况的反应) 。 What is this principle? 10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react. 90/10 的定律是什么？生命的10% 是由你的际遇所组成，余下的90%则由你的反应 而决定。 What does this mean? We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic. 这意味着什么？我们无法掌握那10%的际遇。我们无法阻止行程因汽車坏掉、航班 误点，甚或车子抛锚而延误。 We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%. 我们无法控制那10%的际遇，但余下的90%则不然。你可以决定余下的90% 。 How? ……….By your reaction. 如何？…凭你的反应。 You cannot control a red light. But you can control your reaction. Dont let people fool you; YOU can control how you react. 你不能控制交通灯转红，但你能够控制你的反应。别让他人愚弄你，你能够控制你 的反应。 Lets use an example. 让我们举个例子。 You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened. 你与你的家人吃早餐，你的女儿不小心把咖啡泼倒在你的衬衫上，这是你无法控制 的情况。 What happens next will be determined by how you react. 下一步将如何则由你的反应而定。 You curse. 你开始责骂。 You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus. 你狠狠地臭骂女儿一顿，令她陷于痛苦之中。然后你又把怨气发泄在太太身上，责 难她把咖啡放在桌边。接踵而來的是一场短暂的骂战。你生气地上楼更换你的衬衫。 你下楼，然后发现你的女儿正哭着吃早餐并赶着回校。结果，她错过了巴士。 Your spouse must leave immediately for wo