2020届上海14区高三英语二模汇编：阅读C.docxVIP

2020 届上海 14 区高三英语二模汇编：阅读 C 2020 届宝山区高三英语二模 (C) With so many investments required of us to succeed - time, resources, talents, responsibilities, even finances for our retirement - its easy to lose sight of the most difficult investment of all to commit to: ourselves. Getting to the point where youre ready to start upgrading to you 2.0 isnt easy. But it doesnt mean dropping the ball everywhere else. Its not about omissions, but admissions. Come clean with yourself to kick - start your personal growth. Unstuck starts with u No one purposely chooses to stop learning and growing again, it just kind of happens in a lot of daily responsibilities and life. And if it were easy to just kick it into gear ( 挡位 ) again, you would have already done it. But the truth is inescapable. If you want to get off that place to higher ground, its up to you and only you. No one will just hand you a steady stream of opportunities for growth. Youve been working in your life, not on it Activity is often confused with acceleration ( 忙碌 ). I was guilty of this for years in working place - staying always busy but not admitting I was bored. I was lost in activity and not stepping back to take time to question what I wanted my life to be. Once I began working on my life - quitting corporate, becoming an entrepreneur, restructuring to my life - I started growing once again. And Ive never been happier. Things arent happening to you, theyre happening for you A victim mentality ( 心态 ) is the enemy of personal growth. Lamenting over everything that has gone wrong in your life only wastes energy from working to make more things go right. If you want to kick -start growth, you must view setbacks as having a purpose, and then put them in their place. The past shouldnt run or define you - only fuel you. The perfect time to start doesnt exist I had so many things that had to be just right before I could make my long -planned leap from corporate. Id tell myself, Id love to go for it right now, but pra