The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.

  • -- Brian Tracy 博恩·崔西

有能力约束自己,在短期内推迟满足感,以便在长期内获得更大的回报,这是成功不可或缺的先决条件。

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We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

我们继续认识到一些人比其他人挣得更多的能力更强。但是,我们确实主张,个人获得适当安全的野心是一种比追求巨大财富和权力更可取的野心。

The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others - to go along, which is a lot of work and usually not successful.

主要的问题是,要使抵制有效,你必须首先说服数千人——甚至数百万人——同意,这是一项艰巨的工作,通常不会成功。

It's not a very secure industry. I've spoken to a couple of people recently who had a successful TV show and then found themselves absolutely skint and struggling to find a job.

这不是一个很安全的行业。我最近和几个人聊过,他们最近办了一个很成功的电视节目,然后发现自己一贫如洗,很难找到工作。

Our ability to measure and apportion time affords an almost endless source of comfort.

我们衡量和分配时间的能力提供了几乎无穷无尽的安慰。