为帮助广大考生更好地准备雅思、托福、SAT等考试，澳际留学特推出【英语学习】频道，涵盖基础英语、实用英语、娱乐英语等多项内容，在您通往成功的道路上做您最坚实的左膀右臂。

　　以下部分为【双语阅读】内容，中文翻译部分见第二页。

　　Your Three Biggest Enemies

　　Published on February 25, 2008 Tags: failure, success.

　　For many people, self-improvement becomes somewhat of a hobby. These people know that by challenging themselves they stand to gain personally, professionally, financially, and spiritually. But why do other people stop trying to improve themselves? With so much to gain, what is it that prevents some folks from moving forward in life? When you get right down to it, there are three major bumps on the road to self-development. You need to know what they are and how to overcome them so you can reach your highest potential.

　　1. Fear- This one emotion can stop someone bore they ever get a chance to begin. Fear comes in many forms. There’s the fear of failure, the fear of rejection, the fear of change, the fear of success. The list goes on and on. Every time you step out of your comfort zone you’re going to feel fear. The problem is that the only way you can grow and improve is by stepping out of your comfort zone! A little fear can be a good thing. It lets you know you’re moving in the right direction.

　　2. Despair- This little bugger is often a side fect of failure. It’s that feeling that you’re no good, that you can’t do it, and that you were a fool for even trying. Whereas fear prevents people from ever trying, despair prevents people from ever trying again. In order to avoid despair, you need to embrace failure. When you try something new, you need to realize that you’re going to fail at first. In fact, you’ll probably fail a lot! Take these little failures as learning experiences that you can build into great successes! Don’t despair. Every time you fail brings you one step closer to your goal.

　　3. Fatalism- Fatalism is a way people rationalize despair. After a particularly hard failure you’ll hear people say thinks like, “I guess God just wants me to be a ditch digger.” Or, “This must be my lot in life.” These people see their destiny as fixed. The problem is, if you think your destiny is determined by someone or something else, you’ve lost all power in your life. You’ll never improve because you don’t think anything you do will help. This way of thinking can lead to depression in a hurry. Don’t think for a second that you deserve any less than the very best in life!

　　The best thing to combat fear, despair, and fatalism is knowledge. The more you analyze a fear, the more you realize how irrational it is. Then the fear loses power over you. The more you know about why you failed, the less likely you are to make the same mistake again. Failures become learning experiences. Finally, if you take time to learn about yourself and think about why you deserve to succeed, you become less and less likely to accept your “lot in life” and demand more.

　　【中文翻译对照】

　　你所面临的人生中的三个“劲敌”

　　对一些人而言就像是一项兴趣爱好那般。他们知道通过不断地挑战自我，就能获得人格力量、技能、财富和毅力上的提升。既然自我提升给我们带来的好处有那么多，那其他人为什么就不去尝试提升自己呢？又是什么原因限制了人们提升自己的步伐呢?只要你去尝试一下， 你就会发现有三个较主要的原因会出现在你面前。你必须要知道它们是什么，并且知道如何去克服它们， 这样你才能成为更优秀的你。

　　1.恐惧 有一种情绪会让人突然打起退堂鼓来，那就是恐惧。恐惧会以不同面貌出现，如：对失败的恐惧、对拒绝的恐惧、对改变的恐惧、对成功的恐惧，不胜枚举。每当你跨出自己的“舒适区”，你就会开始恐惧。而问题就是，能使你成长和提高的唯一办法就是跨出你的“舒适区”!一点点恐惧也是一个好兆头。它让你知道你正在往正确的方向前进。

　　2.绝望 这种讨厌的情绪通常是失败的副产品。它正是那样一种感觉：让你感到自己一无是处、让你觉得你没有能力做成一件事、甚至让你觉得再去尝试的话自己就是一个十足的傻瓜。因为恐惧，你不敢去尝试;因为绝望，你放弃了尝试。为了避免绝望，你必须得攻克挫败。当你去尝试新鲜的事时，你必需要意识到自己的第一次尝试将会以失败告终。事实上，你很有可能会失败很多次!把这些无足轻重的失败当成是一次次经验教训的汲取，接着你便能取得一系列巨大的成功!不要灰心丧气，每失败一次，都意味着你离目的地又近了一步。

　　3.宿命论 人们给绝望找到了一个最终的归宿，那就是：宿命论。在经历了一次惨痛的失败后，你就会听到他们说“天不助我也。”又或者是“我命该如此。”。这些人把自己的命运看成是无法改变的。而问题就在于：如果你认为自己的命运是由某人或者某事主宰的，那你就会失去一生奋斗的动力。你永远也不会进步，因为你不相信自己所做的任何尝试会带来积极的改变。这种思维方式会很快地导致抑郁症。你决不能认为自己无法活得更精彩。

　　克服恐惧、绝望和宿命论的最佳工具就是知识。你越是去直面恐惧，你越是能发现它根本就算不上什么。然后，恐惧就不会再影响到你。你对自己失败的原因分析得越透彻，你就越不可能犯同样的错误。 失败意味着你可以从中学到许多有用的东西。如果你花些时间去认识你自己，并且思考自己成功的原因，你最终就会完全否定宿命论这种观点。

　　为帮助广大考生更好地准备雅思、托福、SAT等考试，澳际留学特推出【英语学习】频道，涵盖基础英语、实用英语、娱乐英语等多项内容，在您通往成功的道路上做您最坚实的左膀右臂。

　　以下部分为【双语阅读】内容，中文翻译部分见第二页。

　　Your Three Biggest Enemies

　　Published on February 25, 2008 Tags: failure, success.

　　For many people, self-improvement becomes somewhat of a hobby. These people know that by challenging themselves they stand to gain personally, professionally, financially, and spiritually. But why do other people stop trying to improve themselves? With so much to gain, what is it that prevents some folks from moving forward in life? When you get right down to it, there are three major bumps on the road to self-development. You need to know what they are and how to overcome them so you can reach your highest potential.

　　1. Fear- This one emotion can stop someone bore they ever get a chance to begin. Fear comes in many forms. There’s the fear of failure, the fear of rejection, the fear of change, the fear of success. The list goes on and on. Every time you step out of your comfort zone you’re going to feel fear. The problem is that the only way you can grow and improve is by stepping out of your comfort zone! A little fear can be a good thing. It lets you know you’re moving in the right direction.

　　2. Despair- This little bugger is often a side fect of failure. It’s that feeling that you’re no good, that you can’t do it, and that you were a fool for even trying. Whereas fear prevents people from ever trying, despair prevents people from ever trying again. In order to avoid despair, you need to embrace failure. When you try something new, you need to realize that you’re going to fail at first. In fact, you’ll probably fail a lot! Take these little failures as learning experiences that you can build into great successes! Don’t despair. Every time you fail brings you one step closer to your goal.

　　3. Fatalism- Fatalism is a way people rationalize despair. After a particularly hard failure you’ll hear people say thinks like, “I guess God just wants me to be a ditch digger.” Or, “This must be my lot in life.” These people see their destiny as fixed. The problem is, if you think your destiny is determined by someone or something else, you’ve lost all power in your life. You’ll never improve because you don’t think anything you do will help. This way of thinking can lead to depression in a hurry. Don’t think for a second that you deserve any less than the very best in life!

　　The best thing to combat fear, despair, and fatalism is knowledge. The more you analyze a fear, the more you realize how irrational it is. Then the fear loses power over you. The more you know about why you failed, the less likely you are to make the same mistake again. Failures become learning experiences. Finally, if you take time to learn about yourself and think about why you deserve to succeed, you become less and less likely to accept your “lot in life” and demand more.

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