江北快速路通车时间:5步确保你走向成功

撰文：Jonathan

翻译：Shayne Yeats

I’m sure that you already realize how important the relationship is between setting goals and achieving success.  Many of our readers have told me that they set lots of goals. They like to set big goals, little goals, short-term and long-term goals.

我想你早已经意识到了设定目标与走向成功之间的重要关系。许多读者告诉我说他们设定了许多目标。他们喜欢设定高远的目标，小目标，短期目标和长期目标。

Is that true of you also? Are you a goal oriented person? If so, then you likely have a pretty good understanding of the basics of goal setting.  You’ve probably learned to write down what you want to achieve, and the reasons why.  You also know about motivation, obstacles and challenges, time lines, a plan of action, visualization and persistence.

你也这样做了吗？你是一个目标明确的人吗？如果是的话，那么你就会对与设定目标有关的知识有很深刻的理解。你会写下自己想要完成的目标及其原因。你也知道动机，障碍和挑战，时间期限，还有将目标付诸行动、对未来有清晰的预想和坚持不懈跟进目标的计划。

So, with all this knowledge at your disposal, let me ask you this…

所以，在你所掌握的这些知识的基础上，让我来问你几个问题吧。

How many of your goals do you actually achieve?

有多少个目标真正地被你实现了？

If the percentage is not as high as you’d like it to be, don’t feel like you’re all alone.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people say, “I’m doing everything right and I still can’t accomplish my goals.”  Have you ever felt that way?

假如你认为这个比例并不如你所愿的话，放轻松点，许多人的情况都和你一样。我无法告诉你我有多少次听到别人说，“每一件事我都做对了，但就是无法实现我的目标。”你曾有相同的感受吗？

So, what’s the problem?  First of all, let me say that all the steps you’ve learned actually do work.  Unfortunately, there are other necessary factors involved in being successful at goal setting. And it’s not so much that these important factors have been left out, but for some reason it seems like their value is not clearly communicated most of the time.

既然是这样的话，问题出在哪呢？首先，我想告诉你，你所学到的所有做事的步骤都是有效的。不幸的是，要成功地设定目标还与其它几个要素有关。与其说这几个重要的因素被人所忽视，倒不如说出于某些原因其价值在大部分时间里都没有明确地传达给人们。

5 important elements of successful goal setting

成功设定目标的五个重要元素

1) Mindset. Your mindset and self-image need to change with regard to, and in conjunction with, your goals. If somewhere deep inside yourself you don’t feel confident about your ability to succeed, that core belief will sabotage your efforts.

1）心态。为了让你和你的目标相协调，你需要改变你的心态和自我感觉。假如在你内心深处，你对自己的能力持有怀疑的态度的话，这种核心信念就会破坏你的努力。

To accomplish big goals you need to be able to truly identify with what it will be like to really be there. When you absolutely know deep down that it will happen, then your identity becomes tied up with that vision, and you are on the way.

要实现大的目标，你必须要全然地相信你可以做到。当你于内心深处全然地知道你的梦想会实现时，那么你就将你自身紧紧地与这个愿景绑在一起，而且你也已经在路上了。

2) Perspective. You need to develop the ability to mentally shrink down the size of your challenges in your mind. Your internal view of how big or small the challenge is will have a direct influence on your confidence. Your brain can make any task look big and impossible, or it can make it seem totally doable.  It’s the same task but a completely different feeling. When your confidence is high, even a difficult challenge will seem fun and exhilarating.

2）希望。你需要去培养在精神上缩小挑战的艰巨性的能力。你视挑战的艰巨程度的强弱会之间影响你的信心。你的大脑可以将任何一项任务看成是艰巨得难以完成的事情，但它完全可以视其为可行的。当你信心十足时，即使是非常艰巨的挑战在你看来也是非常有趣并振奋人心的。

3) Your view of obstacles. When setbacks and problems come up you need to view them not as walls or roadblocks, but as part of the growth process. You will meet unexpected challenges along the way, how you view them will determine whether you keep moving forward or abandon your goal. Make up your mind beforehand to allow yourself to embrace the opportunity to solve any unforeseen problem. I promise you, your untapped abilities will surprise you when the time comes.

3）你对障碍的看法。当挫败和问题出现时，你不该把它们视为拦路虎或路障，你应该把它们看成是成长、进步的过程。一路上你会遇到许多不期而至的挑战，你看待它们的方式将决定你是半途而废还是继续前进。你应该事先就下定决心去解决任何一个不期而至的问题。我向你保证，当时机来临的时候，你会被你未开发的潜能所震惊。

4) Desire. Develop a burning passion for the results you are about to create. Fall in love with both the benefits and the process. Become intimately acquainted with the feelings of accomplishment and the satisfaction of reaching your goal. Knowing the benefits of reaching a goal is not enough. Get your emotions involved so you will stay motivated and focused.

4）渴望。对你想要得到的结果要有一中燃烧的激情。热爱结果所带来的好处的同时也要热爱整个过程。充分地去感受实现目标所带来的成就感和满意感。你要知道实现目标后所得到的益处不是最重要的部分。全身心地投入到你热爱的事情中去，这样你就会有持续的动力并保持专心致志的状态。

5) Commitment. Make an unbreakable commitment to see it through clear to the finish line – no matter what. That might be a huge commitment so it’s important to ask yourself beforehand, “Do I really want it enough to make that kind of commitment?” You need to be sure before you start. If you bail out part way through, it will have a negative effect on your self-confidence and make things harder next time. If you see it through to success, your self-confidence will soar and it will be much easier the next time around.

5）承诺。对自己许一个牢不可破的承诺，它会鞭策你走到终点------只要是对你有效的，什么样的承诺都可以。这是个重量级的承诺，所以事先就问一下这个问题是非常重要的，“我真的非得要做这样的承诺吗？”在你开始行动之前，你首先就要对此有个明确的答案。假如你半途放弃的话，这就会对你的自信心造成负面的影响并会使事情变得更难处理。假如你坚持到最后直到胜利，你的自信心就会提升而且下次你做事时也会容易得多。

Successful goal setting is an advanced life skill

成功设定目标是一种了不起的生活技能

If you want some practical help with achieving your goals in record time, my book TRUE SELF lays the whole process out and walks you through it. There are several written exercises to help you get crystal clear on who you really are, and where you really want to go with your life.

假如你想要一些实际的帮助，比如在创纪录的时间内实现目标的话，我所写的书《真正的自我》就分析了整个过程并能引导你完成目标。有几种书面练习可以帮助你发现真正的自己是谁，同时也能让你发现你到底想过什么样的生活。

Rest assured, no one is born with the ability to achieve success utilizing and executing an effective goal setting strategy. And for some unexplainable reason they don’t teach these things in school. But anyone can learn these skills and use them to achieve success in every area of life. It’s just a matter of understanding the process.

没有人天生就懂得如何利用有效的目标设定策略去取得成功。而且出于某些无法解释的原因，他们不会在学校里教授这些知识。但是，任何人都可以学习这些技能并利用它们在生活的各个方面获取成功。而这只是个理解、学习的过程。