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• 2021-03-22
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面对新挑战，下意识说难？背后可能是「懒得尝试」
Facing new challenges, we often tell ourselves that it is all too hard. Behind that, however, might simply be a laziness to try or experience something different.
 
就像有时，我(欧阳立中老师)带老师们桌游研习。基本上只有两种 人：一种是，一听规则就直嚷嚷着说好难！另一种是，尽管面露困惑，但还是努力想尝试。
When teaching students (themselves teachers) a new board game, I find they generally fall into two groups. Those who will exclaim “That’s so hard!” after hearing the rules. And those who, despite being confounded initially, give it their best shot.
 
最后，说难的那些人，往往研习到一半就消失了，没再回来。而努力尝试的，最后笑着学会，我可以想见，他的教学生活，从此又丰富了一点。
Inevitably, those who exclaim at the difficultly of the game give up half-way and never look back. Those who are determined to try, however, eventually find success and the laughter that comes with it. And I believe that their experience as a teacher is a little bit richer for it.
 
很多时候，这世界在意的，根本不是你做得好不好，而是，你真的去做了吗？还是还没做，就死在自己的嘴里了？
Often what the world focuses on is not if you’ve excelled at a task, but if you’ve attempted it in the first place! Or did you, conversely, go to your grave never having tried?
 
很多的难，其实是我们在接触新事物时，习惯给自己找的借口，好掩盖我们「懒得尝试」的事实。别说了难，就心安理得放弃了。因为到头来，你会发现，人生都很难，只有变胖最容易。
When we encounter something new and difficult, we often look for excuses. These reactions hide the real reason, however, which is our laziness to try. In the future, don’t say something is “hard” and then give it up. Because in the end everything in life is hard, only gaining weight is easy!
 
文章摘自经理人月刊文章/摘录自《就怕平庸成为你人生的注解》
Excerpt from Being Afraid of Mediocrity as the Footnote of Your Life printed in MANGER today