If you born poor it’s not your mistake; But if you die poor it’s your mistake.
-- Bill Gates
（如你出生贫穷，错不在你；但你贫穷西归，错在于你。）
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
How to Stay Young（如何保持年轻）
How to Stay Young
（如何保持年轻）
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. that's why you pay them.
1. 扔掉非本质数字。 这包括年龄、体重和高度。让医生为它们担心，因为你付钱给他们为你服务。
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches).
2. 只保留乐观快乐的朋友。不满会拖垮你。（如果你是不满者，请紧记！）
3. Keep learning: Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain get idle.
"An idle mind is the devil's workshop."
And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!
3. 不断学习：学习更多关于电脑、手工艺、园艺等等。别让脑子空着。
“空洞的脑子将是恶魔的乐园。”
“而那恶魔的名子就叫艾滋魔尔。”
4. Enjoy the simple things.
4. 享受简单事务。
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with HIM/HER.
5. 经常开怀大笑，时间要长且音量要大。直笑到你喘不过气为止。
如果，你有能让你欢笑的朋友，就应得多花点时间与他 / 她们在一起。
6. The tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourself. LIVE while you are alive.
6. 难过落泪：容忍、悲伤，但尚得继续往前走。唯一与我们共度一生的人就是我们自己。咱门得珍惜活着的每一刻。
7. Surround yourself with what you love: Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
7. 常围绕于你所爱好的事务上：无论是家庭、宠物、纪念品、音乐、植物、嗜好等，什么都行。你的家也就是你的避风港。
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
8. 珍惜你的健康：健康的话，保有它。 如果不稳定，改善之。 但如果健康亮红灯的话，得寻求协助。
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.
9. 别郁闷沮丧。把心扉打开，到外头逛逛，或去国外走走，观光
10. Tell the people you love that you love them at every opportunity!
10. 告诉你所关爱的人你时刻都爱他们！
Do share this with someone you care.
请与你所您关心的人共同分享。
(Chinese Translation by floydtan08@gmail.com )
（如何保持年轻）
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. that's why you pay them.
1. 扔掉非本质数字。 这包括年龄、体重和高度。让医生为它们担心，因为你付钱给他们为你服务。
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches).
2. 只保留乐观快乐的朋友。不满会拖垮你。（如果你是不满者，请紧记！）
3. Keep learning: Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain get idle.
"An idle mind is the devil's workshop."
And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!
3. 不断学习：学习更多关于电脑、手工艺、园艺等等。别让脑子空着。
“空洞的脑子将是恶魔的乐园。”
“而那恶魔的名子就叫艾滋魔尔。”
4. Enjoy the simple things.
4. 享受简单事务。
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with HIM/HER.
5. 经常开怀大笑，时间要长且音量要大。直笑到你喘不过气为止。
如果，你有能让你欢笑的朋友，就应得多花点时间与他 / 她们在一起。
6. The tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourself. LIVE while you are alive.
6. 难过落泪：容忍、悲伤，但尚得继续往前走。唯一与我们共度一生的人就是我们自己。咱门得珍惜活着的每一刻。
7. Surround yourself with what you love: Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
7. 常围绕于你所爱好的事务上：无论是家庭、宠物、纪念品、音乐、植物、嗜好等，什么都行。你的家也就是你的避风港。
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
8. 珍惜你的健康：健康的话，保有它。 如果不稳定，改善之。 但如果健康亮红灯的话，得寻求协助。
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.
9. 别郁闷沮丧。把心扉打开，到外头逛逛，或去国外走走，观光
10. Tell the people you love that you love them at every opportunity!
10. 告诉你所关爱的人你时刻都爱他们！
Do share this with someone you care.
请与你所您关心的人共同分享。
(Chinese Translation by floydtan08@gmail.com )
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Quote of the day（每日一语）
Once you surrender to your vision, success begins to chase you, and all things will fall into their place.
当你放弃理想时，成功将驱逐你，而所有的事务也会回归原形。
当你放弃理想时，成功将驱逐你，而所有的事务也会回归原形。
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Care about your own Health 爱护你自我的健康
Care about your own Health
爱护你自我的健康
Don't smoke – Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meals is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer is higher! ).
别在餐後抽煙 – 專家的實驗證實用餐後抽煙比一般時間抽10根香煙有更高的致癌機率。
Don't eat fruits immediately – Immediately eating fruits after meals will cause stomach to be bloated with air. Therefore take fruits 1-2 hours after meal or 1 hour before meal.
用餐後不要立即吃水果 – 用餐後立即吃水果將導致胃部因空氣而腫脹。因此在用餐後的2小時或是用餐前1小時吃水果是比較理想的。
Don't drink tea – Because tea leaves contain a high content of acid. This substance will cause the Protein content in the food we consume to be hardened thus difficult to digest.
不要在用餐後喝茶 – 因為茶葉通常含有高酸性。這種酸性物質將導致我們所攝取食物中所含的蛋白質變硬，因此會比較難消化。
Don't loosen your belt – Loosening the belt after a meal will easily cause the intestine to be twisted & blocked.
用餐後別鬆開你的腰帶 – 用餐後立即鬆開腰帶將讓你的腸子容易糾結和阻塞。(這個觀念怪怪的，不曉得在下有無翻譯錯誤)
Don't bathe – Bathing will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs & body thus the amount of blood around the stomach will therefore decrease. This will weaken the digestive system in our stomach.
不要在餐後洗澡 – 洗澡時會使得血液流向手、腳和我們身體的其他部位，因此會減少胃部中的血液量，這將會使得我們胃部的消化能力變差。
Don't walk about – People always say that after a meal walk a hundred steps and you will live till 99. In reality this is not true. Walking will cause the digestive system unable to absorb the nutrition from the food we intake.
飯後不宜散步 – 大家總是說“飯後走100步可以活到99歲”。但是那個觀念是錯誤的，用餐後的走動將使我們的消化系統沒有足夠能力從我所攝取的食物中吸收足夠的營養。
Don't sleep immediately – The food we intake will not be able to digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric & infection in our intestine.
用餐後不要立即睡覺 – 這樣我們所攝取的食物將沒有辦法得到適當的消化，因此将可能導致胃痛和腸部受感染。
Don't forget to share this message with all others – If you forget to share the information with others, your friends may never know the information.
请別忘記將此讯息与你的好朋友分享 – 如果你沒与他們分享有关讯息的話，他們将永遠不會知道這些資訊。
爱护你自我的健康
Don't smoke – Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meals is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer is higher! ).
别在餐後抽煙 – 專家的實驗證實用餐後抽煙比一般時間抽10根香煙有更高的致癌機率。
Don't eat fruits immediately – Immediately eating fruits after meals will cause stomach to be bloated with air. Therefore take fruits 1-2 hours after meal or 1 hour before meal.
用餐後不要立即吃水果 – 用餐後立即吃水果將導致胃部因空氣而腫脹。因此在用餐後的2小時或是用餐前1小時吃水果是比較理想的。
Don't drink tea – Because tea leaves contain a high content of acid. This substance will cause the Protein content in the food we consume to be hardened thus difficult to digest.
不要在用餐後喝茶 – 因為茶葉通常含有高酸性。這種酸性物質將導致我們所攝取食物中所含的蛋白質變硬，因此會比較難消化。
Don't loosen your belt – Loosening the belt after a meal will easily cause the intestine to be twisted & blocked.
用餐後別鬆開你的腰帶 – 用餐後立即鬆開腰帶將讓你的腸子容易糾結和阻塞。(這個觀念怪怪的，不曉得在下有無翻譯錯誤)
Don't bathe – Bathing will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs & body thus the amount of blood around the stomach will therefore decrease. This will weaken the digestive system in our stomach.
不要在餐後洗澡 – 洗澡時會使得血液流向手、腳和我們身體的其他部位，因此會減少胃部中的血液量，這將會使得我們胃部的消化能力變差。
Don't walk about – People always say that after a meal walk a hundred steps and you will live till 99. In reality this is not true. Walking will cause the digestive system unable to absorb the nutrition from the food we intake.
飯後不宜散步 – 大家總是說“飯後走100步可以活到99歲”。但是那個觀念是錯誤的，用餐後的走動將使我們的消化系統沒有足夠能力從我所攝取的食物中吸收足夠的營養。
Don't sleep immediately – The food we intake will not be able to digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric & infection in our intestine.
用餐後不要立即睡覺 – 這樣我們所攝取的食物將沒有辦法得到適當的消化，因此将可能導致胃痛和腸部受感染。
Don't forget to share this message with all others – If you forget to share the information with others, your friends may never know the information.
请別忘記將此讯息与你的好朋友分享 – 如果你沒与他們分享有关讯息的話，他們将永遠不會知道這些資訊。
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Quote of the day（每日一语）
The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.
-- John Sculley, Former CEO of Apple
（具有先见之明者将能取得更好的成功。）
-- John Sculley, Former CEO of Apple
（具有先见之明者将能取得更好的成功。）
Monday, June 9, 2008
Love Your Liver (爱护您的肝脏)
Love Your Liver (爱护您的肝脏)
Good rest and sound sleep is very important. If you don’t sleep well, the toxic in your body will accumulate, affecting your health and your mood.
足够的休息和良好的睡眠是非常重要的。如果您睡眠不足，在您体内的毒素将会积累，进而影响您的健康与心情。
The main causes of liver damage are:
1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are the main cause.
2. Not urinating in the morning.
3. Too much eating.
4. Skipping breakfast.
5. Consuming too much medication.
6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener.
7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible, reduce cooking oil use, even the best cooking oil like olive oil when frying. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired.
8. Consuming overly done foods also add to the burden of liver. Vegetables should be eaten raw or cooked 3 - 5 parts. Fried vegetables should be finished in one sitting, do not store.
We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our body to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to “schedule”.
肝受损的主因有：
1。迟睡迟起为主因。
2。早晨不小便。
3。饮食超量。
4。不吃早餐。
5。服食过多药物。
6。食用过量防腐剂、添加剂、食用色素和人造甜素。
7。食用不健康的烹调食用油。当进行煎炸烹调时，尽量减少使用食用油，这也包括如橄榄油之类的健康食用油。当您疲倦时，别吃煎炸食物。
8。食用过度烹煮的食物也会加重对肝脏的负担。蔬菜最好生吃或煮3至5乘熟。煎炸的蔬菜应得一餐吃完，不应存放。
我们得养成良好的日常生活方式和饮食习惯。保持好的饮食习惯和时间编排在程序上能给予我们身体对营养的吸收和排除多余化学物质能有序进行。
Evening at 9pm - 11pm:
This is the time for eliminating unnecessary/toxic chemicals (de-toxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on her health.
晚间 9 至 11 时：
这是排除抗体系统（淋巴结）内多余无用及化学毒素（解毒）的时间。这段时间应完全放松心情或收听音乐。在这段时间内如果某位主妇尚处于“不放松” 状态，如洗涤盘子或督促孩子做家庭课业等，这对她们的健康将产生负面消极的影响。
Evening at 11pm - 1am:
The de-toxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state.
晚间 11 时至凌晨 1 时：
于肝脏内进行的解毒过程，理想的状况是在一个熟睡的状态下进行及完成。
Early morning 1am - 3am:
The de-toxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.
凌晨 1 至3 时：
在胆汁的解毒过程，理想的状况也是在一个熟睡的状态下进行及完成。
Early morning 3am - 5am:
The de-toxification in the lungs. Therefore, there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the de-toxification process has reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.
凌晨 3 时至清晨 5 时：
在肺的解毒。因此，有些咳嗽者在这段时间会咳得较为厉害。因为解毒过程已到达了呼吸道，所以没有必要服用咳嗽药，这也不影响解毒的进程。
Morning 5am - 7am:
The de-toxification in the rectum, you should empty your bowel.
清晨 5 时至早上 7 时：
在直肠道的解毒。您应得清肠。
Morning 7am - 9am:
The absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30am, for those who are sick.
早上 7 时至 9 时：
小肠在吸收营养素，所以您应在此时吃早餐。对于那些有病的人，应提早在6时半之前吃早餐。
Breakfast before 7:30am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9am - 10am rather than no meal at all. Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals.
7时半之前吃早餐有助于保持健壮。对于那些经常不吃早餐的人，他们应该改变他们的饮食习惯，如果迟至早上9至10时才吃早餐，也较没吃早餐者好。迟睡迟起将会打乱体内毒素的排除。
Aside from that, midnight to 4am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, have a good sleep and don’t sleep late.
除上所述，午夜至凌晨4时是骨髓制造血液的时间。所以，得睡好别迟睡。
(Chinese Translation by floydtan08@gmail.com )
Good rest and sound sleep is very important. If you don’t sleep well, the toxic in your body will accumulate, affecting your health and your mood.
足够的休息和良好的睡眠是非常重要的。如果您睡眠不足，在您体内的毒素将会积累，进而影响您的健康与心情。
The main causes of liver damage are:
1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are the main cause.
2. Not urinating in the morning.
3. Too much eating.
4. Skipping breakfast.
5. Consuming too much medication.
6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener.
7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible, reduce cooking oil use, even the best cooking oil like olive oil when frying. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired.
8. Consuming overly done foods also add to the burden of liver. Vegetables should be eaten raw or cooked 3 - 5 parts. Fried vegetables should be finished in one sitting, do not store.
We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our body to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to “schedule”.
肝受损的主因有：
1。迟睡迟起为主因。
2。早晨不小便。
3。饮食超量。
4。不吃早餐。
5。服食过多药物。
6。食用过量防腐剂、添加剂、食用色素和人造甜素。
7。食用不健康的烹调食用油。当进行煎炸烹调时，尽量减少使用食用油，这也包括如橄榄油之类的健康食用油。当您疲倦时，别吃煎炸食物。
8。食用过度烹煮的食物也会加重对肝脏的负担。蔬菜最好生吃或煮3至5乘熟。煎炸的蔬菜应得一餐吃完，不应存放。
我们得养成良好的日常生活方式和饮食习惯。保持好的饮食习惯和时间编排在程序上能给予我们身体对营养的吸收和排除多余化学物质能有序进行。
Evening at 9pm - 11pm:
This is the time for eliminating unnecessary/toxic chemicals (de-toxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on her health.
晚间 9 至 11 时：
这是排除抗体系统（淋巴结）内多余无用及化学毒素（解毒）的时间。这段时间应完全放松心情或收听音乐。在这段时间内如果某位主妇尚处于“不放松” 状态，如洗涤盘子或督促孩子做家庭课业等，这对她们的健康将产生负面消极的影响。
Evening at 11pm - 1am:
The de-toxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state.
晚间 11 时至凌晨 1 时：
于肝脏内进行的解毒过程，理想的状况是在一个熟睡的状态下进行及完成。
Early morning 1am - 3am:
The de-toxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.
凌晨 1 至3 时：
在胆汁的解毒过程，理想的状况也是在一个熟睡的状态下进行及完成。
Early morning 3am - 5am:
The de-toxification in the lungs. Therefore, there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the de-toxification process has reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.
凌晨 3 时至清晨 5 时：
在肺的解毒。因此，有些咳嗽者在这段时间会咳得较为厉害。因为解毒过程已到达了呼吸道，所以没有必要服用咳嗽药，这也不影响解毒的进程。
Morning 5am - 7am:
The de-toxification in the rectum, you should empty your bowel.
清晨 5 时至早上 7 时：
在直肠道的解毒。您应得清肠。
Morning 7am - 9am:
The absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30am, for those who are sick.
早上 7 时至 9 时：
小肠在吸收营养素，所以您应在此时吃早餐。对于那些有病的人，应提早在6时半之前吃早餐。
Breakfast before 7:30am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9am - 10am rather than no meal at all. Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals.
7时半之前吃早餐有助于保持健壮。对于那些经常不吃早餐的人，他们应该改变他们的饮食习惯，如果迟至早上9至10时才吃早餐，也较没吃早餐者好。迟睡迟起将会打乱体内毒素的排除。
Aside from that, midnight to 4am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, have a good sleep and don’t sleep late.
除上所述，午夜至凌晨4时是骨髓制造血液的时间。所以，得睡好别迟睡。
(Chinese Translation by floydtan08@gmail.com )
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Seed Theory（种子论）
SEED THEORY （种子论）
Take a look at an apple tree. There might be five hundred apples on the tree, but each apple has ten seeds. That's a lot of seeds!
看看一颗苹果树，树上或许有五百粒苹果，而每粒苹果内又有十颗种子，有挺多种子的呀！
We might ask, "Why would you need so many seeds to grow just a few more apple trees?" Nature has something to teach us here.
我们也许会问：“你为何需要那么多的种子只为多种几颗苹果树呢？”在此自然界将会给予我们某些启示。
It's telling us: "Not all seeds grow. In life, most seeds never grow. So if you really want to make something happen, you better try more than once." This might mean:
- You'll attend twenty interviews to get one job.
- You'll interview forty people to find one good employee.
- You'll talk to fifty people to sell one house, one car, one vacuum cleaner, one insurance policy, or a business idea.
其道理告诉我们：“不是所有的种子都会成长。在现实生活中，多数种子都长不了。因此，如你要达成某事，就得不断努力。”这意味着：
- 你得获得20次面试以便谋得一份工作。
- 你得面试40个人以便寻得一位好员工。
- 你得与50个人接触及面谈后才有可能销售一间房子、一辆汽车、一台吸尘器、一份保单或一个商业构思。
And you might meet a hundred acquaintances just to find one special friend. When we understand the "Law of the Seed", we don't get so disappointed.
或许你要在所认识的许许多多人当中才能找到一位知己。但当我们了《种子定律》后，我们将不会感到很悲观与失望。
- We stop feeling like victims.
- We learn how to deal with things that happen to us.
- 我们停止怨天尤人。
- 我们学会如何应对发生在我们身上的事。
Laws of nature are not things to take personally. We just need to understand them - and work with them.
我们不必对自然定律耿耿于怀。我们需要了解其定律 – 并善加予以配合。
IN A NUTSHELL 简言之
Successful people fail more often.
But they plant more seeds.
When Things Are Beyond your control, here's something that you must
NOT DO so as to avoid misery in your life:
- You must not decide how you think the world SHOULD be.
- You must not make rules for how everyone SHOULD behave.
成功的人经常失败；但他们播种更多的种子。
当事情在你的控制以外时，应避免下列事项以免自寻烦恼：
- 你不能决定地球该怎么转。
- 你不能要求每个人得做些什么、该怎么做。
Because, when the world doesn't obey your rules, you get angry! That's what miserable people do!
因为，当世界不服从你的规则时，你就会生气！这将令你更加不愉快！
On the other hand, let's say you expect that:
- Friends SHOULD return favours.
- People SHOULD appreciate you.
- Planes SHOULD arrive on time.
- Everyone SHOULD be honest.
- Your spouse or best friend SHOULD remember your birthday.
另一方面，假设说如果你期望：
- 朋友应予以回报。
- 人们应该赞赏您。
- 飞机应准时抵达。
- 每个人都得诚实。
- 你的配偶或最要好的朋友应该记得你的生日。
These expectations may sound reasonable.
But often, these things won't happen!
这些期望听起来也许合理。但是经常的都不会实现!
So you end up frustrated and disappointed.
There's a better strategy. Demand less, and instead, have preferences!
因此最终你将会感到不满和失望。
在此有个更好的策略。减少要求，并尽可能的，提供多项选择。
For things that are beyond your control, tell yourself:
I WOULD PREFER "A", BUT IF "B" HAPPENS, IT'S OK TOO!
This is really a change in mindset.
It is a shift in attitude, and it gives you more peace of mind
对于在你掌控以外的事，须告诉自己：
我喜欢并选择“A”，但如果“B”发生的话，也还是能接受的！
这在思想上确实是个改变。态度上的变化，它给予你在心境上更多的安宁。
- You prefer that people are polite ... but when they are rude,
it doesn't ruin your day.
- You prefer sunshine ... but if it rains, it is ok too!
- 你喜欢更有礼貌喜的人。。。但是，如果他们表现得粗鲁，
那并不影响你的心情。
- 你较喜欢有阳光。。。但如果下雨，也还是能接受的！
To become happier, we either need to:
a) Change the world, or
b) Change our thinking.
要活得更愉快，我们得：
a) 改变世界，或
b) 改变我们的思想。
It is "Easier to Change our Thinking"!
事实上，“改变我们的思想”更为容易。
IN A NUTSHELL 简言之
It is not the problem that is the issue, but rather it is your attitude attending to the problem that is the problem. It's not what happens to you that determine your happiness. It's how you think about what happens to you!
问题的本身并无问题，其问题在于你是以何种心态看待问题。你的幸福与快乐取决于当问题出现时你是以何种心态处理问题！
(Chinese Translation by floydtan08@gmail.com )
Take a look at an apple tree. There might be five hundred apples on the tree, but each apple has ten seeds. That's a lot of seeds!
看看一颗苹果树，树上或许有五百粒苹果，而每粒苹果内又有十颗种子，有挺多种子的呀！
We might ask, "Why would you need so many seeds to grow just a few more apple trees?" Nature has something to teach us here.
我们也许会问：“你为何需要那么多的种子只为多种几颗苹果树呢？”在此自然界将会给予我们某些启示。
It's telling us: "Not all seeds grow. In life, most seeds never grow. So if you really want to make something happen, you better try more than once." This might mean:
- You'll attend twenty interviews to get one job.
- You'll interview forty people to find one good employee.
- You'll talk to fifty people to sell one house, one car, one vacuum cleaner, one insurance policy, or a business idea.
其道理告诉我们：“不是所有的种子都会成长。在现实生活中，多数种子都长不了。因此，如你要达成某事，就得不断努力。”这意味着：
- 你得获得20次面试以便谋得一份工作。
- 你得面试40个人以便寻得一位好员工。
- 你得与50个人接触及面谈后才有可能销售一间房子、一辆汽车、一台吸尘器、一份保单或一个商业构思。
And you might meet a hundred acquaintances just to find one special friend. When we understand the "Law of the Seed", we don't get so disappointed.
或许你要在所认识的许许多多人当中才能找到一位知己。但当我们了《种子定律》后，我们将不会感到很悲观与失望。
- We stop feeling like victims.
- We learn how to deal with things that happen to us.
- 我们停止怨天尤人。
- 我们学会如何应对发生在我们身上的事。
Laws of nature are not things to take personally. We just need to understand them - and work with them.
我们不必对自然定律耿耿于怀。我们需要了解其定律 – 并善加予以配合。
IN A NUTSHELL 简言之
Successful people fail more often.
But they plant more seeds.
When Things Are Beyond your control, here's something that you must
NOT DO so as to avoid misery in your life:
- You must not decide how you think the world SHOULD be.
- You must not make rules for how everyone SHOULD behave.
成功的人经常失败；但他们播种更多的种子。
当事情在你的控制以外时，应避免下列事项以免自寻烦恼：
- 你不能决定地球该怎么转。
- 你不能要求每个人得做些什么、该怎么做。
Because, when the world doesn't obey your rules, you get angry! That's what miserable people do!
因为，当世界不服从你的规则时，你就会生气！这将令你更加不愉快！
On the other hand, let's say you expect that:
- Friends SHOULD return favours.
- People SHOULD appreciate you.
- Planes SHOULD arrive on time.
- Everyone SHOULD be honest.
- Your spouse or best friend SHOULD remember your birthday.
另一方面，假设说如果你期望：
- 朋友应予以回报。
- 人们应该赞赏您。
- 飞机应准时抵达。
- 每个人都得诚实。
- 你的配偶或最要好的朋友应该记得你的生日。
These expectations may sound reasonable.
But often, these things won't happen!
这些期望听起来也许合理。但是经常的都不会实现!
So you end up frustrated and disappointed.
There's a better strategy. Demand less, and instead, have preferences!
因此最终你将会感到不满和失望。
在此有个更好的策略。减少要求，并尽可能的，提供多项选择。
For things that are beyond your control, tell yourself:
I WOULD PREFER "A", BUT IF "B" HAPPENS, IT'S OK TOO!
This is really a change in mindset.
It is a shift in attitude, and it gives you more peace of mind
对于在你掌控以外的事，须告诉自己：
我喜欢并选择“A”，但如果“B”发生的话，也还是能接受的！
这在思想上确实是个改变。态度上的变化，它给予你在心境上更多的安宁。
- You prefer that people are polite ... but when they are rude,
it doesn't ruin your day.
- You prefer sunshine ... but if it rains, it is ok too!
- 你喜欢更有礼貌喜的人。。。但是，如果他们表现得粗鲁，
那并不影响你的心情。
- 你较喜欢有阳光。。。但如果下雨，也还是能接受的！
To become happier, we either need to:
a) Change the world, or
b) Change our thinking.
要活得更愉快，我们得：
a) 改变世界，或
b) 改变我们的思想。
It is "Easier to Change our Thinking"!
事实上，“改变我们的思想”更为容易。
IN A NUTSHELL 简言之
It is not the problem that is the issue, but rather it is your attitude attending to the problem that is the problem. It's not what happens to you that determine your happiness. It's how you think about what happens to you!
问题的本身并无问题，其问题在于你是以何种心态看待问题。你的幸福与快乐取决于当问题出现时你是以何种心态处理问题！
(Chinese Translation by floydtan08@gmail.com )
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Two Reasons Why People Might Dislike You
When people do not like you, they ignore you, disagree with you or attack you.
So to make people like you, you might take extra showers, use a better mouth wash and buy new clothes. You might get a new haircut, buy colored contact lenses and try a different deodorant. Yet they still do not like you.
Even when you tell them how important or popular you are, they still do not like you. Why?
Reason No. 1
"Asserting one's own importance is about as acceptable as a dead cat at a wedding."
For example, do you know someone who constantly tells you how important he or she is? Do you admire and respect this person?
To be more successful, you can use this idea in reverse. When you make people feel important, they feel good and want to be around you. Most people are more cooperative when they believe you have a high opinion of them.
Certain people are very sensitive about their importance. They get upset, angry, even violent if you treat them with disrespect; with less importance than they feel they deserve. In many cases, the less money, skill or power people have, the greater their need to feel important.
Giving or granting importance to others is a skill you can use to boost goodwill and cooperation. When you make people feel important, they trust you, believe you and like you. They make you successful.
Reason No. 2
"Ignore people at your peril." -- Do you know someone who walks with their nose in the air? Who walks by you as if you do not exist? How does this person make you feel?
You can ruin your success when you ignore people. For example, salespeople rarely get past receptionists when they treat receptionists like they do not exist. And receptionists get in trouble for ignoring people who look like a salespersons, but are actually VIPs.
Contrary to what you may have learned as a teenager, if you ignore people, they do not admire and respect you. Instead, they despise and hate you. Arrogance is not the same as popularity, power or expertise.
Noticing people is not only good manners, it shows the kind of person you are.
For example, Joe is going to the most important job interview in his career. He walks into the high-rise building like a big shot and gets into the elevator to go to the 30th floor. As the elevator doors close, a woman rushes up, but she can't make it as Joe just ignores her. He does not like overweight women. So of course, while waiting in the fancy lobby on th 30th floor, the overweight woman comes out to give Joe the interview.
Never assume anyone is unimportant.
Recommendations
"People have value and are important. Big or small they are important."
1. Instead of making yourself seem important, make other people feel important. Treat everyone you meet as a VIP.
2. Notice everyone you see. Give them your full attention and really listen to them.
Noticing people and making them feel important is essential to your success; you earn friendships that can last a lifetime.
Try it today! Notice everyone. Automatically respect them. Do not worry about your own importance.
With practice, you can notice people and make them feel important with just a glance.
Work on it!
So to make people like you, you might take extra showers, use a better mouth wash and buy new clothes. You might get a new haircut, buy colored contact lenses and try a different deodorant. Yet they still do not like you.
Even when you tell them how important or popular you are, they still do not like you. Why?
Reason No. 1
"Asserting one's own importance is about as acceptable as a dead cat at a wedding."
For example, do you know someone who constantly tells you how important he or she is? Do you admire and respect this person?
To be more successful, you can use this idea in reverse. When you make people feel important, they feel good and want to be around you. Most people are more cooperative when they believe you have a high opinion of them.
Certain people are very sensitive about their importance. They get upset, angry, even violent if you treat them with disrespect; with less importance than they feel they deserve. In many cases, the less money, skill or power people have, the greater their need to feel important.
Giving or granting importance to others is a skill you can use to boost goodwill and cooperation. When you make people feel important, they trust you, believe you and like you. They make you successful.
Reason No. 2
"Ignore people at your peril." -- Do you know someone who walks with their nose in the air? Who walks by you as if you do not exist? How does this person make you feel?
You can ruin your success when you ignore people. For example, salespeople rarely get past receptionists when they treat receptionists like they do not exist. And receptionists get in trouble for ignoring people who look like a salespersons, but are actually VIPs.
Contrary to what you may have learned as a teenager, if you ignore people, they do not admire and respect you. Instead, they despise and hate you. Arrogance is not the same as popularity, power or expertise.
Noticing people is not only good manners, it shows the kind of person you are.
For example, Joe is going to the most important job interview in his career. He walks into the high-rise building like a big shot and gets into the elevator to go to the 30th floor. As the elevator doors close, a woman rushes up, but she can't make it as Joe just ignores her. He does not like overweight women. So of course, while waiting in the fancy lobby on th 30th floor, the overweight woman comes out to give Joe the interview.
Never assume anyone is unimportant.
Recommendations
"People have value and are important. Big or small they are important."
1. Instead of making yourself seem important, make other people feel important. Treat everyone you meet as a VIP.
2. Notice everyone you see. Give them your full attention and really listen to them.
Noticing people and making them feel important is essential to your success; you earn friendships that can last a lifetime.
Try it today! Notice everyone. Automatically respect them. Do not worry about your own importance.
With practice, you can notice people and make them feel important with just a glance.
Work on it!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Quote of the day（每日一语）
Believing everybody is dangerous; believing nobody is very dangerous.
-- Abraham Lincorl
（信人者有危险，不信人者更危险。）
-- Abraham Lincorl
（信人者有危险，不信人者更危险。）
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Warm Water and Hot Tea
Warm Water and Hot Tea
B L E S S I N G S . . .
It's always good to know these things. Not many people know about this, and many do not tells you the real problems.
This is a very good article. Not only about the warm water after your meal, but about ladies and their heart attacks.
A friend shares this to me. She asked that I share with both my male/female friends. Really very interesting.
This makes sense.... the Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals...not cold water... maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...
For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.
It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.
Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.
Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks: Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive...
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
Read this... It could save your life!!
ps- I am sharing this to a true friend like you and you MUST share this article to all your friends you care about.
B L E S S I N G S . . .
It's always good to know these things. Not many people know about this, and many do not tells you the real problems.
This is a very good article. Not only about the warm water after your meal, but about ladies and their heart attacks.
A friend shares this to me. She asked that I share with both my male/female friends. Really very interesting.
This makes sense.... the Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals...not cold water... maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...
For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.
It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.
Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.
Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks: Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive...
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
Read this... It could save your life!!
ps- I am sharing this to a true friend like you and you MUST share this article to all your friends you care about.
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