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你好！这是 "成功周刊" 第八期。　

[本期成功周刊为方便英语学习爱好者，我们采用了中、英文对照的格式]

本期赠言

"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."

---- Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882-1945, Former American President

幸福来自成功的喜悦和创造性努力的快乐。

---- 罗斯福 1882-1945 前美国总统

本期文章

值得我们深思的问题

辛西娅-科丝在她的新书《无法阻挡》中写道：一位杰出的心理学家曾经就同一问题问过3000人："你是为什么而活着？"结果令人难以置信：94%的人回答说，他们活着并没有什么明确的目标---比例高94%!! 因此，当我们看到生活中如此多的人并不快乐时，我们也就不足为奇了。

詹姆士-艾伦在谈到这个话题时也说，"那些生活没有目标的人容易陷入焦虑、恐惧、烦恼和自艾自怜的情绪泥淖之中。"过去当我自己也属于那些94%没有生活目标的人群时，我的生活被各种各样的焦虑恐惧和烦恼笼罩。我就象一只没有舵的小船在怒涛翻滚的大海中漫无目的地随波逐流。那时，我的生活一团糟糕。

我相信，在我们内心中与生俱来就有一个目的，认清并朝着目标前进是我们生命历程中重要的一部分。

目标的设立给我们的生活注入了新鲜和活力。它使我们不再只是埋头关注局限的"小我"，而将视野拓宽，关注更大范围的"我们"。

在此辞旧迎新之际，请停下匆忙的脚步，花时间认真思考一下人生目标。不要没有明确目标地，糊糊涂涂地又过一年。《天天自励》的作者拉尔夫-马斯顿说，"在最深的层次上，你的愿望、心愿、希望、梦想、看法、喜欢的或不喜欢的事情都是围绕一个目标而反复出现的。它就在你的心里，你可以感觉到它。请留意那些你真正感觉良好的时刻。问自己为什么会这样？不断地刨根问底，直到发现一个最根本不可回避的目标。

我不知道谁是巴里谬罗，但我最近读到了他关于目标的力量的伟大格言："你最多只可能变得和你想达到的目标一样强大，因此，让我们选择那些重要的、大胆的、正当的、不朽的目标去完成吧!" 这是值得我们好好思考的问题。

英文原文

Something Worth Thinking AboutIn her book, "Unstoppable", Cynthia Kersey writes that a prominent psychologist asked 3,000 people, "What have you to live for?" An amazing 94% answered by saying they had no definite purpose for their lives - 94% percent!! With those kind of results, is it any wonder that there are so many unhappypeople in our world today?

James Allen also tells us on this subject that, "They who have no central purpos e in their life fall an easy prey to worries, fears, troubles, and self-pity." When I was part of the 94% without a purpose my life was constantly dark with all types of worries, fears and troubles.

I was a ship without a rudder floating aimlessly in a ragi ng sea. Nothing in my life seemed to go right.

I believe we were created with a purpose in our heart, and part of our journey h ere is to discern that purpose and to act on that purpose.

Purpose puts power and excitement in our life. It keeps us from looking at the little picture of "me" and causes us to look at the big picture of "we." During this time of reflection on the old year and anticipation of the New Year, stop and spend some quality time thinking about your purpose. Refuse to go another y ear without having a stated purpose and some goals to back it up. Ralph Marston, who writes The Daily Motivator, says "Your wishes, desires, hopes , dreams, opinions, likes and dislikes, at their very deepest level, revolve around a purp ose. You can sense it. It is there. Pay attention to the times you really feel good abo ut yourself. Ask yourself why this is so? Keep asking until you touch a purpose so fundamenta l it cannot be explained in any other way."

I don't know who Barry Munro is, but I recently read his great quote on the powe r of purpose. "You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to ac t that are big, bold, righteous and eternal.

[总编：吴丽雯本期编辑：孙若缨翻译：一乔供稿：健飞版面设计：孙若缨 ]
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