职场人士的十二大箴言

My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action. I will act now. Never has there been a map, however carefully executed to detail and scale, which carried its owner over even one inch of ground. Never has there been a parchment of law, however fair, which prevented one crime. Never has there been a scroll, even such as the one I hold, which earned so much as a penny or produced a single word of acclamation. Action, alone, is the tinder which ignites the map, the parchment, this scroll, my dreams, my plans, my goals, into a living force. Action is the food and drink which will nourish my success.

我的梦想毫无价值，我的计划渺如尘埃，我的目标无法实现。所有的一切都毫无价值，除非我付诸行动。我现在就付诸行动。制作再精细的地图也不会拖着它的主人移动一寸；制定再公平的律法也难以阻止犯罪行为的发生；再好的'书卷——即使像我手中这个一样——也无法赚得一分钱、赢得一声喝彩。只有行动才是将地图、律法、书卷、梦想、计划和目标锻造为现实动力的圣火。行动孕育着我成功的种子。

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I will act now.

My procrastination which has held me back was born of fear and now I recognize this secret mined from the depths of all courageous hearts. Now I know that to conquer fear I must always act without hesitation and the flutters in my heart will vanish. Now I know that action reduces the lion of terror to an ant of equanimity.

我现在就付诸行动。

探究所有勇敢心灵的深处，我发现了一个秘密——阻碍我事业前进的根源来自恐惧。现在我明白了，要战胜恐惧，我必须永远抛弃犹豫，这样我心中的焦虑便会溜走。现在我明白了，行动可以让无比的恐惧变为泰然平静。

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I will act now.

I will repeat these words again and again and again. When I awake I will say them and leap from my cot while the failure sleeps yet another hour.

我现在就付诸行动。

我会不厌其烦地重复这句话。早晨醒来，当失败者继续酣睡时我会默念这句话，立即行动。

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I will act now.

I will not avoid the tasks of today and charge them to tomorrow for I know that tomorrow never comes. Let me act now even though my actions may not bring happiness or success for it is better to act and fail than not to act and flounder. Happiness, in truth, may not be the fruit plucked by my action yet without action all fruit will die on the vine.

 　　我现在就付诸行动。

我不会把今天的任务堆到明天，因为我知道，明天永远不会到来。就算可能不会带来幸福或成功，我也要立即行动，因为，行动后失败总比不行动然后手足无措强。的确，我的行动可能不会让我摘得幸福的果实，但是，如果不行动，所有果实都无法收获。

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I will act now.

When I enter the market place I will say them and immediately confront my first prospect while the failure ponders yet his possibility of rebuff.

我现在就付诸行动。

推销时，当失败者为可能被拒绝而踌躇时，我会默念这句话，然后立即迎上第一位顾客。

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I will act now.

When I face a closed door I will say them and knock while the failure waits outside with fear and trepidation.

我现在就付诸行动。