Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
— Oscar Wilde
经验只是我们给自己的错误取的名字。
- 奥斯卡·王尔德
Knowledge is key to avoiding mistakes.
知识是避免错误的关键。
When you make a mistake, it’s best to learn from it and move on.
当你犯错误时，最好从中吸取教训，然后继续前进。
Here’s 8 common mistakes people make.
Never assume learning and your life purpose is all about you.
永远不要认为学习和你的人生目标都是关于你自己的。
Remember, you are surrounded by family and friends who may be impacted by what you do.
记住，你身边有家人和朋友，他们可能会被你的所作所为所影响。
You should live your own life as long as you are not harming anyone else.
只要不伤害别人，你就应该过自己的生活。
When you discover your purpose and work at it, it’s a blessing when it positively impacts the lives of those close to you.
当你发现自己的目标并为之努力时，如果它能对你身边的人产生积极的影响，那就是一种祝福。
Model others who’ve had success in any endeavor and it will give you a much greater chance of success.
模仿在任何努力中取得成功的人，这将给你更大的成功机会。
Remember, however, that you want to model the person but not become a copy of them.
然而，请记住，你想以这个人为榜样，而不是成为他们的复制品。
As such, you are an individual. Learn all the good points and work them in your particular life situation.
这样，你是一个个体。 学习所有的优点，并在你特定的生活环境中运用它们。
Don’t make your job the only thing you work on in terms of your life purpose.
不要让你的工作成为你人生目标的唯一。
Many people focus on their careers, such as doctors, teachers, or even artists and ignore the other aspects of life.
许多人专注于他们的职业，如医生，教师，甚至艺术家，而忽略了生活的其他方面。
You need a balance of purpose in all areas.
你需要在各个方面都达到目标的平衡。
For example, if you focus 100% on finding the true purpose of your career, you may suffer from burnout.
例如，如果你100%地专注于寻找你职业的真正目的，你可能会遭受职业倦怠的折磨。
Enhance your overall purpose of career, hobbies, and giving back to the community by volunteering in an area you are passionate about.
提升你的职业目标、兴趣爱好，并通过在你感兴趣的地区做志愿者来回馈社区。
Keep an open mind. Try new things and meet new people.
保持开放的心态。 尝试新事物，结识新朋友。
Don’t close yourself off to the possibility of trying something new with someone you just met.
不要把自己封闭起来，拒绝和刚认识的人尝试新事物的可能性。
Your life’s purpose can prosper by letting things flow and not blocking them off.
你的人生目标可以通过让事情顺其自然，而不是把它们堵死来实现。
In other words, open your self up to new possibilities, especially those you’re curious about.
换句话说，打开你自己，迎接新的可能性，尤其是那些你感兴趣的。
You may have heard, “patience is a virtue,” or “good things come to he who waits.”
你可能听说过，“耐心是一种美德”，或者“好东西只属于等待的人”。
Yes, patience is a good thing, but some people will take this to extremes.
是的，耐心是一件好事，但有些人会走极端。
The act of patience could morph into being stuck and not moving forward.
耐心的行为可能会变成停滞不前，无法前进。
Balance it out by taking action, pause to reflect, and then act again.
通过采取行动来平衡，停下来反思，然后再行动。
Looking for your purpose should not take months and months of thinking and doing little else.
寻找目标不应该是花上几个月的时间去思考，而不去做其他的事情。
Not everyone likes to write. Many find it hard to put together a great email or a blog post.
不是每个人都喜欢写作。 许多人发现很难写好一封电子邮件或一篇博客文章。
That should not stop you from journalism and discovering your purpose in life.
那不应该阻止你从事新闻工作，发现你的人生目标。
If you struggle to write in a journal, take baby steps and do one sentence per day.
如果你很难写日记，那就慢慢来，每天写一句话。
When writing a sentence a day becomes easier, double it. In a short time, you’ll find yourself writing journal entries that inspire you.
当一天写一个句子变得更容易时，加倍。在很短的时间里，你会发现自己写了一些能激发你灵感的日记。
Confidence is a wonderful thing.
自信是好事。
But, over-confidence is a mistake if telling yourself this is going to easy.
但是，如果告诉自己这很容易，过度自信就是一个错误。
Finding your life purpose takes reflection.
寻找人生目标需要反思。
Without reflection, your belief system might not align with your passion and purpose.
没有反思，你的信仰体系可能与你的激情和目标不一致。
Getting overconfident is the gateway to making mistakes and not identifying what your life purpose is.
过度自信是通向犯错和不确定人生目标的大门。
With self-confidence, positive thinking is a genuinely wonderful attribute.
有了自信，积极的思考是一种极好的品质。
However, you need to guard against exclusively using positive thinking to come up with your life purpose.
然而，你需要注意的是，不要只使用积极的想法来实现你的人生目标。
Imagine sitting in the lotus position, just thinking positively about purpose.
想象自己在打莲花坐，只是积极地思考目标。
It is not likely going to come to you.
它不太可能来找你。
You need to combine the positive and action to get results.
你需要把积极思考和实际行动结合起来才能得到结果。
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
一个人必须有足够的勇气去承认自己的错误，足够的聪明去从中获益，足够的强大去改正错误。
John C. Maxwell
