停止等待,开始行动吧。
Stop waiting. Start doing.
对自己许诺总是太过简单,我们总是告诉自己,只要减掉20斤肉,我们就会快乐起来。
It's all too easy to tell ourselves that once we lose twenty pounds , we'll be happy,
或者,只要我们有更多的空余时间,我们就会开始多读书,多锻炼
or once we have more free time, we'll start reading more and working out.
我们觉得现在自己太忙了,还不及做想做的事
We think we're too busy now to do that thing we want to do,
而只要我们完成想做的事,我们就会开心起来
or we'll be happy once we've done that thing,
我们只是开没开始动手做而已
but we haven't even started working on it.
告诉你一则快讯:你会一直忙碌下去
News Flash : You'll always be busy.
或许你终于有了时间,可是你已经十分疲惫了
Or you'll be tired.
又或者有其他人需要占用你的时间
Or someone else will need your time.
又或者,你感到自己知识匮乏,能力欠缺,不足以开始着手
Or you'll feel like you don't have enough knowledge or skill to start.
总会有什么事会横在你面前
Something always comes up.
你总找不到完美的时机
There is no perfect time.
你总能找到某种介口,作为你不曾开始行动的理由
There is always something you can use as a reason not to start.
如果你在寻找此刻不够快乐的理由,你一定会找到
If you're looking for a reason not to be happy now, you'll find it.
无所行动是最浪费时间的状态
Inaction is one of the biggest time wasters.
如果你想要种一棵树,最好的时间是二十年前
The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago.
第二好的时间是,此刻
The second best time is now.
去种下那棵树吧
Plant the tree.
你不会比现在更年轻
You aren't getting any younger,
什么都不会改变,直到你把事情掌控到自己手中,改变它们
and nothing is going to change unless you take things into your own hands and change them.
你能做到的最重要的事情就是从现在开始动手
The most valuable thing you can do is just get started.
不要思虑太多
Don't overthink it.
开始行动就好!
Do something.