Day 346: On Surpassing Yourself

第346天：关于超越自我

A man’s life is interesting primarily when he has failed — I well know. For it’s a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

一个人的人生之所以饶有趣味，关键在于其遭遇失败之时——对此，我深有体悟。

缘由在于，这乃是他力图超越自身的显著标识。

—Georges Clemenceau

One interesting and empowering way to look at failure is to consider it a sign that you’re trying to surpass yourself. After all, you can’t fail if you’re doing something that is well within your abilities. You fail when you’re doing something that is difficult for you, in order to grow. Hence, if you aren’t failing, you’re probably not stretching yourself enough.

看待失败的一种有趣而有力量的方式是，将失败视为你努力超越自我的标志。

毕竟，如果你做的事情完全在你的能力范围之内，你就不会失败。

当你为了成长而做一些对你来说有难度的事情时，你就会失败。

因此，如果你没有失败，那可能是你对自己的要求不够高。

If you’ve been going a long time without any failures, it’s time to think bigger. Not experiencing any failures is a clear sign that you’re setting your aims too low and it’s time to seek a more challenging environment or establish new, more difficult goals.

如果你已经很长时间没有经历过失败，那么是时候考虑得更为宽广一些了。

没有经历过任何失败是一个明显的信号，说明你把目标定得太低了，是时候去寻找一个更具挑战性的环境或确立新的、更难的目标了。

Success is obviously a positive thing, but bear in mind that if you’re constantly succeeding, it comes with the risk of getting too cocky and assuming that you’re invincible. Setting goals with a high risk of failure will help you stay humble and ultimately aid you in keeping success in your life.

成功显然是一件积极的事情，但要记住，如果你不断取得成功，就有可能变得过于自大，以为自己所向披靡。

设定高失败风险的目标将帮助你保持谦逊，最终帮助你在生活中保持成功。