原文出自于James Clear电子报 ​https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1/ august-4-2022

本篇起，我就不再翻译内文，先前翻译也只是用google翻译，然后再稍微顺一下，感觉挺花时间，而且浪费网路空间。后续还是分享我读完那段文章的收获与感想为主。

3-2-1: Keeping the habit alive, the value of small kindnesses, and editing your life

read on JAMESCLEAR.COM | AUGUST 4, 2022

3 Ideas From Me

 I.
"Do not confuse things that are hard with things that are valuable.
Many things in life are hard. Just because you are giving a great effort does not mean you are working toward a great result.
Make sure that mountain is worth climbing."

并不是困难的事情就有价值!

很多人说：我那么辛苦付出与努力，为什么仍然没有得到好的回报？ !

因为你误把"努力、吃苦"当作必然有丰厚收获与回报。错把困难的事当成有价值的事!

选择比努力重要，这是近几年相当火热的话! 爬山前，得先搞清楚那座山是否值得爬!

 ​II.
"Keeping the habit alive is a powerful act. It's easier to stay in shape than to get in shape. It's easier to keep a house clean than to get it clean.
Many days it may feel like you are treading water, but maintaining your progress saves your future self a great deal of work."

保持纤瘦是来得比复胖后再减肥来得容易，家里保持干净是比大扫除来得轻松。

维持良好习惯可以节省后续重启习惯的时间! 虽然维持习惯或许较无感，但那内建于生活中的无感，恰恰是让你效率倍增的关键。

一但好习惯停止，要重新启动，总会需要一段时间的调适，就像车子停红灯，如果是缓慢滑行到了红绿灯前刚好变绿灯，会比煞停后重新加速来的容易。

 III.
"There are many situations in life you do not control, but you often contribute to them.
I cannot control the rain, but I can control my clothing.
I cannot control your feelings, but I can control my kindness.
I cannot control my opponent, but I can control my response.
You cannot control most outcomes in life, but you can usually influence them. Releasing your attachment to the results does not mean releasing your responsibility to the situation."

​生活中很多事情是你无法控制的

不能控制是否下雨，但能掌握出门是否带伞。
不能掌控别人的感觉，但能掌控自己的善意。

​控制你能掌控的，至于你不能掌控的外界事物，就好好掌控你的情绪与反应!

2 Quotes From Others

 I.
Playwright, poet, and writer, Samuel Johnson, on listening and learning:
"I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read."

Source: Apophthegms, Sentiments, Opinions and Occasional Reflections​

我从不想和一个写的比读的多的人交谈。 Well，看来我得再多读点书😅😅😅

 ​II.
A poem by Danusha Laméris on the value of small kindnesses:
"I've been thinking about the way, when you walk
down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs
to let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you”
when someone sneezes, a leftover
from the Bubonic plague. “Don't die,” we are saying.
And sometimes, when you spill lemons
from your grocery bag, someone else will help you
pick them up. Mostly, we don't want to harm each other.
We want to be handed our cup of coffee hot,
and to say thank you to the person handing it. To smile
at them and for them to smile back. For the waitress
to call us honey when she sets down the bowl of clam chowder,
and for the driver in the red pick-up truck to let us pass.
We have so little of each other, now. So far
from tribe and fire. Only these brief moments of exchange.
What if they are the true dwelling of the holy, these
fleeting temples we make together when we say, “Here,
have my seat,” “Go ahead — you first,” “I like your hat.”

​Source: Small Kindnesses​

​释放善意的价值，善意就像是人际关系的黏着剂，适时的是放善意，尽管很小的善意，也能拉近人与人之间的距离。

对手捧热咖啡给您的服务生亲切的说声谢谢。

"来，我的位置给您"、"您先"、"我喜欢你今天的装扮"... 多释放些善意，让周遭的人都能感受到。

1 Question For You

 Instead of asking yourself, "What should I do first?"
Try asking, "What should I neglect first?"
Trim, edit, cull. Make space for better performance.

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减法生活，去除不必要的，只留必须的。

要有好的绩效，也是这样，时间就那么多，没有绩效的事占据了部分时间，自然就会拉低整体绩效。

减法说的简单，但断舍离是需要刻意练习的! 要有卓越的表现，就需要砍掉无效的努力，无意义的工作项目，专注在具有产出的工作项目上。

说来容易，做起来难，这也是为什么需要"刻意""练习"的关系! 😎