Day 311: On Setting an Example

第311天：关于树立榜样

Example has more followers than reason.

榜样比道理更有说服力。

—Christian Nestell Bovee

Does it bother you that people laugh at your efforts, wonder why you’re deliberately making your life so difficult, or feel otherwise puzzled about your recent efforts at making positive changes in your life?

当别人嘲笑你的努力，质疑你为什么故意让自己的生活如此艰难，或者对你最近为生活做出的积极改变感到困惑时，会让你感到困扰吗？

Save your time and energy trying to reason with them — it won’t work. Instead, focus on your goals and set an example. Soon, when you achieve some results, people will start following your example, understand why you’re doing what you’re doing, or at least shut up.

省省你的时间和精力吧，跟他们讲道理是没用的。

相反，专注于自己的目标，并树立榜样。

很快，当你取得一些成果时，他们就会开始以你为榜样，理解你为什么要这么做，或者至少闭上嘴巴。

For example, people criticized me when I was on my diet, saying that I was already skinny and shouldn’t lose more weight. However, I knew that I had to drop some additional pounds to uncover more muscle definition. Once I reached that goal and my muscles became more visible, it became clear that I had been right from the get-go.

例如，我在节食期间曾受到别人的批评，他们说我已经很瘦了，没必要再减重了。

然而，我知道我必须减掉一些额外的体重才能展现出更多的肌肉线条。

一旦我达到了这个目标，我的肌肉会变得更加有型，就会发现我从一开始就是对的。

No amount of reasoning will make people change their minds in the same way as an example standing right in front of them.

再多的道理也无法让人们改变想法，除非一个榜样就站在他们面前。

Similarly, don’t try to persuade people to implement positive changes in their lives just because that’s what you’re doing. Leave them be, and if they notice your results, some will probably ask you for advice and try to achieve the same results themselves. Again, it’s about setting the example, not expending empty words.

同样，不要因为你在做什么，就试图说服别人在生活中做出同样积极的改变。

别管他们，如果他们注意到了你的成果，有些人可能会向你请教，并尝试自己也去争取同样的成果。

还是那句话，要树立榜样，不要空谈。