Day 335: On Wishing

第335天：关于许愿

When people say “I wish,” they don’t really believe it. “I wish I could save money” or “I wish I could lose weight” means “...but I don’t believe it’s possible.”

当人们说 “我希望 ”时，他们其实并不相信。

“我希望我能省钱 “或 ”我希望我能减肥 “的意思是”......但我不相信这是可能的。"

—Brian Tracy

One effective (and at first glance, perhaps a bit naïve) strategy to help you develop success-friendly habits, traits, and behaviors is to change your language.

帮助你养成有利于成功的习惯、特质和行为的一个有效（乍一看可能有点幼稚）策略就是改变自己的语言。

The words that you use have a direct impact on you . If you tell yourself that you wish you could be different, you’re essentially telling the world that it’s not within your control to change.

你使用的语言会对自己产生直接影响。

如果你对自己说，你希望自己能有所不同，本质上你是在告诉世界，改变不在你的掌控之中。

How likely are you to change yourself if the words like “I wish” come out of your mouth so frequently? How much confidence will you have in your ability to reach your goals if you don’t believe it’s possible that you can achieve them?

如果 “我希望 ”这样的词频繁地从你嘴里说出来， 你改变自己的可能性有多大？

如果你不相信自己有可能实现目标，那么你对自己实现目标的能力又有多少自信心呢？

Set a simple challenge: for the next seven days, whenever you catch yourself saying you wish you could do something, stop and rethink it.

设定一个简单的挑战：在接下来的七天里，每当你发现自己要说 “我希望自己能做到某件事 ”时，停下来重新思考一下。

Is it really something that you will never be able to accomplish (such as become younger), or is it just your brain serving you your own limiting beliefs? If it’s the latter, make a list of immediate actions you can take to transform “I wish” into “Here’s how I’m going to do it.”

这真的是你永远无法完成的事情（比如变得更年轻）， 还是只是你的大脑给你灌输了限制性信念？

如果是后者，那就列出一份你可以立即采取的行动清单，把 “我希望 ”变成 “我要这样做”。