Today Topic: Choose where you want to go in life 你要过怎样的生活？

Today Vocabulary: Sharp, clearly defined goals 清晰明确的目标





Goal setting is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, and for motivating（v.激励） yourself to turn this vision of the future into reality.

对于考虑你的完美未来，并且激励你将这个未来愿景转变为现实来说，设定目标是个强大的过程。



The process of setting goals helps you choose where you want to go in life. By knowing precisely（adv.精确地） what you want to achieve, you know where you have to concentrate（v.集中） your efforts. You'll also quickly spot the distractions that would otherwise lure you from your course.

设定目标的这个过程帮助你选择你要过怎样的生活。通过明确知道你要达到的目标，你会知道你该将你的注意力放在哪里。当一些干扰诱惑你远离你的轨道时，你能很快地发现它们。



More than this, properly-set goals can be incredibly motivating, and as you get into the habit of (养成...的习惯) setting and achieving goals, you'll find that your self-confidence builds fast.

不只如此，准确设定的目标有很强的激励作用，当你养成设定和完成目标的习惯时，你会发现你能很快建立自信心。



Achieving More with Focus（n.专注力）

Goal setting techniques are used by top-level athletes, successful business-people and achievers in all fields. They give you long-term vision and short-term motivation. They focus your acquisition（n.获得） of knowledge, and help you to organize your time and your resources so that you can make the very most of your life.

专注力让你收获更多

设定目标的方法被那些顶级运动员、成功的商业人士和各领域有成就的人所运用。于长期，它们带给你视野；于短期，它们会给你带来激励作用。它们使你专注于知识的获取，让你组织你的时间和资源，因此你能利用好的你的生活。



By setting sharp, clearly defined goals, you can measure and take pride in (以…为傲) the achievement of those goals. You can see forward progress in what might previously have seemed a long pointless grind (n.苦力,苦差). By setting goals, you will also raise your self-confidence, as you recognize your ability and competence in achieving the goals that you have set.

通过设定清晰明确的目标，你可以进行衡量，以完成的目标为傲。你可以预见到你所取得进步，而之前你或许只是把它看作是毫无意义的苦差事。通过设定目标，当你在完成目标的进程中认识到你的能力和优势的时候，你也可以提升你的自信心。