如何走向你自己的个人“独立日”

译者 xiangyugan1992

‘The greatest security is to plan and act and take the risk that will make you independent.’ - Denis Waitley

“最大的安全就是去计划然后行动，还有冒赢得独立必冒之险”——丹尼斯·威特利

I am an Australian, and we don’t celebrate Independence Day like the Americans. Yet I have been on a journey towards my personal independence, and it is my goal to encourage and guide others to experience the same in their lives.

我是澳大利亚人，我们不像美国人一样要庆祝独立日。如今我已经踏上了通往个人独立的旅途，我很想鼓励和引导其他人让他们在自己的生命旅途中也能经历这些。

In order to achieve personal independence, there are some required ingredients. So allow me to share just 5 of them with you.

想要获得个人独立需要一些必须要素，我想同你们分享其中的五个要素。

Define Your Destination

确定你的目标

When I packed up our belongings and left with my wife and two children to travel the world some years ago, we had one destination, and that was to return home safely at the end of a period of six months of discovery.

几年前，当我收拾了行李和妻子加上两个孩子一起出发周游世界，那时我们有自己的目标，那就是在六个月的发现之旅结束之后能安全到家。

It took us to Zimbabwe, Nigeria, England, Scotland, Germany and the USA and through a whole range of circumstances, meeting a wide selection of people along the way and our global vision was expanded, and our lives changed forever.

六个月的旅途中，我们经历各种境遇，见识各色人等，我们到达津巴布韦，尼日利亚，英格兰，苏格兰，德国还有美国；我们的视野开阔了，我们的生活永远改变了吃奇怪的食物。

Throughout that time we ate strange foods, lived in huts, rustic hosing with no running water and intermittent electricity, hotels, million dollar homes, and even a castle overcoming life threatening situations, insurmountable challenges, lurking thieves, and even diseases.

那段时间里我们吃奇怪的食物，住过棚屋，没有自来水和持续供电的简易房，旅馆，天价豪宅，甚至

It was a defining trip for me personally – to discover the purpose for which I was born.

对我而言那是重塑自我的旅行——寻找我存在的目的。

And now whenever I embark upon any new venture the first thing I do is visualize the destination, the goal, the dream, or the result that I am working towards.

现在无论什么时候我要开始新的冒险，我会做的第一件事就是构想自己的目的地，目标，梦想或者我最终将要达到的结果。

Plan Your Route

计划你的路线

There are many ways to travel from Point A to Point B, and invariably it’s not in a straight line.

从一个地方到达另一个地方有很多路线，而且常常并不能直达。

But say you are working towards a particular target in 12 months, and then work backwards in 90 day increments. Identify your benchmarks you wish to set in place along the way, for that smaller time frame period, that will guild towards your destination.

你可能正朝着12个月之后的某个目标前行，那么你就需要向后每90天退行一步。沿途根据自己的预期确定参考目标，这些相对更小的时间分段将一步步引导你到达目的地。

Then break those down into 30 day increments. Once you have those then define what you wish to achieve each week along the way. And last but not least - what are you going to do on a daily basis to build towards your defined destination?

接下来再将90天每30天分一个阶段，这些阶段的目标确定后，你就可以确定你要在一周内达到的目标。还有最后一步，那就是确定你每天的任务，这是你达到自己沿途确定的目标的基础。

Anticipate The Best

抱最好的预期

Expect doors to open. Give your best without any expectation of return. While opportunities wait to be revealed, always continue in a state of preparation.

期待“芝麻开门”，那就不计回报的尽力付出。机会等你发现，你需要时刻准备着。

Don’t gravitate to the worst. Refuse to be drawn to the negative.

不要受霉运的影响，也不要走向消极。

Think well. Think great. Speak possibility. Fill your mouths with faith and eradicate fear through a positive confession. Read and listen to material that keeps the positive dial in your mind turned to the ‘on’ position.

心向美好，胸怀大志，言必可行。言语里要充满信心，通过积极的自省消除你的恐惧。接受能给你正处在“开启”状态的大脑积极信号的信息。

If any form of ‘worst’ comes across your path then treat it like a television and change channels immediately.

不论“坏事”化身何种形象挡在路上，你只要换台即可，就像你对一套电视机做的那样。

Act As Though You’re Already There

让你的心比你的脚步更先到达梦想那里。

Before I could really afford 5 star hotels I sat in the foyers of 5 star hotels. Before I ever bought a nice car I took expensive cars for a test drive. Before I owned nice furniture I sat in showrooms and smelt the leather.

在住得起五星级酒店之前，我已经在五星级酒店的大堂小坐过。在买得起好车之前，我已经试驾过很多豪车。在还没有精品家具的时候，我去过展示厅，沉浸在那里的皮革味中。

Before I ever succeeded in business I kept the company of people more successful than myself. I purchased a suit. I bought nicely polished shoes. I printed the best business cards. I created the most stunning web design.

在事业取得成功之前，我就确保我手下的人看起来比我更成功。我花钱买西服，买亮蹭蹭的皮鞋。我打印最好的名片。我制作精致的网页。

Before I was I acted that I was.

在做到之前，我表现的就像我已经做到了。

The performance was not for others. It was for me – to once and for all imbed into my subconscious that I deserved success and was worthy of it. Through these actions I demanded success to come to me.

这些“表演”并不是给比给人看的。这是要给自己看——让“我值得也应得成功”的信念从此根植在我的潜意识里。通过这样做，我就能“召唤”成功。

All future success cannot but come my way because through my actions, my speech, and my habits I have become a success magnet.

所有未来的成功都会慢慢向我走来，我的行动，言语，习惯，它们已经形成了强大的磁场，吸引成功的磁场。

Take The Risk

If you don’t ever leave the shore you’ll never get to the other side of the river. There comes a point where you have to leap the leap of faith. For the cure for all fear is action.

不肯离开河岸你是到不了河流的对岸的。是时候超越自我了，只有行动能解除你的恐惧。

Do your homework. Have a plan in place. But make sure your goals are measurable and realistic.

做好你的前期工作。也要要周密的计划。但要确定你的目标是可行和现实的。

Here’s a good idea. I was recently told of a threefold strategy when it comes to the pursuit of goals.

Here are the three plans you should have in place when you set a goal…

设定目标的时候你可以按下面三个步骤做出合适的计划

Plan 1 – What is your goal if there are no problems?

计划一——如果一切如你所愿，你会追求什么？

Plan 2 – What is your goal if you expend a bit of effort?

计划二——如果仅仅付出一点努力，你会追求什么？

Plan 3 – What is your goal if everything goes wrong?

计划三——如果一切不如你愿，你又会追求什么？

You always want to live for another day – so in your risk management plan put some thought into it – but once you have done all the analysis don’t remain in a state of paralysis. Take the risk. For it is there where opportunity, prosperity and independence await you.

追求另一种生活是人们总会有的向往——所以你的风险控制计划要考虑这些——但一旦想清楚后就不要一直想下去了。要去冒险，因为机会，财富和独立只在风险之后等着你。

So what does your independence day look like?

所以想象你的独立日吧？

Motivational Memo: Greatest security is often found within what most people call insecurity.

励志心语：最大的安全总是在被绝大多数人眼中的危险之地找到。

    Written on 3/3/2011 by Peter G. James Sinclair . 

写于2011.3.3，彼得G·詹姆斯·辛克莱尔。（此段有省略，译者注）

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