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    坚韧

    世上只有两条路能通往成功的目标并成就伟大的事业,那就是:力量
    和坚韧。力量并不属于大多数人,它是少数人的特权;然而,即便是最不
    起眼的小人物,也可以拥有吃苦耐劳的坚韧品质。坚韧从来不负众望,因
    为它沉默的力量将随着时间的推移一天天壮大,直到所向披靡无以抗拒。
      “There are but two roads that lead to an important goal and
    to the doing of great things: strength and perseverance.
    Strength is the lot of but a few privileged man; but austere
    perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the
    smallest of us and rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent
    power grows irresistibly greater with time.”
      ——歌德(Johann von Goethe)

    依我看,在所有品质中,再没有什么比坚韧对于成功更关键的了。坚
    韧几乎战无不胜,即便对手是大自然。
      “I do not think there is any other quality so essential to
    success of any kind as ther quality of persistence. It overcomes
    almost everything, even nature.”
      ——约翰·D·洛克菲勒(John D. Rockefeller)

    坚持、坚忍、顽强、固执。
      以上每一个名词都含有不畏艰难和阻力,坚定不移地、一心一意地追
    求目标的意义。坚韧也暗含有对忍耐的褒扬。
       任何改变的发生都离不开一个决定性的要素。事实上,成功的改掉坏
    习惯的先决条件便是那高于一切的品质——坚韧。就像我们在前面提到的
    ,自我控制赋予了我们改掉习惯的能力。事实上,改掉习惯的能力与我们
    的自律能力是成直接的正比关系。而我们的自律能力的高低可以从我们的
    坚韧中看出来。正如温斯顿·邱吉尔曾说过的那样:“我们行动时,自律
    就表现为坚韧。”
      著名心理学家、哲学家威廉·詹姆斯(William James)发现了这样
    的过程:“如果我们被一种不寻常的需要推动时,那么,奇迹将会发生。
    疲惫达到极限点时,或许是逐渐地,或许是突然间,我们超越了这个极限点
    ,找到了全新的自我!”詹姆斯继续解释道:“此时,我们的力量显然到
    达了一个新的层次,这是经验的不断积累,不断丰富的过程。直到有一天
    ,我们突然发现自己竟然拥有了不可思议的力量,并感觉到难以言表的轻
    松。”
      同样,我们拥有了高度自律的能力,我们也将拥有詹姆斯所描述的那
    种跨越“疲惫极限”并最终实现目标的能力。詹姆斯还指出,坚韧是一种
    习惯。坚韧这一习惯的过人之处便在于,你表现得越坚韧,你也越可能变
    得坚韧。
      事实是,坚韧对于改变我们的习惯,实现我们的目标至关重要。

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