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I'd like to ask you to think about this
我想请你思考一下这件事
if you start using this motto today
如果你从今天开始践行这个座右铭
how would your life change
你的生活会发生怎样的改变
do you sometimes find that
你是否有时会发现
you put off starting something
自己总把要做的事一拖再拖
because you just don't feel ready enough
只因觉得自己还没准备充分
do you find it hard to make decisions likewhat to wear
你是否会难以做出抉择，比如穿什么衣服
what to eat who to date
吃什么东西，和谁谈恋爱
which job to take up
从事什么工作
do you tend to waste a lot of time deciding
你是否总爱把大量时间耗费在纠结上
what you might do while nothing gets done
想着自己可以做些什么，最终却一事无成
a way to overcome indecision
克服优柔寡断
and this lack of control in life
以及这种对生活失去掌控感的方法
is to do it badly
就是先潦草去做、不求完美
there's a quote by writer and poet G KChesterton that says anything worth doing
作家兼诗人G·K·切斯特顿有句名言：任何值得做的事
is worth doing badly the first time
第一次做，做得不够好也无妨
the reason why this works so well
这个方法之所以如此奏效
is that it speeds up your decision making
是因为它能让你加快做决定的速度
and catapults you straight into action
并让你立刻投入行动
otherwise you can spend hours deciding
否则你可能会花上数小时纠结
how you should go about doing something
该如何着手去做一件事
or what you should do
或是到底该做什么
this can be paralyzing
这种纠结会让人陷入停滞
and can make you afraid to even begin
甚至会让你连开始的勇气都没有
all too often we aim for perfection
我们总是一味追求完美
but never end up doing anything
最终却什么都没做成
because the standards that we set forourselves
因为我们为自己定下的标准
are too high they're intimidating
过高，让人望而生畏
which stresses us out
这会让我们倍感压力
so we delay starting something
于是我们迟迟不肯开始
or we might even abandon the whole thingaltogether
甚至会干脆放弃整件事
do it badly frees you up to take action
潦草去做，能让你放下顾虑、大胆行动
I mean you know how it is
你懂的，生活中常是这样
so often we wanna do something perfectly
我们总想着把一件事做到尽善尽美
we can't start until it's the perfect time
非要等到时机恰到好处
until we've got all the skills
等到自己掌握了所有技能才肯开始
but this can be daunting and stressful
可这样的想法，既让人胆怯，又让人倍感压力
so why not just jump into it
那何不干脆放手去做
just do it
立刻行动
however without worrying if it's good orbad
不用在意结果是好是坏
this will make it that much easier to startsomething
这样一来，开始做一件事就会变得容易得多
and as you're doing it badly to finish it
就算一开始做得潦草，也能坚持把事情做完
and when you look back
当你回头看时
you'll realize more often than not thatactually
你多半会发现，事实上
it's not that bad
事情并没有做得那么糟
a close friend of mine who has anxiety
我有一位患有焦虑症的挚友
started using this motto
她开始践行这个座右铭
and this is what she said
这是她的亲身感受
when I started using this motto my lifetransformed
自从践行这个座右铭，我的生活彻底改变了
I found that I could complete tasks
我发现自己能在短得多的时间里
in much shorter time periods than before
完成各项任务
do it badly gave me wings to take risks
“潦草去做”让我有了敢于冒险的勇气
to try something differently
让我愿意尝试不同的做法
and to have way more fun during the wholeprocess
也让我在整个过程中收获了更多乐趣
it took the anxiety of out of everything
它驱散了所有事情带来的焦虑
and replaced it with excitement
取而代之的是满心的期待与兴奋
so
所以
do it badly and you can improve as you goalong
先大胆去做，哪怕做得不够好，你也能在过程中不断进步
