成功不寻常（Winning Isn't Normal）

2014年2月2日 来源：cnbogs.com 整理：7f961.com

Growing up, I spent my summers holed up in the gym, training gymnastics for up to 6 hours a day. When I wasn't in the gym I was doing math problems or practicing Chinese characters. Or preparing for SAT's (did 10 full tests one summer). Or reading personal development books like 7 Habits for Highly Effective People and writing personal mission statements.That wasn't normal.

成长中，我夏天都把自己关在健身房，每天有时锻炼多达6小时。当不在健身房时，我做数学题，学习中国字。或准备SAT考试(一个夏天做了10次全测试)。或阅读关于个人发展方面的书籍，如 《高效能人士的七个习惯》，或写跟志向有关的句子。这些不寻常。

In high school, there were days where I'd:

•wake up at 7am

•go to school till 3pm

•stay after class to work with my high school gymnastics team till 4:30pm

•drive to my "real" gymnastics practice at 5pm

•do serious and intense training until 9-9:30pm

•get home at 10pm

•shower, eat dinner, and START doing my homework at 11pm.

That wasn't normal.

在高中，很多时候我是这样过的：

1.早上7点起床

2.下午3点前在学校里

3.课后跟学校的健身团一起待到下午4点半

4.下午5点开始我“真正的”健身锻炼

5.做认真而全面的训练，直到晚上9-9:30

6.晚上10点到家

7.冲洗，吃点东西，11点钟开始做作业。

这不寻常。

Sometimes I wish I had a more normal life growing up. I wanted desperately to watch more TV shows, play video games, and perhaps even get a girlfriend somehow. I wanted to fit in – you know – like a normal kid.

很多时候我都希望能过一种正常的生活。我希望能多看看电视节目，玩视频游戏，也许该找个女朋友。我希望能融入大家 — 你知道 — 就像个正常的孩子。

But then I realized that there were other things about my life that weren’t normal. Making the Jr National Team. Being named Boston Globe Gymnast of the Year 3 times in a row. Getting a 1580 out of 1600 on my first (and only) taking of the SATs. Being selected as the graduation speaker for a 2000+ student high school. None of that was normal either.

但是，之后，我开始意识到，我的生活中还有一些其它的也是不寻常的东西：进入高校国家队。连续三次获选波士顿Globe体操运动员。第一次(也是唯一一次)参加SAT(指代（美国）学术能力测试的一种标志)取得了1580分的成绩(总分1600).被选为毕业典礼的发言人，为2000多的学生做演讲。没有一样是寻常的。

If you want to win or succeed in something – you've got to be willing go against the grain. The truth is, winners do what losers won't. World champion climber Patxi Usobiaga goes months without a single off day. What kinds of unreasonable, abnormal and irrational things are YOU doing to ensure that you get results that blow people away?

如果你想在某些事情上成功或胜利 — 你需要做好格格不入的准备。这事实是，成功者做的是失败者做不到的事。世界登山冠军Patxi Usobiaga几个月来没有休息过一天。你有没有为了得到能够让人们惊讶的成果而做过什么不可理喻、不正常、没理性的事情呢？

You look at people who are extremely successful and I can almost guarantee there is at least something very weird or different about them They have attitudes, habits, ideas and tendencies that are very abnormal. And that makes total sense. Because winning isn't normal.

你只看到了那些成功人士的风光无限，我打保票的说他们身上一定有不少与众不同的东西。他们的心态，习惯，思想和性情都会不正常。这些都是有意义的。因为成功不寻常。