这里是Success成功杂志社出版的Jim Rohn作品的一个系列翻译专栏。今天我们给大家带来第一篇:为什么你的心灵需要滋养？
"Be that unusual person who keeps up his learning curve and develops an appetite for always trying to find good ideas." ---Jim Rohn
"做一个与众不同的人，持续保持他的学习曲线，培养一直试图发现好观念的能力。"---Jim Rohn
Why you need to feed your mind?
为什么你的心灵需要滋养？
What would happen if you never stopped learning?
如果你从不停止学习，将会发生什么？
For some people, the accelerated learning process is continuous. But for most, it levels off when they get their first job. If there are no more exams to take, if there's no demand to get out paper and pencil, why read any more books? Of course, you will learn some things through experience. Just getting out there--sometimes doing it wrong and sometimes doing it right--you will learn.
对于一些人而言，学习过程是持续的。但是对于大多数人来说，当他们得到第一份工作时，也就意味着学习的结束。如果没有更多的考试需要参加，如果没有要求拿出纸和笔，为什么去读更多的书呢？当然，你将从经验里学到一些知识。走出去---有时做错了，有时做对了--你总会学到。
But you can imagine what would happen if you kept up an accelerated learning curve for the rest of your life? Can you imagine what you could learn to do, the skills you could develop, the capacities you could have? Here's what I'm asking to do: Be the unusual person who keeps up his learning curve and develops an appetite for always trying to find good ideas.
但是你能想象一下如果你在余生里持续保持你的学习曲线会是怎样呢？你能想象一下你会学到什么，你能有怎样的技能和拥有怎样的能力呢？这里我请求各位: 做一个不同寻常的人，一直保持他的学习曲线，培养不断发现好观念的能力。
One way to feed your mind and educate your philosophy is through the writings of influential people. Maybe you can't meet the person, but you can read his or her books. Churchill is gone, but we still have his books. Aristotle is gone, but we still have his ideas. Search libary for books and programs. Search magzines. Search documentaries. Search the internet. Each resource is full of opportunities for intellectual feasting.
一个滋养心灵和培养人生哲学观的有效方法是通过读有影响力人的著作。也许你遇不到这个人，但是你能读他/她的书。丘吉尔不在了，但是我们仍旧有他的书。亚里士多德不在了，但是我们仍然有他的思想观念在。搜寻有书和纲要的图书馆，翻阅杂志，查看记录片，浏览互联网。每一个资源都充满了享用智慧盛宴的机会。
In addition to reading and listening, you also need a chance to do some talking and sharing. Have some people in your life who help you with important life questions, who assist you in refining your own philosophy, weighing your values and pondering questions about success and lifestyle.
除了读和听，你也需要一个与人讨论和分享的机会。在生活里要有一些能帮你解决重大生活问题的人，协助你重塑你的人生哲学，评估你的价值和探讨成功与生活方式的话题。
We all need association with people of substance to provide influence concerning major issues like society, money, enterprise, family, government, love, friendship, culture, taste, opportunity and community. Philosophy is mostly influenced by ideas, ideas are mostly influenced by education and education is mostly influenced by the people with whom we associate.
我们都需要与现实的人打交道来彼此影响，许多议题诸如社会，金钱，企业，家庭，政府，爱和友谊，文化，品味，机会和社区等等。一个人的人生哲学通常受观念影响，观念通常受教育影响，教育通常受我们与之交往的人影响。
I'm asking that you feed your mind just as you do your body. Feed it with good ideas, wherever they can be found. Always be on the lookout for a good idea-- a business idea, a product idea, a service idea, an idea for personal improvement. Every new idea will help to refine your philosophy. Your philosophy will guide your life, and your life will unfold with distinction and pleasure.
我恳请你们滋养你们的心灵，就象滋养你们身体一样。给予心灵以无论在哪里获得的好观念。总是寻觅一个好观念--一个好的商业观念，一个好的产品观念，一个好的服务观念，一个有益于个人成长的观念。每一个新的观念将有助于塑造你的哲学观。你的哲学观将引领你的生活，你的生活也将成就卓著，充满欢乐。
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