(单词翻译:单击)
What Is Easy to Do Is Easy Not to Do
最容易做的往往是最难做的
Know it—Do it
知道与行动
We know we should listen without interrupting, but we still find ourselves interrupting. We know we need to finish our projects on time, yet we find ourselves missing deadlines. We know we should remember someone’s name, but yet we don’t pay attention and forget. We know we should answer that email or return that phone call, yet we keep putting it off.
我们知道我们应该倾听而不中断,但我们仍然发现自己打断他人。我们知道我们需要按时完成我们的项目,但是我们发现自己错过最后期限。我们知道我们应该记住别人的名字,但我们不注意也忘记。我们知道我们应该回复电子邮件或电话,但我们总是敷衍了事。
The reason this lesson is one of the foundational pillars for Little Things Matter is because any big success is made up of little successes. As Coach John Wooden said, “Little things make big things happen.”
这教训之所以至关重要，原因是一个个小事情构成大事业的支柱,因为任何大成功是由小成功构成。就如教练约翰木说,“小事做好了大事情才能成功。”
If you are going to be successful at anything personally or professionally, it will result from doing the little things that, for the most part, are easy to do but also easy to neglect.
如果你要在任何个人或专业上成功,它来源自做小事情的结果,在大多数情况下,很容易做但是也容易忽视,在大多数情况下,小事很容易做但是也容易忽视。
Be Consistent
始终如一地
Not only is it necessary to use your personal initiative to do the little things that are easy to do, the key is doing them consistently. Most people do push themselves to do something for a short time, but very few people will do the things they should over an extended period of time.
不仅有必要运用你的个人主动能动性做容易做的小事情,关键是始终如一地做好这些。大多数人都迫使自己短暂地做一些事情,但很少有人会较长一段时间做事情，而这些本是理所应当。
Being consistent in doing the little things you know you should do has many positive results beyond the obvious desired outcome of achieving your goals. You will become more respected and admired. You will develop new friendships and build deeper relationships with people in both your personal life and professional life. You will feel better about yourself and the person you are becoming.
始终如一地做你应该做的小事情，除了明显的实现你的目标期望的结果外，还有许多积极的结果。你将变得更加受人尊敬和钦佩。你会在你的个人生活和职业生活中，开发新的友谊和与人建立更深的关系。你会对自己感觉更好,感觉你正成为你要成为的人。
So, why don’t we do the little things that are easy to do? The reason is because they are so-o-o-o easy not to do—to neglect, to procrastinate, to promise ourselves that we will do it tomorrow.
所以,为什么我们不去做那些容易做的小事情呢?原因是,因为他们是太容易不做，太容易被忽视,被拖延,太容易承诺自己,我们将明天再做。
Another reason could be the fact that when the little things are looked at individually, we don’t value their importance. Napoleon Hill said, “A big success is made up from a great number of little circumstances each of which may seem so small and insignificant most people pass them by as not being worthy of notice.”
另一个原因可能是,当小事情单独看,我们没有觉得它的重要性。拿破仑·希尔说,“一个大的成功由许多小的事情构成，通常情况下，每个小状况看起来如此的微不足道,大多数人认为不值得注意而轻易放过他们。”
