毁尸灭迹

1. Throw Away the Evidence
Albert Einstein failed his college entrance exam. Walt Disney was fired from his first media job. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. Get it?
1.“毁尸灭迹”
艾尔特。爱因斯坦没考上大学。沃尔特。迪斯尼做第一份媒体工作时被炒了鱿鱼。迈克尔。乔丹被他高中的篮球队开除。明白了么？

安于污浊

2. Stay in the Mud
“ blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud,” says a Buddhist proverb, just in case you thought all crap was bad.The lotus flower
2.安于污浊
佛经有云：“出淤泥而不染”，不要认为所有的磨难都是无益。

化珠

3. Make a Pearl
Allow your disappointment to form a pearl just as an oyster does when an irritating grain of sand gets inside its shell, but grab the pearl before the sand gets in your eyes.
3.化珠
把你的失望孕育成一枚珍珠，就像牡蛎对待一颗落入壳中的沙砾一样，但要在沙砾进入你的眼睛前抓紧珍珠。

忽略批评

4. Ignore the Critics
Success is one percent talent, 99 perspiration. Take it from a writer whose eighth-grade paper was read aloud as an example of how NOT to write.
4.忽略批评
成功是1%的天才加99%的汗水。这是一位作家说的，他八年级的作文曾大声地被当做反面教材读出来。

长好根基

5. Grow Your Roots
Although the bamboo is the fastest-growing plant on Earth, it looks lazy at first because there is no branching … just growing lots of deep and wide roots. At the right time, though, the evergreen is capable of surging as fast as 48 inches in 24 hours. So are we … if we grow strong roots.

5.长好根基
虽然竹子是地球上生长最快的植物，但它最开始时看起来懒懒的，因为它并没有发枝长芽……只是不停地往下长出又深又广的根。在适当的时候，这种常青树可以在24小时内抽风似的长48寸。我们也是如此……如果我们的根基足够强健。

坚持不懈

6. Persevere
“The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.” –Author Unknown
6.坚持不懈
“最高大的橡树曾经也只是地上的一颗小坚果。”---无名氏

不要揠苗助长

7. Don’t Rush the Process
Only in struggling to emerge from a small hole in the cocoon does a butterfly form wings strong enough to fly. Should you try to help a butterfly by tearing open the cocoon, the poor thing won’t sprout wings, or if it does, its friends will make fun of it.
7.不要揠苗助长
只有在茧中奋力地撑出了小洞，一只蝴蝶才能拥有足够强劲的翅膀用以飞翔。你若帮着一只蝴蝶撕开那个茧，那这可怜的小东西就无法展翅了，或者即使它展翅了，它的朋友也会笑话它。