Recitation · D6
Confidence and Reality
把自信留给未来,把现实判断留给过去和现在。
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Confidence is good, but it should be confidence in your future self.
最好能有自信,但应该是对自己的未来有自信。
Most people never get this: when it comes to who you are now, or who you were, being confident, arrogant, or insecure is all beside the point.
绝大多数人并不明白,无论是现在的自己还是过去的自己,无论是自信、自负还是自卑,其实都是没有意义的,
What matters is being realistic.
要「现实」才对——
Wrong is wrong.
错了就是错了,
Stupid is stupid.
蠢了就是蠢了,
Be confident when confidence is warranted, and humble when it isn't.
该自信的时候自信,该自卑的时候自卑,
Blind confidence and blind self-doubt are equally useless.
胡乱自信或者胡乱自卑都是不对的。
Only by making yourself better can you make up for those past mistakes and live with what your stupidity cost you.
把自己变得更好才能弥补过往的那些错误,才能承担当初的那些愚蠢造成的后果。