Too difficult. People set out with a lot of ambition andenthusiasm, and start out with a big goal. “I’m going to go to the gym for an hour a day!” or “I’m going to run 30 minutes every day!” The problem is that the goal is too difficult to sustain for very long. You can do it for a few days, but you soon run out of energy, and it becomes a drag to do it.
1、太苛刻。人们满载雄心和热情，开始时为自己制定了伟大的目标。“我打算每天去健身房健身一小时!”或者“每天跑步三特别钟!”问题是这些目标制定的过于苛刻，以至于无法维持很长工夫。也许你能坚持一段工夫，但不久你会耗尽精力，无法完成既定的目标。
Too many goals. Often we set out to do too much. We want to run, and lift weights, and eat healthy, and quit sweets, and stop drinking soda. Well, those are multiple goals, and you cannot focus on the exercise habit if you’re trying to do all the others at the same time. Or we might start with one goal, but then get caught up in another goal (to stop procrastinating, for example), and lose our focus on the first one.
2、目标过多。通常我们想做的太多了。我们想要跑步，举重，吃的更健康，停止摄入糖果，停止饮用苏打水。然而，这些目标过于繁杂，如果你想在同一个工夫段尝试所有的目标，那么你不可能坚持执行你的锻炼计划。或者说可能开始时我们执行A目标，但是不久后转而执行B目标(不要拖拉，举例来说)，却失去了原有的目标。
Not enough motivation. It’s not a lack of discipline, it’s a lack of motivation. The most powerful motivators, in my experience, are logging your habit and public pressure. There are many others that help as well.
3、缺乏充足的动机。计划的失利不是缺少纪律，而是缺少动机。根据我的经验，最强盛的激励因素是对你习惯的关注和公众的压力。当然离不开其他人的帮助。
Written: Write this down. Post it up. If you don’t write it down, it’s not important.
4.记录：把目标写下来。贴在你可以看到的地方。如果目标不能落真实纸上，只能说明它还不够重要。
