【赫临译笔】舞动的椅子 - 心云驛站

人们心目中典型的训兽师形象，是一个艺人手持一条鞭子和一把椅子。鞭子吸引了人们所有的注意力，但这主要是为了装门面。其实，起重要作用的是椅子。当训兽师在狮子面前舞动一把椅子时，这头狮子努力把所有注意力同时集中在椅子的四条腿上。注意力一经分散，狮子就会很迷茫，不能确定下一步该做什么。当面临如此多选择时，狮子选择了静等，而不是攻击手持椅子的人。

你发现自己遭遇与狮子处境相同的频率是多少？你有件事要完成，比如，减肥，创业，多做旅行，而结果却在眼前众多选择面前感到困惑，没有任何进展,这种情况出现的频率是多少？

这些无休止地困扰着我。因为当专家们正忙着辩论哪个选择最好时，那些想改善自己生活的人们却被所有这些相互矛盾的信息所困扰着。结局是我们觉得自己不能关注任何一个选择，或者是关注错了对象。因此，我们采取得行动少了，取得得进步少了，在本可以提高时，却在原地踏步。

其实大可不必那样。任何时候当你发现世人在你面前舞动一把椅子时，记住这些：你所需要做的是关注一件事，你只需要开始行动。在你感觉准备好以前就开始行动，是成功人士的习惯之一。如果你有要去的地方，有要做的事情，有要学人生的楷模……立刻采取行动。如果你清楚自己要到哪里去，整个世界或者会帮你去那儿，或者会为你让路。

A typical lion tamer in people’s mind is an entertainer holding a whip and a chair. The whip get all of the attention, but it’s mostly for show. In reality, it’s the chair that does the important work. When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the loin’s face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time. With its focus divided, the lion becomes confused, and unsure about what to do next. When faced with so many options, the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.

How often do you find yourself in the same position as the lion? How often do you have something you want to achieve (e.g. lose weight, start a business, travel more) ---only to end up confused by all of the options in front of you and never make progress?

This up sets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is best, the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting information. The end result is that we feel like we can’t focus or that we’re focused on the wrong things, and so we take less action, make less progress, and stay the same when we could be improving.

It doesn’t have to be that way. Any time you find the world waving a chair in front of your face, remember this: All you need to do isfocus on one thing. You just need to get started. Starting before you feel ready is one of the habits of successful people. If you have somewhere you wantto go, something you want to accomplish, someone you want to become……take immediate action. If you’re clear about where you want to go, the rest of the world will either help you get there or get out the way.