生活有种在我们自身周围填满各种“东西”的趋势，以至于我们常常忘记自己的最终目地，或者说自己为什么在奋斗。岁月就这样流逝了。你突然在某个从未被提拔过的职位工作了3年后突然醒悟，想知道这到底是怎么了。自己注定平庸一生吗？不知道该怎么继续在生活中前进么？
　　There are never simple answers here. If there were, we'd all be clown-happy 24/7 and frankly anyone telling you that they can solve all of your problems is more likely to inject you with nothing but false hope that will eventually lead to your failure.
　　这绝没有简单直接的答案。如果有，我们所有人都会像小丑一样每时每刻都开心，实际上，有任何人告诉你他们能解决你所有的问题的话，这其实没有给你任何东西，除了那最终会领你走向失败的错误的希望。
　　So let's step back for a second and hit on a couple of reasons why you're not leaping forward towards your goals. Again, not a fool proof plan but if one of these resonates with you, take steps to correct or modify the situation.
　　退一步来看看那些你为什么不能跃向成功的原因吧。 再次申明，这些不是万能的计划，不过如果其中某个适合你的话，那就采取些措施去改进目前的状况吧。
　　You're Not Putting In Enough Time
　　1、你没有投入足够的时间
　　The first rule about achieving success is that it won't magically happen overnight. It often takes weeks, months or even years to achieve it. If you think that you can put in a few hours of work and see the results you want, think again.
　　第一个获取成功的理由是它不会在一夜之间就发生。它常常需要几周、几个月甚至几年的时间去达成。如果你想着你想在几小时的努力后就会看到自己想要的结果，再重新想想吧。
　　Before you blame anyone or anything else with your lack of success, ask yourself the question if you've been putting in enough time or have you been taking shortcuts? Be honest with yourself. Have you?
　　在你把自己的不成功归咎给某人或某事前，问下你自己是否投入了足够多的时间？又或者你是否有找到更便捷的方法？诚实地看待自己。你有吗？
　　You're Not Putting In Enough Effort
　　2、你没有投入足够的努力
　　If being successful was easy then don't you think everyone would be successful?
　　如果成功是很容易的事，难道你不认为每个人都会是成功的吗？
　　It takes a serious amount of hard work and effort to be successful. If you want to lose weight or gain muscle, you need to train hard for weeks on end to see results. If you want to make money or build your business, you need to work hard at it. If you want to get better at socializing, you need to put in the effort to learn to get better.
　　取得成功需要付出非同一般的工作和努力。如果你希望减轻体重或者增长肌肉，你需要去刻苦地训练几周然后才能看到结果。如果你想赚钱又或者开创自己的生意，你需要努力地为之工作。如果你想提高自己的社交能力，你需要付出努力去学习来提升自己的能力。
　　Are you putting in enough effort to get the success you want?
　　你有付出足够的努力去取得自己想要的成功吗？
　　I've personally written over 250 unique articles related to personal development before I started seeing any significant results with my blog. Considering that each article is about a different topic and is over 1000 words long, it's indicative that it requires hard work - a lot of it - before seeing success.