生活必备技能-自律

Self-discipline.

自律

Self-discipline is a skill.

自律是一种能力

It is the ability to focus and overcome distractions¹.

 

It involves acting² according to what you think instead of how you feel in the moment.

 

It often requires sacrificing the pleasure and thrill for what matters most in life.

 

Therefore it is self-discipline that drives you to succeed in the long-term.

 

1 distractions   

n.使人分心的事[人]( distraction的名词复数 )；娱乐，消遣；心烦意乱；精神错乱

参考例句：

• I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions. 我发觉在家里工作很难，因为使人分心的事太多。
• There are too many distractions here to work properly. 这里叫人分心的事太多，使人无法好好工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。