别再错过那些想法

别再错过那些想法

Are You Ignoring That Little Thought

What happened to that brilliant idea that you once had? Did you ignore it because you thought that it was just a little thought?

你曾经想到过的那个非凡的主意后来怎样了？ 你是否因为觉得那只是个小小的念头而将其忽略了呢？

Have you ever considered what that little thought would have become if you had acted on your instincts or if you had paid more attention to it?

你是否考虑过， 如果你依照直觉行事，或是多用点心，当初那个小小的念头将会变成怎样？

Imagine a scenario¹ ,where you are sitting at home watching television or reading a book, suddenly a light buld is turned on in the dark tunnel of your mind as a thought or an idea crosses your mind. The thought catches your attention but seems so meaningless and you are tempted² to discard it, but wait a minute!

想像这样一个场景：你正坐在家里看电视或看书，一个想法或念头闪过脑际，令你眼前一亮， 豁然开朗。这个想法虽然令你心中为之一动，但却似乎毫无意义，于是你打算放弃它。但是请等一下！

That thought could be the potential beginning of the success you have so mush yearned³ for. As the thought crosses your mind. your senses become alert and you suddenly see a possibility, a realization⁴, a solution, a conclusion, or find the answer to a problem whose solution has long eluded⁵ you.

那个想法可能就是你渴望已久的潜在的成功起点。当它在你头脑中闪过时，你的思维变得敏锐起来，你突然看到了一种可能性、一种想法的实现、一个解决方案、一个结论，或是找到让你困惑已久的问题的答案。

It is almost as if a divine being has whispered the perfect solution into your ear or awakened⁶ your sences to a reality thereby⁷ bringing illumination to your life. It is like finding the last piece of jigsaw⁸ puzzle.

这就像是一位圣人在你耳边低语，告诉你最佳的解决方案， 或者将你的思维唤回到现实，从而给你的人生带来光明。这就像是找到智力拼图的最后一块一样。

This becomes an AHA moment and everything freezes around you as you excitedly try to grasp the practicality of that little but powerful thought.

这将成为一个令人惊喜的时刻。当你满心激动，努力领会那个不起眼但非常有用的想法的实用性时，周围的一切都好像静止了。

Your self-confidence and enthusiasm increase as you become conscious of the great possibilties that can arise if that little thought is acted upon. This becomes the moment to build upon that thought and to write down any ideas that are streaming from that little thought for later review.

当你意识到，如果实践那个小小是想法，就会产生极大的可能性时，你的自信心就会增强，热情也会高涨。此时，你要以那个小小的想法为基础，记下由其激发出的所有念头，以便日后回顾。

Seemingly meaningless little thought or ideas when acted upon have a potential to explode into great projects.

看似无足轻重的小想法或念头一旦得以实施，就具有演变成伟大事业的潜能。

Many successful projects have been born from the little positive thoughts that were carefully nurtured⁹ and recognized as tickets to great things.

许多成功的事业都源于那些得到精心孕育的积极的小想法，这些想法被看作是走向恢宏事业的敲门砖。

You may have heard people say many times that it just came to me in a flash moment, a small idea or seemingly meaningless thought may cross your mind about something you have been planning to accomplish.

你可能听别人多次说过：我瞬间有了那个想法。闪念之间，一个与你一直计划实现的事情有关的小点子或看似毫无意义的想法，就可能会在你脑中闪过。

Don't waste an opportunity to act on a potentially brilliant idea. You don't have to wait for a major peers in order for a major idea, a master strategy, or approval from your peers in order for you to act on that little thought.

不要浪费任何一个实践某个充满潜力的非凡念头的机会。你不必为了实践那个小念头而等待大主意、总体规划的出现，或是等待同伴的赞同。

That little thought or idea is the beginning of great things if you decide to follow it through.

如果你下定决心坚持到底，那个小小的想法或念头就会是你成就伟大事业的开始。

1 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。

2 tempted   

v.怂恿（某人）干不正当的事；冒…的险（tempt的过去分词）

参考例句：

• I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。
• I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。

3 yearned   

渴望，切盼，向往( yearn的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The people yearned for peace. 人民渴望和平。
• She yearned to go back to the south. 她渴望回到南方去。

4 realization   

n.实现；认识到，深刻了解

参考例句：

• We shall gladly lend every effort in our power toward its realization.我们将乐意为它的实现而竭尽全力。
• He came to the realization that he would never make a good teacher.他逐渐认识到自己永远不会成为好老师。

5 eluded   

v.（尤指机敏地）避开( elude的过去式和过去分词 )；逃避；躲避；使达不到

参考例句：

• The sly fox nimbly eluded the dogs. 那只狡猾的狐狸灵活地躲避开那群狗。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The criminal eluded the police. 那个罪犯甩掉了警察的追捕。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6 awakened   

v.（使）醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）觉醒；弄醒；（使）意识到

参考例句：

• She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。
• The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation. 公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 thereby   

adv.因此，从而

参考例句：

• I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much about it.我从未去过那座城市，因此对它不怎么熟悉。
• He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民，因而得到了投票权。

8 jigsaw   

n.缕花锯，竖锯，拼图游戏；vt.用竖锯锯，使互相交错搭接

参考例句：

• A jigsaw puzzle can keep me absorbed for hours.一副拼图就能让我沉醉几个小时。
• Tom likes to work on jigsaw puzzles,too.汤姆也喜欢玩拼图游戏。

9 nurtured   

养育( nurture的过去式和过去分词 )； 培育； 滋长； 助长

参考例句：

• She is looking fondly at the plants he had nurtured. 她深情地看着他培育的植物。
• Any latter-day Einstein would still be spotted and nurtured. 任何一个未来的爱因斯坦都会被发现并受到培养。