Support the Decision You Make !
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When you make a deep decision to do something or to make a change, it is a good idea to create an environment that supports and sustains the decision.
This is especially important as there are probably already in place old habits that support previous decisions, habits that may have some life of their own, and that may tend to continue on their own…out of habit…until and unless they are replaced with habits that support your new decision.
How can you create an environment that supports a decision? There are many ways, depending upon the circumstances. Here are some possibilities to help you get started:
1. Ask others, enlist and enroll others to help support your new decision. For example, at a celebration event, when you want to watch what you eat — instead of allowing people to pressure you into “enjoying” yourself by eating what you USED to eat, ask them to help you keep yourself on track, and to help you ward off other people who might press you to eat in your old ways.
2. Make physical changes in your work and/or living space that supports and is in line with your new decision.
3. New clothes that suit your new decision.
4. Create a space that will make room for what you want. Might be a garage for a new car, floor space for new furniture or an entertainment center, or space for an exercise bike…for instance. Create a space that can be filled with what you want.
5. Re-work your schedule and your habits and routines to support what you decided for.When will you take certain steps that are related to and support your decision?
6. Tell others in your personal or work community of your new decision, and ask for their help and support.
7. If you are in the habit of telling people about intentions you then don’t act on... then consider keeping it a secret, and using all that energy towards implementing your new decision, and SHOW people the results.
8. Change your community: educate people about your decision, and associate less with those who support your old decision, and associate more with people who will gladly support your new decision.
9. Plan a legacy, or something else that implies having succeeded at your new decision. Focus on that.
10. Pay attention to the present, and take actions that support your new decision, now…refusing to live in the future or the past. Live the way you want to live, now.
当你明确要做某件事情或做某项改变时，应该营造一个支持你的环境。
尤其是当原来的观点已经成为一种习惯，而且这种习惯有一定的生命力，会一直存在下去，直到你的观点取代它成为一种习惯。
怎样营造支持你的决定的环境呢？根据不同的情况有许多不同的方法。下面有几种方法供你选择。
1．寻求他人来支持自己的新决定。例如，在某次庆典上，你想自己挑选饭菜，不想被别人邀请吃你以前习惯吃的饭菜，你可以告诉一些人你的想法，让他们帮你。
2．对你的工作和生活环境做一下表面的改变，让它们和你的新决定一致。
3．选择一套适合你的新决定的服装。
4．为将要得到的东西准备空间。例如，你要买一辆新车，就要准备好一个车库；你要买新家具，首先要准备好放家具的房间或客厅；在买赛车之前，要想好在什么地方驾驶，总之，你要为你将要得到的东西准备好空间。
5．为支持你的决定，重新安排时间表和日常事物，并改变你的习惯。你什么时候采取相关措施来支持你的决定呢？
6．把你的新决定告诉你的朋友或同事，向他们征求帮助和支持。
7．假如你惯于把自己的想法告诉他人，而又不按照你所说的去做，那就先隐藏自己的决定，集中精力实施你的计划，最后再把结果告诉他人。
8．改变你的社交范围，多向他人宣传自己的新决定，与那些支持你先前决定的人保持距离，多和那些乐于支持你的新决定的人交往。
9．设计一个标志你的新决定取得成功的纪念品。
10．关注现在，采取行动支持你的新决定，现在……拒绝沉迷于过去和将来，从现在开始用自己喜欢的方式生活。
记忆填空
1. This is especially as there are probably already in place old that support previous decisions, habits that may have some of their own, and that may tend to continue on their own…out of habit… and unless they are replaced with habits that support your new .
2. If you are the habit of telling people about intentions you don’t act on... then consider keeping it a , and using all that energy towards implementing your new decision, and SHOW people the .
佳句翻译
1. 对你的工作和生活环境做一下表面的改变，让它们和你的新决定一致。
2. 你什么时候采取相关措施来支持你的决定呢？
3. 拒绝沉迷于过去和将来，从现在开始用自己喜欢的方式生活。
短语应用
1. and that may tend to continue on their own…out of habit.
tend to：趋向；注意；易于；有……的倾向
2. If you are in the habit of telling people about intentions you then don’t act on.
in the habit of：有……习惯