发生了什么呢？普通工人每天只搬运12.5吨生铁，而施密特一天搬运了47吨。而且，他在伯利恒钢铁公司工作的三年里，工作能力并未下降过。施密特能够做到这样，是因为他在感到劳累之前就休息了。他每工作26分钟，就要休息34分钟。他的休息时间要长过工作时间，但工作量是其他人的四倍！这是传言吗？不是，你可以阅读一下弗雷德里克·泰勒的《科学管理法则》。
让我再重复一遍：按照陆军的方法去做——频繁的休息；按照心脏的跳动规律去做——在感到疲劳之前就休息。这样，你每天的清醒时间就会增加一小时。
有时候，休息一下是为了让我们更加轻快地上路。
fatigue [f'ti:] n. 疲劳；疲乏
Fatigue was apparent on all their faces.
他们脸上显得很疲惫。
incredible [in'kredbl] adj. 难以置信的
What an incredible story!
这件事真不可相信！
aggregate ['鎟it] n. 合计；总计；集合体
The football team had a low goal aggregate last season.
这支足球队上个赛季的进球总数很少。
hearsay ['hisei] n. 传闻；谣言
It is merely hearsay.
那仅是谣传罢了。
如果你处于放松状态，就不会再忧虑了。
因为疲劳的累积速度快得惊人。
体力劳动者如果每天有足够的时间休息，那么，他就可以干更多的活。
That is simple: because fatigue often produces worry, or, at least, it makes you susceptible to worry.
at least：至少
As a matter of fact, there is a definite rest period after each contraction.
as a matter of fact：实际上
42清除你内心的障碍
Eliminate Inner Obstacles
佚名 / Anonymous
Think back to a time in your life when you felt inspired and excited to make a significant change. Did you go for it or did your inner obstacles get in the way?
Your thoughts and beliefs are the foundation on which you build your success. You can' t build a solid house on a foundation of clay and debris, and the same truth holds for your success.
If your thoughts and beliefs are shaky, these internal obstacles will hold you back unless you eliminate them.
To succeed at overcoming obstacles you need to have the gut not to quit, but to see things through, to have the strong faith to believe more in yourself than in the obstacles and to have the willingness to do what it takes to turn the obstacles around.
This means, you need to stand up to your obstacles and believe you can overcome them. When you attack your obstacles and do something about them, you' ll find that they are not as threatening as they appeared to be at first.
Decide that you will not give up and if something has to give, it will have to be the obstacles and not you.
Standing up to your obstacles imparts you with a sense of accomplishment and reinforces the sense of your inner power. By developing a habit of facing resistance, you instill into your psyche a strong message of endurance and success. This strengthens the faith and the belief in yourself, which helps remind you of the responsibility to yourself.
Sometimes you may have to resort to some other measures to overcome obstacles. If you can' t get through the problem, try going around it, and if you can' t go around it, try getting under it, and if you can' t get under it, try going over it, and if you can' t go over it, just dive straight into it.
回顾一下，在你生命中的某个时刻，你突然灵光一闪，激动地想作出一个重大的改变。你会努力去争取实现，还是会被内心的障碍阻止了脚步呢？
你的思想和信仰是你成功的基础。在泥土和残骸的地基上，你无法建造一栋结实的房子，成功也存在同样的道理。
如果你的思想和信仰摇摇欲坠，如果你不清除内心的障碍，它们就会阻碍你的前进。
要成功清除障碍，你需要有坚决不放弃的勇气，看清事物的本质，对自己拥有强大的信念，胜过对那些障碍，还要有清除障碍所必需的主动。
你必须勇敢地抵抗自身的障碍，要相信自己一定能征服。当你向这些障碍发起攻击，并有所行动时，就会发现它们并不像起初看上去那样可怕。
下定决心，永不放弃。如果一定要有一方让步的话，那一定是障碍，而不是你。
与你的障碍对抗，你将获得一种成就感，它会使你内心的力量变得强大。培养一种直面反抗的好习惯，你就可以慢慢地给心灵灌输一种忍耐和成功的强大信念。这会使你对自身的信仰和信心有所增加，从而提醒你对自己负责很有帮助。
要清除障碍，有时你还要采取其他办法。如果你不能攻克障碍，就试着绕过去；如果无法绕过去，那从下面钻过去；如果钻不过去，那就越过去；如果无法越过，那就径直冲过去。
与你的障碍对抗，你将获得一种成就感，它会使你内心的力量变得强大！
clay [klei] n. 泥土；黏土；肉体；似黏土的东西
After a long time, some of the rock changes to clay.
经过很长时间，一些岩石变成了黏土。
threatening ['retni] adj. 胁迫的；危险的；凶兆的
Flood waters are threatening.
洪水是凶险的。
impart [im'p:t] v. 给予（尤指抽象事物）；传授
A teacher should impart knowledge.
教师应该传授知识。
instill [in'stil] v. 徐徐滴入；逐渐灌输
She tried her best to instill morals into her daughters.
她尽最大努力向她的女儿灌输道德规范。
你的思想和信仰是你成功的基础。
你必须勇敢地抵抗自身的障碍，要相信自己一定能征服。
如果一定要有一方让步的话，那一定是障碍，而不是你。
Think back to a time in your life when you felt inspired and excited to make a significant change.
think back：回想
Standing up to your obstacles imparts you with a sense of accomplishment and reinforces the sense of your inner power.
stand up to：与……对抗
43探寻未知也是一种快乐
Finding What You Do not Seek
奥里森·马登 / Orison Marden
Dining one day with Baron James Rothschild, Eugene Delacroix, the famous French artist, confessed that, during some time past, he had vainly sought for a head to serve as a model for that of a beggar in a picture which he was painting; and that, as he gazed at his host' s features, the idea suddenly occurred to him that the very head he desired was before him. Rothschild, being a great lover of art, readily consented to sit as the beggar. The next day, at the studio, Delacroix placed a tunic around the baron' s shoulders, put a stout staff in his hand, and made him pose as if he were resting on the steps of an ancient Roman temple. In this attitude he was found by one of the artist' s favorite pupils, in a brief absence of the master from the room. The youth naturally concluded that the beggar had just been brought in, and with a sympathetic look quietly slipped a piece of money into his hand. Rothschild thanked him simply, pocketed the money, and the student passed out. Rothschild then inquired of the master, and found that the young man had talent, but very slender means.
Soon after, the youth received a letter stating that charity bears interest, and that the accumulated interest on the amount he had given to one he supposed to be a beggar was represented by the sum of ten thousand francs, which was awaiting his claim at the Rothschild office.
This illustrates well the art to cheerful amusement even if one has great business cares—the entertainment of the artist, the personation of a beggar, and an act of beneficence toward a worthy student.
It was said by Wilhelm von Humboldt, that "it is worthy of special remark that when we are not too anxious about happiness and unhappiness, but devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, then happiness comes of itself."