Concentrate on Courage
塞隆·Q. 迪蒙 / Theron Q. Dumont
Courage is the backbone of man. The man with courage has persistence. He states what he believes and puts it into execution. The courageous man has confidence. He draws to himself all the moral qualities and mental forces which go to make up a strong man. Whereas, the man without courage draws to himself all the qualities of a weak man, vacillation, doubt, hesitancy, and unsteadiness of purpose. You can therefore see the value of concentration on courage. It is a most vital element of success.
The lack of courage creates financial, as well as mental and moral difficulties. When a new problem comes, instead of looking upon it as something to be achieved, the man or woman without courage looks for reasons why it cannot be done and failure is naturally the almost inevitable result. This is a subject well worthy of your study. Look upon everything within your power as a possibility instead of as merely a probability and you will accomplish a great deal more, because by considering a thing as impossible, you immediately draw to yourself all the elements that contribute to failure. Lack of courage destroys your confidence in yourself. It destroys that forceful, resolute attitude so important to success.
The man without courage unconsciously draws to himself all that is contemptible, weakening, demoralizing and destructive. He then blames his luck when he does not secure the things he weakly desires. We must first have the courage to strongly desire something. A desire to be fulfilled must be backed by the strength of all our mental forces. Such a desire has enough commanding force to change all unfavorable conditions. The man with courage commands, whether he is on the battlefield or in business life.
What is courage? It is the will to do. It takes no more energy to be courageous than to be cowardly. It is a matter of the right training in the right way. Courage concentrates the mental forces on the task at hand. It then directs them thoughtfully, steadily, deliberately, while attracting all the forces of success, toward the desired end.
As we are creatures of habits, we should avoid persons that lack courage. They are easy to discover because of their habits of fear in attacking new problems.
If any fear-thoughts come to you cast them off as you would the deadly viper. Form the habit of never thinking of anything unfavorable to yourself or anyone else. Remember, you as master of your mind control its every thought, and here is a good one to often affirm, “I have courage because I desire it: because I need it; because I use it and because I refuse to become such a weakling as cowardice produces.”
勇气是一个人的脊梁。胸怀勇气的人能够持之以恒，他敢于说出自己所相信的事物，并会把它付诸实践。有勇气的人往往信心十足，他会把道德和精神力量结合起来，让自己变得强大。与之相反，缺乏勇气的人会把自己变成懦夫，他们踌躇不决、疑虑重重，目标也游移不定。由此，你可以看出关注勇气的价值：它是成功最重要的因素。
缺乏勇气的人会在经济上出现危机，而且精神和道德上也会出现问题。当出现一个新问题时，他们首先想到的不是如何解决问题获得成功，而在思考为什么不能成功，失败或许是必然结果。这一点在你学习的过程中是值得深思的：一定要用积极的态度来对待一切事物，将自身的潜能唤醒，怀着必胜的信念去做事，那样你一定能取得成功。假如你的头脑被积极的思想填满，你就能够摆脱消极的思想。缺乏勇气会损毁人的自信，使我们失去力量和坚定的信心，而这些正是取得成功的必要因素。
缺乏勇气的人会在不知不觉中把自己变得卑鄙、软弱，遭到挫败，甚至一事无成。然后，他会把他的失败归咎于运气不好，却没有意识到意志不坚定才是罪魁祸首。首先我们一定要有强烈期望某种事物的勇气，这种期待一定要融入我们全部的精神力量，足以让我们改变所有的困境。拥有勇气的人，不管在战场上还是在商场上都将成为强者。
勇气是什么？它是想去完成某事的意志，它可以使人们将所有的精力集中到如何获得成功上来，而不再胆怯。充满勇气的人会沿着正确的道路前进，可以把精力集中到手头的工作上。它能够让我们在做事时更认真、更仔细，目的性也更强。一旦做到这一点，你就能拥有获得成功的力量。
我们是习惯的产物，所以我们应该避免与那些缺乏勇气的人进行交流。这类人随处可见，他们常因怯懦而遭遇新的困境。
假如有恐惧感向你袭来，你就必须像逃避毒蛇一样避开它，培养出不被任何人、任何事所困扰的好习惯。切记，作为思想的主人，唯有你才能控制自己的思想。这里有一则良言值得反复诵读：“我勇气十足！因为我想实现它，因为我需要它，因为我会用到它，因为我不想成为胆小鬼！”
1. Whereas, the man_________courage draws to himself all the qualities of a_________man, vacillation, doubt, hesitancy, and unsteadiness of purpose. You_________ therefore see the value of concentration on courage. It is a most vital element of success.
2. It _________no more energy to be courageous than to be cowardly. It is a_________of the right training in the right way. Courage concentrates the mental forces on the task at hand. It then directs them thoughtfully, steadily, deliberately,_________attracting all the forces of success, toward the desired end.
1. 由此，你可以看出关注勇气的价值：它是成功最重要的因素。
2. 拥有勇气的人，不管在战场上还是在商场上都将成为强者。
3. 我勇气十足！因为我想实现它，因为我需要它，因为我会用到它，因为我不想成为胆小鬼！
1. He draws to himself all the moral qualities and mental forces which go to make up a strong man.
make up：编造；讲和；弥补；打扮；化装
2. Courage concentrates the mental forces on the task at hand.
at hand：在手边；在附近；即将来临
