成功的人生 vs. 失败的人 / A Successful Life vs. The failure

羅馬書 8:6體貼肉體的就是死,體貼聖靈的乃是生命平安。
聖經 Chinese Bible: NCV (Traditional)
以肉體為念就是死，以聖靈為念就是生命、平安；
Romans 8:6 (New American Standard Bible (© 1995))
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

美国女博士托丽丝.米凯尔调查了100位在事业上获得成功的人，发现他们有几项共同点:

An american professor, Torris Michael did a research and found some similarities among successful people:
一、热爱自己的工作

1. Loving their job passionately
二、生活态度积极，充满自信心，从未想过自己不会成功

2. A positive attitude in life, full of confidence and never thought about failing in life
三、能够从不愉快的经历中发现自己的力量

3. Find new strength when faced with challenges

美国的钢铁大王兼慈善家，卡内基，他说，失败的人有几项共同点。

The famous industrialist and philanthropist Carnegie said there are a few similarities among people that failed.
第一，为自己找借口，把所有责任推到别人身上。这样的人，一听到责备，本能性的会找借口。“不是因为我，是因为家、因为邻居、因为社会、因为父母，我才会变成这样”一直把责任推到别人身上。说自己是清白的，自己不想改过。

First, they find excuse for themselves and put the blames on someone else. People like this would find excuses once they are being reprimanded. "It's not me, but my home, neighbour, society and parents that make me who I am today." He or she would keep blaming it on other people and claim to be innocent, unwilling to change.
第二，有自卑感的人。就是时常说自己不行、办不到，这种心里有一幅悲观念性自画像的人。

Second, people who are inferior. These are the people who keep saying they are unable to do it. They have a negative image of themselves.
第三，没有生活目标。不晓得上帝呼召自己的圣洁旨意是什么，只是随波逐流，渐渐走下坡。

Third, having no goal in life. They do not know what is God's calling to them and just flow with life while going downhill as time passes by.

不为自己找借口 Do not find excuses for yourself

找借口的好处是把自己的过失暂时掩盖，心理上得到暂时的平衡。

The only good thing about finding an excuses is to cover up a mistake and having a psychological balance temporarily.

我们在工作的过程中总是会遇到挫折，我们知难而进，还是为自己寻找逃避的借口，不要寻找任何借口为自己开脱，寻找解决问题的办法才是最有效的工作原则。

We are bound to face failure in a working process, we either brace through it or find an excuse to avoid it. Do not run away by finding an excuse, but finding a solution to solve the problem is the most effective principle of working.

找借口不如找方法 Find a solution instead of an excuse

我坚信，那些想成功的人，一定不是喜欢找借口拖延的人。日本松下集团的创始人松下幸之助就是一个从不找借口拖延的人，他对自己如此，对员工也是同样的要求。他不允许下属为工作上的失误找各种理由，要求他们承认自己的错误，发现工作上的问题。这样做使得整个松下集团从上到下都很少有找借口拖延的风气，所以他们成为日本的精英企业并不为奇。

I strong believe that those who want to succeed will never find an excuse to delay their work. The founder of Panasonic Corporation, Matsushita is one of those who would never find an excuse to procrastinate. He acts so and expects the same from his employees. He never let his employee to find an excuse to cover up any mistake but to admit it and find out where the problem is. This created a culture where in Panasonic Corporation, nobody would ever find an excuse to procrastinate and so it is not a wonder why they become one of the leading enterprise in Japan.

成功人生的准备 The preparation to a successful life

1.要清楚我们人生的使命是什么? To know our purpose in life
我们不能过像风一样、雾一样来去无踪的生活，更不能毫无目的、毫无理由、毫无价值的生活在这个世界上。为了过成功的人生必须清楚自己的使命。这里有一个故事：在一个工地里有三个石匠在干活，过路的神父问了他们一个问题。首先对第一个石匠问道：你在做什么？石匠说：你是瞎眼吗？连这个都不懂，我在雕刻势头。接着问第二个石匠：你在做什么？石匠回答说：为了养家糊口不得不这样辛苦。又问了第三个石匠：你在做什么？石匠回答说：我在这里建造又雄伟由美丽的圣堂，将会是多么荣耀的圣堂啊！弟兄姐妹们，这三个人中谁的人生最有价值？谁是最成

功的人？当然不是第一个，也不是第二个，就是明白自己使命的第三个人。他的使命是建造雄伟美丽的圣堂，不是为了干活而干活，更不是为了养家糊口。这个故事告诉我们：虽然是小事，拥有关于将来的异象，忠心于使命的人才是幸福的、成功的。弟兄姐妹们，我们的使命到底是什么呢？你能否用简单的一句话记录你的使命呢？

We should not lead a life without direction like wind, we should never live without having aim, reason and value on this Earth. In order to live a successful life, one should know his or her calling in life clearly. There's a story: there were 3 stone masons in a construction site, a priest passed by and asked them a question. He spoke to the first stone mason and asked, what are you doing? The stone mason replied, are you blind? Can't you see that I'm carving a stone. Then he asked the second stone mason, what are you doing? The stone mason answered, in order to feed my family, I have to work hard for this. Then he asked the third one, what are you doing? The stone mason then replied, I'm building a beautiful and magnificent church, it will be a glorious church! Brothers and sisters, who has the highest value in life among these three? Which one is the most successful one? Of course it is not the first one, nor the second one, it is the third person who understands his calling life. His destiny is to build a magnificent church, not to work hard for the sake of working hard or to feed the family. This story tells us that even if it might seem to be a small matter, but having a dream about future, being loyal to their destiny is a person that is happy and successful. Brothers and sisters, what is our destiny? Can you use a simple one-liner to describe and record your calling in life?

也许有的人会说：为了生活；也有人会说：为养家糊口。这些都可能成为你努力的理由。但与这不同，有人却说：我是为了让我的妻儿幸福，让他们拥有异象过成功的人生而努力帮助他们。这样的人才算得上发现自己人生的真正使命。这种人绝不会感到疲倦、疲乏，在自己所做的事情中享受幸福与快乐。

Some people might say it is for life, some might say it is to feed the family. These may be the reasons for you to work hard. But some people may differ and say: I work hard in order to let my wife and children to have a comfortable life with destiny and live a successful life. These people are the ones that have found their real calling in life. They will never feel tired or bored of what they are doing but to enjoy them thoroughly.

成功的人都是有使命的人。为什么？他们对“为什么活着”这个问题都有清楚的答案。如果问美国第16任总统林肯的话，他会说：我为了释放奴隶而当了总统。他是有使命的总统。林肯出生在贫寒的家庭中，没有受过正常的教育，他是自学成才的。从小看着奴隶们被卖、受虐待长大的。每当遇见这样的事他都特别心痛。当上了总统之后拯救了因奴隶问题产生的南北对立的危机局面，1862年宣布了“解放宣言”，经过4年的南北战争终于得胜，并且解放了奴隶。所以他被称为解放奴隶之父，至今还受到全世界许多人的敬仰，因为他知道自己的使命。有人问:你为什么当上了总统？他毫无挂虑地说：为了解放奴隶。有人问美国有名的钢铁大王卡内基：你怎么创建了这么巨大的钢铁公司？他们回答说：‘为了让工人有基本收入，有吃有住而搞事业。’

Successful people are the people with destiny in life. Why? They all have a clear answer to "why are you living?" If you ask this to Lincoln the 16th president of USA, he would say: I become a president to release the slaves. He is a president with destiny. Lincoln was born in a poor family, he never get a proper education. He grew up seeing slaves were being sold and being tortured. He felt heartache seeing those situations. The Homestead Act was finally announced in year 1862 after 4 years of civil war. Lincoln is still being honoured by many people because he knew his destiny in life. Someone asked: why did you become a president? He answered without a hesitation saying: to free the slaves. Someone asked Carnegie: why did you build such a enormous empire of steel? He answered: in order to let my employees have a basic income and having a home and food.

比如说摩西吧，如果问摩西：你在做什么？他会说：我的人生就是为了以色列的解放。如果问约书亚：你是为什么活着？他会说：为了把百姓待进迦南地。如果问耶稣：你的使命是什么？耶稣会说：为了拯救人类。马可福音10:45说：“因为人子来，并不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人，并且要舍命，作多人的赎价。”问问使徒们：你们为什么活着？他们肯定会说：为了把福音传遍天下。以前有句俗语：“地不生无名小草”意思是出生在这个世界的人没有一个是没有使命的人，所有人带着不同的使命出生的。所以为了成功我们的人生，必须清楚自己的使命。

Moses as an example, if you were to ask Moses: what are you doing? He would say: the purpose of my life is to free Israel. If you were to ask Joshua: what are you living for? He would answer: in order to bring the people into the land of Canaan. If you were to ask Jesus: what is your destiny in life? Jesus would say: in order to save human kind. Mark 10:45 says, for even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Ask the disciples, why are you living? They would surely answer: to spread the gospel to the whole world. There is a Chinese saying that goes like "a land would not grow an anonymous grass". It means nobody was born without a purpose in life. We all were born with a different destiny. So if we want to succeed in life, we need to know our destiny clearly.

罗马书12：3：“我凭着所赐我的恩，对你们各人说，不要看自己过于所当看的。要照着神所分给各人信心的大小，看得合乎中道。”告诉我们说：每一个人都有神所赐的使命，要按照信心的分量智慧行事。神也按我们信心的分量给了使命，所以生活在这个世界的时候知道自己的使命是很重要的。我们应铭记在心，我为什么出生在这个世界？我人生的使命是什么？

Roman 12:3 "For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you." tells us tat God has given all of us a destiny with the measure of faith we have. So it is very important to know our destiny in life. We should remember why were we born to the world? What is our destiny in life?

2.要拥有成功的思想Positive Mindset, Successful Life

在思想里失败的人，在现实中也会失败。

A person that fails in his mind would also fail in reality.

1930年美国发生大恐慌的时候，罗斯福总统说：“真正应该惧怕的，就是我们心里的惧怕"这样鼓励国民，所以才能胜过大恐慌。因为罗斯福总统早就知道，在思想里失败的人，在现实中也会失败。

During the crisis in USA in year 1930, President Roosevelt said: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself". He encouraged the nation like this in order to overcome the crisis because President Roosevelt knew, a person that fails in his mind would also fail reality.

当我们灰心时，读神的话。每个人都有些各别喜欢的经文。常常的读、背、祷告。你信是得着的，就必得着。

When we are discouraged, we should read the words of God. We all have a different scripture that we like the most. Always read the words of God, memorise them and pray. Believe that you have received it and it will be yours.

马可9：23说到，你若能信，在信的人，凡事都能。

Mark 9:23 says, "Everything is possible for him who believes."