Be the best 做到极致

Overshooting your potential will never be a problem, because if you want it bad enough, you will stretch yourself, you will find a way. It's aiming low that kills us, that destroys greatness at its roots, because we kill it before we even give it a chance to grow. And the safe road, my friend, holds no victories, only regrets. 

高估自己的潜力绝不是什么问题，因为如果你对一样东西足够渴望，你就会逼着自己去寻求方法。目标过低，会将伟大扼杀在萌芽之中，因为我们连一个成长的机会都没有给它。我的朋友，安逸的道路上没有胜利，只有悔恨。 

You can ask me 100 times and I will answer the same way every single time. I would always trade discomfort now for victory later. It may seem like a lot to ask. It may appear tough. But trust me. The price is much steeper later on to sit back, let life go by, then wish that we turned our opportunity into something real. 

就算你问我一百次，我每次都会这样回答。我会用当下的不自在来换取日后的胜利。这看起来要求很高，而且非常困难，但请相信我，如果你无所作为、苟且度日的话，那么到你以后回忆往事、懊悔当初没能实现你的愿景时，你会发现，你所付出的代价会更加沉重。 

So, your questions, your anxiety, should never revolve on whether or not you're comfortable because if you want something bad enough you know that being uncomfortable is an ingredient. 

因此，你不必因为当下是否安逸而焦虑，因为如果足够渴望某样东西，你就要知道，不适和痛苦是躲不开的。 

Your question should be whether you are giving enough, whether that person next to you who wants the same thing you want, by the way, who will be able to give the effort that you can, who'll be able to man up and make the sacrifice that you have. 

你应该问一下自己，你付出的是否够多，那些和你有同样追求的人，是否付出了和你一样多的努力，是否和你一样勇敢，是否做出了和你一样的牺牲。 

If you want to be the best, your mindset needs to reflect the best. You need to think differently than ordinary people, right let others focus on the tip of the iceberg. You know that excellence lies in everything underneath the surface, in what cannot be seen. That's your gold mine. That's your ticket. 

如果你想成为最优秀的人，你的思维模式必须是最优秀的。普通人只关注冰山的顶端，你的思考必须和他们不一样。你要知道，卓越的秘密潜藏在水面底下，藏在看不到的地方。那就是你的宝藏，那就是你的通行证。 

So, take mediocrity and make it excellence. Take what's yours and hold it up for the world to see, because what hurts now in the present is the very same thing that will transform your life down the road. 

因此，你要变平凡为非凡。拿好你自己的牌，把它举高，让全世界知道，因为现在杀不死你的，终将使未来的你更加强大！

【重点词汇&表达】

1.overshoot [əʊvə'ʃuːt]

  超越；过火；把…做过头；

2.want it bad enough

  非常想要；迫切希望得到；

3.stretch oneself

 尽最大的努力；伸展身体；

4.aim low

 志向低；胸无大志；

5.at its roots

 从根本上；

6.trade A forB

 用A换取B；

7.steep [stiːp]

 陡峭的；不合理的；

8.revolve

 反复考虑；旋转；

9.sit back

 休息；不采取行动；

10.ingredient [ɪn'griːdɪənt]

 原料；要素；组成部分；

11.man up

 拿出男人的样子；勇敢；

12.mindset

 心态；习惯；精神状态；

13.iceberg ['aɪsbɜːg]

  冰山；显露部分；

14.underneath [ʌndə'niːθ]

  在…的下面；

15.gold mine

  金矿，金山；

16.mediocrity [miːdɪ'ɒkrɪtɪ]

  平庸之才；平常；

17.down the road

 将来的某个时候；