More and more electronic devices and services in our daily life mean we have too many passwords and numbers to remember.Passwords help us protect our 1 and privacy, however, however, they also bring us a lot of 2 .
Every day I need to remember much 3 information.Every morning I 4 my cell phone-it needs a password.I get to work and I have to have 5 my computer with a password.Like many people in Britain, I have two bank 6 .One needs a five-digit number and a password; 7 needs a six-digit number and a memorable place name.I have an online savings account that needs a different password 8 the password for my bank account.
9 you never use a computer, you can be 10 by the password overload.Look in your wallet.Your probably 11 four or five credit cards.In these days of chip and pin, these are virtually useless if you do not have the magic four-digit numbers.The banks 12 you not to have the same number for all your cards.Give me a break.Am I going to carry five different random(随机的)four-digit numbers in my head? 13 , I'm not Good Will Hunting.
I've tried systems to help me 14 -such as using the names of favorite films or members of my extended family; but none seems to 15 .So what is the solution?
If you are a technical expert, you can download a“password safe”.These are programs that 16 all your passwords so they can be used for accessing sites.The problem is that you can only use this on your home computer, and if that get 17 you are in trouble.
Some of the banks are starting to 18 customers a“dongle(适配器)”, which is a portable password device that plugs into your computer.This is an electronic version of writing the password down on a piece of paper.The 19 is that dongles cost money and if the one your bank gives you doesn't let you store other websites' passwords, you could 20 carrying a dozen dongles in your pocket.
Well, putting all your cash in a box under the bed never seems so attractive.
You've probably heard the expression“What you see is what you get”.My grandfather used to say.“If you 1 a tree long enough, it will move.”We see 2 we want to see.Psychologists tell us that 3 controls our life more than our self-image.We live like the person we see in the 4 .We are what we think we are.If you don't think you'll be successful, you 5 .You can't be it if you can't see it.Your life is 6 to your vision.If you want to change your 7 , you must change your vision of life.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was not that famous when he 8 a newspaper reporter.The reporter asked Schwarzenegger.“ 9 you've retired from body building, what do you plan to do next?”Schwarzenegger answered very calmly and 10 ,“I'm going to become the No.1 movie star in Hollywood.”The reporter was 11 and amused at Schwarzenegger's plan.At that time, it was very hard to 12 how this muscle-bound bodybuilder, who was not a 13 actor and who spoke poor English with a strong Australian accent, could ever 14 to be Hollywood's No.1 movie star!
So the reporter asked Schwarzenegger 15 he planned to make his dream come true, Schwarzenegger said,“I'll do it the same 16 I became the No.1 bodybuilder in the world.What I do is create a vision of who I want to be, then I start living like that person in my 17 as if it were already true.”Sounds almost childishly 18 , doesn't it?But it 19 !Schwarzenegger did become the No.1 highest paid movie star in Hollywood!Remember:“If you can see it, you can 20 it.”
One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of students.To drive his 1 home, he used an illustration(演示)those students will never 2 .
“Okay, now watch carefully”, and then he pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the 3 in front of him.He also 4 about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully 5 them, one at a time, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the 6 and no more rocks would 7 inside, he asked,“Is this jar full?”Everyone in the class answered,“Yes.”
The expert replied,“Really?”He 8 under the table and pulled out a bucket of small stones.He dropped some 9 and then asked the group once more,“Is the jar full?”
By this time the class was on to him.“ 10 ”one of them answered carefully.
“Good!”he replied, and then brought out a bucket of sand.He started dumping(dropping)the sand in the jar and it 11 into all of the 12 left between the rocks and the small stones. 13 he asked the question,“Is this jar full?”“No!”the class shouted.
“Good.”Then he looked at the class and asked,“What is the point of this illustration?”
One 14 student raised his hand and said,“The point is, no matter how 15 your schedule(时间表)is, if you 16 really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”
“ 17 .”the speaker replied.“That’s not the point.The 18 this illustration teaches us is:If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in 19 .”
What are the ‘big rocks’ in your 20 ?Then, put those in your jar first.