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In a world where comparisons happen non-stop, it is difficult to look outside yourself and to ever be content with who you are. There's always someone who's a bit better. The only solution is to reach inside and measure against what Warren Buffett calls your own inner yardstick. There is no more accurate measure for comparison than who you were yesterday, last week or last decade, when you were at your best.
Nothing useful ever comes from comparison to others. Either you see yourself as better than someone and you get lazy, or you see someone else as better than you and you feel like all your hard work is for nothing. It is a fool's game. None of us are inherently above or below the person next to us. We are who we are. Not one of us is exactly alike. The only direct and honest comparison is within yourself. Everything else is apples to oranges.
My opinion is that you are only allowed to compare yourself to someone else if their life situation is the same as your own. Good luck finding that match. And one thing is for sure. No matter how hard you work and how dedicated you are, there will always be someone who can run a little faster, jump a little higher, score a little better or look a little nicer in a swimsuit. And if there's not, you can bet someone is coming up fast behind you. So how can you always win in life? Become your best competitor.
The following are the reasons why you are your own best competitor.
1. You will always be motivated.
Having an image of your most recent past limits is the perfect thing to push you to the next level. If you ran 7 flights of stairs yesterday, then do 8 today. Who cares if the guy next to you did 15? It doesn't make a bit of difference. You are a more fit person today than you were yesterday. Your own progress is all you need.
2. You will continuously be your personal best.
If you commit to a slightly higher standard of yourself every day, you will always be at the top of your game. And that game will only get better. But if for some reason you fall off your mark, you will always have the past image of your best performance to show you what you're capable of. Once you've done it, you know what's possible and then it's just a matter of doing it again.
Through the passage the writer advises the readers to ________.
A. avoid comparison with others B. work much harder
C. pay attention to others’ progress D. make full use of motivation
If you want to be content with yourself, according to the author, you should ________.
A. see yourself better than others B. measure accurately
C. compare with yourself D. be honest with yourself
Which of the following is certain to happen according to the author?
A. Finding someone else who is in the same life situation as you are.
B. Finding someone who runs faster and jumps higher than you.
C. Finding someone who is hiding right behind you.
D. Finding someone who almost always wins in their life.
What can help you up to higher level in your life according to the passage?
A. Comparing yourself with the guy next to you.
B. Thinking about your own progress.
C. Promising to play a game every day.
D. Thinking of your most recent past limits.
查看习题详情和答案>>In a world where comparisons happen non-stop, it is difficult to look outside yourself and to ever be content with who you are. There's always someone who's a bit better. The only solution is to reach inside and measure against what Warren Buffett calls your own inner yardstick. There is no more accurate measure for comparison than who you were yesterday, last week or last decade, when you were at your best.
Nothing useful ever comes from comparison to others. Either you see yourself as better than someone and you get lazy, or you see someone else as better than you and you feel like all your hard work is for nothing. It is a fool's game. None of us are inherently above or below the person next to us. We are who we are. Not one of us is exactly alike. The only direct and honest comparison is within yourself. Everything else is apples to oranges.
My opinion is that you are only allowed to compare yourself to someone else if their life situation is the same as your own. Good luck finding that match. And one thing is for sure. No matter how hard you work and how dedicated you are, there will always be someone who can run a little faster, jump a little higher, score a little better or look a little nicer in a swimsuit. And if there's not, you can bet someone is coming up fast behind you. So how can you always win in life? Become your best competitor.
The following are the reasons why you are your own best competitor.
1. You will always be motivated. Having an image of your most recent past limits is the perfect thing to push you to the next level. If you ran 7 flights of stairs yesterday, then do 8 today. Who cares if the guy next to you did 15? It doesn't make a bit of difference. You are a more fit person today than you were yesterday. Your own progress is all you need.
2. You will continuously be your personal best. If you commit to a slightly higher standard of yourself every day, you will always be at the top of your game. And that game will only get better. But if for some reason you fall off your mark, you will always have the past image of your best performance to show you what you're capable of. Once you've done it, you know what's possible and then it's just a matter of doing it again.
47. Through the passage the writer advises the readers to ________.
A. avoid comparison with others B. work much harder
C. pay attention to others’ progress D. make full use of motivation
48. If you want to be content with yourself, according to the author, you should ________.
A. see yourself better than others B. measure accurately
C. compare with yourself D. be honest with yourself
49. Which of the following is certain to happen according to the author?
A. Finding someone else who is in the same life situation as you are.
B. Finding someone who runs faster and jumps higher than you.
C. Finding someone who is hiding right behind you.
D. Finding someone who almost always wins in their life.
50. What can help you up to higher level in your life according to the passage?
A. Comparing yourself with the guy next to you.
B. Thinking about your own progress.
C. Promising to play a game every day.
D. Thinking of your most recent past limits.
查看习题详情和答案>>ever be content with who you are. There's always someone who's a bit better. The only solution
is to reach insid
e and measure against what Warren Buffett calls your own inner yardstick. Thereis no more accurate measure for comparison than who you were yesterday, last week or last
decade, when you were at your best.
Nothing useful ever comes from comparison to others. Either you see yourself as better than
someone and you get lazy, or you see someone else as better than you and you feel like all your
hard work is for nothing. It is a fool's game. None of us are inherently above or below the person
next to us. We are who we are. Not one of us is exactly alike. The only direct and honest
comparison is within yourself. Everything else is apples to oranges.
My opinion is that you are only allowed to compare yourself to someone else if their life situation
is the same as your own. Good luck finding that match. And one thing is for sure. No matter how
hard you work and how dedicated you are, there will always be someone who can run a little faster,
jump a little higher, score a little better or look a little nicer in a swimsuit. And if there's not, you can
bet someone is coming up fast behind you. So how can you always win in life? Become your best
competitor.
The following are the reasons why you are your own best competitor
.1. You will always be motivated.
Having an image of your most recent past limits is the perfect thing to push you to the next level.
If you ran 7 flights of stairs yesterday, then do 8 today. Who cares if the guy next to you did 15? It
doesn't make a bit of difference. You are a more fit person today than you were yesterday. Your
own progress is all you need.
2 . You will continuously be your personal best.
If you commit to a slightly higher standard of yourself every day, you will always be at the top of your game. And that game will only get better. But if for some reason you fall off your mark, you will always have the past image of your best performance to show you what you're capable of. Once you've lone it, you know what's possible and then it's just a matter of doing it again.
B. work much harder
C. pay attention to others' progress
D. make full use of motivation
better than othersB. measure accurately
C. compare with yourself
D. be honest with yourself
uation as you are.B. Finding someone who runs faster and jumps higher than you.
C. Finding someone who is hiding right behind you.
D. Finding someone who almost always wins in their life.
B. Thinking about your own progress.
C. Promising to play a game every day.
content with who you are. There's always someone who's a bit better. The only solution is to reach inside
and measure against what Warren Buffett calls your own inner yardstick. There is no more accurate measure
for comparison than who you were yesterday, last week or last decade, when you were at your best.
Nothing useful ever comes from comparison to others. Either you see yourself as better than someone
and you get lazy, or you see someone else as better than you and you feel like all your hard work is for nothing.
It is a fool's game. None of us are inherently above or below the person next to us. We are who we are. Not
one of us is exactly alike. The only direct and honest comparison is within yourself. Everything else is apples
to oranges.
My opinion is that you are only allowed to compare yourself to someone else if their life situation is the
same as your own. Good luck finding that match. And one thing is for sure. No matter how hard you work
and how dedicated you are, there will always be someone who can run a little faster, jump a little higher, score
a little better or look a little nicer m a swimsuit. And if there's not, you can bet someone is coming up fast
behind you. So how can you always win in life? Become your best competitor.
The following are the reasons why you are your own best competitor.
1. You will always be motivated.
Having an image of your most recent past limits is the perfect thing to push you to the next level. If you
ran 7 flights of stairs yesterday, then do 8 today. Who cares if the guy next to you did 15? It doesn't make a
bit of difference. You are a more fit person today than you were yesterday. Your own progress is all you need.
2. You will continuously be your personal best.
If you commit to a slightly higher standard of yourself every day, you will always be at the top of your
game. And that game will only get better. But if for some reason you fall off your mark, you will always have
the past image of your best performance to show you what you're capable of. Once you've done it, you know
what's possible and then it's just a matter of doing it again.
B. work much harder
C. pay attention to others' progress
D. make full use of motivation
B. measure accurately
C. compare with yourself
D. be honest with yourself
B. Finding someone who runs faster and jumps higher than you.
C. Finding someone who is hiding right behind you.
D. Finding someone who almost always wins in their life.
B. Thinking about your own progress.
C. Promising to play a game every day.
D. Thinking of your most recent past limits.
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| Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette O'Neil gave an arithmetic 1 to our class. When the papers were 2 she discovered that twelve boys had made the same mistakes throughout the test.? There is really nothing new about 3 in the exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O'Neill didn't even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to 4 after class. I was one of the twelve. Mrs. O'Neill asked 5 questions, and she didn't 6 us either. Macaulay, she wrote on the blackboard the 7 words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to 8 these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.? I don't 9 about the other eleven boys. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most important single 10 of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay's words, they still seem to me the best yard-stick(准绳), because they give us a 11 to measure ourselves rather than others.? 12 of us are asked to make 13 decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called upon daily to make a great many personal decisions. Should the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the 14 change received at the store be forgotten or 15 ? Nobody will know except you. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.? | ||||
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