I wish I could write better, but my writing skills aren’t very good.
我希望我能写的更好，但是我的写作技巧并不是很好。
… many intelligent, self-directed people are actually hearing this:
很多聪明、独立自主的人经常听到人们这样说：
I wish I could write better, but I’m too lazy and undisciplined to do anything about it. I also have low self-esteem, which prevents me from believing I can correct this deficiency. You should probably avoid me and spend your time with someone more worthy.
我希望我能写的更好，但是我太懒了，什么都不想做。我很自卑，我不相信我能改掉自己的坏毛病。你应该少和我接触，多和别人在一起那样会更有意义。
As an adult you’re responsible for your own education. If you find it deficient in some area, educate yourself into proficiency.
作为一个成年人，你要为自己所受的教育负责任。如果你发现自己在某个领域还有不足之处，要让自己慢慢精通起来。
Many people find their early education lacking when they reach adulthood. No one really knows what knowledge and skills will be important to you later in life. So they guess and they often guess wrong.
很多人当他们成年之后发现自己缺乏早期教育。没有人知道什么样的知识和技能会在你以后的生活中变的重要。所以他们猜测，并且经常猜错。
My early education was amazing in core subjects like English, math, science, and U.S. and European history. It also did a good job of teaching service to others, self-discipline, and character building. I’m lucky to have attended 12 years of private school, where the standards and quality of instruction were significantly higher than what my public school counterparts experienced. I don’t feel so lucky about all the religious nonsense that was drummed into me, but the secular subjects were taught in top-notch fashion.
我的早期教育在主要课程方面是很让人惊异的，像数学，英语，科学，美国和欧洲的历史。早期的教育在服务他人，自律，和性格培养方面做得很好。我很幸运上了12年的私人学校，那里的标准和教学质量相对来说都比公共学校要好。我感到很不幸被灌输了宗教的谬论，但是长期的课程是以顶尖的的模式教育我们的。
As good as it was, my formal education was seriously lacking in other areas like computer programming, psychology, interpersonal communication, public speaking, how to set and achieve goals, how to build courage, and how to build and run a successful business.
它确实很好，我的正规教育是很严谨的，没有像编程，物理，人际沟通，公共演讲这类的课程，是关于如何树立和实现目标，培养勇气，怎样构建和运行一个成功的企业的。
Much of the technology I use today didn’t exist when I was in school. The first time I used the Internet was when I started college, and that was in the pre-Web days. I certainly didn’t learn how to make a website or build an Internet business while I was in school.
我今天用到的很多科技技术，是我还在学校的时候没有的。当我上大学的时候，我第一次上互联网，那时前网络时代(网络并不普及)。当我还在学校的时候，没有人教我如何创建一个网站或者构建互联网义务。
In order to achieve my goals in life, I had to fill in many gaps in my formal education. This required a disciplined approach to self education. To this day I maintain this same discipline. I regularly identify gaps in my knowledge and skills that could hold me back from achieving my goals. Then I set educational goals to fill in those gaps, and I work step by step to achieve those goals. Usually this involves a combination of reading, connecting with experts and learning from them, and my own experimentation.
为了实现我的目标，我需要在正规的教育之外补充其他知识。这就需要自学。那时候我每天都很有纪律性，定期的学习那些可能阻碍我实现目标的知识和技能。然后我设定教育目标来填充这些知识的空白，我一步步地朝着我的目标前进。通常学习过程会融合阅读，和专家的探讨，向他人学习，以及我自己的经验。
Never whine about your lack of skills or your weak education. Never use a lack of know-how as an excuse for not being able to achieve a goal. That’s low class behavior, and it surely won’t help. It’s also a great way to repel successful people from your life. One of my friends refers to such irresponsible loser types as plankton. That’s not a particularly compassionate label, but nor is “I don’t know how” a particularly good reason for failure.
永远不要抱怨自己知识的匮乏和并不优秀的教育，不要把知识的匮乏当做不能实现目标的借口。这都是低级人的行为，也不管用。这样你会离成功的人越来越远。我的一个朋友像浮游生物一样是个不负责任的失败者。这并不是一个特别富有同情心的标签，但是“我不知道怎么做”却是为失败找的最好的借口。
You may feel deficient in some areas. That’s normal. If you feel your schooling didn’t do a very good job, that’s a shame, but it is what it is.
或许你会在某些领域感到心有余而力不足，这很正常。如果你觉得在学校没学到什么东西，那是很丢脸的，但是情况确实如此。
If you don’t know how, learn how. Use that fancy brain that learned how to walk, talk, and read. It’s still capable of further learning, is it not? Of course it is!
如果你不知道怎么做，学什么。用你聪慧的大脑学习如何走路，说话，阅读。再学习更多的知识还是有能力的，不是吗？当然是的。
If you’re going to get anywhere in life, you must assume 100% responsibility for your ongoing education. Maybe your parents and the school system got you off to a good start. Maybe they didn’t. Whatever happened in that regard, the past is the past. You must now look to the future. Whatever you didn’t learn back then, you can start learning today. A few years from now, you can have the equivalent of a Ph.D in a subject you never studied before. You can master a new language. You can become an expert on a subject in which you’re merely a novice today.
如果你想在生活中有所成就，那你必须终身学习。或许你的父母或者学校没有给你一个良好的开始，或许是好的开始。不管过去发生了什么，过去的就是过去了。你应该展望未来。不管你过去学习与否，你可以从今天开始学习。从现在开始未来的几年内，你可以获得你从来没学过课程的博士学位。你可以精通一门语言，可以在现在还很陌生的学科方面成为专家。
Using “I don’t know how” as an excuse is truly pathetic today. In the information age where you can begin searching for such answers in seconds, this tired excuse only makes you look foolish, lazy, and unworthy of success. Even young children wouldn’t be stopped by such a phony obstacle.
在今天把“我不知道怎么做”作为借口是很可怜的。在信息时代，当你短时间内寻找信息时，“我不知道怎么做”这个借口只能让你看起来更愚蠢，更懒惰，没法成功。即使是年轻人也不会因为虚假的障碍而放弃。
The next time you feel inclined to say “I don’t know how, ” say instead, “I’m learning how.” At least have the sense to Google “how to ___.” The information you need to get started is already at your fingertips.
下次当你想说“我不知道怎么做”的时候，改说“我正在学习如何做”。至少，对谷歌来说“如何做·····”是有意义的。你需要学习的信息随处都在。
Think about an educational deficiency you’d like to correct, and set a new educational goal right now. What exactly do you wish to learn, and how soon? Then plan out some of the steps you’ll need to take. Identify books to read, courses to take, and experts to talk to. Now get to work and start learning. Start by picking one book, buying it, and reading the first chapter. No more feeble excuses!
想想教育的不足，你就想去改正了，接着马上就会设立一个新的教育目标了。你确切地知道你想学习什么，多久？然后计划一些你需要做的。确定要读的书，要上的课，和哪些专家讨论。现在开始工作和学习。从一本书开始，买下来，然后从阅读第一章。没有更多无力的借口！
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