Chapter 3 You Are Not Special  读

①.问题

1. What does “entitlement” mean? Can you give an example to explain it?

Entitlement is a delusional degree of self-confidence. IT makes people feel good about themselves without doing anything.

2. What’s the point of telling Jimmy’s story?

Jimmy is a typical person who is entitled.

3. Do you think you are special? What’s wrong with feeling you are sepcial?

Yes,I do.  I'm not good enough, I need to find my weakness and make progress.

4. If you are not special, how can we achieve greatness?

We can acknowledge our weakness and then work hard to improve ourselves to become better person.

②.词汇

ego自我; 自负; 自尊心; 自我意识

jerk off your ego 摆脱你的自负

delusional 妄想的

I don't believe he was delusional that night.

我不认为那天晚上他是产生错觉。

live off 以……为生/以……为食

Have you no shame? Always trying to live off other people's wealth!

你没羞吗？总想当别人的寄生虫！

③.感想

我一直是很在意别人看法的人，也很想在别人面前表现得我很优秀，一直在假装优秀，其实根本没什么长处，更别提优秀了。看了这章，我明白：不考虑自己弱点的自信，不经过努力的自信都是盲目自信。我要对自己坦诚相待，脚踏实地，不断自我完善。多些真实，少些幻想。