放弃好难

The gritty individual approaches achievement as a marathon: his or her advantage lies in stamina.
坚毅的个体在处理完成目标时就想马拉松：他们的优势在于耐力。

Grit is a combination of both long-term commitment and persistence.
坚毅是长期的承诺与坚持的组合。

When a goal authentically reflects your own preferences, values, and desires, you want it more, and you can enjoy the pursuit nearly as much as you enjoy finally achieving the goal.
当一个目标能够真实的反映你的偏好，价值观以及愿望时，你会更想实现它，你会享受追求目标的过程以及最终实现它的愉悦。

Their gritty perseverance in pursuit of some particularly elusive piece of knowledge comes naturally because academics get to choose the problem they spend their lifetime trying to solve.
他们在追求某些特别艰难的学问的坚持是自发地，因为学者已经准备用一生的时间去解决他们。

•Western societies tend to place a great deal of emphasis on measuring, and celebrating, ability.
西方社会倾向于强调衡量，颂扬以及能力。

Being diligent in study means devoting one’s effort to it for a long time.
勤奋学习意味着长时间内投入。

Sometimes, the very best thing we can do for ourselves is to abandon the goal we thought we always wanted, when the costs of achieving it reveal themselves to be too great to pay.
有时候，我们能够为我们自己最好的事情是放弃我们一直想要达到的目标，当我们达成这些目标是要付出我们难以承受的代价。

Ruminating about a goal that you couldn’t reach keeps the goal active in your unconscious mind. Understandably, your unconscious gets very confused.

反复思考一个你意志未能达成的目标保持这个目标一直活跃在你的潜意识里。可以理解的你的潜意识将非常困惑。

Replacing a goal that doesn’t work for you with one that actually will help you to stay engaged and to maintain your sense of purpose and identity.
用一个真正的能够吸引你的，让你获得使命感和认同感目标替换那个不能让你获得这些感受的目标。