Part 1 Words&Expression

1. The managers are behind them,sharpening their machetes, writing policy and procedure manuals...

machete:a large knife with a broad heavy blade, used as a weapon or a tool; 大砍刀

a machete attack

sharpening their machetes 此处是指摩拳擦掌，积极准备的意思

eg. There were often machete attacks when gun was not invented.

2.  I went through withdrawal pains because I stopped dealing with a lot of the pressing, urgent matters that were right in front of me...

withdrawal: the act of no longer taking part in an activity or being a member of an organization.

eg.  His withdrawal from our group leaves us in panic.

3. For a period of time during Nasser's administration Sadat was relegated to a position of relative insignificance.

relegate: to give sb./sth. a less imporatant position than before

eg. She will be relegated to a project engineer soon as she is not qualified to be a manager.

4. He was biding his time.

bide your time: to wait until the right moment to do sth.

eg. Never be anxious to win. Bide your time.

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Part 2 Reflection

1. Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder leaning against  the right wall.

管理体现成功路上的效率， 而领导力则决定了你是否走对了方向。所以可以说管理是你的努力，领导力是方向。这个解释让我对管理和领导力有更加清晰的认识，在这之前认为管理因该包含着领导力，其实不然。

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2. And leadership is even more lacking in our personal lives. We are into managing with efficiency, setting and achieving goals before we have even clarified our values.  

我们的生活中其实鲜有领导力，更多时候我们忙于提高效率、实现目标，即使我们都还没搞清楚自己的价值观是什么。

说的就是我啊，工作以来，过分强调效率，都没有选定一个方向，难怪经常迷茫。得先明白我将要实现什么样的价值，找准方向才去做，不然之前的努力很有可能是徒劳无功的。

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3. The real success is success with self. It's not having things but having mastery having victory over self.

真正的成功是战胜自我。不是去拥有别的什么东西，而是掌控自己。

在每个人所处环境和拥有的东西各不相同的情况下，如果真的要用一种标尺来比较他们的成功，那么一定是他们掌控自己的程度。能够掌控自己的人才是真正的强大。

3. Summary

以场景想象开头，引人思考。然后介绍begin with the end in mind,以终为始的含义，即开始时便对目标和方向有清晰地认识。然后介绍以终为始的两个大原则：

1. 万物皆被创造两次：心理创造和物理创造。我理解的是先规划（想好）再做事。而我们心理创造有三个法宝：自我意识、想象和良知。

2. 个人领导力：通过比较领导力和管理的不同，强调人生在世，视野和方向甚至比细节化的地图还要重要。让我们抓住本源的东西，而不是忙于提高效率。

然而在生活中，很多人都缺少这种领导力，那么就需要改写，成为自己的第一创造者。最有效的以终为始的办法就是拥有自己的生活信条，给自己一种使命感和主动性。而创建人生信条的方法就是从我们的影响圈中心出发，在四个方面努力：安全、指导、智慧、力量。