14.3-Knowing Yourself-Challenge and Reward

了解自己之挑战和奖励

What-是什么

It is one thing to understand the steps necessary to improving your thinking and quite another to use them effectively. The later task is a formidable challenge that will take continuing effort over a long period of time.

理解【提高你的思考能力的】必要步骤是一回事，有效地使用它们是另外一回事。后一项任务是一项艰巨的挑战，需要在很长一段时间内做出努力。

Why-为什么

Is the challenge worth the effort? Let's consider what is known about the roles of thinking in everyday life.

这样的挑战值得努力吗？让我们来考虑一下思考在日常生活中的作用。

1. The most respected educators stress the importance of going beyond mere memorization and reflecting on the significance and application of facts. Thinking skill are necessary to understand and profit form college course.

最受尊敬的教育家强调，不仅仅是死记硬背和反思事实的意义和应用的重要性，思考能力是【从大学课程得到理解和获益的】必要条件；

2. Business and professional leaders stress that proficiency in thinking is necessary to solve problems and make decisions on the job.

商业和专业的领导强调，熟练的思考【在解决问题和在工作中做出决定】是必要的；

In short, although the challenge of improving your thinking is great, no other kind of self-improvement has the potential to affect every area of your life so positively.

简而言之，虽然提高你的思考能力的挑战是巨大的，但是没有任何一项自我提高有这个潜力如此积极的影响你生活的方方面面。

How-怎么做

To organize our thinking we must wrestle with our own negative tendencise.

要组织我们的思维我们必须全力克服我们的消极倾向。

Human are prone to avoid focusing on and coping with their problem and instead often sweep them under the rug by resorting to rationalization, denial, compensation, identification, projection, avoidance, repression, and other defensive maneuvers.

人们倾向于避免关注和应对他们的问题，而是经常用合理化的方式掩盖起来，否认、补偿、识别、投影，回避、镇压和其他预防演习。