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奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导

S. T. Coleridge possessed marvelous powers of mind, but he had no definite purpose; he lived in an atmosphere of mental dissipation which consumed his energy, exhausted his stamina, and his life was in many respects a miserable failure. He lived in dreams and died in reverie. He was continually forming plans and resolutions, but to the day of his death they remained simply resolutions and plans.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21291
定位:Excerpt 411 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

柯勒律治头脑极其聪明,可他从来没有明确的目标;他活在心智涣散的状态里,精力被消耗,元气被耗尽,一生在很多方面都算失败。他活在梦想里,死在遐想中。他不断制定计划和决心,可直到死,那些东西还只是计划和决心。这说明:光有才华和想法不够,没有目标、不把想法落成行动,再大的天赋也会空转。要避免这种结局,就得把“决心”变成具体的下一步,定下期限,做完一件再想下一件。

上下文

S.T.柯勒律治是英国浪漫主义诗人、思想家,才华横溢却常因拖延和缺乏目标而一事无成。

今日一问

你有哪些“决心”一直停在纸上?今天能不能把其中一个变成具体的下一步?

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