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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 219
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
Wherever there is difficulty, the individual man must come out for better for worse. Encounter with it will train his strength, and discipline his skill; heartening him for future effort, as the racer, by being trained to run against the hill, at length courses with facility. The road to success may be steep to climb, and it puts to the proof the energies of him who would reach the summit. But by experience a man soon learns that obstacles are to be overcome by grappling with them,—that the nettle feels as soft as silk when it is boldly grasped,—and that the most effective help towards realizing the object proposed is the moral conviction that we can and will accomplish it. Thus difficulties often fall away of themselves before the determination to overcome them.
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定位：Excerpt 219 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
哪里有困难，个人就必须站出来，无论结果好坏。与困难交手能锻炼力量、磨炼技能，为未来的努力鼓劲，就像赛跑者训练爬坡，最终能轻松奔跑。成功之路可能陡峭，但能检验攀登者的能量。经验会让人明白：障碍要靠抓住它来克服，荨麻大胆抓上去反而像丝绸一样柔软；实现目标最有效的帮助，是内心确信“我能并且愿意完成它”。因此，只要下定决心去克服，困难常常会自行消退。关键不是等困难消失，而是主动迎上去。
上下文
斯迈尔斯用赛跑和荨麻的比喻，强调主动面对困难的重要性。
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你一直在回避的哪个难题，如果今天主动去抓，可能会发现它没那么扎手？
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