It takes sacrifices. That's what it takes to be great.

 

愿意做出牺牲，才能变得优秀。

 

Any kind of success that you'll experience in your life will take sacrifice. And that's the case for your studying, too.

在人生中，你经历的任何成功，都离不开付出。这个道理，放到你的学习上，也是一样的。

 

You need to be willing to go with the extra mile. Someone who wakes up early, goes to the gym, and walks into the empty library, while everyone else is still sleeping.

你要心甘情愿地比别人多付出一点。有人早早就能起床，去锻炼，去空荡荡的图书馆，而别人都还在睡觉。

 

You will get tired. But if you have a strong enough reason, you will find the strength to push through.

你会感到疲惫，但是如果你的动力足够强，你就能找到能量，坚持下去。

 

Why are you different than all the other people in your class? Who are trying to achieve exactly the same as you?

为何你与班上的同学不一样？谁和你有一样的追求？

 

What makes you stand out from that? What makes you deserve it more than they deserve it?

是什么让你脱颖而出？是什么让你比别人更有资格取得成功？

 

Somebody is waiting for you to give up. Someone is waiting for you to fall. So don't just talk about your hustle. Don't just talk about how much you're studying. Show me.

有人在等待你放弃，等待你失败。所以，不要纸上谈兵，不要说自己学习了多少，而是要用实际行动证明。

 

Every single one of us only has 24 hours in a day. That includes me. That includes you. That includes your friends, your teachers, your parents. It also includes Bill Gates, Richard Branson, and Will Smith.

我们每个人，每天只有24小时。我，你，你的朋友，你的老师，你的父母，Bill Gates，Richard Branson，Will Smith，大家都一样。

 

And so if you only have 24 hours a day, your success is solely dependent on how you use that 24 hours.

既然，你每天只有24小时，你的成功，就取决于你如何安排这24小时。

 

How many of your 24 do you spend mindlessly scrolling through social media, or on the phone to friends, or watching aimless videos on YouTube?

在每天的24小时中，你花了多长时间去浏览社交媒体，给朋友打电话，或者毫无目的地看YouTube上的视频？

 

So what's the difference between someone who is successful in their education or in business or however you want to define it, and someone who is unsuccessful?

那些学业成功或事业成功的人，还有那些失败的人，他们之间有何不同？

 

The successful person uses every single hour of their 24 hours wisely. That's it. That's really it.

成功的人，他们合理安排24小时里的每一个小时。仅此而已，真的。

 

The person failing their exams will be spending much of their 24 hours doing things that do not align with their long-term goals.

考试失败的人，在一天的24小时中，有一大部分时间，是浪费在一些与自己长远目标无关的事情上的。

 

The person at the top of the class will be spending all of their 24 hours reading, writing, learning, researching, asking questions, planning, preparing, exercising, and eating healthily.

班里成绩拔尖的人，把每天24小时都花在读书、写作、学习、研究、提问、计划、准备、锻炼、健康饮食上。

 

Because I can tell you all about your life, if you show me your schedule and you stick to it. If there are empty gaps in the schedule where you're not doing anything productive, I know exactly where you're going to be in 10 years' time.

如果你能告诉我，你的日常安排是什么，并且你一直保持这样的安排，那么，我就能知道，你的生活大概是什么样的。如果，在你的日常安排中，有一些时间空了出来，并且你用这些时间来做没有意义的事情，那么，我就能预见十年之后你会变成什么样子。