Seri: 365 days with self - Discipline

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Day 17: On Rising from the Ashes of Failure

 A setback has often cleared the way for greater prosperity. Many things have fallen only to rise to more exalted heights.

 —Seneca the Younger 16

 No matter how self-disciplined you are, there’s no escaping the fact that sometimes you’ll stumble. Perhaps you’ll eat a piece of a cake instead of a salad. Maybe you’ll skip a workout out of laziness. It’s possible that when your efforts result in a failure, you’ll lose the self-discipline to continue and revert back to your old undesirable habits.

 It’s all par for the course, and the sooner you accept, it, the easier it will be to handle the setbacks once they occur. However, don’t consider your failures a useless waste of time and energy; a failure can often present new opportunities or lead to important realizations.

 I failed to learn how to play tennis despite putting considerable amount of time, energy, and money into it. However, this made me realize that I wanted to concentrate on rock climbing, and the failure with tennis cleared the way for dramatic improvements in my climbing performance.

 When discouraged, remember that all struggles present opportunities that, given enough time, you can convert into successes or lessons that will aid you in other areas of life.

Vocabulary

stumble/ˈstʌmbl/

(informal) a problem or temporary failure when you are on the way to achieving something

There were good reasons for the team's first-round stumble against Los Angeles.

revert/rɪˈvɜːt/
undersirable/ˌʌndɪˈzaɪərəbl/
not wanted or approved of; likely to cause trouble or problems
undesirable consequences/effects
It would be highly undesirable to increase class sizes further.
prostitution and other undesirable practices
These alternatives are economically undesirable.
convert /kənˈvɜːt/
[transitive, intransitive] to change or make something change from one form, purpose, system, etc. to another
 convert something They took just nine months to convert the building.
You need to ensure that you've converted the data properly.
The pub is a converted warehouse.
 convert something into something The hotel is going to be converted into a nursing home.
What rate will I get if I convert my dollars into euros?
 convert something to something The system is eco-friendly because the waste heat is converted to electricity.
 convert from something Japan was at the time still converting from an agricultural economy.
 convert into/to something A lot of conventional farmers have converted to organic production.
 convert from something to something We've converted from oil to gas central heating.
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 No matter how self-disciplined you are, there’s no escaping the fact that sometimes you’ll tình ờ gặp/ˈstʌmbl/. Perhaps you’ll eat a piece of a cake instead of a salad. Maybe you’ll skip a workout out of laziness. It’s possible that when your efforts result in a failure, you’ll lose the self-discipline to continue and hoàn nguyên/rɪˈvɜːt/ back to your old không mong muốn/ˌʌndɪˈzaɪərəbl/ habits.

 It’s all par for the course, and the sooner you accept, it, the easier it will be to handle the setbacks once they occur. However, don’t consider your failures a useless waste of time and energy; a failure can often present new opportunities or lead to important realizations.

 I failed to learn how to play tennis despite putting considerable amount of time, energy, and money into it. However, this made me realize that I wanted to concentrate on rock climbing, and the failure with tennis cleared the way for dramatic improvements in my climbing performance.

 When discouraged, remember that all struggles present opportunities that, given enough time, you can đổi/kənˈvɜːt/ into successes or lessons that will aid you in other areas of life.

 No matter how self-disciplined you are, there’s no escaping the fact that sometimes you’ll stumble. Cho dù bạn có kỷ luật với bản thân đến đâu, bạn cũng không thể thoát khỏi sự thật rằng đôi khi bạn sẽ vấp ngã.  Perhaps you’ll eat a piece of a cake instead of a salad. Maybe you’ll skip a workout out of laziness.Có lẽ bạn sẽ ăn một miếng bánh ngọt thay vì salad. Có thể bạn sẽ bỏ qua một buổi tập vì lười biếng. It’s possible that when your efforts result in a failure, you’ll lose the self-discipline to continue and revert back to your old undesirable habits. Có thể khi nỗ lực của bạn thất bại, bạn sẽ đánh mất kỷ luật tự giác để tiếp tục và quay trở lại với những thói quen không mong muốn cũ của mình.

 It’s all par for the course, and the sooner you accept, it, the easier it will be to handle the setbacks once they occur. Tất cả đều bình thường đối với khóa học và bạn chấp nhận càng sớm thì càng dễ dàng xử lý các thất bại sau khi chúng xảy ra. However, don’t consider your failures a useless waste of time and energy; a failure can often present new opportunities or lead to important realizations. Tuy nhiên, đừng coi những thất bại của bạn là sự lãng phí thời gian và năng lượng vô ích; một thất bại thường có thể tạo ra những cơ hội mới hoặc dẫn đến những nhận thức quan trọng.

 I failed to learn how to play tennis despite putting considerable amount of time, energy, and money into it. Tôi đã không học được cách chơi quần vợt mặc dù đã dành rất nhiều thời gian, sức lực và tiền bạc cho nó. However, this made me realize that I wanted to concentrate on rock climbing, and the failure with tennis cleared the way for dramatic improvements in my climbing performance. Tuy nhiên, điều này khiến tôi nhận ra rằng tôi muốn tập trung vào môn leo núi, và thất bại với quần vợt đã mở đường cho những cải thiện đáng kể trong thành tích leo núi của tôi.

 When discouraged, remember that all struggles present opportunities that, given enough time, you can convert into successes or lessons that will aid you in other areas of life. Khi nản lòng, hãy nhớ rằng mọi cuộc đấu tranh đều mang đến những cơ hội mà nếu có đủ thời gian, bạn có thể chuyển đổi thành những thành công hoặc những bài học sẽ hỗ trợ bạn trong các lĩnh vực khác của cuộc sống.

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