目標

Goals

There are three kinds of goals: short-term, medium-term and long-term goals.

Short-term goals are those that usually deal with current activities, which we can apply on a daily basis. Such goals can be achieved in a week or less, or two weeks, or possibly months. It should be remembered that just as a building is no stronger than its foundation, our long-term goals cannot amount to very much without the achievement of solid short-term goals.

Upon completing our short-term goals, we should date the occasion and then add new short-term goals that will build on the foundation of the medium-term goals, which might deal with just one term of school or the entire school year, or they could even extend for several years. Any time you move a step at a time, you should never allow yourself to become discouraged or overwhelmed. As you complete each step, you will enforce the belief in your ability to grow and succeed. And as your list of completion dates grow, your motivation and desire will increase.

Long-term goals may be related to our dreams of the future. They might cover five years or more. Life is not a static thing. We should never allow a long-term goal to limit us or our course of action.

【助讀詞匯】

◇overwhelmed adj. 壓倒性的，無法抵抗的

◇static adj. 靜態的；靜力的；靜電噪聲

◇enforce vt. 實施，強制執行；強迫；迫使

◇motivation  n. 積極性，興趣，動力

【參考譯文】

目標

目標有3種：短期目標、中期目標和長期目標。

短期目標通常關乎到當前的活動，可以每天為基礎。這類目標可用數月，或一兩周甚至更少的時間來完成。就像建筑物一樣，一定要基礎牢固才能使房子牢固，如果不能扎扎實實完成短期目標，那么長期目標也就不可能有什么收獲。

當我們完成短期目標的時候，我們應該要適時地在此基礎上再增加一些新短期目標，以夯實中期目標的基礎。中期目標通常涉及的是一學期或一學年的規劃，有時也可長達數年。你一定要一步一個腳印，千萬不讓自己泄氣，也不能被困難嚇倒。你每前進一步，你都會更自信自己能成長，能成功。隨著你不斷完成你的既定目標，你的動力和對成功的渴望也就越強。

長期目標主要關乎到我們未來的夢想。該類目標可能需要5年甚至更長的時間去實現。生活不是一成不變的，所以我們不能讓長期目標束縛了自己的行動。

【人生啟迪】

所謂“人生如屋，信念如柱，柱折屋榻，柱堅屋固”。信念、目標的坍塌猶如失去航標的一葉扁舟，隨時都會有沉船觸礁的危險。我們只有給自己的人生設定了目標，內心深處那個勇敢、堅定、執著、不畏艱險的我們才能最大程度地激發自己的潛能，更好地迎接人生路上的各種挑戰。