沪江小编：成功的人都有一个共同点，那就是他们总是能不断地激励自己进取。为了得到你心中那个目标，你也需要给自己来点激励。下面的五个建议会告诉你如何激励自己。

1. Always act with a purpose.
1.做事要有目的性。

If you don't know why you're doing something, you're making that part of your life utterly meaningless. String together enough meaningless acts in your life and your entire life will be literally pointless--without a point.
如果你不知道你为什么要做某件事，你会让那件事完全失去意义。如果生活中总是充满了无意义的行为，你的整个生活似乎也会变得无意义——没有重点。

Starting every action with a review of your purpose, however, puts everything you do into context. Having a purpose for every act keeps you aimed at your life goals rather than cooling your heels.
然而，如果你能在做每件事前考虑好你的目的，就能让你做的每件事都互相关联。每件事都有目的性就能让你总是专注于你的目标，而不是停下脚步。

2. Take responsibility for your own results.
2.为你得到的结果负责。

Most people misinterpret this concept. They think it means taking the credit when things go well and taking the blame when things go wrong. But taking responsibility is not about blame or credit; it's about what you do next.
大部分人会曲解这句话。他们会觉得这句话的意思是在成功时居功，而在失败时承担过失。然而承担责任的重点并不是过失或者功劳，重点在于之后你要做什么。

If you're responsible for your own results, you take ownership of whatever future that emerges from those results. You continue to move forward towards your goals, even when you encounter setbacks.
如果你对你获得的结果负责，你也会对未来任何由此引发的结果负责。这样你就能持续不断地向你的目标前进，甚至是当你面对挫折的时候。

3. Don't wait for perfection, just do it now!
3.不要坐等完美，而要脚踏实地！

Perfectionists are the hugest losers in life because they either expect things to be perfect before they take action or, if they do take action, they can't enjoy whatever happens because it's not the perfect outcome.
完美主义者是生活中最大的失败者，因为他们不是在做任何行动前就期待事情变得完美，就是在做事情时不能享受它带来的乐趣，因为总是无法得到完美的结果。

The real joy of achievement doesn't come from what you achieve but from your efforts in trying to achieve it. The only thing that's perfect in this world is that you're perfectly free to take action. Now, as in right now.
成就的真正乐趣不在于你获得了什么，而在于你为之付出努力的过程。世界上唯一完美的事情就是你拥有完美的做事情的自由。现在，就在现在。

4. Eat wisely because success takes energy.
4.聪明地选择饮食，因为成功需要能量。

I'm not saying you don't eat the occasional donut. However, if you want the energy to act, the energy to achieve your goals, you need to give your body the kind of fuel that can create that energy. And it's not refined sugar.
我的意思并不是叫你不要再吃甜甜圈了。然而，假如你需要做事的能量，取得目标的能量，你就应该给你的身体补充哪些能够制造那种能量的燃料。而那一定不是精制糖。

5. Surround yourself with motivated people.
5.和充满动力的人在一起。

Numerous scientific studies have shown that the people around you influence your behavior. They define what you consider "normal" and thereby either bring you up (or down) to their level.
无数的科学研究表明你周围的人会影响你的行为。他们会决定你如何看待“正常”，从而会使你提升（或是降低）到他们的同水平。

If you hang around people who are energized, purposeful and committed to making a difference in the world, that's what you'll consider "normal." Being motivated will stop being something that you do and instead become who you are.
如果你总是和那些充满能量，充满动力并且希望给世界创造些不同的人在一起，你就会将此视为“正常”。激励自己的东西不再是你做的事情，而是你自己。