家书（6） --- 奥巴马给女儿的人生建议：停止做这17件事

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11. Stop Being a Pushover
停止软弱

We live in a capitalistic society in which everyone's trying to sell us something. Everyone's looking out for themselves in one way or another, and you need to do the same. Stop putting yourself out because you're too shy to say no.

我们处于一个资本主义社会，每个人都在试图向我们推销些什么。每个人都在用不同的方式关注自己，你也要这样做。别因为太害羞、不敢说“不”而任人摆布。

12. Stop Listening to Haters
不要听怀恨者的话

No matter what you want to do in life, there's always someone around to tell you why it can't and won't work. I can come up with millions of reasons Twitter won’t work, and yet it's one of the most popular social media sites on the web. My opinion didn't stop Twitter's success any more than it convinced Kobe Bryant to quit the NBA or Josh Hartnett to stop acting. Why would you let someone's opinion stop you?

无论你想干什么，总会有人告诉你不要这么做，没有用的。我可以想出成百万条推特不实用的理由，但它还是互联网上最流行的社交网站之一。我的想法不会阻止推特的成功，就像你无法劝科比退出NBA或乔什·哈奈特不要当演员了一样，都毫无意义。那么为什么要让别人的想法阻止你呢?

13. Stop Being Wasteful
停止浪费

You don't finish your meals, and away food instead. You leave the faucet running when you brush your teeth, pouring precious water down the drain. You drive places you could easily walk, burning gasoline (a non-renewable resource)。You are wasteful, and it needs to stop.

你饭没吃完，然后扔掉食物；刷牙的时候还开着水龙头，就让宝贵的水哗哗的流走；明明可以走到的地方你偏要开车，燃烧汽油(无法再生资源)。如果你这种人，那就赶紧停止这一恶习。