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Life is not easy when you are pursuing something worthwhile and ready to learn from the best experiences. Most of the time, we learn the lessons from the old and wise as they have already been where we are and have done what we do. But we hardly take their advice in advance. We never think of this as a precaution. We always learn it from our life and rarely does life teach us something in a easy way. It always takes tests and then fails us to learn anything worthwhile. Here are five life lessons which people will learn the hard way in majority of cases.

當你想追尋值得做的事情并準備學習最好的經驗時，生活并不是簡單的。大多數的時候，我們從老者和智者那里學習經驗，因為他們也曾經和我們一樣年輕過，也曾 做過我們現在做的事情。但是我們很難提前采取他們的建議。我們從未把這當做預防措施。我們總是從自己的生活中去學習，而生活也很少用簡單的方式來教我們。 它總是測試我們，讓我們通過失敗來學習有價值的東西。下面的這五個教訓，大部分的情況下人們都是費一番苦功才會學到。

1.It takes consistent time and effort to be an expert in any area.

無論想成為哪個領域的專家，都需要付出同樣的時間和努力。

This is the first and foremost thing to keep in mind. People usually get discouraged when it takes more time than they thought it will. One thing to keep in mind is that people refer only to people who have already achieved what you want to be, which most people fail to do. They look at other unsuccessful people and apply those criteria to them even before they take action. Look at any successful person and you’ll notice one thing common in all of them. They took time to learn and mastered their craft like no one else. There is no elevator to success; you have to take the stairs.

這是你要記住的第一件事，也是最重要的一件事。當人們覺得所用的時間比預想的要長時，通常都會垂頭喪氣。但要記住一點，人們只會提起已經取得成功的人，而 大部分的人都以失敗告終。人們看著其他沒成功的人，自己還未行動，就把那些準則用到他們身上。隨便找出一個成功的人，你就會發現成功人士的共同點。他們都 比常人努力，拿時間去學習并掌握技能。通往成功的路上沒有電梯，你只能去一級一級爬樓梯。

2.You don’t have to live your life in a way society wants you to.

你不必以社會想讓你生活的方式去生活

Decades of old beliefs, superstitions and rituals are being performed these days and are followed blindly without questioning their rationale. Parents sometimes force their children to select a career they don’t want because other children have selected that career. Girls are made to follow some rituals in their family which makes no sense to them at all. Worst of all, people follow them without even asking. There is no harm in old rituals and beliefs but when you pursue them before your interest, sooner or later you’ll realize that you should first do what you think is right.

幾十年的舊習、迷信和規矩最近又開始風行，人們盲目地跟風而不去質疑這樣做的理論依據。父母們有時會強迫孩子選擇孩子不喜歡的專業就因為其他孩子選擇了那 個專業。女孩們在家里要守一些對她們來說無任何意義的規矩。最糟糕的是，人們連問都不問，就這樣做。老規矩和舊習俗并無什么害處，但當你在感興趣之前就去 做時，不久你就會意識到你應該先做自己認為是正確的事情。