奥巴马写给女儿的信：停止在做的17件事

　　10 – Stop Making Promises

　　别再做承诺

　
　Always under-promise and over-deliver. When you make a promise, you’re
adding responsibility to your plate that, despite all your best
intentions, you may not be able to deliver on. More often than not, your
 promise is an absolute （i.e “I promise I’ll always love you”）， and only
 Sith deal in absolutes. Instead of making a promise with your words,
simply be there when people need you, and exceed their expectations with
 your actions.

　　总是做承诺，总是做不到。每次做承诺都是不禁给自己增添了责任，无论你的出发点有多好，你都不可能完成
所有的部分。大部分时候，你的承诺都太过绝对（比如“我发誓我永远爱你”），也只能在绝对环境中才能实现。与其用语言许下承诺，不如在别人需要你的时候出
现，然后用行动达到他们的期望吧。

　　11 – Stop Being a Pushover

　　不要做老好人

　
　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.

　　我们所处的社会，每个人都试图告知我们一些事情。每个人都从不同的角度去找寻着自己，你也需要，你要做的就是在合适的时候说不。

　　12 – Stop Listening to Haters

　　不要听讨厌的人说话

　
　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

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