The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.

有哄骗自己的能力，也许是一个很重要的生存工具。

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Help improve your country. Don't delude yourself that there is a refuge elsewhere. Many foreign educated Chinese are returning to China. That should tell you something.

要为国家做点事情。别老想着哪里可以寻求庇护。那些国外学有所成的中国人回国后，会告诉你们一些有用的信息。

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To start, you’re going to need to take off some of the masks you wear — especially those you wear that delude yourself into thinking you’re a different person than you really are.

开始，你需要摘掉你戴的一些面具——特别是那些让你自欺欺人地认为你是与众不同的。

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If you focus on the raw performance numbers advertised (at least in bull markets) by fund vendors, you may delude yourself into thinking that this is what you can expect in future years.

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