One thing that can hold joy back is a person's concentration on avoiding failure rather than their looking forward to doing something well.

有一件事会抑制快乐，那就是一个人专注于避免失败，而不是期待把事情做好。

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If you're having trouble deciding when to hold on to something and when to let it go, try doing things backward.

如果你在烦恼什么时候去拥有一些东西和什么时候放手，试着考虑做事情的结果。

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If you're having trouble deciding when to hold on to something and when to let it go, try doing things backward. Learn to add responsibly instead of subtracting.

如果你在烦恼什么时候去拥有一些东西和什么时候放手，试着考虑做事情的结果。学会负负责任地使用加法并取代减法。

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Linux might be doing well to hold its ground on the smartphone, but being so reliant on a single vendor makes it vulnerable.

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And he's doing whatever he can just to hold on.

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First, what is the President doing to get her to lift her hold on Jack Lew?

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