Wasting your time, talent and emotional energy on things that are beyond your control is a recipe for frustration, misery and stagnation.

浪费时间，天资和情感在那些你无法控制的事情上往往只能得到挫折、痛苦和停滞。

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There’s a lot you can’t control. – Wasting your time, talent and emotional energy on things that are beyond your control is a recipe for frustration, misery and stagnation.

总有很多事你无法控制 – 浪费你的时间和精力去挑战根本无法控制的事情，只能让自己感到迷惑和痛苦。

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My energy was about some stagnation, sat without moving, but also did not want to see, until in service out of a patrol, I got off the car.

我的活力这时大约有些凝滞了，坐着没有动，也没有想，直到看见分驻所里走出一个巡警，才下了车。

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But on this occasion, consumers have been unable to provide that fuel - partly because they are more indebted than they've ever been, and many of them want to save rather than spend, and partly because of the squeeze on their spending power from an increase in food and energy prices at a time of stagnation in earnings.

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