If you put it too soon, you might stick around for longer than that, and then the peak has come too soon.

如果你太早到达巅峰，你可能会有很长的下跌时期，这样的话巅峰来得太早了。

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Where and when do you want to peak, ? as it were, in terms of your accomplishments?

你想在什么时间到达巅峰，如果它说的是你的成就方面？

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A lot of us might feel that a life like this, where we peak but then we stick around-- ... you know, isn't-- can at least fail to be as desirable in which we end with a bang.

很多人可能觉得生命是这样的，我们先到达巅峰然后下跌-,不是-,它无法令人满意地,让我们突然死去。

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