When the researchers posed this question in the abstract to people who were not involved in the tasks, everyone gave the same answer: It would be unfair to give yourself the easy job.

当研究人员向不涉及该项任务的参与者提出这个问题时，大家的答案非常一致：自己选择简单的工作是不公平的做法。

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How often have you found yourself avoiding challenges and playing it safe, sticking to goals you knew would be easy for you to reach?

你有多经常地发现，自己在避免挑战，只求稳妥，只守着那些容易达到的目标？

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You want to be able to tell yourself, “I can and I WANT to do this until the end, no matter how easy or hard it will be because I want the results!”

你要告诉你自己：“不管多简单，不管多难，为了达到目标，我可以！ 我能够坚持到最后！”

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"It's not easy to turn the mirror back on yourself and be absolutely honest, " she says.

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" Here's a sample: "If you pick a big enough market, it's easy to fool yourself into thinking success won't be hard to achieve.

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Drastically increasing your words per day is actually pretty easy, all it takes is a shift in perspective and the ability to be honest with yourself (which is the hardest part).

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