You can make a mental blueprint of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the general routine of everyday living.

你可以像给房子画蓝图一样在脑海中勾勒出愿望的蓝图，而我们每个人在日常生活中都在不断地绘制这些蓝图。

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Make a mental list of all the things you have to do this week.

在头脑里列出这一周所有你必须做的事。

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And when you lose a game, you kind of make a mental note to yourself, "That really screwed me up."

当你下输了一盘时，你也许会在心里记下，这次实在太糟糕了。

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And when you lose a game, you kind of make a mental note to yourself, "That really screwed me up.

当你下输了一盘时,你也许会在心里记下,这次实在太糟糕了

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Make a mental note that he is not the smallest.

牢记它并不是最轻的。

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As he speeds ahead of me I make a mental note to drink more wines from Alsace.

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Make a mental note here to buy some for your Thanksgiving dinner.

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But you have to make a herculean mental effort to prevent anecdotal data from feeding a confirmation bias that essentially tells you what you want to hear.

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