Giving way to this kind of negative perception makes it extremely difficult to come up with a plan of action or the motivation to follow through.

让步于这种负面感受使得很难产生决定行动的计划和坚持到底的动力。

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In the 2011 debt ceiling deal that ended a showdown over whether to increase the federal government's borrowing limit to meet its obligations, Congress and the White House agreed to include the automatic spending cuts of sequestration as motivation to pass a comprehensive deficit-reduction plan.

CNN: Obama calls for short-term fix to imminent spending cuts