The result is that although intelligent, but failed to do something out, but also the interpersonal relationship get very nervous.

其结果是尽管聪明绝顶，可也未能干点事出来，反倒还把人际关系搞得十分紧张。

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How many of us go through life like the elephants—believing that it was beyond our ability to do something only because we failed once or some times before?

我们中有多少人过着像大象一样的生活——仅仅因为之前失败过一次或几次，就认为自己的能力无法完成某件事？

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How confident of success or how much momentum do you think you can give when you’re “trying” to do something you’ve previously failed at a rate of 30 – 40% of the time?

当你试图去做某件你明显会失败的事情，你会提出你有多少自信相信自己会成功或者你认为你有多大的势头来达到目标？

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They say Charlie Brown has failed again to do something right.

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Have you ever failed to do something you said you would?

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"I clearly knew I had to do something and I failed to do it, " he said.

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Well, they both failed to do so - something that often happens when personal ambition is placed ahead of the game.

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