By maintaining all your close friendships, you will keep building the emotional skills that make a long term romantic relationship healthier.

通过保持亲密的友谊，你可以建立一种能够维持情侣关系长久健康的情感技巧。

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A bestseller Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength, suggests that willpower (意志力) is the ability to make decisions that are better for us in the long term, rather than in the short term.

《意志力：重新发现人类最伟大的力量》这本畅销书表明意志力是做决定的能力，从长远而非短期来看对我们更有益。

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Perhaps they have a final project or tight deadline, but don't want to make a long-term commitment to the purchase or setup of complete systems from scratch.

他们可能要完成期末项目或者面临紧迫的最后期限，但是不希望长期购买服务或从头设置完整的系统。

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I don't mean make it always in terms of an IPO but have a long term life.

我说的成功并不限于上市，公开募股什么的,而是让公司长久的运营下去。

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But even if you have to pay for a week to try it out, it's better to spend the money than to make a long-term commitment to a club that doesn't work out.

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So is it safe to make a long-term investment in a utility stock now?

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Dr Buckley says that regular changes in the workplace can make a long-term improvements.

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