The knowledge that these reveries are common to all men should inspire one with tolerance to oneself as well as to others.

每个人都会有这样的怪念头，这样的认识应当能够启发我们宽容自己，也宽容他人。

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We can all see ourselves as a company in oneself. A small company, with a boss and an employee in one person: ourselves.

其实，我们可以把我们自己看做一个公司，我们自己就是这个小公司的老板和职员。

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Exactly. One needs to be able to recognize and commit oneself to tasks with inflated importance and unreal deadlines, while making oneself feel that they are important and urgent.

确切地讲，有些事情的截止期限是虚幻的，或者重要性被夸大，但人们得能够认识到并致力于此，姑且认为它们真的紧急或重要。

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"One needs to constantly remind oneself to play with the abandon of the child who is just learning the cello, " Mr. Ma says.

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