In fact, those thousands of hours of forced work at math, done for a grade and not for fun or for any practical use, are what make math seem so difficult and intimidating.

事实上，那些在数学上的强迫的数千小时的学习，为的是成绩而不是乐趣，没有任何实际用途，正是这一点，使数学显得如此艰难和恐怖。

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Part of the reason it's so difficult to reach long-term goals is because there always seem to be more reasons to give up than there are to go on: fear of failure, lack of time or money and so on.

达到长期目标之所以困难，部分是由于放弃的原因似乎总多过坚持的原因：害怕失败，没有充裕的时间和金钱等等。

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And teaching Spot to find his inner stillness isn't as difficult as it may seem: Sit with your pet on your lap or next to you. Put one or both hands on him.

教点点(Spot)发现它内心的平静并不像想象中的那么难：和你的宠物坐在一起，让它坐你大腿上或者你旁边，一只手或两只手放在它身上。

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Splitting is a primitive psychological defense mechanism used to make difficult people in our lives seem all good, or all bad, as needed.

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