In the Asian concept of personality, there is no ideal attached to individualism or to the independent self.

在亚洲人的人格观念中，个人主义或独立的自我并不是理想的。

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We live with a value system that I call the Extrovert Ideal—the omnipresent belief that the ideal self is gregarious, and comfortable in the spotlight.

我们生活在一个我称之为“外向理想型”的价值体系中——一个无处不在的信念，即理想的自我是善于交际的，在聚光灯下感到舒适的。

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We design our ideal self or an image that is quite different from what we are now.

我们设计的理想自我或形象与我们现在的样子大不相同。

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But even an ideal like self-reliance I can remake my world, I can be anything I want is changed by the Market Revolution.

甚至是理想主义的自主,我能改造我的世界,我能成就任何事,这种观念也被市场革命改变了

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Self-cleaning clothes would be ideal for people who don't have time to wash their clothes or don't have the facilities to do so, he believed.

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Because it implements the moral ideal of self-sacrifice to the needy.

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The new law exempts employee contributions from the 25% of earnings limit applied to employer contributions, making a 401(k) ideal for a self-employed person who doesn't earn a lot, but can save a lot.

FORBES: Self-Employment