It occurred to me that the slightest slip of the tongue, the smallest mistake, even a social faux pas can alter our self critical selves momentarily or forever!

依我所见，我们谈吐时的半点闪失，最微小的错误，哪怕是一次社交失仪都会在一瞬间甚至永远改变我们对自身的看法！

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Or a college student who doesn’t want to put on that “freshmen 15” because it will mean a slip in her self-confidence?

或者是一位不想被冠上“15大一生”（译者注：指大学新生第一学年里增加的体重）而自信下降的大学生？

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It's frustrating, because without a certain amount of self-discipline, you know your goals are going to slip away.

没有一定的律己意识，你知道自己的目标注定要悄然逝去，多么令人沮丧啊！

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It's all too easy, history reminds us, for self-invention to slip into self-delusion.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Inventing Niagara'

But 20 years on, the danger is the catharsis may slip into self-pity.

CNN: MAO NOW

And people are more likely to break their own rules if they have spent the day resisting temptation: dieters often slip after a day of self-denial, for example.

ECONOMIST: Schumpeter