“下一次你的目标就是：只追前一名” always

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一个女孩，小的时候由于身体纤弱，每次体育课跑步都落在最后。这让好胜心极强的她感到非常沮丧，甚至害怕上体育课。这时，女孩的妈妈安慰她“没关系的，你年龄最小，可以跑在最后。不过，孩子你记住，下一次你的目标就是：只追前一名。”

There once was a girl who was always left behind to the last one in the running exercise in PE class due to her physically weak body. It made her, an ambitious girl, feel very depressed and fear taking PE class. At that time, her mother comforted her by saying, “Never mind, my dear! You are the youngest and can be understood to be the last one! But you should keep in mind that you should outrun one of your classmates each time.”

小女孩点了点头，记住了妈妈的话。再跑步时，她就奋力追赶她前面的同学。结果从倒数第一名，到倒数第二、第三、第四……一个学期还没结束，她的跑步成绩已到中游水平，而且也慢慢地喜欢上了体育课。

The little girl nodded and kept her mother’s words in mind. Since then, she tried to outrun one classmate every time they ran. Gradually, she ranked further and further in the running. Before the semester concluded, she already made huge progress and ranked in the middle of all the students, which made her gradually fall in love with the PE class.

接下来，妈妈把“只追前一名”的理念，引申到她的学习中，“如果每次考试都超过一个同学的话，那你就非常了不起啦！”

Later, her mother extended the notion of “outrunning one classmate each time” to her studies by telling her, “If you could outrun one of your classmates in each exam, then you will be exceptional!”

就这样，在妈妈这种理念的引导教育下，这个女孩2001年居然从北京大学毕业，并被哈佛大学以全额奖学金录取，成为当年哈佛教育学院录取的唯一一位中国应届本科毕业生。她就是朱成。其后，朱成在哈佛攻读硕士学位、博士学位。读博期间，她当选为有11个研究生院、1.3万名研究生的哈佛大学研究生总会主席。这是哈佛370年历史上第一位中国籍学生出任该职位，引起了巨大轰动。

Thanks to her mother’s enlightenment, the girl graduated from Peking University in 2001 and was admitted to Harvard University with a full scholarship, making her the only undergraduate who was admitted to Harvard Education College in China that year. Her name is Zhu Cheng. Later she successfully got the master’s and doctor’s degree in Harvard. During her PhD’s studies, she was elected as the general president of Harvard Graduate Association which was in charge of 13,000 postgraduate students in 11 graduate colleges. It caused enormous sensation that she was the first Chinese president of the association in Harvard University which enjoys a history of 370 years.

“只追前一名”，就是所谓的“够一够，摘桃子”。没有目标便失去了方向，没有期望便失去了方向，没有期望便失去了动力。但是，目标太高、期望太大的结果，不是力不从心，便是半途而废。明确而又可行的目标，真实而又适度的期望，才能引领人脚踏实地，胸有成竹的朝前走。

The philosophy of “outrunning one classmate each time” is indeed indicating to set a proper and achievable goal. Without goals we may lose our direction, anticipation and motivation. However, if the goal is set too high, we may feel too hard to achieve and give up halfway. Only the clear and feasible goal and proper anticipation can guide us to strive forward with great confidence step by step.

“只追前一名”的理念不像其他的大道理难听又难懂，相反，它简单易行，很容易激起孩子的自信心和高昂的斗志，目标虽小但是具体。在实现这个目标时，孩子会心无杂念，扎扎实实，认认真真地去做。孩子在一次次小的成功中，得到了他人认可和赏识，就会逐步走向大的成功，就会做出一番大的事业来。

The philosophy of “outrunning one classmate each time”, unlike other tough-to-understand philosophies, is literally simple to exercise. Its goal, though small, is actually specific and can ignite children’s self-confidence and ambition. In the course of realizing the goal, children will feel totally committed to it and spare no effort to realize it. Every small success will win the children compliment from others, which will spur them to stride faster to a greater success and establish their own career.

一句话可以毁掉一个人的信心，甚至破灭他对生存的希望；但一句话也可以鼓励一个人从失落中走出来，或让人从新的角度认识自己，从此改变他的人生。所以在任何时候，我们不要吝啬说一句鼓励的话，给一个信任的眼神，做一件力所能及的小事。一个人的力量对于自己也许是很有限的，但他却可能帮助激发另一个人的无穷潜能。

One word may destroy a person’s confidence or even his hope for living, while it can also invigorate him to pull himself together from depression and reflect on himself from a new perspective, thereby changing his life for better. Therefore, in any circumstance, we should not be too thrifty to give others an encouraging word and a trustful look, which can make them do what they can successfully, however tiny it may be. Our ability may be limited, but we can help to bring out the best of others by encouraging them!

凉茶

是这样子的呐~~一步一步往前进！

davy10

Only the clear and feasible goal and proper anticipation can guide us to strive forward with great confidence step by step.i got it

kobe

YEAH!! I do agree to you

xln1120

Slow but steady wins the race.

kuangye678

Without goals we may lose our direction, anticipation and motivation.i need to find my goal and work hard for it.

xiaomeixin

Therefore, in any circumstance, we should not be too thrifty to give others an encouraging word and a trustful look, which can make them do what they can successfully, however tiny it may be. Our ability may be limited, but we can help to bring out the best of others by encouraging them!

I like these sentences.Outrunning one classmate each time,and at last,we may be the best one in a class.