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We are lazy. It's much more fun playing with our Nintendo than going and doing yoga for an hour, at least initially.
我们很懒，玩游戏更有意思一些，相比于做一小时瑜伽，至少一开始是这样
So I don't have enough discipline for change. I just want a quick show of hands. Be honest.
所以我没有足够的自律性来改变，我想让你们快速地举个手，说实话
Put up your hand if you believe
举起手来，如果你相信
that if you had more self-discipline, now you may have a lot of self-discipline or very little self-discipline,
假使你能更自律，现在你们可能非常自律，也可能很不自律
but if you had more self-discipline, you could potentially be happier and/or more successful.
但假使你能更自律，你就可以更幸福或更成功
If you had more self-discipline? Be honest. I mean my hand is very much up. OK, so it's most people think that.
假使你能更自律，说实话，我的手可是举得很高的。好，大多数人都这么觉得
So I have good news for you and bad news for you.
我有一个好消息和一个坏消息要告诉你们
I'll start with the bad, because I'd like to finish on the positive.
从坏消息开始吧，因为我喜欢积极的结尾
So the bad news is you aren't going to get any more self-discipline.
那么坏消息是你们不会获得更多的自律
What you have is what you got and what you will get.
你现在拥有的就将是全部
That's it. Sorry. Tough luck. Most people, most people, overwhelmingly majority of people
就是这样，抱歉，真倒霉。大多数人，绝大多数的人
think they need or want more self-discipline and believe that they don't have enough.
认为他们需要并且想要更加自律，认为他们现有的自律不够
And most, just about all people cannot get any more self-discipline.
大多数，几乎所有人都无法得到更多自律性
Nature. That's it. So that's the bad news. The good news: it's actually not that important, neither for success, nor for happiness.
事实就是这样，这就是坏消息；好消息是，更多的自律事实上并不重要，不管是对于成功或是幸福感
You can be more successful and happier with the self-discipline that you currently have.
就用你现在已有的自律性，你也可以变得更成功，更幸福
How? If you change your focus from relying on self-discipline for bringing about change to introducing rituals.
怎么做呢，如果你把注意力从依靠自律性来获得改变，转到引入例行公事上来
Changing your focus from self-discipline to rituals.
将你的注意力从自律转向例行公事
