Brushing our teeth relies on a ritual. We do it everyday. It's automatic.
而刷牙是例行公事,我们每天都做,几乎是自动的
Now there are rituals, we know brushing our teeth is important. People won't talk to us if we don't.
这就是例行公事,我们都知道刷牙很重要。如果不刷牙别人就不会跟我们说话
But we also know that physical exercise is very important.
但我们也知道锻炼很重要
And yet most people in the world, not at Harvard, but in the world, don't do physical exercise and pay very high price for it.
而世界上许多人,不是就哈佛来说,而是整个世界,不做锻炼,并为此付出了很大的代价
You know it always amazed me when people used to comment on my incredible self-discipline when I was a squash player.
我经常感到惊讶,当别人夸我有不可思议的自律时,那时我还是个壁球运动员
It always amazed me because I don't see myself as a person with self-discipline.
这经常让我很惊讶,因为我不觉得我是一个有自律的人
You know we don't have chocolate chip cookies at home. And if we do, Tommy hides them.
我们家是没有巧克力脆饼的。即使有也会被汤米藏起来
Because if there were, they would disappear two minutes later.
因为如果有,它们两分钟后就会消失
Zero self-discipline when it comes to these things.
在这些方面我的自律为零
And yet, with squash, I did have, well people thought and what I thought for many years, self-discipline.
但对于壁球,我确实,人们觉得我也这么觉得了好多年,我很自律
Because I would get up in the morning and go for my run.
因为我早上很早起床去跑步
I would then go to school and after school, straight to the court have a session with my coach, regular session with my coach,
然后去学校,放学之后直接去球场和教练进行训练,常规训练
then play games, matches, and then as you can see, went to the gym and worked out.
然后打比赛,然后如你所见,去健身房健身
Every single day. And I went home, did my homework and went to bed. It was a ritual.
每一天都是这样。然后回家,做作业,上床睡觉。这是例行公事
That is what athletes do: they have rituals, which is why they are able to maintain what seems from the outside,
这正是运动员所做的,例行公事。所以他们才能保持从外界看来似乎是
such high levels of discipline, at times superhuman's. It's not. It's rituals.
很高水平的自律,有时甚至是非常人的。但不是这样,这些是例行公事