好运气的敲门砖-相信自己的直觉

How to get lucky in life

好运气的敲门砖

Listen to Your Gut¹

 

Humor has bailed² me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.– Jimmy Buffett

 

Look, we all make the occasional bad decision, so it's in your best interest to be decisive. Trust your gut instinct and allow your intuition to guide you.

 

Of course, you could agonize³ over every single decision in your life, but there is no guarantee that all that extra deliberation will lead to an increased likelihood of success (odds are it'll just result in wasted time and opportunity).

 

1 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。

2 bailed   

保释，帮助脱离困境( bail的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Fortunately the pilot bailed out before the plane crashed. 飞机坠毁之前，驾驶员幸运地跳伞了。
• Some water had been shipped and the cook bailed it out. 船里进了些水，厨师把水舀了出去。

3 agonize   

v.使受苦，使苦闷

参考例句：

• Why do you agonize yourself with the thought of your failure?你为何总是对于你的失败念念不忘而自我折磨呢？
• There's no reason to agonize over telling people you're job hunting.没有理由为告诉他人你正在找工作而感到苦恼。