1、What is wealth? Wealth means different things to different people. But there are common agreements that wealth must include these important factors such as being happy, healthy, and living in harmony with family and others. 財(cái)富是什么？不同的人對(duì)財(cái)富的定義不同，但每個(gè)人都會(huì)同意，財(cái)富包含著這么一些重要的基本要素：快樂、健康、與他人和諧的相處等等。 You may have

2、all the riches in the world but if you are not true to yourself and others, you are not considered wealthy because you will not have true friendship and your wealth will not last because integrity is the foundation of everything. A world famous scientist, Buckminster Fuller, said it so well: “Integr

3、ity is the ssence of everything.” 但如果你沒有以誠心來對(duì)待自己和他人，縱使擁有了全世界的財(cái)寶，也不能算真正富有，因?yàn)橥暾允撬惺挛锏幕A(chǔ)。著名科學(xué)家布克米尼斯特富勒如是說： “完整是一切的本質(zhì)?！?Wealth should cover these five important areas: Mental, Physical, Social, Financial, and working with Universal Laws taking into consideration the well being of people in the world. 財(cái)

4、富應(yīng)該囊括以下五大方面：精神、身體、社會(huì)、財(cái)政和遵循法律規(guī)范。 A man cannot be considered wealthy if he does not care about others, the environment and the world. We live in an interdependent world and one can only be considered wealthy when he has the holistic approach of not only taking care of himself but the less fortunate an

5、d contributing to society and the world, being a responsible world citizen. 一個(gè)不關(guān)心他人、不關(guān)心環(huán)境、不關(guān)心的世界的人并不算富有。我們居住在一個(gè)互相依存的世界上，只有那些使用整體處理方法，不僅關(guān)心自己更為社會(huì)創(chuàng)造財(cái)富的，有責(zé)任心的好公民才能真正被稱為是富有的。 These series of articles is part of the Create Wealth And Live Your Dreams program to help make the world a better place by educat

6、ing and sharing with people wealth creating principles and ideas which they can apply to their lives. 這一系列的片斷來自“創(chuàng)造財(cái)富并實(shí)現(xiàn)你的夢想”課程，通過教育和與人們分享他們創(chuàng)造財(cái)富的原則來美化世界。 One great principle of creating wealth is to think positive. A positive attitude is an essential part of creating wealth. A good strategy is to thi

7、nk positive at all times, do not let negative thoughts dwell in your mind, they are like weeds, they will grow and spread very fast! 創(chuàng)造財(cái)富的一個(gè)重要原則是保持積極態(tài)度。積極的態(tài)度是創(chuàng)造財(cái)富的重要基礎(chǔ)。一種好的策略是時(shí)刻保持積極，不要讓消極的想法控制你的情緒，他們就像雜草，有時(shí)會(huì)非常迅猛地生長！ Page 1第1篇 You want to have thoughts that empower you not weaken you! One good way is

8、 to think of positive acronyms for words. For example, the word: WEALTH. What positive words can you think of? Heres a good start: Wisdom, Ethics, Attitude, Love, Think, Health 你必須擁有那些使你充滿力量而不是削弱你斗志的思想！一種好的方法是把一些單詞的首字母聯(lián)想成其他積極的單詞。比如，“WEALTH”財(cái)富這個(gè)單詞，就可以拆分成為：Wisdom智慧, Ethics道德, Attitude態(tài)度, Love愛, Think思

9、考, Health健康。 Definitely wealth will include these, to be wise, learn from those who are wise. To be ethical, learn from those who are ethical. To have the right attitude, learn from those who have the right attitude. To love unconditionally, learn from your mother and father who love you uncondition

10、ally. To think well, you must enrich your mind through reading, learning and experience. And health is your most precious wealth. 財(cái)富包括：有智慧向那些聰明人學(xué)習(xí)；有道德向那些有道德的人學(xué)習(xí)；持有正確的態(tài)度向那些擁有良好態(tài)度的人學(xué)習(xí)；無條件地去愛向無條件愛你的父母學(xué)習(xí)；成熟思考你必須通過閱讀、學(xué)習(xí)和人生經(jīng)驗(yàn)來充實(shí)自己的思想；而健康則是你最寶貴的財(cái)富。 It is meaningless if you are a multi-millionaire but you n

11、eglect your body until it breaks down from degenerative diseases such as heart attack, stroke, diabetes and cancer. How can you be wealthy if you are in pain and cannot physically enjoy the wealth you have achieved! Almost all diseases start from a poor state of mind and poor immune system due to la

12、ck of good nutrition and lack of exercise. 如果你是個(gè)百萬富翁卻不注意自己的身體直到被諸如心臟病、中風(fēng)或癌癥等疾病打倒，財(cái)富就失去了意義。在病痛中的你又怎樣享受你所創(chuàng)造的財(cái)富呢？幾乎所有的疾病都開始于缺乏營養(yǎng)和運(yùn)動(dòng)導(dǎo)致的脆弱的精神和虛弱的免疫系統(tǒng)。 How to know whether you are truly wealthy? Ask yourself, are you living a balanced and successful lifestyle and at the end of the day can you say you are

13、happy, your conscience is clear and you cansleep peacefully knowing youve been true to yourself and others? Check on yourself and review the time and effort you put into these important areas: Mental, Physical, Social, Financial, and working with Universal Laws such as caring, sharing and giving 怎么判

14、斷自己是否真正富有呢？問一問你自己，你的生活狀態(tài)是否平衡和成功？每一天結(jié)束時(shí)，你是否感到快樂？你的意識(shí)是否很清晰？你是否可以平靜地入睡？檢查一下自己并回顧一下投入這些重要領(lǐng)域的時(shí)間：精神、身體、社會(huì)、財(cái)政和遵循法律而做到關(guān)心、分享和付出。 Page 2第2篇 There is a beautiful saying that goes something like this: “There was a man, they thought he was mad, but the more he gave, the more he had!” I highly recommend this book

15、: The Greatest Money-Making Secret In History! by Joe Vitale. In this book he talks about the importance of giving because for us to receive we must give first, for when we give, we will gain. This is the Universal Law of Cause and Effect what you sow, you shall reap! 有句非常動(dòng)人的話：“有一個(gè)人，人們認(rèn)為他瘋了，但他付出得越多，

16、得到得也越多！”我強(qiáng)烈推薦喬瓦伊塔爾所著的歷史上最偉大的賺錢訣竅。在這本書中，他談?wù)摰健案冻觥钡闹匾晕覀円兴@得，必須先付出。這是因果關(guān)系的普遍法則你播種的，你將收割！ When you give, you will receive and when you receive, you must give to keep this cycle of abundance growing bigger and bigger and enriching peoples lives worldwide. So it is very important to have your own definit

17、ion of wealth so you know what you really want in life. For me the definition of wealth is: Being happy and doing what I love to do without hurting anyone and being able to give my loved ones the lifestyle they want and helping people achieve their dreams and together make the world a better place t

18、o live in. 當(dāng)你付出，你會(huì)獲得，而當(dāng)你獲得，應(yīng)該繼續(xù)保持這個(gè)良性循環(huán)，使之?dāng)U散到全世界，豐富所有人的生活。因此，擁有自己對(duì)財(cái)富的定義至關(guān)重要。對(duì)我來說，財(cái)富意味著：快樂，做自己喜歡做的事情而不傷害到任何人，能給我的親人他們想要的生活方式，幫助人們實(shí)現(xiàn)他們的夢想，將地球變得更美好。 It is also very good to have a clear mission in life, for example, my mission: To help people realize their dreams and enjoy a balanced and successful lif

19、estyle and together create a world of abundance, full of love, happiness, peace and co-operation. 生活中有非常清晰的任務(wù)也非常不錯(cuò)。比如，我的任務(wù)是：幫助人們實(shí)現(xiàn)他們夢想，享受平衡而成功的生活狀態(tài)，共同創(chuàng)造豐富、充滿愛、快樂、和平及合作的世界。 Heres a bit of important homework for you to do before you read the next article I will be posting on this website next week. Wr

20、ite on a piece of paper, your definition of wealth and your mission in life and keep this piece of paper in your pocket, wallet or purse and look at it when you have your breakfast, at lunch and in the evening just before you go to sleep. This simple exercise will certainly help you to create wealth

21、 because clarity is power! 在我將第3篇文章放到網(wǎng)絡(luò)上之前，留給你一個(gè)比較重要的家庭作業(yè)。在一張紙上寫下你對(duì)財(cái)富的定義和你生活的任務(wù)，并將這張紙放在口袋或者錢包里，當(dāng)你享用早餐、午餐或臨睡前拿出來看看。這個(gè)簡單的練習(xí)將幫助你創(chuàng)造財(cái)富，因?yàn)槟繕?biāo)清晰就是力量！ Page 3第3篇 To achieve wealth you must be very clear what it means to you and to know what you are living for, you must write down your mission in life. For you

22、r mission exercise, you can write two missions. One that is general and one that is personal. For example, a persona mission could be something like this: I want to have a happy family and to be able to go on a family holiday at least once a year and to ensure my loved ones do not have to worry abou

23、t money, to enjoy financial freedom and a wonderful lifestyle! 要?jiǎng)?chuàng)造財(cái)富，你就必須對(duì)“財(cái)富對(duì)你的意義”及“你依靠什么生活”非常清楚，你應(yīng)該把這些任務(wù)寫下來。分為兩種：一種是總體任務(wù)，另一種則是個(gè)人任務(wù)。舉例來說，個(gè)人任務(wù)可以是以下這些內(nèi)容：我希望擁有一個(gè)幸福的家庭，每年至少一次的全家旅行，保證我所愛的人不再為金錢的事情而煩惱，享受經(jīng)濟(jì)獨(dú)立和美妙的人生！ Well so much for now! I leave with you these thoughts, ask yourself: “What can I do everyd

24、ay to show some kindness, give something away, could be a smile, a kind word, a helping hand, a small donation, some charitable act, a loving hug to your loved ones, a few minutes to listen to a friend who just need someone to listen to him. Remember, giving is loving. In my next article, I will wri

25、te about the POWER of giving. 好了，就到這里吧！我把這些想法留給你們，問一問自己：每天我能做些什么來顯示我的和善，送出一些東西，微笑，友好的語言，一雙幫助別人的手，一筆小小的捐贈(zèng)，一些慈善行為，給愛人充滿情義的擁抱，對(duì)朋友幾分鐘的傾聽。記住，付出就是愛?！痹谖医酉聛淼奈恼轮?，我將寫一寫付出的力量。 Until then, I wish you good health, happiness and prosperity! 現(xiàn)在，我祝福你健康、快樂和富有！ Fast food is becoming more and more popular in China, es

26、pecially among children and teenagers. Today, nothing is more representative of the fast pace of modern society than fast food. There are several reasons for its popularity. First, it is quick and convenient. Go into a fast food restaurant, and your food will be ready in a minute. You can satisfy yo

27、ur hunger instantly. Precious time wont be wasted in waiting-in-line to order or waiting at your table for your food to arrive. Second, its popularity is also attributed to the clean food, the excellent service and the comfortable environment of the fast food restaurant. However, I think that fast f

28、ood isnt healthy enough because it does not compose a balanced diet and is low in nutrition. Doctors suggest that people should avoid eating too much fast food. Although home cooking is time-consuming and following washing-u p tiresome, it offers healthy and delicious meals your body likes and needs. Fast food I s only a good choice when you are in a hurry and we should turn to it only once in awhile.L