We all have goals and aspirations1. Sometimes we have difficulty knowing where to start. We want that new body, or want to be healthy and have more energy, but we just do not know what the first step is. In addition, the road to our goals is sometimes a rocky one. It is difficult to transgress2 and sometimes we just want to give up. We sometimes forget that our current situation did not occur overnight and so changing it will not happen overnight either. It will take time and hard work. I offer you eight techniques that have brought success to others just like you. They will help you obtain and retain motivation so that you can start on the path to achieving your goals today. 大家都有目的和追求，有时却不知怎么样起步去追求。大家想要好身材、更健康，更有活力，可是却都不了解第一步该如何做。而且，通往目的的道路有时会坎坷不平，它非常难走，于是大家有时干脆想舍弃。大家时常会忘记了自己现在的处境不是1日之寒，要改变更不是一朝一夕能成功的，而需要时间和努力。下面我为你提供了八个已经把大家带向成功的办法，来助你来获得动力、维持动力，叫你在今天就踏上通往达成目的的道路。
1) Set only one goal at a time.
一次一个目的
When you try take on too much at once, you can become overwhelmed3 quickly. Instead of trying to tackle4 three or four goals try to prioritize them. Create a list and take one goal at a time. once you achieve that goal, back to your list mark it off, and move to the next one. The act of marking off the goals and achieving them inpidually will give you a greater sense of accomplishment5. You can even break the one goal done into smaller parts. This gives you motivation and success more often than waiting for days or months to achieve a larger goal. 一次想做太多的事情，你会非常快变得惊慌失措。不要试图一次完成3、四个目的，要将它们优先化。作一份目的清单，一次取其中一个目的。一旦成功达成后，从你的清单上把它划掉，继续下一个。这种划目的、逐个达成的方法会给你更多收获感。 甚至你还能把一个目的分化成数个小目的。这比等上数天或数月达成一个大目的能获得更多动力和收获感。
For example, let us say you want to lose thirty pounds in 45 days. Break the goal down weekly to losing about five pounds a week. You can make up a calendar and mark off the week as you achieve your weekly goal. If you did not achieve your goal that week, adjust the other weeks according and still give yourself credit for what you did achieve. 譬如：你想用45天减肥30磅。 将这一目的划分为每周减大约5磅。你可以创建一份日历，每周达成了目的，就将这一周划去。假如没按周达成目的，那样可以调整到后面数周，如此过去的成绩仍会获得认同。
