Goals keep you focused on something in the future, instead of being present and enjoying what you're doing right now.

目标让你关注将来的事情，而不是着眼现在并享受你正在做的事情。

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BLOCK: do you think, Kathryn, that this is something you want to keep on doing, either for fun or maybe when you're grown up doing something with astronomy?

布洛克：凯瑟琳，你有没有觉得，这就是你想要一直做的，出于乐趣，或者也许等你长大，将从事天文方面的职业？

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It's easyto talk ourselves out of doing something, but if we have someone who iscounting on us, we are more likely to keep our appointment to exercise.

说服自己做件事非常容易，但是如果有人和我们一起做，那么就更有可能使锻炼坚持下去。

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Suppose you want to train somebody to do something and you want the training such that they'll keep on doing it even if you're not training them anymore, which is typically what you want.

假设你想训练某人做某事,你想要找到一种训练方法,使得他们即便不再接受训练,也依然能够持续展现某种行为，而这正是你想要的。

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They've seen their faces on television and the real question is are we going to be able to keep the nation's attention focused on doing something over the long term about poverty.

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If something works, keep on doing it.

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