生活充满选择 Life is full of choices

Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing， he would reply， "If I were any better， I'd be twins!“ He was a natural motivator.

迈克尔是那种你真想恨一恨的家伙，他总是乐呵呵的，总是说些积极上进的话。如果有人问他近况如何，他会这样回答：“如果我还能再好，我就成双胞胎了!”他生来就会让人积极进取。

If an employee was having a bad day， Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious， so one day I went up to Michael and asked him， "I don' t get it. You can' t be positive all the time. How do you do it?"

如果哪位雇员有天过得很糟糕，迈克尔会告诉他如何看待问题的积极一面。他的这种方式着实让我好奇，所以有一天我找到迈克尔问：“我真弄不明白。你怎么能总是那样积极乐观?你是如何做到这一点的?”

Michael replied， each morning I wake up and say to myself 'Mike， you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens， I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."

迈克尔回答说，“每天早晨醒来时我对自己说，'迈克，今天你有两种选择。你可以选择心情愉快，你也可以选择心情恶劣。'我选择心情愉快。每次什么不愉快的事情发生时，我可以选择成为一个牺牲品，也可以选择从中吸取教训。我选择从中吸取教训。每次有什么人找我来抱怨，我可以选择接受他们的抱怨，也可以选择向他指出生活的积极面。我选择指出生活的积极面。”

"Yeah， right. It isn't that easy." I protested.

“是的，不错。可并不那么容易呀。”我表示异议。