I believe that every Chinese people are familiar with the story of Kua Fu, it says a braggadocio who miscalculating his strength, conceived the vain ambition of overtaking the fleeting rays of the sun, he died in the middle way because of thirst. This story tells us that people should not be ignorant of one’s strength or doing something beyond one’s ability. However, there is an alarming amount of Kua Fu in modern society.

我相信每個(gè)中國人都熟悉夸父的故事，說的是一個(gè)吹牛的人錯(cuò)誤地估算了自己的實(shí)力，野心勃勃地想要追上陽光，他最后渴死在半路。這個(gè)故事告訴我們?nèi)藗儾粦?yīng)該無視自己的能力，或者做超出自己能力的事情。然而，現(xiàn)代夸父的數(shù)目大得驚人。

Why someone will become Kua Fu? I believe that one of the main reasons for this question is that we had been educated to be confidence in all kind of circumstance. Remember what our parents and teacher said to us when we were young? “You can do that!” “You got it!” “You are the best!” I didn’t mean that praise and encouragement will lead to arrogant, but when we judge a kid, a pertinent evaluation is fine, if we praise them blindly, it will make children understand their own ability mistakenly.

為什么有人會(huì)變成夸父？我相信這個(gè)問題的主要原因是因?yàn)槲覀円恢北唤逃谌魏吻闆r下都要充滿自信吧。還記得我們小時(shí)候父母和老師跟我們說過什么么？“你做得到的！” “你能行！” “你是最好的！”我不是說贊美和鼓勵(lì)會(huì)造成自大，但是當(dāng)我們?cè)u(píng)判一個(gè)孩子的時(shí)候，中肯地評(píng)價(jià)就好了，如果我們盲目地贊美，會(huì)讓孩子錯(cuò)誤地估計(jì)自己的能力的。

Another reason is that young people in nowadays are eager and willing to undertake anything risky. Unlike the old style, people usually will not do something unless they have more than 80% success rate, but now, less than 50% is acceptable. The hunger for success makes people wrongly estimate their strength.

另一個(gè)原因就是現(xiàn)在的年輕人渴望和愿意冒任何的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。不像老一派的作風(fēng)，人們通常在沒超過80%的成功率的時(shí)候不會(huì)去做某件事，但是現(xiàn)在，50%就能接受了。成功的渴望讓人們錯(cuò)誤地估算了自己的實(shí)力。

In short, people should understand their ability, don’t attempt to do something far more beyond one’s ability. A successful challenge would add luster to life, but it only happen to the person who are fully prepare and admired power and ambition.

簡(jiǎn)言之，人們應(yīng)該知曉自己的實(shí)力，不要企圖去做遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過自己能力的事情。成功的挑戰(zhàn)會(huì)給人生增添光彩，但是那只發(fā)生在充分準(zhǔn)備和有實(shí)力有野心的人身上。

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