玩《愤怒的小鸟》学会的道理

I play Angry Birds. I don't know too many people with a smart phone who don't. Good or bad, the game is highly addictive, and sometimes I feel guilty about the time spent playing. Other times, however, I realize that it's time I would have spent zoning out on bad TV or sleeping on a plane. Here are some of the lessons I've taken away from playing the nation's most popular gaming app — and they're pretty good, if you ask me.

我喜欢玩《愤怒的小鸟》，我所认识的有智能手机的朋友中，没有几个不玩的。不管如何，这个游戏让人十分上瘾，有时我还因为这个游戏上面所花的时间感到愧疚。然而，与此同时，我发觉（即使不玩）我还是会看肥皂剧或是在飞机上睡觉来打发时间的。以下是我从体验这款全民为之疯狂的游戏应用的感受。总之是，感觉良好。

1. If you don't succeed, try again. And again. And maybe one more time.
Because the game is like crack-cocaine in how it compels you to keep doing it, I'll admit to trying a level 100+ times in a row. I can't think of too many other things that I've shown the same commitment to, but for those things that I have kept at until the end, I've seen wonderful rewards. If only we could approach our businesses, families, and desires to change the world with the same stubbornness. (I bet things would get better very soon.)

1. 如果没有成功，就不断尝试。或许下次就成功了。
这个游戏就像强效可卡因那样，让你不断地尝试。我承认曾经连续尝试玩一百多次了。我对其它的东西都没有这么用心过。但是对于那些我坚持下来的地方，我都得到了丰厚的回报。如果我们用同样的坚持来对待我们的事业，家人和改变世界的理想，那么我肯定一切都会好起来。

2. It may simply be your approach.
Not sure what you're doing wrong with an unbeatable level in Angry Birds? It may be that you're attacking it from (literally) the wrong angle. With life, as well, it may work to try something completely off the wall for your next approach or give it a "throw it and see if it sticks" effort. Even if it's not the winning play, you may gain some insight into just how you should go about it next time. ("Let's not try THAT again" is also a useful — even if painful — revelation.)

2. 如果没有成功，可能只是方法的问题。
如果你不知道在《愤怒的小鸟》中不可攻破的这一关中到底为什么失败，很有可能是你的攻击角度不对。生活也是一样，或许在下次尝试一些完全打破常规的方法，或是“丢丢看，碰运气”。即使输了，下次或许你就能获得一些方向性的经验。（“别这么做”也是一条痛苦但是实用的启示。）