人生必备的5项核心技能：这些你都具备吗？

Each moment, each situation, each turn of events presents you with an opportunity to build the self you are capable of being. It’s just a matter of accepting opportunities, implementing ideas, taking action, and actively expressing the purpose that is uniquely YOU.
每个瞬间，每个场合，每个转机所带来的都是让你成长的机会。这时候你要做的就是抓住机会，开拓想法，采取行动，积极朝着目标前进，变成独一无二的你。

You are stronger than any barrier standing in your way, because you have a purpose that cannot be denied. You can be adaptable, innovative, hard working and tenacious. You can imagine the possibilities and then work to make them real.
只要胸怀不可抵挡的目标，那么你就比沿途的一切障碍都要强大。你可以适当改变，创新努力和顽强。你可以想象所有的可能性，再努力使其成为现实。

Here are five life skills that will help you do just that – the real fundamentals of being an empowered, self-directed human being:
下面的五项人生技能可以帮你做到这些——这些也是帮你变得强大自主的基础。

1. Curiosity
好奇心

Joy comes easy to us in our youth because we haven’t become set too firmly in our ways. Our willingness to curiously assess new things and varying perspectives allows us to experience flashes of insight and beauty wherever we go. Those of us who fight the draw of our comfort zones as we age, who sustain our curiosity into our later years, learn a lot more and see far more beauty throughout our lifetime.
年轻的时候，快乐似乎如此简单，因为我们不用太固守自己的方式。无论走到哪，好奇心都会给我们带来新的视野体验和美的享受。那些随着年纪增长仍然保持一颗好奇之心的人们，会在人生道路中学到更多，领略到更多的美。

Curiosity, after all, is the foundation of lifelong growth. It allows us to retain a beginner’s mind even as our wisdom expands. In this way, an enduring curiosity permits our hearts and minds to grow younger, not older every day.
好奇心是毕生成长的基础。即使智慧不断增长，我们还是保持初学者的头脑。这样，恒久的好奇心会让心境和思想更加年轻，而不是日益衰老。

Always remain curious and teachable. Keep an open mind and do not stop questioning and learning. Look forward, open new doors and experience new things. Do so because you’re curious, and because you know that today’s journey is always just beginning.
永远保持好奇心和求教心吧，开拓思想，不要停止怀疑和学习。朝前看，打开一扇新门来体验新事物。因为这份好奇，每天的旅程都是个新的开始。

2. Creativity
创造力

When it comes to human growth, if curiosity is the engine, creativity is the steering wheel. Creativity is the most powerful instrument of progress – a mindset that endows resources with a new capacity to create possibility and growth.
在人生成长过程中，如果好奇是发动机，创造力就是方向盘。创造力是最有力的进步工具——赋予我们创造无限可能和成长的新能力。

The world is moving so fast these days that those who say something can’t be done are often interrupted by those who are doing it. This is precisely why it’s important to exercise your creative mind on a regular basis. Ultimately, the creative learners inherit the world while the doubters and complacent minds find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists.
世界日新月异，那些只会说什么做不了的人会被那些一直在实干的人取代。所以时不时地训练你的创造力非常必要。最终，具有创造力的学习者占领了世界，而那些老顽固也会发现他们不再属于这个世界。