You need to make a decision today. You know it. And you probably even know your choice. Yet, it has been put off for some time.
你今天需要做決定。你知道的，而且你知道你的選擇。然而它已經(jīng)被推遲了很久。

Not Making a Choice is a Choice
不做選擇也是一個(gè)選擇

Recently, I was talking to a friend who passed up an opportunity to switch jobs and careers. He was not looking, but an opportunity found him to join a company he respected in a role that really excited him. Yet, he passed.
最近，我與一個(gè)剛剛錯(cuò)失了換工作和事業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)的朋友交談。他沒有在找機(jī)會(huì)，但是一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)找到了他，希望他加入一個(gè)公司，這個(gè)公司他很欣賞，而且職位也很誘人。然而他拒絕了。

Well, that’s not entirely accurate. He didn’t pass… he didn’t choose. He didn’t make a decision. He thought about it. He worried, mulled, pondered, and waited. He could not bring himself to an answer. The opportunity passed. The job went to someone else.
好吧，這也不完全準(zhǔn)確。他沒有拒絕……他只是沒有選擇，他只是沒有做決定。他思考了，他擔(dān)心了，考慮了，衡量了，等待了。他沒有給自己一個(gè)答案。機(jī)會(huì)錯(cuò)失了。這個(gè)工作給了別人。

“When you don’t make decisions, life will choose for you.” My friend was scared to make a change. He was afraid of making the wrong choice. He wasn’t sure of himself or the opportunity. Now, he will not know what could have happened. (Good or bad…)
“如果你不做選擇，生活會(huì)幫你選擇?！?我的朋友害怕改變。他怕做出錯(cuò)誤的選擇。他不對(duì)自己和機(jī)會(huì)不確定?，F(xiàn)在，他也不會(huì)知道會(huì)發(fā)生什么。（好事還是壞事呢……）

Making Decisions Makes All the Difference
做決定會(huì)讓一切改變

The one thing that you truly control in life is your own decisions. Make sure that you exercise your ability to choose. Otherwise, life will make those choices for you.
你在生命中真正需要控制的是你自己的決定。確信你有能力來選擇。否則，生活就會(huì)幫你做出選擇。

Here are 10 Reasons You Need to Make a Decision Today:
這里是你今天需要作出決定的十個(gè)原因：

1. You May Not Get Another Chance – Sometimes opportunity only knocks once. Don’t let an option pass you by because you don’t make a timely decision.
你也許沒有第二次機(jī)會(huì)——有的機(jī)會(huì)只會(huì)降臨一次。不要由于沒有及時(shí)作出決定而導(dǎo)致一個(gè)選擇的錯(cuò)失。

2. You Can Change Your Mind – Don’t let the fear of making a wrong choice paralyze you. There are very, very few decisions in life that are not changeable. Your degree, your job, where you live, even your relationships. You can choose again.
你可以改變想法——不要害怕錯(cuò)誤的決定讓你無能為力。生活中只有很少的決定不能被改變。你的學(xué)位、工作、住處，甚至你的人際關(guān)系。你可以重新選擇。

3. It’s Not That Important – As well, there are very few decisions in life that are truly that important. Don’t let perceived importance scare you from choosing.
沒那么重要——同樣的，只有很少的決定確實(shí)很重要。所以不要讓想象中的重要性阻止你去做決定。

4. Not Making A Choice is a Choice – When you don’t choose for yourself, life will choose for you. Ironically, too many people make their decisions by not choosing.
不做決定也是決定——當(dāng)你不做決定，生活將幫你做決定。諷刺的是，太多的人由于不去選擇而做出了決定。

5. A Good Decision Beats a Perfect One – A good decision now always beats a perfect one later. Don’t wait to make a choice that may pass you by.
好的決定可以打敗完美的決定——好的決定可以打敗之后完美的決定，不要等到錯(cuò)失了才做決定。

6. Choosing is a Privilege – It is the one thing that you control in your life. Make sure you choose your own path.
選擇是一個(gè)特權(quán)——這是你生命中可以控制的一件事情，確信你選擇了自己的道路。

7. Other People’s Decisions Are Not Your Own – Make your own choices. Live your own life. Otherwise, you will look back and realize that you are living someone else’s life and priorities.
其他人的決定不是你自己的——做你自己的選擇。過你自己的生活。否則當(dāng)你回頭看，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己過了別人的生活，優(yōu)先考慮了別人的事情。

8. Inaction Leads to a Boring Life – Some people choose not to make decisions because they think it is easier. They tell themselves that it is less stressful if they don’t choose. This may be true, but it is also boring. It is uneventful and lazy. Be bold in your decisions and live with the good and the bad.
不作為會(huì)導(dǎo)致無聊的生活——有的人選擇不去做決定，因?yàn)樗麄冇X得這樣比較容易。他們告訴自己，如果不選擇，壓力就會(huì)小些。這也許是正確的，但是這樣很無聊，這是平庸和懶惰的表現(xiàn)。對(duì)決定大膽些，并在生活中承擔(dān)好的和壞的結(jié)果。

9. There is Never a Perfect Time – Don’t wait for the right time. There isn’t one. There is never a perfect time… just time.
永遠(yuǎn)沒有最完美的時(shí)機(jī)——不要等最好的時(shí)間。沒有的。從來沒有最完美的時(shí)機(jī)——只有時(shí)間。

10. Today Always Beats Tomorrow – Today is the only day you have. Tomorrow is only a promise and may never come. Dream for tomorrow, but live for today. Make your choice and do it now.
今天永遠(yuǎn)會(huì)打敗明天——今天是你擁有的唯一一天。明天只是一個(gè)永不會(huì)到來的承諾?；钤诂F(xiàn)在，展望未來。做出選擇，現(xiàn)在就做。

It's your choice
這是你的選擇

Making decisions can be the difference between a life well-lived and being driftwood on the river of life.
作出決定會(huì)區(qū)分出美好的人生和浮木般的人生。

If you don’t make your own choices, then life or someone else will make them for you. Make today the day you decide.
如果你不做出自己的選擇，生活或者其他人會(huì)幫你選擇。今天就要做出選擇。