The air we breathe is so freely1 available that we take it for granted2. Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. Some people use the air to sustain3 them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves. Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a magnificent4 life for themselves.
Opportunity is the same way. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to get in on a ground floor opportunity, as if the opportunity will do all the work. Thats impossible.
Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that opportunity. Thats not up to the opportunity. Thats up to you. It doesnt matter what floor the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it.
空气到处都有，大家是这样容易得到它，以至大家常将它易得性视为理所当然。可一旦失去它，大家只能活几分钟。基本上，大家都能呼吸到空气，大家都需要空气。有些人呼吸空气只为碌碌无为地生活着，或是在懊悔中度过余生。有些人呼吸空气并借助它提供的能量使我们的生活绚丽多彩。
机会也是这样。机会无处不在。机会这样易得以至大家对此视为理所当然。然而只有机会并不可以获得成功，而需要抓住机会，见机行事，创造佳绩。很多人都渴望能夺得先机，好像只须夺得先机就能万事大吉。这是不可能的。
正如你需要呼吸空气一样，你需要机会才能成功。然而成功靠的并不止是随手可得的机会。你需要借助机会。成功并不取决于机会，而是取决于你。要紧的并非你在哪一个阶段遇到机会，而是面对机会你是怎么样把握的。
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