Daily Advice February 21, 2011

二月二十一日 February 21, 2011

率直

率直本是好品德
直腸直肚把話說
忽略了他人感受
說出尖刻的句語
不但不激勵別人
也不能表達己意
反而句句刺入心
破壞大家的感情

Being direct

Being direct can be a good personal character trait, but being too blunt, without taking into account other people’s feelings, can cause you to say things that hurt others. Those hurting words may not even represent your view. Unfortunately they are not acceptable to your listeners. They feel those words are too harsh; they break their heart and destroy your relationship with them.

自己吃虧

品德好當然是好
但也定要有學問
否則只是講仁義
沒用腦考慮清楚
容易糊塗幹蠢事
甚至會被人利用
用你去傷害他人
到頭來自己吃虧

Guess who gets hurt

Having a good character is highly desirable but you must have understanding as well, otherwise you will only talk about justice and humanity without thinking through your ideas and may end up doing silly things. Because of this, other people can take advantage of your good nature. They will use you to hurt other people. In the end, you are the one who gets hurt.

Philip Chan, author of Good Advice
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