第二节：下面文章中有5处(61—65题)需要添加小标题。请从以下选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出符合各段意思的小标题。选项中有一项是多余项。
A. Be realistic.
B. Set specific goals.
C. Make changes slowly.
D. Be responsible for yourself.
E. Deal with failure positively.
F. Make sure your actions match your words.
Consistency(一贯性) is one of those general features that everyone wants, but few people actually manage to gain. Don’t worry! Here is some advice that will help you.
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Being consistent means that you don’t say one thing while actually doing something else. You can’t be inconsistent in your behavior and expect yourself to behave consistently in other parts of your life. Try to avoid saying words that you can’t back up with your actions. There is no shame in admitting you don’t yet know how to do something. For example, if you’re tasked with something at work that you haven’t done before or don’t know how to do, don’t pretend like you have got everything under control. Instead, ask for some help and show your willingness to learn something you don’t know.
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General consistency is great, but being consistent is not easier and more likely to succeed if you set specific goals. These goals will help you behave consistently and give you something to work for. You can set a variety of goals in different areas of your life. For example, if your specific goal is to lose weight, you would need to work on being consistent with exercise, with your diet(eating healthy foods), etc.
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If you try and do everything at once all, you will be very tired. It will make it a lot harder for you to be consistent. Make gradual changes instead of jumping a big step. If you can do something for three weeks, it will become part of your routine. Pick one thing you’ll work to be consistent in for a month. When that month is up, add another thing to be consistent in.
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To be consistent you have to make sure that you recognize when you don’t come up to the standards and goals that you’ve set. And that is when you don’t act consistently with your goals. On a calendar write down each day whether you succeeded or failed in following your consistency goals. If you failed, explain why you didn’t follow them. This will help keep you responsible for when you don’t follow your goals and will also serve as a marker of your progress.
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Everyone fails. It doesn’t matter how hard you work, how intelligent you are and how prepared you are, because you aren’t always going to succeed. You have to be willing to entertain that possibility and work out what to do if you don’t succeed. How are you going to handle failure? Plan for your setbacks and failures. If that literary agent rejects your manuscript, find out where next to send it, or look it over to see what might be improved.
