There is a famous remark from Abraham Lincoln “Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." That's to say, sharpening your knife won't waste your time for cutting your firewood.

有一句名言，亚伯拉罕.林肯的“给我留个小时砍倒一棵树，我会先花四小时磨斧头。”这就是说，磨练你的刀不会浪费你的时间，减少您砍的柴火。

If your axe is blunt, it will seriously affect the speed and efficiency of cutting trees. Even though sharpening the axe before chopping down a tree takes you sometime, the speed and efficiency of it will be improved a lot, and you will spend less time cutting down the same tree. Similarly, if we want to succeed, we'd better improve ourselves first. What should we do to achieve success? Many of us have set lofty goals, but we had better start by preparing to confront difficulties, and proceeding with the very foundation. Just stop talking and get down to working. With the exception of perseverance and diligence, it is extremely necessary for us to have some useful methods.

如果你的斧头钝了，会严重影响砍伐树木的速度和效率。在砍到一棵树前，去磨斧头，即使会花一点时间，砍伐的速度和效率会提高很多，但是你会花更少的时间，减少花在同一棵树上的时间。同样的，如果我们想成功，我们最好先提高自己。我们应该做什么来取得成功呢？我们很多人都树立远大的目标，但我们应有更好的准备来面对这些困难，和进行重要的准备基础。只是不说话，踏踏实实的工作。除了毅力和勤奋，对我们来说有一些有用的方法是十分必要的。

Just remember, haste makes waste. Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job. To gain success, we should choose the right methods, and make enough preparations, and then we are on the way to success.

只需记得，欲速则不达。良好的工具是成功执行工作的先决条件。为了获得成功，我们应该选择正确的方法，并做好充分的准备，那么我们就在成功的路上了。