白日做梦(5/7)

Many successful people actually daydreamed their successes and achievements long before they realized them. Henry J. Kaiser maintained that "you can imagine your future" and he believed that a great part of his business success was due to positive use of daydreams. Harry S. Truman said that he used daydreaming for rest. Conrad Hilton dreamed of operating a hotel when he was a boy. He recalled that all his accomplishments were first realized in his imagination. Great living starts with a picture, held in some person's imagination, of what he would like someday to do or be. Florence Nightingale dreamed of being a nurse. Edison pictured himself an inventor. All such characters escaped the mere push of circumstance by imagining a future so vividly that they headed for it?

实际上，许多成功的人在实现他们的成功和成就之前早已将他们的成功幻想了一遍。亨利•凯泽一直认为:"你能想象你的未来”。他相信他的大部分商业成就要归于幻想的积极作用。哈利•杜鲁门曾说他通过幻想来休息。康拉德•希尔顿梦在年幼时曾想过经营一家酒店。他回忆说,他所有的成就都先幻想实现过了。一些人在自己的幻想之中，想象自己未来想做什么事或者想成为什么样的人，当这幅画面形成的时候，便开启了美好的生活之门。弗洛伦斯•南丁格尔幻想自己成为一名护士。爱迪生幻想着自己是一位发明家。难道所有这些人物不是凭借这般生动地想象他们所朝向的未来来逃离环境的压力吗？