AEE 第29期：学习如何今天就开始用英语行动以及如何设定SMART目标

这是《All Ears English》播客第29期。

This is an All Ears English podcast episode 29.

教你如何真正用好英语，以及如何设定一个SMART目标。

Learn how to take action with your English and how to set a SMART goal.

欢迎收听《All Ears English》播客，在这里，你终于能听到地道的英语对话，提升商务和生活中的流利度。

Welcome to the All Ears English podcast where you'll finally get real native English conversation and fluency for business and life.

我们相信，学英语的关键在于交流，而不是完美。

We believe in connection, not perfection when it comes to learning English.

接下来是你们的主持人——英语冒险家林赛·麦马洪，和纽约电台女孩米歇尔·卡普兰，她们从波士顿和纽约为大家带来节目。

Now here are your hosts, Lindsey McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York radio girl coming to you from Boston and New York City, USA.

想在英语和生活中实现自己的目标吗？

Want to achieve your goals in English and life?

掌握一个简单又可靠的框架，把目标拆解成可执行的步骤，助你人生成功。

Get a simple and foolproof framework to break down your goals and to make them achievable so that you can be successful in life.

嘿，米歇尔。

Hey, Michelle.

你今天过得怎么样？

Do you have are you having a good day?

最近还好吗？

How's how are things?

我今天过得不错。

I am having a good day.

我今天过得很好，林赛。

I'm having a good day, Lindsay.

我挺开心的。

I'm happy.

今天我们录了不少内容。

We've recorded a lot today.

天哪。

We've Oh my gosh.

真的呢。

Gosh.

我

I'm

我们今天一整天基本都在打电话。

We've basically been on the phone all day.

我知道。

I know.

不过中间有休息，所以每次接上又像重新开始一天似的，但其实还是同一天。

But with breaks in between, so then it's like it feels like a new day every time, but it's still the same day.

这就像是《土拨鼠之日》那种感觉，一直重复着同样的

It's like a it's like a Groundhog Day situation with the same

日子。

day.

我知道。

I know.

但说实话，我能想到的更糟的事多了，因为我喜欢录东西，而你也一样。

But, honestly, I can think of worse things because I love recording and You do.

通常都挺开心的。

Usually have a pretty good time.

所以一切都挺好。

So it's all good.

确实挺好的。

It's all good.

绝对不错。

It's definitely good.

我宁愿做这个，也不愿去干别的。

I would rather be doing this than

任何其他工作。

than anything.

差不多吧，其他任何工作我都嫌累。

Pretty much any other kind of work.

明白了。

Okay.

我喜欢这个。

I love that.

那咱们在这点上想法一致了，米歇尔。

Well, then we're on the same page there, Michelle.

今天我想先给各位听众分享一句话。

Well, I wanna start today off with a quote for our listeners.

准备好了吗？

Are you ready?

来，听好了。

So here it is, guys.

行动是成功的一切基础。

Action is the foundational key to all success.

这句话是毕加索说的，既然他是位著名的艺术家，咱们自然得认真对待。

And if this was said by Pablo Picasso, so we know that we can take him seriously because he's a famous artist.

对吧？

Right?

有这种艺术造诣的人，我们当然得认真对待。

Anyone that has that level of art, we gotta take them seriously.

明白吧？

Okay?

没错。

Exactly.

确实如此。

Exactly.

毕加索。

Picasso.

天哪。

Gosh.

是的。

Yeah.

我的意思是，琳赛，我觉得你对这个很有话说，毕竟你创办了All Ears English，也自己创业，很多人一有新点子想创业，反而就卡住了。

I mean, Lindsay, I feel like you have a lot to say about this because, you know, with starting All Ears English, starting businesses, you know, you I think a lot of people when they wanna start a business, when they have a new idea, they kinda freeze.

而且我

And I

我知道你特别注重实际行动。

know you are very much about taking actions.

是这样吗？

Is that right?

是的。

Yeah.

当然了。

For sure.

当然了。

For sure.

说实话，这对我们这个播客也有帮助，因为我们一直特别用心对待听众。

Well, you know, it helps with this podcast because we're so dedicated to our listeners.

我们知道你们每周都会期待我们的四期节目。

We know that you guys are ready for our episodes four days a week.

所以关键就在于设定SMART目标，再安排好时间表，别陷入过度分析的困境。

So that's the key, right, is setting up goals that are SMART and setting up a schedule so you're not stuck in this sort of analysis paralysis.

对吧，米歇尔？

Right, Michelle?

是的。

Yeah.

没错。

Exactly.

对。

Yeah.

就是赶紧把事情做完。

Really just get things done.

你说啊，光坐着想事儿，其实是在白白消耗本可以用在实际行动上的精力。

I mean, guys, when you spend time just thinking about things, you're really spending all this energy that you could actually use to do the thing instead of think about it.

对。

Yeah.

所以，你得想想，明天你最该做的关键行动是什么？

So, you know, you wanna think about, like, what is the key action that you're going to take tomorrow?

如果你有个大目标，最好的办法就是把它拆成小步骤，用SMART目标来规划。

So if you have a big goal, a really good thing is to break it down into smaller steps and use SMART goals.

林赛，这具体是什么意思？

Lindsay, what does that mean?

好。

Okay.

来吧，听好了。

Here we go.

大家记下来。

Guys, write this down.

这就是你的行动框架。

This is your framework.

这是个经典的框架。

It's a classic framework.

你可能听说过，但我们还是用一个例子来具体说明一下。

You may know it, but we're gonna break it down into one example.

SMART代表具体、可衡量、可实现、合理且有时间限制，也就是有时间依据。

So SMART means specific, measurable, achievable, reasonable, and timely, or time based.

我更喜欢说‘有时间依据’。

I like time based.

它必须跟时间挂钩才行。

It has to be rooted in some kind of time.

对。

Mhmm.

明白吗？

Okay?

这跟靠灵感去创作你的作品没关系。

So it's not about being inspired to create your work.

对吧？

Right?

关键是按计划来，告诉自己我要做X、Y、Z，然后就去执行。

It's about being on a schedule and saying, I'm gonna do X, Y, Z, so you do it.

是的。

Yeah.

就这么简单。

That's all it is.

其实挺简单的。

It's actually pretty simple.

说起来简单，但不知怎么的，我觉得人们总觉得这事儿特别复杂，可能是因为生活和思维太复杂了。

It's simple, but, like, somehow, you know, it seems so complicated to people sometimes, I think, because life and thinking.

我懂。

I know.

对。

Yeah.

思考。

Thinking.

思考反而成了我们的阻碍。

Thinking gets in our way.

咱们不妨举个例子吧，就拿我们现在正在做的项目来说，Michelle。

So let's take a look at, you know, let's bring this into an example, and I can use the example of what we're working on right now, Michelle.

我们正在开发一门商务英语语法课程。

We're creating a business English grammar course.

对。

Mhmm.

这门课对听我们节目的全球职场人士会特别有帮助。

This is gonna be really cool for our global professionals who listen to this show.

他们需要商务英语，更需要提升商务英语的语法能力。

And they need business English, but they need to work on their grammar for business English.

明白吧？

Alright?

没错。

Exactly.

没错。

Exactly.

好的。

Okay.

我喜欢这个想法。

I love it.

非常令人期待。

Very exciting.

好的。

Alright.

我们来具体分析一下。

So let's break this down.

我们说的SMART里的'Specific'，这个'具体'指的是什么？

When we say specific, the s in the SMART, what does this mean?

对。

Yeah.

要具体。

Specific.

你必须清楚自己的目标到底是什么。

You you that you have to know exactly what your goals are.

对。

Mhmm.

不能太笼统了。

Like, it can't be like it can't be very general.

不能说‘差不多就行’。

It can be like, oh, yeah.

不能说‘我们到时候再说吧’。

We'll get, you know, something Yeah.

得有个明确的范围才算完成。

In this range done.

比如今天，我要写完提案的三页内容。

It's like, oh, today, I will write three pages of my proposal.

是的

Yeah.

没错

Exactly.

所以它是个具体的数字。

So it's a number.

对吧？

Right?

就是你打算完成多少件事，要上多少节课，然后把这些都写下来。

It's exactly how many things you're gonna do, how many lessons are you gonna complete, and so you write that down.

接下来是可衡量的部分，也就是数字发挥作用的地方，对吧？

And then it goes into the next piece, which is measurable, which is kinda where the numbers come in Right.

更准确地说。

More so.

对吧，米歇尔？

Right, Michelle?

对。

Right.

比如十节课，写五段经文。

So 10 lessons, five verses you're gonna write.

还有哪些其他可以量化的例子？

What would be some other examples of how to measure things?

三小时的转录文字。

Three three hours of transcriptions.

哦，没错。

Oh, yeah.

我们要录一段《All Ears English》播客，大概十分钟左右。

I mean, we're gonna record, you know, ten minutes of an All Ears English podcast episode.

对吧？

Right?

这就可以作为一个例子。

That could be one.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Right.

是的。

Yeah.

那下一个可实现的呢？

What about the next one achievable?

对。

Yeah.

你能找点能完成的事情。

Can you something that you can do.

你知道的。

You know?

是的。

Yeah.

如果你往上面加一些完全不靠谱的东西，那根本就不现实。

If you're gonna put something on there that's just totally whack all, like, you know, that's just not not not realistic.

这根本不可能实现。

It's not gonna happen.

你应该选一些自己真觉得能办到的目标。

You wanna put on something that you really do feel like is achievable.

我们都想把目标定得高一点，但设定目标的时候，稍微现实一点其实更有帮助，我觉得。

We wanna have we wanna set our sights high, but when you're, you setting these goals, it's just helpful to be a little bit also realistic, I think.

是的。

Yeah.

我喜欢你对听众用的那个词——'wacko'，意思是疯疯癫癫的。

And I like that bonus word for your listeners that you use, just wacko, meaning crazy.

对吧？

Right?

就是疯了的意思。

Just crazy.

我刚才听到你带了点纽约口音，米歇尔。

I heard a little New York accent come out there, Michelle.

我特别喜欢这个。

I love that.

真的很喜欢。

Love that.

这挺有意思的，我其实不是纽约人，但我父母是，所以我想我偶尔还是会不自觉地带出来。

That's funny because I'm not even from New York, but my parents are, so I think I have it sometimes anyway.

瞧瞧，就是这样。

There you go.

你住在纽约，对吧。

You're pan you live in New York.

你父母是纽约人。

Your parents are from New York.

你骨子里就是纽约人，没跑了。

You've got New York in your blood, for sure.

确实如此。

That's true.

没错。

That's true.

当然了。

For sure.

好的。

Alright.

下一个就比较合理了。

And then the next one is reasonable.

这跟可实现的有点像，但有什么不同呢？

This is similar to achievable, but how is it different?

有没有什么地方不一样？

Is there any way it's different?

我觉得，Lindsay，这个得你来给我讲讲。

I feel like, Lindsay, you have to enlighten me on this one.

我不确定。

I don't know.

我本来想问问你有没有什么想法。

I I was gonna see if you had any ideas.

我真不知道。

I don't actually know.

我觉得它们非常相似。

I feel like they are very similar.

可实现的，合理的。

Achievable, reasonable.

对。

Yeah.

我觉得它们挺像的。

I think they're pretty similar.

我们只是想强调，让你有能力实现它。

We're just gonna say, just reinforcing you to be able to achieve it.

也许‘合理’的意思是，它符合整体目标。

Maybe reasonable means it makes sense for the overall goal.

你做的事情，在你想要达成的宏大目标背景下，是说得通的。

What you're doing makes sense in the context of the huge, the larger goal you're trying to achieve.

比如说，如果我们目标是发布这门课，我就不会跑去录一个和课程完全无关的YouTube视频。

Like, for example, if our goal is to publish this course, I'm not gonna go and record and record a YouTube video because that has nothing to do with the course.

没错。

Right.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yeah.

我会先做这门课的第一课，这么做是合理的。

I'm gonna do lesson one in this course, and that's reasonable to do that.

这就是我的看法。

That's what I would say.

是的

Yeah.

对

Yeah.

我觉得这么说有道理，林赛。

I think that makes sense, Lindsay.

最后一个是要有时间限制。

And then the last one is timely.

这是什么意思？

What do we mean by that?

或者你说的是有时间依据。

Or you said time based.

是的

Yeah.

所以你有

So you have

要在规定的时间内完成。

to say within a certain amount of time.

这太重要了。

This is so important.

你一定会完成第一课的内容。

You're gonna get lesson one done.

你一定会完成第一课的三页内容，但什么时候完成？

You're gonna get three three pages in lesson one done, but by when?

什么时候完成？

By when?

这才是关键。

That's the key.

周五之前？

By Friday?

周三下午两点前？具体几点？

By Wednesday at two, what's the time?

越具体越好。

The more specific you can be, the better.

对。

Right.

对。

Right.

对。

Right.

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

SMART目标。

SMART goals.

很有用。

Good stuff.

是的，米歇尔。

Yeah, Michelle.

关键就在于SMART目标。

It's all about the SMART goals.

那我们今天就先聊到这儿。

So we can finish up with that today.

大家记得关注All Ears English频道，我们很快就会回来更新下一期。

Guys, make sure you follow All Ears English, and we will be back for the next episode very soon.

好的，Lindsay。

Alright, Lindsay.

谢谢陪我们聊这么久。

Thanks for hanging out.

下期见。

I'll see you on the next one.

好的。

Alright.

保重。

Take care.

再见。

Bye.

好的。

Alright.

再见。

Bye.

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